Adam H. is a musician and composer based in Berlin. Growing up in Indiana with the Ohio River and the Louisville skyline in the distance kept his eyes focused on the horizon throughout his childhood years. After years spent in Chicago, Beijing, and New York, he settled in Paris where his music began to take shape. After the release of a Nick Drake inspired folk record, he joined forces with Jean-Charles Versari to create the folk/shoegaze hybrid Abolition--which received acclaim from Rolling Stone France, Rock & Folk, and many others.
This was a decisive turning point for his compositional style. Realizing that his work with Jean-Charles was his strongest work yet, he began exploring increasingly radical methods of collaboration with other artists. Inspired by the work of Lawrence Weiner, Fred Sandback, and OuLiPo, he began creating basic open-boundary tonal systems with very limited constraints (a simple chord progression, a drone in a specific key, etc.) and sending them to musicians who specialized in experimental improvisation to see if they would be willing to contribute. He then mixed the results with Colin Marston into two albums that will both be released by Debacle Records.
These exercises in radical collaboration continue and he hopes to have as little control as possible over his future creative work.
This was a decisive turning point for his compositional style. Realizing that his work with Jean-Charles was his strongest work yet, he began exploring increasingly radical methods of collaboration with other artists. Inspired by the work of Lawrence Weiner, Fred Sandback, and OuLiPo, he began creating basic open-boundary tonal systems with very limited constraints (a simple chord progression, a drone in a specific key, etc.) and sending them to musicians who specialized in experimental improvisation to see if they would be willing to contribute. He then mixed the results with Colin Marston into two albums that will both be released by Debacle Records.
These exercises in radical collaboration continue and he hopes to have as little control as possible over his future creative work.