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Adult (band)

Adult (stylized as ADULT.) is an American band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1998 by married couple[1] Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller. The band integrates vocals with drum machines, analog synthesizers and electronic/punk elements.[2] Both band members have art degrees. Miller has a painting degree, and Kuperus a photography degree.[3]

Adult

Plasma Co.

Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

1998–present

Samuel Consiglio

History[edit]

Before forming Adult, Miller was one half of the band Le Car and released solo material under the name Artificial Material. Adult began releasing albums in 1998 under the pseudonym Plasma Co. Initially, the band members were uncredited and not publicized, but by the time Anxiety Always was released, Adult was listed as husband-and-wife team Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus.[2] Miller and Kuperus are also the founders of the Ersatz Audio record label. When launching their tour in support of the D.U.M.E. EP, Adult announced that they had become a trio with the addition of guitarist Samuel Consiglio. The trio was short-lived – Consiglio left the band at the start of 2006. While popular in their home city of Detroit, they also enjoy a cult following throughout the rest of the US and are also very popular in Germany and the United Kingdom.[4] They toured with Trans Am in 2002, and in May 2003, the band made its first headlining tour in the United States; gigs across Europe followed soon after.


Adult have remixed other artists, most notably Felix da Housecat, Fischerspooner, Ladytron, A Number of Names, The Faint, Erase Errata and Bis. Kuperus (who is also responsible for Adult's album artwork and photography) has sung on the recordings of other electronic acts including Death in Vegas, Swayzak and Chicks On Speed. Kuperus has also showcased her photography at museums around the United States and Europe. Between 2008 and 2010, Adult produced the film "thee Three Graces tryptic: Decampment, Traditions & Possession(s)," which was only shown with Adult performing the score live. It was screened at Anthology Film Archives (NY), Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit), Distrital y Cineteca National: Mexico City Film Festival amongst other theaters. In 2010, Adult wrote and recorded the original score to the film OPEN by Jake Yuzna. In 2013, the art museum Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh invited Adult to contribute an installation; the result was called Diptyching[5] which included audio, video, and the re-creation of a life size façade of a house. In conjunction with the piece, Adult released a limited edition 12" Work/Wreck which included the music from the installation.


Adult's eighth studio album, Perception is/as/of Deception, was released in April 2020 on Dais.[6]

2001 – Ersatz Audio

Resuscitation

2003 – Ersatz Audio

Anxiety Always

2005 – Thrill Jockey

Gimmie Trouble

2007 – Thrill Jockey

Why Bother?

2012 Resuscitation (Vinyl reissue) – Ghostly International

2013 The Way Things Fall – Ghostly International

2017 Live at Third Man – Third Man Records

2017 Detroit House Guests – Mute

2018 This Behavior

Dais

2020 Perception is/as/of Deception – Dais

2022 Becoming Undone - Dais

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Official website

by Alexander Laurence

Interview with Adam Lee Miller

Interview by Alexander Laurence (The Portable Infinite)