ATHLEISURE MAG #74 FEB ISSUE | READY FOR LOVE//CHAOS Adventure Club

We never need an excuse to go about our days and nights listening to a number of of our favorite tracks. As we begin to think about warmer weather (or heading there if we can't wait), we're also planning for a number of festivals, shows and more that we can enjoy with our crew.

We caught up with Montreal based Electronic duo, Adventure Club - Christian Srigley and Leighton James - to find out more about their sound, how they joined forces and how they stay inspired. This month, they dropped their sophomore album, LOVE//CHAOS, their follow up album to RED//BLUE and will be touring this spring and summer on their LOVE//CHAOS TOUR. They talk about songs that they dropped last summer that we love, their schedule and more.

ATHLEISURE MAG: What was the song that made you fall in love with music and ultimately lead to you doing it professionally?

ADVENTURE CLUB: The earliest songs I can remember were listening to The Pogues or Susan Aglukark.

Those are so deeply embedded inside me. I would just sit and listen to any and all CDs our family had. Pat Metheny, Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac. Until I had every single lyric and tracklisting memorized.

AM: How did you guys come together to form Adventure Club?

AC: Christian and I have known each other since highschool. We started a metalcore and then a pop punk band together. Working on various different projects until ultimately, we found our calling with Adventure Club.

AM: How would you define the Adventure Club sound?

AC: We used to call it music to make babies to, I guess that still stands today. Melodic bass or sadboi is what I think would encompass it now.

AM: We remember your remix with Lullabies with you and Yuna as well as Rise and Fall with Krewella which is another favorite. Both have such great energy! What is your process when you’re creating your music when it’s just you guys versus when you’re working with a remix or collaborating with other artists on a song?

AC: We treat every musical endeavor/ project the same. It’s really the vocal that we try to work around and make the star. So whether it's a remix or original, everything we do is to showcase the vocal and create a story around it.

AM: Where do you get inspiration when you’re in the creative process?

AC: Anywhere and everywhere we can find it. Dreams are a great source of inspiration for the moments you can actually remember and properly recreate once you wake up. We listen to so much music in a given day, so much seeps into our unconscious and manifests it self while we’re creating. Sometimes will hear a motif in a completely different genre and be like that overall idea would be cool in this setting.

AM: The past 2 years have been interesting to navigate. During the thick of quarantine, how did you guys look at that time in terms of creating music and interacting with your fans?

AC: It was very interesting to say the least. I'll focus on the positives. It was nice to have a forced break from tour life. To really be grateful for all our friends and family, just reflect on our career and take a moment to cherish every moment. We found a great routine, made some time for side endeavors as well as create music whenever inspiration, and of course finish our album.

AM: It feels like now that things are opening up, everyone is adding to their schedules, are you guys touring and do you have any shows that you can share with us?

AC: Hell yes! We’re back on the road almost every weekend now.

AM: We've been excited since the summer to hear this albume. Now that you've dropped it this month, what can we expect to hear on Love//Chaos?

AC: So excited to share it with the world. 25 tracks. We worked with every single one of our favorite artists.

AM: At least while we waited for the album to come out, you did drop certain singles that are on the album. Can you tell us more about Safe With Me and how it came together?

AC: We’ve always wanted to work with our fellow Canadian producer Soar, he just has such a unique approach to melodic bass. Luma is one of our favorite vocalists right now. Soar sent us an idea and we were like “THIS IS IT.” Immediately messaged LUMA and she came back with the most perfect vocal.

AM: Color Blind has been another song that we enjoyed this past summer from this album – tell us more about this and how it came together with you, Nurko and Dayseeker.

AC: Thank you. Nurko is probably our top candidate to take over the scene in the near future. We’ve been fans for a while now, and we’ve always spoke about wanting to collab. Quarantine provided that time. Dayseeker is another one of those bands we’ve had on repeat all year. Rorys vocals are just incredible. We love being able to bridge our two favorite genres, and this seemed like the perfect fit.

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