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Washi

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“OPEN, IT STRETCHES;
CLOSED, IT ROLLS UP.
IT CAN BE CONTRACTED OR EXPANDED;
HIDDEN AWAY OR DISPLAYED.”
– Fu Xian (Jin Dynasty), approximately 150 years after invention of paper.

My connection to Japan and its culture goes back before I can even remember. My parents hosted a Japanese student when I was just a baby. I don’t remember Masa, but his gifts such as the storybook of Momotaro, the Peach Boy, and our happi jackets, are deep indelible memories.

At the end of 2019, just pre-COVID, I was in Japan for concerts with a range of astounding musicians including Walter Lang (who has sadly since passed away), Shinya Fukumori, Masaki Kai, Motohiko Ichino, Sumire Kuribayashi and Akihiro Nishiguchi.

The beginnings of the idea for Washi – Japanese paper (和紙) made by hand in a traditional manner – came while shopping in a department store in Osaka, finding these concertina style books that I used to create individual graphic scores or art books. Utilising handmade papers and improvising my own origami folds, each book is unique, inviting the musicians to consider the paper’s textures, shapes, lines, patterns, colours and layers as the elements to inspire musical ideas.

Does this mark an end, or is it just a point on a circle? We’ll see...

Adam Simmons

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released June 27, 2023

Composed by Adam Simmons Arranged by Adam Simmons, Howard Cairns and Hugh Harvey

Adam is a Temby artist and performs exclusively on a Vintage Temby alto saxophone.
Adam is a Selmer artist and performs exclusively on a Selmer Paris Privilege bass clarinet.

Recorded by Myles Mumford, at Rolling Stock, 17-18 April 2021

Design by Celsius Design

Spiral data tato design by Philip Chapman-Bell origami.oschene.com
For instructions for folding the Spiral Data Tato log onto: www.instructables.com/id/The-Spiral-Data-Tato----A-Curiously- Complex-Origam/

Thanks to Richard Fields for providing nutritional, artistic and moral sustenance. Thanks to KAMI for such inspiring papers. Thanks to Jonathan Zion for his thoughtful inspirations. Thanks to Australia Council for being flexible and patient in their support in the face of COVID-19 disruptions.

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body.

Supported by the City of Melbourne Arts Grants.

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Fat Rain Music Melbourne, Australia

"Fat Rain" is the rain that comes on a hot sultry afternoon, those large splotches that fall singularly from the sky, splattering in the gravel and exploding on windscreens...

Founded by Adam Simmons, Fat Rain's focus is on improvised and jazz music but basically dedicated to providing engaging music, believing good art is not simply entertaining but should leave an impression! ... more

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