PREMIERE | The Outsiders Club, "97 Chicago Bulls"
The rise and rebirth of The Outsiders Club; press photo courtesy of Adam Christopher Anyone.
Creative trajectories are more often than not a series of non-linear developments and meticulous processes. In our contemporary day and age where so much pressure is placed upon the gratification immediacy of on-demand media, entertainment, same-day/instantaneous deliveries and the like; the collective appreciation for art, its evolution and correlating narratives has dwindled (unless there is some accompanying spicy documentary streaming on your favorite platform). No matter what era is being examined, any aesthetic movement is one that is rife with agony, ecstasy, pathos, pomp, circumstance, revolution, conflicts, breakdowns, rebirth, restoration, renewal and so much more. Nothing never just happens or appears out of the ether, but rather through a story and science that surveys the humanities, changes, shifts and growth that goes into the manufactory and making of everything we have ever known and easily take for granted. Everything and everyone comes from somewhere, where tales older than the sands of time portend testimonials and indications of today and tomorrow’s new arts.
Introducing the rebirth of the The Outsiders Club, the solo project of pop veteran Adam Christopher Anyone. What began in the 2010s NYC with the “Sail Away” visual became temporarily shelved in favor of other musical endeavors. Revitalized circa the summer of 2019, Adam began to connect a series of disparate influences into pop art fusions that fashion modernist genres into exciting and inspired new Hegelian syntheses. The radio dial spins like a time twisting mechanism flipping backwards and forwards into the stratospheres of artistic alchemy that pushes past the echelons of anachronistic pastiches. In Adam’s own words on the longstanding labor of unconditional love:
The Outsiders Club is a collective of the polarizing and free. Being free is the fastest way to find random opposition, but boy is it worth it.
With news of an upcoming EP and new material that mixes new tracks, reimagined covers and more — The Outsiders Club presents the world debut of the nostalgic and reflective new single “97 Chicago Bulls”. With a rhythmic sound that blends timeless Euro sophisti pop and universal dance grooves; Adam takes inspiration from the iconic team’s triumphant 1997 season as a romantic engine that navigates through the trials, tribulations and the taste of triumphant bliss. The track dribbles, jogs, travels and dunks in ways that blends sentimental memories of meaningful moments from yesterday in manners that provide hope for the new day dawning of the future and today. “97” jumps and drives with angular rhythm guitars, peppy percussion and faint expressive chord touches that sparkle and shine with a sharp hum that pays tribute to those special people that have made an indelible impression upon our lives and stay forever on our minds. Adam orchestrates a track that could have been released in 1997, 1987 or 2027 that rocks the core of the human spirit in a way that feels new, yet familiar in a celebration of the folks and phenoms that have made our existence incredible, influencing everything and more (outside the bounds of all metric calculation).
A moment of pause with Adam from The Outsiders Club; press photo courtesy of the artist.
Adam Christopher Anyone provided some privy and candid reflections on the creative process:
Right now my creative process is all over the place. Some days I’m still reworking old rock and roll songs, some days I’m singing over hip hop beats and some days I’m doing covers of 60s pop songs. I now try to go into the studio and do whatever comes natural, instead of going in with so many pre-arranged ideas. I stopped boxing myself into one genre or one form of expression via rock and roll and tried to go outside my comfort zone and make music that’s a mixture of all my influences.
Out of the void — The Outsiders Club; press photo courtesy of the artist.
That’s the same way I’ve also tried to approach life at this point...just taking one day at a time. It took me literally years of trying detox and rehab (I went to detox twice and rehab once) to stay clean after my old guitarist Alex passed...and I just want to experience all the tastes and pleasures of life and feel everything I can feel. My days of trying to be numb have been done. A lot of that is due to my incredibly supportive girlfriend.
God has blessed me with a second opportunity at life and I’m just trying to embrace it one day at a time and not overthink it too much. Try new things. Meet new people. Smell new roses. That’s been my approach to everything right now. Even with music. Try it. Experience it. And don’t get too far ahead. Just make sure that moment is beautiful. And if you do that with each moment. You end up with a highlight reel of a good life.
“97 Bulls” from The Outsiders Club is available everywhere.
