From Band to Beat: Adam Saykan

Most electronic sets are finished before the artist shows up. Built alone in a DAW, perfected, exported, pressed play. The performance is a playback. Adam Saykan makes his in the room, in real time, in front of you.

When his band split in 2013, he didn't look for another band. He found a Maschine, went solo as Spinclasse, and started building tracks live instead of rehearsing them. Rock, blues, electronic, folded into one moving thing. He describes the whole arc in a line: "Music is the story of my evolution, and I feel it comes in cycles and rebirths."

The first gig

The approach was born by accident. His first live performance was a house party — DJs and bands, and a spontaneous vinyl session that turned into something else. A partygoer summed it up:

"Yo, that's crazy, making techno live."

That reaction became the method. Not a set list. A tightrope.

Cycles

Years later his sound came full circle, back to the dark, minimal style he started in. Tracks like "1981" and "Mojo Risin'" sit at that return. He doesn't treat it as repeating himself. He treats it as a rebirth — the same material, a different person playing it.

Roots

He grew up by the beach, digging through old records, Sinatra to The Doors.

"The Doors and Jimi Hendrix have been monumental influences, blending rock, blues, and poetry."

The old stuff isn't nostalgia. It's raw material for whatever he builds next.

The room

At venues like Revolver Upstairs, the performance is half music, half room-reading.

"Handing out fans or doing silly dances to lighten the mood and remind everyone that the dance floor is a safe space."

The technical skill serves what every good selector chases: people feeling free enough to move.

Old and new at once

He refuses the usual binary. He carries vinyl and experiments with AI in the same breath.

"AI is already creating music and suggesting playlists, and I'm diving into tools to innovate further."

And still:

"Releasing physical music on vinyl will hopefully touch generations like it did for myself."

New tools, old formats, no contradiction. Just more ways to make the thing land.

He mentors, runs events, and has an SSS Compilation of local artists on the way — passing on what the older generation gave him. His advice is unglamorous and correct: "Focus on having the right attitude and passion. With the right mindset and dedication, the rest will fall into place."

He tours with his gear everywhere, because the moment arrives without warning — a cave in Türkiye, a beachside club in Croatia, a house party in Melbourne. The band ended in 2013. The music just kept being reborn.

Find Adam Saykan on Instagram.

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