Richard Adlam AKA Fiasco has worked on some of the biggest album projects of the last 10 years including titles from Ed Sheeran, Harry Styles, George Ezra, Dua Lipa, Lil Wayne, Taylor Swift, One Direction, Kanye West, Bruno Mars, Avicii, Jessie J and Iggy Azalea. This has included Five Grammy winning and Fifteen Grammy nominated records. He has to date worked on six UK number one records which most recently included LF System ‘Afraid To Feel’ which spent 8 weeks on the top spot.
In 2022 Richard worked on new forthcoming material for Ed Sheeran, along with the mosts successful dance record of the past decade LF System ‘Afraid To Feel’ which spent eight weeks in the number one cart spot. He worked on three number one records by Harry Styles (Grapejuice), George Ezra (Manila) and Jamie T (90’s Cars) and also worked on Nathan Dawes ’21 Reasons’, John Summits ‘La Danza’ and new releases for Rain Radio, Fred Again and Pharell Wiliams featuring Nigo. He also worked on the Grammy nominated record by Bonobo and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs ‘Heartbreak’. In August Richard simultaneously had records worked on at the number one position in both the UK singles and album chart.
2021 saw Richard work on Ed Sheeran’s ‘Equals’ album, including programming on the single ‘Overpass Graffiti’ and percussion on ‘Collide’. He also worked on the Grammy award winning album ‘Future Nostalgia’ by Dua Lipa, Joel Corey, Jax Jones, Charli XCX ‘Out Out’, Rain Radio ‘Talk About’, Mahalia ‘Whenever You’re Ready’, Mist ‘Rollin’ and CASISDEAD ‘Boys Will Be Boys’. Other tracks contributed to include Origin8 & Propa ‘Harmony’, Marisha Wallace ‘Faith’.
In 2020 he worked on tracks for Pop Smoke (Tsunami), Jax Jones (Tequilla),Teyana Taylor (Bad), AJ Tracey (Dinner Guest), Yung Gravy (Party At Momas House) and Headie One (Soldiers). He also additionally produced and performed on two Grammy award winning records, The Chemical Brothers album ‘No Geography’ (best dance album) and single ‘Got To Keep On’ (best dance single).’
In 2019, he contributed to DJ Regard ‘Ride It’, Mist ’So High’, Jax Jones ‘Play’, High Contrast ‘Going Up’, Patrick Topping ’Turbo Time’, Fabolous ‘B.O.M.B.S’, Pusha T ‘Coming Home’ and Solardo ‘XTC’.
Richard has also worked on Kanye West ‘Ghost Town’, Jorja Smiths ‘Blue Lights’ and number one records by Sigma (Nobody To Love), Duke Dumont (I Got You), Sigala (Easy Love), Second City (I Wanna Feel), Dizzee Rascal (Dirtee Disco) and Sigma (Nobody To Love). Other records Richard has worked on include Taylor Swift ‘Teardrops On My Guitar’, The Saturdays ‘Up’, Pusha T ‘Hold On’, Utah Saints ‘Something Good 08’, Cee Lo Green ‘I Want You’ and Jessie J ‘Mamma Knows Best’ He has worked various artists including Nas, Lil Wayne, Desiigner, Bastille, One Direction, The Chemical Brothers, James Arthur, Aviici, Bruno Mars, Lizzo, The Sugababes and Dizzee Rascal.