Kindness (musician)
Kindness is the solo project of English singer Adam Bainbridge.
History
In 2007, Adam Bainbridge was a recipient of the Eric James Johnson Memorial Fellowship, at The Philadelphia Institute for Advance Study.Live in Philly was released in 2007 as a free MP3 download and CDr, with no label.
In 2009, Moshi Moshi Records released Kindness debut single Swingin’ Party. Gee Up was included on the vinyl b-side and a VHS video directed by Jack Latham accompanied it.
In October 2011, Cyan was released as a limited edition 12" vinyl through Kindness's own record label Female Energy in the UK and Terrible Records in North America. The B-side contained 3 unnamed lock grooves.
Kindness's debut album, World, You Need a Change of Mind, co-produced & mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Philippe Zdar was released on 16 March 2012. Live sessions were recorded for Radio 1's Zane Lowe and Rob da Bank as well as 6Music's Lauren Laverne, Live from Maida Vale. Kindness also played the iTunes Festival 2012.
In 2013, Kindness contributed to production and instrumentation on Blood Orange's Cupid Deluxe.
On 13 October 2014 Kindness released their second album Otherness featuring contributions from Robyn, Dev Hynes, Kelela and more.
During a 2015 lecture for Red Bull Music Academy Kindness discussed their recent music career, and their gender identity and sexuality.
'World Restart' from 2014's Otherness is the theme to the New York Times podcast, Still Processing.
Live
As a live band, Kindness has performed at a number of festivals and headline shows through the world including South by Southwest, Latitude Festival, Printemps De Bourges, Sydney Opera House, Primavera Festival, Field Day Festival, Eurockennes, Calvi on The Rocks, Oya Festival, Way Out West, Flow Festival, Summer Sonic, Bestival, We Love Green, Les in Rocks Festival, Midi Festival, and Soulwaxmas.In May and June 2013, Kindness supported The xx as part of their Night and Day Festival in London and Berlin.
2014 saw a North American and worldwide tour.
Kindness was a support for Blood Orange's charity concert for Opus 118 School Of Music at the Apollo Theater in New York.
DJ
Bainbridge originally came to produce music from work as a DJ. As a DJ they have opened for Giorgio Moroder, Solange and Mannie Fresh, and at venues & clubs worldwide including the Guggenheim Museum, Panorama Bar, MoMA PS1, the Apollo Theater, the Met Museum, Palais de Tokyo, Rex Club, Liquidroom Tokyo and the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.Their mixes have featured on British and international radio, and on specialist shows, such as the long-running Beats in Space.
Video director
Adam Bainbridge has directed and co-directed a number of videos for their own Kindness project as well as for other artists, including Grizzly Bear, Blood Orange, and William Onyeabor:| Artist | Song | Director |
| Grizzly Bear | "Don't Ask" | Adam Bainbridge |
| Kindness | "Gee Up" | Adam Bainbridge |
| Kindness | "House" | Adam Bainbridge & Dan Brereton |
| Kindness & Trouble Funk | "That's Alright" | Adam Bainbridge |
| Kindness | "36 Hours in the Go-Go Scene" | Adam Bainbridge & Pauline Beaudemont |
| Blood Orange | "Chamakay" | Adam Bainbridge |
| William Onyeabor | "Fantastic Man" | Adam Bainbridge & Camilla Wasserman |
| Blood Orange | "Uncle ACE" | Adam Bainbridge |
| Oh Shu | "Disco Brasil" | Adam Bainbridge |
Discography
Studio albums
- World, You Need a Change of Mind
- Otherness
- Something Like a War
Singles
- "Swingin Party"
- "Cyan"
- "SEOD"
- "Gee Up"
- "House"
- "That's Alright"
- "World Restart"
- "This Is Not About Us"
- "Who Do You Love?"
- "Cry Everything"
- "Lost Without"
- "Hard to Believe"
Remixes
- "Blood Orange – Uncle Ace"
- "Röyksopp & Robyn – Monument"
Production discography
Videos
Radio work
In 2016-17, Bainbridge hosted a monthly show for Red Bull Music Academy.| Guest | Transmission date |
| MikeQ | 28 April 2016 |
| Devonte Hynes | 8 June 2016 |
| Jesse Rae | 23 June 2016 |
| Eric Johnson | 25 August 2016 |
| SCRAAATCH | 22 September 2016 |
| Sampha | 27 October 2016 |
| Honey Dijon | 24 November 2016 |
| DJ Rekha, Nitasha Tamar Sharma, Anupa Mistry, Falu Bakrania | 22 December 2016 |
| Alexandria | 23 February 2017 |
| Jimmy Douglass | 23 March 2017 |
| Tom Lee, Nicole Will, Jonathan Hiam | 3 May 2017 |
| Byron Stingily | 7 June 2017 |
| Tawiah | 5 July 2017 |
| Asma Maroof | 2 August 2017 |
| Nabihah Iqbal, Imran Peretta | 6 September 2017 |
| Fatima Al Qadiri | 4 October 2017 |
| Helen Park, Jason Kim | 1 November 2017 |