1. Ada (Real N… Read Full Bio ↴There are at least 3 artists/bands with the name Ada.
1. Ada (Real Name: Michaela Dippel) is a German Melodic techno/electropop artist and producer.
Dippel started her musical career as a singer in a rock band back in 1994. As the band slowly incorporated synthesizers and samplers into their repertoire, Ada too started exploring electronic music. Whilst already receiving acclaim for her remix work, it was her debut release "Blindhouse" that signalled there was much to look forward to from Ada and Areal Records.
She made her debut as a vocalist in mainstream music on Metope's "Livedriver." A few months after that 2002 release, she put out her first production 12" for Cologne's Areal label (the same label responsible for "Livedriver") and went on to release her second and third singles, along with the occasional track for compilations and split-artist singles. Appearances on mix albums from Triple R, Tyrant and Erlend Øye also raised her profile, all of which led up to "Blondie" -- her first full-length, ten sumptuous mini-symphonies of synth pop, techno, and house, released in late 2004. The covers of Everything But the Girl and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs that appeared on the album helped her gain recognition outside of the expected dance circles.
Originally from Friedberg (near Frankfurt), Dippel played in a number of bands prior to her current incarnation. The first was a rock group, followed by a more synthesizer-based outfit that collapsed after three years when band members moved to other cities to pursue other musical directions. Sensing the promise a major change might bring, she moved to Cologne where many friends had relocated and, from there, her story develops incrementally and serendipitously. Reconvening one day with a one-time band-mate for a session at her house, she found herself less focused on singing and more drawn to the korg-sampler they were using. After discovering her friend had left the device behind, she starting working with it and eventually generated loops which she played for Areal's Michael (Metope), an old friend from the pre-Cologne days. “He was one of the first to move to the Big City,” she recalls. “Without his friendship, I never would have shown my tracks to anyone because, at that time, I didn't expect anyone to like them but me.” In fact, the folks at Areal were so impressed they pushed her to finish the tracks and, after a few intense weeks, the “Blindhouse / Luckycharm” 12-inch was completed. As for the moniker's origin, she explains, “I once had an audio-book containing a horror story about a house full of blind zombies. I found the audio-book's dark, organ-based music really inspiring and it eventually led to the “Blindhouse” 12-inch. In the story, the warden of the blindhouse who had to feed and take care of the zombies was named Ada.”
Like Areal in general, Ada's music sounds fresh and oozes a contemporary Cologne sheen but it's also warm and endearingly retro in its embrace of timeless song structures and analog tools. One of Blondie's many peaks is “Each And Everyone (Blindhouse–Mix)” which overlays the heavenly “Blindhouse” core of skipping beats and harpsichord tinkles with a crooned melody so deliciously forlorn it's simultaneously heartbreaking and transcendent. Blondie also includes an inspired rendition of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' “Maps” with an affectingly silky vocal from Ada couched in chiming synths and simple beats. From the hard careening techno of “Our Love Never Dies” to the Kompakt-styled shuffle of “The Red Shoes” to the Deep House flavorings of “Livedriver,” the album marvelously straddles techno and pop with seeming ease, never venturing too far into one without returning to the other. Certainly many of the album's tracks are rooted in techno yet, always changing, they never devolve into run-on grooves (the best example of this mercurial approach might be the opener “Eve”); in fact, her original idea of an album filled with short, three-minute songs was abandoned when Areal pushed her to develop them into longer, eight-minute tracks. “I think that most of all I was and still am influenced by pop-music of all kinds. I used to think that a song couldn't work if it was over three minutes long but I don't believe that anymore. Even so, what remains of that original idea is my need for a lot of movement, and maybe that's why they sound more like songs than tracks.”
