The Gift duo Adventure Club have been rapidly ascending the dance music ladder since they first got together in 2011. Creating the perfect recipe of dubstep beats joined with melodic synths, it’s clear that “Clubstep” is here to stay.
Hailing from Montréal, the duo consisting of Leighton James and Christian Srigley first met when they were in high school. Later, the two formed a touring hardcore pop-punk band, lugging amps around but later decided to move onto the sounds of bass. “Yeah, I [was] the one who was producing our band,” Christian says, “We had a little studio and yeah, I probably was drunk the first time [I experimented with dubstep]. I had a field day just making dubstep and it was all just for fun — it ended up being a hobby until it started getting more attention than anything else we’d done previously.”
Through a lot of trial and error, the two began to hone in on their sound. The first song to put the duo on the map was their remix of Brand New’s song “Daisy” which increased their following exponentially after it was uploaded to the music aggregator site Hype Machine. Their popularity would only escalate from there. The boys developed a signature style, merging vocals with heavy drops to create their initial sound. Leighton remembers, “We were big into the hardcore scene and our friends showed us this remix album they had and Tech 1 did a remix of ‘Sleep with One Eye Open’ and it blended electronic and hardcore music together. We loved it so we started messing around with those kind of sounds.”
After their initial debut, the boys spent a fair amount of time working in the studio. Releasing a handful of tracks that would eventually catapult them to fame, remixes like “Crave You” or “Youth” by Foxes show off the duos perfected blend of syncopated rhythms, emotional melodies coupled with emotive vocals, and smooth bass aligning each track. Some of their signature sound can also be attributed to the software Cakewalk SONAR that they use to produce their music. Leighton says, “We kind of got tired of the wompy dubstep, and once we saw the melodic dubstep was working and people were being responsive to it, we just went with it.”
Currently, the boys are on a nationwide tour and calling all heroes from every corner of the country. Still buzzing from their earlier releases like “Gold” and of course their latest EP Calling All Heroes, come get your dose of adventure this Thursday, December 26th as Adventure Club makes their way to Tampa for The Gift at the Raymond James Stadium. There’s still time to buy your tickets online!
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