Chopping It Up With Adventure Club
Words: Jaclyn Miller
Image: Tiera Suggs
On a rainy Thursday night in downtown Cleveland, I pulled my hood over my head as I stood in line waiting to enter Liquid, the vivacious night club occupying the corner of Sixth St. Battling my way through a sea of amateur fiber-optic light-twirlers and youths flailing their bodies with impressive rhythm, I eventually forced my way to a room above the main stage where I found the Adventure Club team having a pre-show huddle. With cinder blocks for seats, we made ourselves as comfortable as possible and started talking Adventure Club.
school’s rival newspaper for a partner to start a hardcore punk-rock band with, and Christian rose to the call. “He was quite the poacher,” Christian teases, “and he caught a good one let me tell you! Woo!” After giving the “emo-screamo” scene a brief whirl, the boys gradually shifted course as they began to dabble with electronic production technology. Things finally started to click when they posted an electronic remix of Brand New’s hit song “Daisy,” on a music blog and experienced more success than they had ever seen as a punk rock band. The boys Adventure Club’s roots trace attribute part of their uniqueback to 2011 when Leigh- ness to their production ton put up an ad in his high technology called “Cake-
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walk Sonar,” a program not commonly used among other EDM artists. “When I was growing up, around age 12, I started recording my guitar and writing songs on this thing called ‘Cakewalk Home Studio, and I kind of kept going with that program ever since I was a kid,” Christian explains. “So when it came time to do the EDM stuff, I didn’t bother changing my work station.”
“We also draw a lot of influence from outside of EDM”
However, to my surprise and relief, both Christian and Leighton have managed to remain remarkably grounded. Several times during our discussion, I found myself slightly taken aback by their kindness, charm, happy-golucky attitudes, and genuine passion for life.From teenage punk-rockers to world-renown EDM prodigies, Christian and Leighton’s past five years have been nothing short of an adventure.
Considering AC's massive popularity and undeniably attractive image, one might assume the fame would have gone to their heads by now.
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