Offering “a tone so pure it is almost a sine-wave” (The Wire), Adam Lion is an experimental percussionist who specializes in vibraphone performance. Interests that guide his music include improvisation, perception, acoustics, repetition, process, immediacy, and spontaneity. Notable projects include his release with Sarah Hennies and Ashlee Booth “The Reinvention of Romance” (Astral Spirits), a residency with New York University composer collective “nevermind the noise”, and his solo vibraphone album “Gilgul” (cmntx). He has collaborated closely with a diverse spectrum of contemporary artists including Harold Budd, bang on a can, and Brian Weitz of Animal Collective. He has received funding from New Music USA, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The North Carolina Arts Commission and has been a featured performer at the Big Ears Festival, University of Chicago, the Boston Conservatory at Berklee, the Red Room, MASS MoCA, and the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center.