SONIC GROOVE RECORDS Biography
Sonic Groove Records was the brainchild of three New York techno DJ’s, Brothers Frankie Bones & Adam X along with Heather Heart. The operation began in early 1990 when Frankie first toured Europe and found himself in the U.K.’s Summer Of Love playing records to large crowds between 25,000-33,000 people. Discovering the essence of an emerging techno scene in Europe, Bones would launch the “Groove Record Shop” in Brooklyn, New York to push this newly emerging Electronic music scene and culture. Adam X would soon join in the mix and together the two brothers would push forward a quest to break techno music to the American people.
Their legendary STORMraves in Brooklyn in the ’90s have earned them the reputation as pioneers of rave culture. “Frankie Bones & Adam X introduced raves by throwing a series of big underground parties. They were known as the STORMraves. Many promoters give them credit as the founding fathers of the scene in America.
In 1995 Frankie and Adam along with new found partner Heather Heart who was behind the legendary fanzine Under One Sky” would relocate their Brooklyn record shop under the big lights of New York City. Thus “Sonic Groove Records” was born. It was the dawn of a new era for the techno scene in NYC as the store was much easier to reach for many people now. Sonic Groove would move large quantities of techno vinyl releases throughout the globe which lead them to become one of the most dominant forces in the industry.
At around the same time the shop opened in Manhattan, Adam X would start up the Sonic Groove records imprint. The label would see artists like Neil Landstrumm, Abe Duque and Adam, himself kick things off with a succession of new releases. The label would continue to grow releasing music from many of the top techno artists in the scene. The shop would also branch into vinyl distribution department. Pushing many groundbreaking US techno labels to other shops and distributors around the globe.
Things were moving along very nicely but then suddenly “BAM” the tragic events of 9/11 would come into play. The shop located a half a mile away from “Ground Zero” would suffer severe consequences from the events of this day. From one day of many customers to the year that followed, very little customers.
Purchasing music & going to related events were simply not on the mind of New Yorkers following the year after 9/11/2001. Compounded with the advancements in the digital music revolution taking hold upon the music industry, the shop would find itself in very hard financial times. Never being able to bounce back from 9/11. “Sonic Groove” the shop would finally close doors on October 27, 2004, almost 15 years from when it began.
With Sonic Groove records as a retail outlet closed , Adam refused to throw the towel in on the legacy of Sonic Groove. Relocating to Berlin, Germany in 2007 and still residing there, Adam has taken the Sonic Groove label to further heights with a well built artist roster of contemporary techno and industrial artists and many new releases out each year.
Sonic Groove though one of the longest techno labels running, refuses to push the sounds of the past. Instead, we prefer to define the sound of the future.
Sonic Groove Records was the brainchild of three New York techno DJ’s, Brothers Frankie Bones & Adam X along with Heather Heart. The operation began in early 1990 when Frankie first toured Europe and found himself in the U.K.’s Summer Of Love playing records to large crowds between 25,000-33,000 people. Discovering the essence of an emerging techno scene in Europe, Bones would launch the “Groove Record Shop” in Brooklyn, New York to push this newly emerging Electronic music scene and culture. Adam X would soon join in the mix and together the two brothers would push forward a quest to break techno music to the American people.
Their legendary STORMraves in Brooklyn in the ’90s have earned them the reputation as pioneers of rave culture. “Frankie Bones & Adam X introduced raves by throwing a series of big underground parties. They were known as the STORMraves. Many promoters give them credit as the founding fathers of the scene in America.
In 1995 Frankie and Adam along with new found partner Heather Heart who was behind the legendary fanzine Under One Sky” would relocate their Brooklyn record shop under the big lights of New York City. Thus “Sonic Groove Records” was born. It was the dawn of a new era for the techno scene in NYC as the store was much easier to reach for many people now. Sonic Groove would move large quantities of techno vinyl releases throughout the globe which lead them to become one of the most dominant forces in the industry.
At around the same time the shop opened in Manhattan, Adam X would start up the Sonic Groove records imprint. The label would see artists like Neil Landstrumm, Abe Duque and Adam, himself kick things off with a succession of new releases. The label would continue to grow releasing music from many of the top techno artists in the scene. The shop would also branch into vinyl distribution department. Pushing many groundbreaking US techno labels to other shops and distributors around the globe.
Things were moving along very nicely but then suddenly “BAM” the tragic events of 9/11 would come into play. The shop located a half a mile away from “Ground Zero” would suffer severe consequences from the events of this day. From one day of many customers to the year that followed, very little customers.
Purchasing music & going to related events were simply not on the mind of New Yorkers following the year after 9/11/2001. Compounded with the advancements in the digital music revolution taking hold upon the music industry, the shop would find itself in very hard financial times. Never being able to bounce back from 9/11. “Sonic Groove” the shop would finally close doors on October 27, 2004, almost 15 years from when it began.
With Sonic Groove records as a retail outlet closed , Adam refused to throw the towel in on the legacy of Sonic Groove. Relocating to Berlin, Germany in 2007 and still residing there, Adam has taken the Sonic Groove label to further heights with a well built artist roster of contemporary techno and industrial artists and many new releases out each year.
Sonic Groove though one of the longest techno labels running, refuses to push the sounds of the past. Instead, we prefer to define the sound of the future.
