Rumori will be featured as an artist for the Marfa Open Art Festival 2020 in a video installation created specifically for the festival. The "Live Drawing Session" nstallation was created in collaboration with divinebrick and Chris Soohoo and will be displayed during the entirety of the festival from September 25 to October 18.

“Live Drawing Session” invites you to sit and experience a distance yet visceral butoh performance prayer by divinebrick, Chris Soohoo, and Rumori, transposed into a figure drawing workshop in motion. Through the guidance of Chris SooHoo and haunting soundscapes woven by Rumori (aka Jason Adams), this session offers points of inspiration stemming from movement, video, and sound. It invites watchers to participate in its wholly improvised performance through their own drawing. Create a composite illustration of body in flow.  Focus and capture elements of mood and meaning, or just observe and allow the spectrum of dreams to invade your consciousness as you become part of this new collaboration.  Tag your drawings #livedrawingmarfa

Buzzbands LA has premiered the music video for "Hideaway (ft. Rumori)" by Torii Wolf. This is the third collaboration between the two artists, and the third music video from Momento Mori Productions directed by Kayko Tamaki.

Rumori's livestream performance on Betawave TV is now available to watch anytime.

Danketsu 10's new album, From a distance, everything shines is out today via Warm Winters Ltd. Listen & purchase as cassette or download from the player above.

The work of the Danketsu group - formerly 9, now 10 - has always revolved around ideas of unity, inclusion and equality. Their latest, completely improvised album titled From a distance, everything shines embodies these ideals; in the subtlety of each contribution, the gentleness of each performer, the willingness to contribute to something greater than each member on their own. The music here is largely graceful, sublime, almost peaceful, and even the more harrowing moments dissolve into a conclusion that's uplifting. The title of the track “ชั่วเจ็ดทีดีเจ็ดหน” is a Thai Buddhist proverb which translates to “Bad seven times, good seven times”. Patrick Shiroishi, the leader of the group, explains that to him this means that “there is something good even in a bad situation.” 

'From a distance, everything shines' is the third release of the Danketsu group. As Danketsu 9, they released albums on Never Anything Records and Patient Sounds. This album is their first as Danketsu 10. 

credits 

released August 21, 2020 

In memory of Lesanu "Sonny" Abegaze 

Jason Adams - cello 
Kelly Coats - flute 
Dylan Fujioka - accordion & percussion 
Noah Guevara - guitar 
Pauline Lay - violin 
Ken Moore - double bass 
Amber Navran - clarinet & tenor saxophone 
Patrick Shiroishi - suona & alto saxophone 
Mallory Soto - voice 
Ang Wilson - flute 

Released by Warm Winters Ltd. as WW006 
Recorded at Human Resources on the 9th of March, 2019 
Recorded and mastered by Felix Salazar 
Photography by Jess Castillo 
Cover and cassette design by Taavi Kelle

Jason Adams will be playing a livestream performance as Rumori this Friday, August 21st at 7:00pm PST, featuring live visuals from Matthew Shores. Watch and listen at betawave.tv/livestream.

Audiofemme has premiered the new single from Torii Wolf, "Wash Away (ft. Rumori)", along with a music video featuring both artists. The premiere includes an interview with Wolf, as well as praise for the single.

"The song opens with composer and cellist Rumori’s breathtaking solo. As the song progresses, it feels almost as if the listener is inside a cave, scraping to get out. Wolf’s voice is a hand reaching down into the dark, grasping for a lost soul; their voice pulses angelically, creating ripples against the wooden timber of Rumori’s cello."

Music Video directed by Kayko Tamaki. DP & Editor: Kylie Hazzard.

Danketsu 10 has announced their newest album, From a distance, everything shines, to be released 8/21 on cassette and digital platforms via Warm Winters Ltd. Listen to an excerpt from the 32-minute improvised live performance at the above player.

Danketsu 10 is Jason Adams (cello), Kelly Coats (flute), Dylan Fujioka (accordion & percussion), Noah Guevara (guitar), Pauline Lay (violin), Ken Moore (double bass), Amber Navran (clarinet & tenor saxophone), Patrick Shiroishi (suona & alto saxophone), Mallory Soto (voice), Ang Wilson (flute).

Recorded by Felix Salazar. Cover photography by Jess Castillo.

The work of the Danketsu group - formerly 9, now 10 - has always revolved around ideas of unity, inclusion and equality. Their latest, completely improvised album titled 'From a distance, everything shines' embodies these ideals; in the subtlety of each contribution, the gentleness of each performer, the willingness to contribute to something greater than each member on their own. The music here is largely graceful, sublime, almost peaceful, and even the more harrowing moments dissolve into a conclusion that's uplifting. The title of the track “ชั่วเจ็ดทีดีเจ็ดหน” is a Thai Buddhist proverb which translates to “Bad seven times, good seven times”. Patrick Shiroishi, the leader of the group, explains that to him this means that “there is something good even in a bad situation.”

Torii Wolf has debuted her new single, "Summon", featuring Rumori. This is the first of several collaborations between the two artists. Music video by directed by Kayko Tamaki of Memento Mori Productions.

PRAISE FOR "SUMMON"

"Their most haunting work yet. Wolf’s perpetually strained vocals embrace the cello accompaniment, contributed by Rumori, while keeping the acoustic guitar at bay. In this way, the song feels like an internal battle, externalized." 
Grimy Goods - Best New Songs of July 

"A transcendent new single. Perfect for the long moment of unreality in which everyone has found themselves." 
The Hype Magazine

Parkour by Jerkagram & Martín Escalante is available now to stream or purchase digitally or in CD format via 577 Records. Listen to the first two tracks at the player above.

Jason Adams recorded and mixed this album.

An album review that specifically praises Jason's work can be found on New Noise Magazine.

Jerkagram & Martín Escalante have announced their full album, Parkour, to be released June 19, 2020 on 577 Records. The first single, "Szépléanyok!" is available now.

Recorded and mixed by Jason Adams in late 2018, the album is a fully improvised sonic assault, combining Escalante's boundary-pushing saxophone technique, experimental guitar manipulations by Derek Gaines, and Brent Gaines as a rhythm powerhouse.

The album will be released in CD and digital formats. Pre-orders available HERE.