(b. 1953,Tokyo, Japan) is a drummer, composer, and graphic designer. She often records on Tzadik, as well as designing the covers for many of their albums. Mori has played on many projects led by composer John Zorn. Biography Mori was born and raised in Japan. She says she had little interest in music before hearing punk rock. In 1977, she went to New York City, initially for a visit, but she fell into the music scene, and has remained in New York since. Her first musical experience was as the drummer for seminal no wave band DNA, which also featured East Village hero, Arto Lindsay. Though she had little prior musical experience (and had never played drums), Mori quickly developed a distinctive style: One critic describes her as "a tight, tireless master of shifting asymmetrical rhythm"[LINK: http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=dna] [1], while Lester Bangs wrote that she "cuts Sunny Murray in my book" (Bangs, 303) H

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