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"Elecrtronic Lazy Guy":
Husband and wife duo Adam Lee Miller and Nicola Kuperus are kind of like a
modern-day Captain & Tennille, except that they play electro and Adam wears
skinny leather ties instead of a captains hat. Together they are Adult. and
since 1998, their highly influential live electronic act has been making
people pull their favorite Gary Numan records out of storage. Filled with
music that "borrows from the past and yet steals from the future," as Adam
puts it, their latest album stimulates both the cranium and the bootie.
When Adult. first started out, their fan base consisted of three people:
Adams mom and two German dudes named Klaus. Now, Adult. get their own
dressing room when they play shows, have the clout to diss Kraftwerk to
their faces and have rabid fans presenting them with everything from
homemade music videos to plaster effigies of the band. One of the reasons
their fans love them so much is that while most electronic groups are
content sitting behind their computers, twiddling their knobs, Adult. is
keeping it real. Adam actually plays all of the music "live" (not just
pressing enter every five minutes on a G3 notebook). Nicola gets equally
human on stage by chiming in with vocodered vocals.
So why arent they rich? Unfortunately, in the midst of all this popularity
and kudos, Adam has decided to keep their bank account at zero by sitting on
his ass all day making bad business decisions. This leaves his stunning wife
(who looks like a cross between Pat Benatar and that fem-bot from
Metropolis) to run their studio, Ersatz Audio, known worldwide for its
genre-defining electro, new wave and synth pop. Shes also left to handle
most of the records on their label (same name), including highly-influential
releases from names like Le Car, Ectomorph, and Her.
While Nicola is running around town like a beaver on amphetamines, Adam
justifies his laziness by pointing out that he bought all the synthesizers
and clothes he needs when he was fifteen. They both seem OK with the set up
and it shows no signs of changing.
Ahh men.
CITIZEN WAYNE
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