Kindness (musician)

Kindness (musician)

Kindness performing at the 2012 Inrocks Festival
Background information
Birth name Adam Bainbridge
Born Peterborough, East of England
Genres Electronica, synthpop, disco, lo-fi, indietronica, downtempo
Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, musician, director
Years active 2009–present
Labels Female Energy, Terrible Records, Casablanca Records
Associated acts Dev Hynes, Trouble Funk, Robyn
Website kindness.es

Kindness is the solo project of English singer Adam Bainbridge. His debut album, World, You Need a Change of Mind, co-produced by Philippe Zdar[1] was released on 16 March 2012.[2][3]

Amina Desai is his grandmother.[4] John Blacking is his uncle.[5]

History

In 2007, Adam Bainbridge was a recipient of the Eric James Johnson Memorial Fellowship,[6] at The Philadelphia Institute for Advance Study.[7]

Live in Philly was Adam Bainbridge's contribution to the Eric James Johnson Memorial Fellowship program. It consists of an album recorded during his stay at the Institute in May 2007, and a small pamphlet illustrating the work, typeset by hand. Employing a variety of musicians from the Institute and the rest of Philadelphia, as well as sound sources and records found or recorded in the city, the Kindness album is a personal and welcome contribution to the Institute's body of work.
— The Philadelphia Institute for Advance Study,

Live in Philly was released in 2007 as a free MP3 download and CDr, with no label.[8]

In 2009, Moshi Moshi Records released Kindness debut single Swingin’ Party. Gee Up was included on the vinyl b-side and a VHS video directed by Jack Latham accompanied it.[9]

In October 2011, Cyan was released as a limited edition 12" vinyl through Kindness's own record label Female Energy in the UK and Terrible Records in North America. The B-side contained 3 unnamed lock grooves.

Kindness's debut album, World, You Need a Change of Mind, co-produced & mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Philippe Zdar[10] was released on 16 March 2012. Live sessions were recorded for Radio 1's Zane Lowe[11] and Rob da Bank[12] as well as 6Music's Lauren Laverne, Live from Maida Vale.[13] Kindness also played the iTunes Festival 2012.

In 2013, Kindness contributed to production and instrumentation on Blood Orange's Cupid Deluxe.[14]

On October 13, 2014 Kindness released his sophomore album Otherness featuring contributions from Robyn, Dev Hynes, Kelela and more.

During a 2015 lecture for Red Bull Music Academy Kindness discussed his recent music career, and his gender identity and sexuality.[15]

Live

As a live band, Kindness has performed at a number of festivals and headline shows through the world including South by Southwest, Latitude Festival, Printemps De Bourges, Sydney Opera House, Primavera Festival, Field Day Festival, Eurockennes, Calvi on The Rocks, Oya Festival, Way Out West, Flow Festival, Summer Sonic, Bestival, We Love Green, Les in Rocks Festival, Midi Festival, and Soulwaxmas.

In May and June 2013, Kindness supported The xx as part of their Night and Day Festival in London[16] and Berlin.

2014 saw a North American and worldwide tour.[17]

Kindness was a support for Blood Orange's charity concert for Opus 118 School Of Music at the Apollo Theater in New York.

Video director

Adam Bainbridge has directed and co-directed a number of videos for his own Kindness project as well as for other artists, including Grizzly Bear, Blood Orange, and William Onyeabor:

Artist Song Director(s)
Grizzly Bear"Don't Ask" (Final Fantasy Version)[18]Adam Bainbridge
Kindness"Gee Up"[19]Adam Bainbridge
Kindness"House"[20]Adam Bainbridge & Dan Brereton
Kindness & Trouble Funk"That's Alright"[21]Adam Bainbridge
Kindness"36 Hours in the Go-Go Scene"[22]Adam Bainbridge & Pauline Beaudemont
Blood Orange"Chamakay"[23]Adam Bainbridge
William Onyeabor"Fantastic Man"[24]Adam Bainbridge & Camilla Wasserman
Blood Orange"Uncle ACE" (Kindness remix)[25]Adam Bainbridge
Oh Shu"Disco Brasil"[26]Adam Bainbridge

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Remixes

Videos

Song Directed by Date
Gee Up Jack Latham[27] 2009
Cyan Ben Fries[28] 2011
Gee Up Adam Bainbridge[29] 2012
House Daniel Brereton & Adam Bainbridge[30] 2012
That's Alright Adam Bainbridge 2012
This Is Not About Us Adam Bainbridge and Daniel Brereton[31] 2014
Who Do You Love Daniel Brereton[32] 2014
I'll Be Back Daniel Brereton[33] 2015

References

  1. ↑ "Philippe Zdar – The French Touch". Fader.
  2. ↑ "Kindness – 'World, You Need A Change of Mind'". NME.
  3. ↑ Simpson, Dave (22 March 2012). "Kindness: World, You Need a Change of Mind – review". London: The Guardian.
  4. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2009/jun/22/obituary-amina-desai-south-africa
  5. ↑ http://creative.arte.tv/de/community/joakim-kindness-live-musee-du-quai-branly-les-siestes-electroniques
  6. ↑ http://www.pifas.net/main/emeritus/7
  7. ↑ http://www.pifas.net/main/program/3
  8. ↑ http://www.pifas.net/main/project/2
  9. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/13474-gee-wiz/
  10. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/artist/12646-Philippe-Zdar
  11. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eb2mxj
  12. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cbqgx/broadcasts
  13. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n2pll
  14. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Blood-Orange-Cupid-Deluxe/release/5104081
  15. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm7N9HlloDo. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  16. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/jun/23/xx-night-day-festival-review
  17. ↑ http://www.songkick.com/artists/840994-kindness/gigography. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  18. ↑ Don't Ask – Grizzly Bear on YouTube
  19. ↑ "Gee Up" – Kindness on YouTube
  20. ↑ "House" – Kindness on YouTube
  21. ↑ "That's Alright" – Kindness & Trouble Funk on YouTube
  22. ↑ "36 Hours in the Go-Go Scene" – Kindness on YouTube
  23. ↑ "Chamakay" – Blood Orange on YouTube
  24. ↑
  25. ↑ "Uncle ACE" – Blood Orange on YouTube
  26. ↑ "Disco Brasil" – Oh Shu on YouTube
  27. ↑ http://weloveyouso.com/2009/06/kindness/
  28. ↑ http://www.promonews.tv/2011/10/13/kindness-cyan-by-ben-fries/
  29. ↑ http://www.promonews.tv/2012/02/09/kindness-gee-up-by-adam-bainbridge-2/
  30. ↑ http://www.promonews.tv/2012/05/16/kindness-house-by-daniel-brereton-adam-bainbridge/
  31. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/news/57001-kindness-this-is-not-about-us-gets-retro-dance-video/
  32. ↑ http://pitchfork.com/news/57129-robyn-and-kindness-surround-themselves-with-loved-ones-in-who-do-you-love-video/
  33. ↑ http://www.okayplayer.com/news/kindness-ill-be-back-video.html

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