Fatrain Music
Fatrain Music is the umbrella under which the work of Adam Simmons is presented, from concert performances and CD/DVD releases as well as the presenter of the proposed Art Music Concert Series.
Adam Simmons is a composer and sought after instrumentalist, involved across many different scenes within Melbourne and beyond, performing contemporary jazz, punk, afro-beat, new music, traditional Japanese honkyo-ku, funk and free noise/improv. In 2004, Adam received a Special Award from the Freedman Foundation, facilitating a period of work and study in New York, Germany and Poland. As part of the 2006 Melbourne Fringe Festival, a special Retrospective of Adam's work was held - featuring over 200 musicians in 40 configurations over three weeks. Current ensembles include: Adam Simmons Toy Band, Adam Simmons Quartet, New Blood, Embers, bucketrider, Steve Purcell’s Pearly Shells, Harrow, Big Fela, Collider and the Bennetts Lane Big Band. Other artists that Adam has worked with include: Ernest Ranglin, Nigel Kennedy, Peter Brotzmann, Odean Pope, The Mavis's, You Am I, KK Null, Ursel Schlicht, Ned Rothenberg, Jacek Kochan, CW Stoneking and Spontaneous Human Combustion. Adam has also entered into visual arts, presenting music box assemblages at several group shows, and his debut solo show at the Catherine Asquith Gallery. Some of these works will be exhibited in at the National Museum in Szczecin, Poland in October 2010. Following that, Adam will be returning to Europe in November/December for the Alternativa Festival in Prague and concerts in France and Germany.