Adam Samuel Goldman

Adam Samuel Goldman
Background information
Born Syosset, New York, U.S.
Origin Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • composer
  • record producer
  • artist
Instruments
  • vocals
  • guitar
  • synthesizer
Years active 2001–present
Labels
Associated acts

Adam Samuel Goldman is a Los Angeles-based composer, music producer, filmmaker, and artist. He is best known for his work as songwriter, producer, and frontman for the electronic band Fol Chen, which released three albums on the Asthmatic Kitty label from 2009 to 2013, and the pop rock band Bedroom Walls.[1] He was also a touring member of Liars.[2]

Goldman has produced albums for Andrew Bird (Echolocations: River, 2017), Simone White (Silver Silver, 2012)[3], and Nights and Weekends (Music for Marriage, 2017).[4] As composer, he scored the 2015 documentary film Knock Knock, It's Tig Notaro for Showtime and contributed original music for the 2014 feature film Blackbird, directed by Patrik-Ian Polk. His commercial work includes music composed for Visa, Hyundai, and Canon, and a "faux New Wave song" written for a Hillshire Farms commercial directed by David O. Russell.[5]

As an artist, he has collaborated with Machine Project on projects including the Composer-Free Song Generator that appeared at the Walker Art Center in 2012,[6] and (with Monome) a "a motion- and orientation-sensitive musical pyramid" toy called The Tetrafol.[7] Goldman is a graduate of the California Institute of the Arts.[8]

Discography

Fol Chen

Bedroom Walls

  • All Good Dreamers Pass This Way (2006)
  • I Saw You Coming Back To Me (2003)

Film scores

References

  1. ↑ "Fol Chen | Asthmatic Kitty Records". asthmatickitty.com. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  2. ↑ Brown, August (July 7, 2010). "Live review: Fol Chen and Baths at the Echo". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Martins, Chris (September 5, 2012). "Simone White Depicts Doomed Bear-Human Romance in 'Never Be That Tough' Clip". SPIN.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  4. ↑ "Husband-and-Wife Duo Nights & Weekends Premiere 'Brick by Brick' From 'Music for Marriage'". Billboard. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
  5. ↑ "Adam Samuel Goldman". IMDB.com. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. ↑ Ehrenreich, Ben. "Interview: Samuel Bing of Fol Chen". Bombmagazine.org. BOMB magazine. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Creating Music With a Pyramid". wearedesignbureau.com. Design Bureau. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
  8. ↑ Fusilli, Jim. "Fol Chen Reveals Its Faces". wsj.com. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
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