BIOGRAPHY

Rema Hasumi is a New York-based sound designer and improviser, whose eclectic background spans classical, jazz, and experimental music. The foundation of her music is grounded in a wide range of pianistic expressions that are at times contemplative, and at others assertive. Her recent work involves compositions and improvisations with analog synthesizers, electronics, and vocals. Rema’s music has been described as one that “is able to capture those elusive moments when silence becomes music and music becomes silence” (Jakob Baekgaard, All About Jazz) and that “begins with a delicate piano rumination, wandering, searching, finding a state of gentle deliberation that suddenly fades” (Dan McClenaghan, All About Jazz).

Her musical influences span across various musicians including Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Masabumi Kikuchi, Paul Bley, Terry Riley, Arthur Russel, and many more.