Mijn Gehoor​(​d)

by Mike Kramer

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released November 1, 2011

Over 'Mijn Gehoor(d)':
'Mijn gehoor(d)' is een auditieve vertaling van het mijnverleden van Zuid Limburg. De oerelementen metaal en steen zijn onlosmakelijk met de mijnen verbonden en vormen het bronmateriaal voor deze soundscape. Hierdoor ontstaat een sferisch spel tussen de verschillende klanken, soms onbewerkt maar vaak ook sterk uit haar context gehaald. Grote verschillen in geluidsniveaus en afwisseling in frequenties creëren zo een rijke geluidsbeleving.
Met de compositie 'Mijn gehoor(d)' heeft de Heerlense (geluids)kunstenaar Mike Kramer zijn bijdrage geleverd aan de (inmiddels opgeheven) Klankatlas van Limburg. Naast de artistieke uitdaging is hiermee ook een ode aan het mijnwerkers verleden gebracht.


Mike Kramer:
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Vital Weekly
Down south in The Netherlands (is of course never far away in a small country), in the small city of Heerlen, Mike Kramer used to put on concerts (but money has vanished, like anywhere else) and once a year a whole festival, for two or three days, inviting the best around. Many Dutch, Belgium and German musicians come to play, since Heerlen is conveniently located for all three countries. The line up reads like a who's who in experimental music land and every year he releases a CDR, a sampler, for that year, with unique pieces and they can still be had from him at the address below.
But Kramer is also a musician, and a long time ago he was a member of The Evolution Garden whose work was reviewed a lot in Vital Weekly when it came out, about a decade ago. As a solo musician he doesn't release a lot, but here's a work that deals with the mines that can be found in this particular part of the country where he lives. Kramer uses stones and metal to create his sounds, as these are the sounds he connects with the mines. These sounds he cut 'n pasted together, with the help of the computer to generate new forms of these sounds. It's hard to believe we deal with stones and metal here - well, metal, perhaps, but stones? But if Mike says it is, so be it. This is a great piece! An excellent collage of sounds, drone like, mysterious, but never staying too long in one place, but gracefully moving from one place to the next.
Think Jos Smolders, think Roel Meelkop, think Marc Behrens, but here Kramer is easily as good as they are. If Kaon is looking for someone to work with their river sounds, then I'd say Mike Kramer is your man. He should definitely shop around with his music and see what else there is possible for his music. It certainly deserves to be heard by more people. (author: Frans de Waard)

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ABOUT MIKE KRAMER

Mike Kramer is a sound and recording artist. His work invites listeners to get intimate with the sounds presented, using Field Recordings combined with electronic composition as a working method. Mike also produces Ambient/Techno as Core Shift and CS², creates Sound Installations and is known for being the initiator and artistic director of (h)ear - experimental audio research (www.h-ear.org)

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released November 1, 2011

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