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Dat Adam
Also known asHydra Clique
OriginGermany
Genres
Years active2014 (2014)-2018
LabelsHydra Music
Members
  • Daniel Tjarks
  • Ardian Bora
  • Marius Ley
Websitedatadam.com

Dat Adam, also known as DFA and stylized DAT ADAM, was a German hip hop-cloud rap group which was signed to BMG. Its three members are former YouTube stars Ardy (Ardian Bora), Taddl (Daniel Tjarks), and record producer Marley (Marius Ley).

Career

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Formation and Chrome (2014–2015)

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Ardian Bora and Taddl Tjarks met Marius Ley through Izzi, their YouTube colleague, in 2014. That summer Tjarks and Ley produced Motus, an EP which reached number 35 on the German album chart for one week.[1]

Bora and Tjarks then formed the rap group Dat Adam with Marius Ley. The Hydra, a symbol of the band, is tattooed on the members' fingers.

The EP Chrome, primarily produced by Ley, was released as a download on April 24, 2015. The single "Forrest" began receiving airplay a week earlier, and reached the top five on the Austrian singles chart. Chrome reached the top five on the German-language album charts, reaching number one in Austria. Dat Adam headlined the 2015 VideoDays in Berlin and Düsseldorf's 2015 Web Video Awards.[2]

Hydra 3D and How to Flex & Troll a Scene (2016–present)

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The band performed in July 2016 at Berlin's Peace x Peace festival. The performance included two new songs, "Lennon 2" and "Ghidorah/Legobricks", from their album Hydra 3D. The other song, "Blau & Pink", was released shortly before the festival.[3]

In October 2016, Tjarks announced on Twitter that the group was releasing their debut album and opening an online shop. The album, Hydra 3D was released on October 28 with an eponymous single. The song's music video was directed by Shawn Bu, who directed the short film Darth Maul: Apprentice.[4] The album was released on Hydra Music, their own label.

In November 2016, Dat Adam's seven-date Space-Camp tour began in Munich and ended in Dresden. The band released their second EP, How to Flex & Troll a Scene, on March 24, 2017.[5] Four days later, they began their Space-Camp-2017 tour.[6] In early June, Dat Adam performed at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals.[7] After the rock versions of their older songs were well-received by the festival audiences, Dat Adam announced the release of their third EP (Cyber Rock – EP) in a December 18, 2017 video.[8] Released on December 29, it contained five rock versions of their older cyber-rap songs. Accompanying the EP was a music video, "DFA (CR-Version)".[9]

Discography

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Albums

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Year Title Peak positions[10] Remarks
Germany
[11] 		Austria Switzerland
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2016 Hydra 3D 5 5 11 Released October 28, 2016
2018 newWAVE 21 15 40 Released September 21, 2018

EPs

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Year Title Peak positions[10] Remarks
Germany Austria Switzerland
2015 Chrome 5 1 3 Released April 24, 2015
2017 How to Flex & Troll a Scene 29 9 19 Released March 24, 2017
Cyber Rock — 15 36 Released December 29, 2017

Singles

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Year Title
Album 		Peak positions[10] Remarks
Germany Austria Switzerland
2015 "Forrest"
Chrome 		22 5 31 Entered chart April 26, 2015
"700 Main St"
Chrome 		38 18 53 Entered chart May 3, 2015
"UFO"
Chrome 		91 44 — Entered chart May 5, 2015
"DFA"
Chrome 		92 47 — Entered chart May 5, 2015
"Session"
Chrome 		— 70 — Entered chart June 10, 2016
"Hydra 3D"
Hydra 3D 		87 58 — Entered chart November 4, 2016

Music videos

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Year Title Director Length
2015 "Forrest"[13] T7pro 1:12
"700 Main St"[14] Shawn Bu, Vi-Dan Tran 1:21
"UFO"[15] T7pro 1:49
2016 "Hydra 3D"[16] Shawn Bu 4:53
"Lennon 2"[17] Luna Darko 4:18
2017 "FLY"[18] Octavian Petreanu 1:53
"Sanageyama"[19] Fabian Epe 3:22
"xD"[20] Luna Darko, Hydra Clique 4:00
"DFA (CR-Version)"[9] T 5:13


References

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  1. ^ Taddl x Marley, Motus Album, offiziellecharts.de, accessed February 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Austria-Charts: Dat Adam vor Blur Archived August 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, mediabiz.de, accessed May 8, 2015.
  3. ^ Zuschauerfragenvideo u. a. mit den Mitgliedern von Dat Adam, youtube.com, accessed June 4, 2016.
  4. ^ Video zur Single, Regisseur genannt in der Videobeschreibung, youtube.com, accessed October 29, 2016.
  5. ^ "How to Flex & Troll a Scene". Spotify. March 24, 2017.
  6. ^ "Dat Adam Space Camp 2017 – Tickets". chimperator-live.de (in German). Archived from the original on July 31, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  7. ^ "Interview: Dat Adam". ZDF.de (in German). June 3, 2017. Archived from the original on September 3, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  8. ^ DAT ADAM (December 18, 2017). "CYBER ROCK EP Studio-Sessions • DAT ADAM (29.12.2017)" (in German). Retrieved December 29, 2017 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ a b DAT ADAM (December 29, 2017). "DAT ADAM – DFA (CR-Version) | Music Video". YouTube (in German). Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  10. ^ a b c Chart references: DE1 DE2 AT CH
  11. ^ "Dat Adam". offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  12. ^ "Discographie DAT ADAM". hitparade.ch. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
  13. ^ "Dat Adam – Forrest: Video". YouTube. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  14. ^ "Dat Adam – 700 Main St: Video". YouTube. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  15. ^ "Dat Adam & Nok from the Future – UFO: Video". YouTube. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  16. ^ "Dat Adam – Hydra 3D: Video". YouTube. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  17. ^ "Dat Adam – Lennon 2: Video". YouTube. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  18. ^ "Dat Adam – FLY: Video". YouTube. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  19. ^ "Dat Adam – Sanageyama: Video". YouTube. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  20. ^ "Dat Adam – xD: Video". YouTube. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
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