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2. ADA are a foursome making dream pop tunes with a few trapdoors that make one free-fall in sudden and beautiful elongations; rhythmic and melodic abysses powering alongside the future ghost of Steve Reich. There are references to dance music, krautrock, artrock and, for the band’s singer and guitarist Isabel Munoz Newsome, a frequent, possibly unwelcome allusion to a young Patti Smith and Florence and The Machine. Though Isabel always thought she was a bit more like David Bowie. Their House of Pop has peeling walls, secret tunnels, four and a half floors and an armoury of synths, beat machines and reverb drenched electric guitar. That fly has got to go.
ADA is a soulful, glory-face full of watermelon without seeds in a bag eat bag world.
3. Ada is an Ontario, Canada-based 4-piece rock band with musical influences from the post-hardcore outfit At The Drive-In to contemporary prog-rockers Coheed and Cambria. They have a completely free album up for grabs here. Their myspace page can be found here.
Maps
ADA Lyrics
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I'm straight,
Enough,
Oh say, say, say,
Oh say, say, say,
Oh say, say, say,
Oh say, say, say,
Oh say, say, say
Wait, they don't love you like I love you,
Wait, they don't love you like I love you,
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Wait! They don't love you like I love you.
Made off,
Don't stray,
Well, my kind's, your kind,
I'll stay the same!
Pack up,
Don't stray,
Oh say, say, say,
Oh say, say, say!
Wait! They don't love you like I love you,
Wait! They don't love you like I love you
Ma-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aps,
Wait! They don't love you like I love you!
Wait! They don't love you like I love you!
Ma-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aps!
Wait! They don't love you like I love you
Wait! They don't love you like I love you,
Wait! They don't love you like I love you,
Ma-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aps,
Wait! They don't love you like I love you!
Wait! They don't love you like I love you!
Ma-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aps!
Wait! They don't love you like I love you
The song "Maps" by ADA follows the story of someone who has been hurt by their partner, who has decided to leave them behind. The song begins with the singer telling themselves to pack up, that they are straight and have had enough. However, they can't help but repeatedly say "Oh say, say, say" indicating their reluctance to leave. They then sing the first chorus, telling their partner that no one loves them as much as they do, imploring them to wait for their love.
The second verse finds the singer telling their partner not to stray and assuring them that they will always stay the same. They once again tell themselves to pack up and not stray before repeating the chorus, and ending on the same plea to wait for their love. The lyrics and the repetitiveness of the chorus give the song a feeling of desperation and longing, as though the singer is desperately holding on to a relationship that is slipping away.
Line by Line Meaning
Pack up,
Let's leave this place.
I'm straight,
I'm ready to go.
Enough,
We've had our fill here.
Oh say, say, say,
Let's speak out about how we feel.
Wait, they don't love you like I love you,
I care for you more than anyone else.
Ma-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aps,
But we've got to find our way to our destination.
Made off,
Let's get out of here quickly.
Don't stray,
Stick with me and we'll be okay.
Well, my kind's, your kind,
It doesn't matter where we come from or our differences.
I'll stay the same!
I'll never change who I am or how I feel about you.
Wait! They don't love you like I love you.
I love you more than anyone else ever could.
Wait! They don't love you like I love you!
I want you to know just how much I care about you.
Oh say, say, say,
Let's keep talking about us and our relationship.
Ma-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-aps,
We'll use maps to navigate the challenges and obstacles ahead.
Wait! They don't love you like I love you!
No one else will ever love you the way I do.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Brian Chase, Karen Lee Orzolek, Nicholas Joseph Zinner
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Ryan N
I found this on Pandora when it was new… 2007ish. I was obsessed and still am. I did not know at the time… that it was a cover. It was …. Several years before I found the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s and realized my terrible mistake. I know I must burn in hell for my sins. Bless!
Charles Andrew Moore
I love this version so much.
franknwalters
one of the best covers I've ever heard ...
João Caldas
Whats the original?
Xana-Du
Yeah yeah yeahs’ Maps
joy1979
this song is joy in a pure state! Keep smiling
Futurebreath
I love this song.
kiki müller
Lieblingstrack, heute nach 10 Jahren wiederentdeckt <3333333
TNS SKR
one of my ol time favs
Gustavo Leitão
still moves me