ADAM X Biography
The history of Adam X dates back to 1990 in New York City, where he teamed up with his brother Frankie Bones in running the first all-techno record shop in America 'Groove Records (later named 'Sonic Groove Records')' with DJ Heather Heart joining ownership shortly after. Throughout the 90s and into the first half of the millennium, the Sonic Groove retail outlet was one of the top techno record retailers for DJs & vinyl collectors across the world.
The Sonic Groove team also took part in organizing many techno events, including the legendary Storm Rave that started in 1991. Storm Rave was the first all-techno warehouse parties organized on the East Coast of America and the line-ups included then up-and-coming artists from Sven Vath and Richie Hawtin to Damon Wild with the attendance in the thousands.
In 1995 Adam launched the Sonic Groove record label, which he continues to run solely on his own. Releases thus far come from a wide array of artists including highly prolific names such as Kevin Saunderson, Dave Clarke, Oliver Lieb and Abe Duque to Orphx, Realmz, Dasha Rush and Richard Hinge. Adam has a lengthy discography of solo & collaborative music releases dating back to 1990, appearing on many famous recording labels over the last two decades such as CLR, Prologue, Peacefrog, Magnetic North, Wax Trax, Sativae, Scandinaviav just to name a few.
In his DJ career, Adam X has performed alongside many of electronic musics most famous acts such as Aphex Twin, Derrick May, Richie Hawtin , Nitzer Ebb, Andrew Weatherall and countless others as well as at thousands of events and club nights globally including Berghain, Mutek, Mayday, DEMF, Rex, Tresor, PS1, Fabric and Monox. At the present time Adam X calls East Berlin his home base, where most of his time is spent traveling across the world to perform. In Berlin you will find him busy producing, running his label Sonic Groove and organizing techno and industrial events in the city where he has booked acts like Monolake, Biosphere, Dopplereffekt, Surgeon, Legowelt, Sleeparchive and many more high caliber artists.
Currently Adam has two main side-projects under the monikers Traversable Wormhole & ADMX-71. Traversable Wormhole is his most popular project to date and the releases can be found on Chris Liebing’s imprint CLR Recordings and Traversable Wormhole Records. As ADMX-71, he has released Second System on Sonic Groove Experiments and his debut album “Luminous Vapors” can be found on legendary Industrial/Experimental label Hands Productions. In 2014 Adam X added yet another moniker X-Crashed, releasing Where Were You In ’92 EP on Anthony Parasole’s The Corner label while his most recent release Redacted Files EP comes under his ADMX-71 alias on Ron Morelli’s L.I.E.S. label. Also due in the Autumn of 2014 for the first time in several years is a new Adam X full length album entitled "Irreformable" on Adam's own Sonic Groove imprint.
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The history of Adam X dates back to 1990 in New York City, where he teamed up with his brother Frankie Bones in running the first all-techno record shop in America 'Groove Records (later named 'Sonic Groove Records')' with DJ Heather Heart joining ownership shortly after. Throughout the 90s and into the first half of the millennium, the Sonic Groove retail outlet was one of the top techno record retailers for DJs & vinyl collectors across the world.
The Sonic Groove team also took part in organizing many techno events, including the legendary Storm Rave that started in 1991. Storm Rave was the first all-techno warehouse parties organized on the East Coast of America and the line-ups included then up-and-coming artists from Sven Vath and Richie Hawtin to Damon Wild with the attendance in the thousands.
In 1995 Adam launched the Sonic Groove record label, which he continues to run solely on his own. Releases thus far come from a wide array of artists including highly prolific names such as Kevin Saunderson, Dave Clarke, Oliver Lieb and Abe Duque to Orphx, Realmz, Dasha Rush and Richard Hinge. Adam has a lengthy discography of solo & collaborative music releases dating back to 1990, appearing on many famous recording labels over the last two decades such as CLR, Prologue, Peacefrog, Magnetic North, Wax Trax, Sativae, Scandinaviav just to name a few.
In his DJ career, Adam X has performed alongside many of electronic musics most famous acts such as Aphex Twin, Derrick May, Richie Hawtin , Nitzer Ebb, Andrew Weatherall and countless others as well as at thousands of events and club nights globally including Berghain, Mutek, Mayday, DEMF, Rex, Tresor, PS1, Fabric and Monox. At the present time Adam X calls East Berlin his home base, where most of his time is spent traveling across the world to perform. In Berlin you will find him busy producing, running his label Sonic Groove and organizing techno and industrial events in the city where he has booked acts like Monolake, Biosphere, Dopplereffekt, Surgeon, Legowelt, Sleeparchive and many more high caliber artists.
Currently Adam has two main side-projects under the monikers Traversable Wormhole & ADMX-71. Traversable Wormhole is his most popular project to date and the releases can be found on Chris Liebing’s imprint CLR Recordings and Traversable Wormhole Records. As ADMX-71, he has released Second System on Sonic Groove Experiments and his debut album “Luminous Vapors” can be found on legendary Industrial/Experimental label Hands Productions. In 2014 Adam X added yet another moniker X-Crashed, releasing Where Were You In ’92 EP on Anthony Parasole’s The Corner label while his most recent release Redacted Files EP comes under his ADMX-71 alias on Ron Morelli’s L.I.E.S. label. Also due in the Autumn of 2014 for the first time in several years is a new Adam X full length album entitled "Irreformable" on Adam's own Sonic Groove imprint.
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