Adam’s Bite: Beyond the Label

Adam’s Bite operates beyond the conventional boundaries of a record label. Founded and shaped by a philosophy of transformation, context, and long-term artistic identity, the platform brings together sound, visual art, installations, and interdisciplinary practices into a wider creative ecosystem. Rather than focusing on market trends or fixed aesthetics, Adam’s Bite prioritises process, relationships, and the evolving dialogue between sound, space, and people.

In this interview, Nicolas Hagenbach and Adrian Martin share a collective perspective on what Adam’s Bite represents today, how it approaches change, and how it continues to evolve as a living, breathing creative platform.

Adam’s Bite is described as a platform rather than just a label. How do you define its function today across music, sound, and interdisciplinary creative work?

Adam’s Bite is not a brand that dictates a specific style, nor a label focused on growth at any cost. It is a context builder for contemporary creative work in all its forms, including sound, visual art, installations, and interdisciplinary artistic practices. While sound remains central, it exists as part of a broader artistic perspective that embraces art in all its forms. We prioritise ideas over products, process over perfection, and long-term artistic identity over short-term visibility. Sound never exists in isolation; it is always in dialogue with space, people, memory, and environment.

You place strong emphasis on process, mutation, and transformation. Why is the idea of change so central to Adam’s Bite’s identity, and how does that philosophy translate into your releases and projects?

Adam’s Bite is built on the understanding that sound, like identity and culture, is never static. Genres, tools, bodies, technologies, and social contexts are constantly shifting. Treating music or art as something fixed or finished does not reflect that reality. Change becomes a conscious position against stagnation, rigid categorisation, and market-driven uniformity. Our releases and projects are better understood as snapshots within an ongoing process rather than final statements.

The experiences you create can exist anywhere, from a dance floor to the woods to a private space. How does context influence the way you think about sound and emotional impact?

Adam’s Bite sees itself as a link between culture, people, emotions, and music. It is about transitions and encounters between places such as forests, dance floors, or festivals, and between intimate moments and collective movement. We aim to create spaces for creative encounters between people, between sound and place, between feeling and time. Context is never just a backdrop; it actively shapes how sound is perceived and how emotions unfold. Visual elements and installations often become part of this process, extending the experience beyond sound alone.

Your catalogue features artists like Traumer, Cristi Cons, Ion Ludwig, and Audio Werner. What connects these artists beyond genre, and what do you listen for when deciding an Adam’s Bite release?

Almost all of our releases grow out of long-standing relationships. We work with artists who are close friends and with whom we share years of musical exchange. They fit naturally into our musical mindset while remaining highly individual and diverse, something that becomes clear when looking at the back catalogue. When deciding on a release, genre is never the main factor. What matters is whether the music moves us. Diversity plays an essential role, but above all it comes down to the quality, depth, and intention behind the production.

House music is often associated with functionality, but your output feels more introspective and elastic. How do you balance underground club energy with deeper, more personal listening experiences?

For us, it is not about rejecting functionality, but expanding it. Adam’s Bite creates a context for contemporary creative work where sound can move between different states. We support ideas over products, process over perfection, and long-term artistic identity over short-term visibility. Sound remains the starting point, but it never exists in isolation. It is always in dialogue with space, body, memory, and environment, not as a fixed format, but as a living condition where experiences shift, overlap, and reconnect.

Looking ahead, how do you see Adam’s Bite evolving as a label, a platform, or an ecosystem for creative mutation?

We increasingly see Adam’s Bite as an ecosystem: a network of people, ideas, places, and formats. This could take the form of a release, a temporary space, a visual or spatial installation, or a collaboration beyond music. The future for us is not about growth at any price, but about consolidation, going deeper, strengthening connections, and continuing to allow change. As long as something keeps moving, it stays alive.

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