Adam Beyer and Voltaire

Adam Beyer was born out of Sweden’s burgeoning techno movement in the mid-90s. His years developing his sound in his home country have led him to become one of the most respected techno DJs across the globe, and he is invited to play sets all across the world. Adam is a busy man for sure and there is rarely a week that goes by without him playing live somewhere.

Adam Beyer’s techno sound is heavy and enveloping. His music is characterised by its rhythmically pulsing percussive beat which acts as a the skeletal system of his work and holds all of his other sound together in a tight package.

“Lovecraft” is one of Adam’s best-loved tunes and crowds will instantly recognise it as soon as it appears within his set. Adam Beyer’s following is so strong that you can visibly see crowds perk up and dance harder when one of his hit songs gets mixed into a set. Prepare to dance for hours at an Adam Beyer gig. Tracks such as “You Know” and “Teach Me” will definitely keep you on your feet until the early hours.

You can say what you want about forms of mainstream Rock & Roll from punk rock to hard rock to heavy metal, but the truth is that none of those genres work quite as well in the live arena as pretty much anything evolved from cabaret music. Traditional Rock & Roll is fundamentally born from self-expression, being the combination of old school blues and country music, but Cabaret music was created to entertain from the very beginning, with that in mind how could anything hope top it for sheer live excellence? It takes an incredibly dedicated performer with talent to burn to pull it off and in the Havana born, New Jersey raised form of Voltaire (his actual middle name, in full it’s Aurelio Voltaire Hernandez. Which is awesome) we have exactly that. Whether backed by a band or performing solo, the man’s music sounds utterly natural. His voice is packed with just the right amount of grit and camp to be simultaneously dark as all hell and tongue in cheek enough to pull off songs with such titles as Brains, Goodnight Demonslayer, When You’re Evil and the immortal Death, Death (Devil, Devil, Devil, Devil, Evil, Evil, Evil, Evil Song) while taking it seriously enough to make it worth paying attention but not seriously enough to make it completely ridiculous. The man is a natural born performer, and everyone with a fascination with the dark side of life would do well to check out his Tim Burton-ized Tom Waits style as soon as possible.