Arthur Adam (Netherlands, born 1980) makes music out of deep personal need/… Read Full Bio ↴Arthur Adam (Netherlands, born 1980) makes music out of deep personal need/urge. He whispers, hums, shouts, amazes. Has his own musical universe. Roughly between Radiohead and Jeff Buckley, between Satie and Coltrane, between Andrew Bird, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco and Joni Mitchell. Makes occasional pop songs, sometimes an a cappella jazz piece, then a mini rock opera, but mostly just intriguing melancholic music to take a good listen to. Songs are available on Spotify, iTunes, Youtube, everywhere.

When he performs Arthur aims for the being-in-the-moment, recreating the song on the spot. Therefore he often plays with eyes closed, in order to dissolve in/into the song. Arthur has a beautiful voice with a range of three and a half octaves and is not afraid to use it. He accompanies himself on guitar or bass guitar, or keys, but mostly on his Excalibur: a 1963 Gibson ES120T. As a true multi-instrumentalist, on his own album he usually plays all instruments himself.

Albums
-the experimental album In a Cabin With (In a Cabin with, 2007) was recorded in a wooden house in Sweden. It became album of the week at Holland's leading indie website VPRO3voor12 and at MySpace Benelux.
-the pop/rock album Awake (Jammm records, 2010) brought him a gig on Holland's top tv show DWDD and lots of airplay. At that time Arthur shared his management and record company with Anneke van Giersbergen/Agua d’Annique.
-Pulse (The Music Whisperer, 2012), recorded in his miniature home studio in Glanerbrug, near the German border, got raving reviews and was released on the prestigious Crossing Border Festival. Pulse is sold with a magazine (The Music Whisperer) that is mainly about Arthur Adam and the creative process that led to Pulse.
-album #4 will be released September 12th, 2014. It’s Arthur’s most optimistic album: Magic, Light

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Arthur Adam Lyrics

We have lyrics for these tracks by Arthur Adam:

A Brief Encounter With Life the monumental stage of life: the old city glow when all…
domesticate Will I once domesticate? Or will the bad times catch up…
Happy Hangover Don't let the shadows fill your head when you're beside…
I Refuse To Care i refuse to care now it's my time i cared for long…
in reverse Rise and say good night Things just don't add up We contemp…
in times of pessimism Choppers over central station I wonder should I take the tra…
Life Before Us there's no life before us we were virgins when we met we…
Pavement i'd like to roll up in a ball no time for…
the world doesn't revolve around us I know you well, and because the way you make me…

Things are moving things are moving or so it seems from here slowly learning …
Useless people baby this hopeless melancholy feeling tends to wear you out it's …
We Should Never Argue the thing's the same and none to blame what are we fighting…
west ferry home I'm taking the West ferry home A small pier and some…
You Say You Need Me you say you need me but you don't need me. i'm your…

you're not awake You're not awake This is the world you make That's why every…

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