Adamski

Adam Paul Tinley (born 4 December 1967), known professionally as Adamski, as well as Sonny Eriksson, is an English DJ, musician, singer and record producer, prominent at the time of acid house for his tracks "N-R-G" and "Killer", a collaboration with Seal, which was a No. 1 song in the UK in 1990.

Career Tinley was born in Lymington, Hampshire, England. As a youngster, influenced by punk rock and John Peel, he formed his first band The Stupid Babies when he was 11 and living in New Forest in England. He persuaded his five-year-old brother Dominic to sing while he strummed a small guitar, and sent a demo tape to the indie label Fast Product, run by The Human League's manager Bob Last. "Everyone thought that was a really precocious and strange thing for an 11 year-old to do," Adamski recalls "but I just thought that's what everybody did". The kiddie-punk tracks were released on the Earcom3 sampler. When alternative BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel started playing their song "Babysitters" the band caused quite a stir, receiving positive write-ups in music magazines like Smash Hits and Melody Maker. He performed with his brother Mark Tinley, and Johnny Slut of the band Specimen, as Diskord Datkord.

He had success with this first release, which was a collection of tracks recorded live at various raves. It contained a short, live version of his first single "N-R-G", as well as "I Dream of You", which appeared on a free four-track 7" vinyl single given away with the music paper Record Mirror in 1989. The cover of the single "N-R-G" featured a mocked up Lucozade bottle with the word "Lucozade" replaced with "N-R-G".

Adamski toured many clubs with his portable keyboard set up, playing long sets, with an MC, Daddy Chester, and later with Seal. In front of his keyboard was a UK car number plate with the word ADAMSKI on it. Early versions of future singles "Killer" and "Future Love Paradise" were played on some of the Seal dates.

Throughout the late 1990s, Tinley shifted focus to his DJ career. He soon adopted a new moniker, Adam Sky, touring Europe, and making the odd UK appearance such as playing at the electroclash night Nag Nag Nag in London in 2002 – run by his old friend Jonny Slut. As a producer, his songs at that time also included a collaboration with musician Danny Williams. In 2007, he released a remake of The Pop Group's 1979 single "We Are All Prostitutes" with Mark Stewart, which appeared on a number of compilations. His single "Ape-X" was released on Kitsuné Musique in 2006. In 2009, he began to release more material on Shir Khan's record label.

Adamski's futurewaltz project, saw him release album Revolt, as reported in 2014 and 2015.

In 2020, Adamski released Free to Kill Again, featuring 10 new interpretations of "Killer" with guest features by Boy George, Nina Hagen, Adrian Sherwood and Mykki Blanco. In 2022, Adamski released "Black Butterfly", featuring Robert Owens. He also released "Black Star Acid" on Boys Noize Records.

Discography Albums Liveandirect (1989) – UK No. 47 Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy (1990) – UK No. 8 Naughty (1992) Adamski vs The Sentinels (1993) Adamski's Thing (1998) Killer – The Best of Adamski (1999) Mutant Pop (1999) This is 3-Step EP (2014) Revolt (2015) The Sound of Sonny Eriksson (2017) The Spirit of Sonny Eriksson (EP) (2018) Re:nrgise (2019) Free to Kill Again (2020)

Singles Year Single Peak positions Album 1990 "N-R-G" 12 — — — — — — — — — Doctor Adamski's Musical Pharmacy "Killer" 1 5 2 1 2 11 15 – 5 29 "The Space Jungle" 7 13 20 24 – – 25 – – 21 "Flashback Jack" 46 — — — — — — — — — 1991 "Never Goin' Down! / Born to Be Alive!" 51 — — — — — — — — — Naughty1992 "Get Your Body" 68 — — — — — — — — — "Back to Front" 63 — — — — — — — — —1993 "Sleeping with an Angel" – — — — — — — — — — Singles only "Bastardo" – — — — — — — — — —1998 "One of the People" 56 — — — — — — — — — Adamski's Thing "Intravenous Venus" 165 — — — — — — — — — 1999 "In the City" – – – – – – – 24 — — Mutant Pop 2000 "Take Me Away" – — — — — — — — — — 2002 "Already Out There" – — — — — — — — — — Single only 2006 "Ape-X" – — — — — — — — — —Single only 2012 "I Like It" – — — — — — — — — —Single only 2012 "Pawa 2 Da PPL" – — — — — — — — — —2015 "Dazed 'n' Confused" – — — — — — — — — —Revolt 2022 "Black Butterfly" – — — — — — — — — — 2022 "Black Star Acid" – — — — — — — — — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Remixes Miss Kittin and The Hacker – "Stock Exchange" (2003) Mignon – "Demons of Love" (2004) ESKA – "She's in the Flowers" (2015)