Biography

Adam began DJ’ing in Birmingham in the early 80’s being a resident at the UK’s famous Powerhouse and opening The Dome in Birmingham. He met Phil Dockerty at this time. They first began putting together mix tapes for other DJ’s and friends, leading to them being asked to put mixes together for the local radio dance shows.
In 1988 The Commission began producing regular mixes for the DMC subscription albums and many of these were featured on Jeff Young’s Radio One show. When Pete Tong took over the programme he asked them to begin producing more regular mix sets for the new Essential Selection every Sunday evening, after the Chart Show on Radio One. Their work for Pete Tong's Essential Selection was the forerunner to the “Essential mix” programme on Radio One
At the time they were now producing a two hour syndication Hot Mix program for BRMB, Leicester Sound, Mercia Sound, Trent FM and Buzz FM.
During 1992 they were approached by a number of UK record companies to put together