released November 1, 2010
Equipment used: Roland Edirol R-09HR
Sounds recorded in the southern region of Norway in july and august 2010
Recordings, editing and mastering by Mike Kramer
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Diary Series – 01
Info:
mikekramerart@gmail.com
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REVIEWS
Vital Weekly
Besides organizing concerts in home-town Heerlen, Mike Kramer also records music. Recently we had his release for a John Cage event, and now a piece of work that is entirely built from field recordings made in July and August last year in the south part of Norway. In this work we hear the emptiness of the land, water sounds, an occasional car passing, some cows and birds, and the travel through this land by train and bus. This is quite an interesting piece of work in that it starts out quite 'ordinary': we recognize all the sounds crisp and clear (after turning up the volume a bit, I must say). But after the fifteen minute break, the piece takes a different road and its heavily processed, or maybe recorded entirely differently - I don't know - but here you have to turn down the volume a bit, since it would shred your speakers to bits. A very fine transition here. An excellent, twenty-five minute soundscape that would fit perfectly on say the Gruenrekorder label. (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)
released November 1, 2010
All sounds recorded by Mike Kramer
Produced by Mike Kramer
Mastered by Mike Kramer
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