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Bainbridge has been making music professionally since 2009, but his first album proper came two years before, in 2007. He applied for the Eric James Johnson Memorial Fellowship at The Philadelphia Institute for Advance Study, and was granted it. This meant that he was put up for a month in the institute and given a room, a studio, a computer and a bicycle to use as he wished.
He created his first album with it, it was entitled “Live In Philly” and he released it for free onto the internet shortly after he returned home to the U.K. It was enough to secure the reclusive artist a deal with Moshi Moshi records, an independent label known for launching the careers of Lykke Li, Bloc Party, Florence and the Machine and Kate Nash.
He released his debut single on the label, a cover of The Replacements’ “Swingin’ Party” which was released with a VHS tape containing the music video. The buzz around him continued with a 12” vinyl released the following year but came to a head with his debut album, 2012’s “World, You Need a Change of Mind”.
The album led to sessions with Zane Lowe and Lauren Laverne, alongside a slot at that year’s iTunes festival supporting his fellow Moshi Moshi graduates Hot Chip. A second record followed in 2014 called “Otherness”, which saw him work with the likes of Robyn and Blood Orange during its creation.
Bainbridge is one of the most fascinating artists of his generation, taking his time to work up to something that’ll surely turn the pop world on its head. It’s going to be one hell of a sight, and as music fans, we should be there to see it happen.
Live reviews
The first thing that strikes you about Kindness live is that yes, Adam Bainbridge – the one man mastermind behind the whole project – thankfully really does look as handsome as he does on staring out from the record sleeve of World, You Need A Change of Mind, his impeccable, futuristic disco of a debut. And the attention to detail doesn’t stop there; while Bainbridge plays the frontman, rarely touching an instrument, his backing band and singers inhabit the songs so thoroughly that it’s baffling to think they weren’t the ones who played on the originals. They allow Bainbridge’s considerably tall frame to lurch enchantingly around the stage, wooing an audience with a striking baritone here and a soaring, Donna Summer-like falsetto there, his grin not slipping once throughout the way. Of particular wonder is his way with a cover version, treating everything from The Repalcements’ ‘Swingin’ Party’ to the theme from EastEnders to reworkings so radical you’ll momentarily forget their first incarnations. To witness a Kindness set is to see a band who take the issue of partying very seriously indeed – Bainbridge has clearly invested as much time in his live sets as he has in making every sound on his records just perfect, a tactic which should stand to give his band something his similarly-hyped contemporaries would surely long for – longevity.
ThomasHannan
It was an amazing show. The venue was great. The show start at time and the vibe was charming. I make some friends waiting, and everyone was expectant to what happened. Once it started the crow came involved and start to dance from the most intime moves to the crazyies bounces. He drop tunes from the old anthems to the newest tunes.
Completly proud to be there.
It is worth mentioning that this was his first show in 4 years.
andres.yanez.fischer
The gig was really fun but the venue (Electric Brixton) is absolutely awful. It was too crowded, you couldn't move to get the the toilets and there wasn't enough bar staff.
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