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Adventurer are an electronic dance music duo from the United Kingdom, founded in Nottingham, England, 2013. The group is comprised of Alex Jones (vocals, guitar, and production) and Fred Walker (drums, piano, and production). Adventurer are popular for their use of oriental elementals and instruments in their original works, most notably the Chinese Urhu violin.

Single from their forth coming self-titled EP, "Where can we go?" has gained widespread recognition and has been broadcast on BBC Introducing East Midlands.

Pre-Adventurer

Before Adventurer's inception, both Fred and Alex had worked together and separately on a number of projects ranging from heavy metal, to acoustic-rap; each with little, to moderate success. Fred was the drummer for "Manufactured God", a hardcore band popular throughout the Leicestershire region, where he met Alex who was auditioning as the band's new vocalist. Alex did not become the band's vocalist, however Fred and Alex continued to form a close friendship.

In 2008 Fred and Alex worked for a short time together on heavy metal project "Back on the streets", before a band dispute not between Fred and Alex caused the band to split.

Alex continued to develop his own heavy metal band "Slaine", in which he was the lead vocalist and bassist, the band had great success with an unsigned competition that lead them to play iconic venues, including The Carling Academy, and the IndigO2. The band ultimately disbanded in 2009 when Alex and it's other members went to university.

In 2010 whilst studying at Anglia Ruskin University, Fred was introduced to the world of electronic music, and adopting the alias "Izual", he composed and produced a number of dub-step and dance songs.

Alex studied Popular Music Production with Music Technology at the University of Derby, where he continued to develop his skills in production; in addition to this he joined post-hardcore band "Atlantis", releasing an 8 track EP and playing small venues around the East Midlands.

In the summer of 2011 Fred and Alex formed acoustic-rap duo "Verona", creating unique covers and receiving recognition as talented performers. Verona played small venues and festivals, and ultimately split up after Fred moved back to Cambridge to continue studying.

In the winter of 2012 Alex embarked on a month long tour with Atlantis, who were supporting US band Broadway. The tour took place across a number of different European countries during the 30 days, and consisted of small to medium sized venues. Upon Atlantis's return to the UK, they signed with Transcend Music before splitting shortly after.

In the summer of 2013 Fred and Alex had now both graduated from their universities and formed Adventurer.

Early works

Adventurer demo'd many songs at Alex's home studio in Leicestershire, originally working on a "Modern 80's" sound, however as the band developed in the coming months the pair found themselves becoming more comfortable in the genre of House and popular dance music.

Alex's vocals was always the seen as the unique point of the songs, as the band felt that modern dance music was not delivering an emotionally connected vocal element. Fred's background in creative writing meant that he could write meaningful lyrics which in turn Alex found himself becoming attached to.

2014 - Present

Adventurer have written, recorded and produced a self-titled EP that contains 3 tracks. Although the release date is unconfirmed, it is speculated that it will be available for purchase in early May 2014.

The EP will contain the track "Where can we go"?, which has been broadcast on BBC's Introducing show East Midlands, and features a distinct oriental style, which the band insists is an element that they will use more in future releases.

Currently two of the three tracks on the EP are available on the band's SoundCloud site.