Set towards the Lengthy Seaside waterfront the place city sprawl meets shoreline, ska meets hip-hop (and every thing in between) at Cali Vibes Music Competition. The reggae-adjacent, three day celebration is produced by the Coachella overlords at GoldenVoice—an ode to the Cali Reggae scene and its progenitors which has cemented itself because the premier North American competition of the area of interest music style.
Backstage, Cisco Adler fist bumps me. He’s totally different from how I keep in mind him within the 2008 “Buzzin’” music video. He nonetheless sports activities the lengthy hair and devil-may-care demeanor, however he’s now not the Peter Pan of the celebration rock scene flanked by bikini-clad babes ingesting beer on a ship.
He’s grown up. A dad, husband, but nonetheless a musician… and nonetheless a stoner.
We stroll again to his inexperienced room trailer and sit throughout from one another, the strap from his patchwork overalls slipping from his shoulder.
HT: You understand, once I consider the title Cisco Adler my thoughts instantly goes to the Indie Sleaze period of the mid 2000’s, however you’re truly a fairly heady man and also you’ve transitioned to this folky, nearly jam-band sound.
CA: It was a really pure development, simply driving the wave the place it takes me. I at all times need to be evolving into what I need to be once I’m previous and grey. I can’t do backflips off the drums endlessly… I’ve had kind of three musical chapters and that was chapter one. Chapter two was the Shwayze stuff, and now this chapter is type of me coming dwelling to who I actually am.
HT: And also you’re in your Dad Period.
CA: I’m and you realize what I haven’t performed reside however just a few instances up to now ten years. It’s time now, although, as a result of my child’s ten and I need to be one of the best me. I need him to see the a part of me that I placed on maintain for him, for me, for my spouse.
HT: You could have some new music popping out with Mihali [formerly of Twiddle]. How did you guys hyperlink up?
CA: I like him, I simply walked over to observe him play. I needed to be late for this interview as a result of I needed to see just a few of his songs. His supervisor hit me up and was like ‘I believe this might be an attention-grabbing match’. It was an ideal match and it was extra of a collaboration; it wasn’t me a lot influencing him as a producer, however extra of me enjoying the guardrails. And ensuring he doesn’t lose sight of the truth that he’s a guitar virtuoso, whereas serving to him write catchy, tight songs that may nonetheless flex in that means.
HT: What does that artistic course of appear like if you guys get collectively?
CA: Some weed [laughs]. And colourful clothes. We linked actual fast, we have been quick associates. It’s simply enjoyable. The final time we wrote three or 4 songs within the week we have been collectively and we’ve one other one with DENM that the three of us wrote. He’s one other artist I like. That was all at my dwelling studio in Malibu—Mihali simply needed to get out of Vermont and take in the Cali vibes.
HT: The world must know in the event you’re a bong man or a joint man or a spliff man or a dab man.
CA: I’m a bong man. I wish to smoke doobs once I’m out as a result of a bong once I’m out can be bizarre. I’ve my very own bong within the studio and I don’t share it, however I’ve a number of different ones for different folks once they go to. Possibly I’m only a germaphobe. I smoke all day so I believe 100 joints a day can be extreme.
HT: Your lungs wouldn’t like that. Neither would your spouse, in all probability.
CA: It’s loopy after we first received collectively I smoked in the home! I don’t even know the way she handled that. I now relegate it to the studio, however bless her coronary heart.
HT: Do you’ve a favourite store or model?
CA: High Tide, what’s up y’all! I simply actually like good high-level sativas and I’ve began to suppose possibly I have to veer over to the natural out of doors weed, possibly not the 45% THC stuff anymore. I like the Excessive Tide household and I identical to people who smoke weed, usually. We’re good folks, we’re chill. We like colours, we like sounds, we just like the sunshine.
HT: It’s a excessive vibrational plant, man.
CA: I wanna begin rising it. I wanna be a farmer, I’m gonna begin with one little plant and we’ll see how I do. Traditionally, I’m not the best at that. I can develop tomatoes rather well, weed not a lot.
HT: We are able to observe up subsequent 12 months and see how far you’ve gotten. So, do you do psychedelics?
CA: I’ve, so much. I used to choose them in Hawaii out of the cow shit in highschool. My highschool was up on a hill and when it rained the entire faculty would run throughout the sector to the cow pastures and kind of Easter egg hunt. We’d come again in, tripping in science class.
I like mushrooms every year, as soon as each two years now. Simply to test in with the gods. I gained’t do acid anymore.
HT: What was your worst journey ever?
CA: I used to be in school and my girlfriend was again dwelling [in Hawaii], I began tripping, we broke up mid-trip. All hell broke free. An avalanche of feelings, loads of tears. I wanted to go get some weed so I went to a frat home which, I don’t know if it was truly like this as a result of I used to be tripping, but it surely was like a fucking battle zone. Weapons going off, loud bangs, I narrowly escaped. However I believe we’re all higher for our dangerous journeys.
HT: Your outfit is type of tripping me out. Who’re you sporting?
CA: That is Magnolia Pearl, every thing. It’s actually prefer it was made only for me.
HT: Within the spirit of the Bob Marley film, who would you select to play Cisco in a biopic about your life?
CA: Fuck, that’s exhausting. Timothee Chalamet? He’s received a greater jawline, however I’m positive he might develop a sleazy mustache and pull it off. However I even have 4 little brothers, so possibly certainly one of them.
HT: I don’t imply this to be an asshole, however your dad is Lou Adler. Do you suppose you’ll have pursued music had your dad not been who he’s?
CA: You’re not an asshole. I don’t know the reply to that query as a result of music is so deep in my blood and possibly that’s why it was so pure for me. What I do know is that there’s no Cisco with out music.