Rhythm In The Field

by Mike Kramer

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    Field recordings, editing and mix by Mike Kramer
    Mastering by Taylor Deupree / 12k mastering
    Cover by Mike Kramer / Paintings by Hans Keuls

    Headphone playback recommended!

    Equipment:
    Sound Devices 744T, 2 x DPA SMK 4060, Sennheiser MKH 416 P48, Aquarian Audio H2a Hydrophone, Sennheiser HD 25-1 II

    Locations:
    Netherlands: in the fields at Ballo, at swimming pool De Leewal in Exloo, a pond in Haanrade, the city centre of Heerlen, Beach Scheveningen and Oostduinpark in Den Haag and the area Eyserbeek at Eys
    Belgium: in the fields surrounding Vroenhoven and Heukelom

    Many thanks to:
    Hans Keuls for allowing my sounds into his work
    Fiedel van der Hijden and Rocco Malherbe of Cultura Nova
    Jules Beckers of kuS (kunstencentrum Signe)
    Taylor Deupree for the great job in mastering
    BJ Nilsen and Jana Winderen for pointing me in the right direction.
    Willem van Steenbrugge, Jacqueline von Wersch and Josee van Steenbrugge for ongoing support

    Contact: bitsounds@gmail.com
    CS Music, MKcd001 | copyright 2016


    “Some months before the exhibition ‘Rhythm’ took place I approached Hans Keuls in his studio having thoughts about a project which played around in my mind for some time. The question was very simple; would Hans allow me to respond to one or more of his paintings sonically and would it be appropriate to present both mine and his work in a retrospective exhibition? I was intrigued by two specific works and had this urge to translate the emotions they represent by the use of field recordings which in my opinion capture the typical atmospheres of the corresponding paintings. The spectator would then be able to listen to the audio by headphones and view the paintings at the same time making it possible to experience a more synesthetic and intimate experience.” MK


    “Enkele maanden voor de expositie ‘Rhythm’ plaatsvond, benaderde ik Hans Keuls in zijn atelier met een projectvoorstel wat lang door mijn hoofd had gespeeld. De vraag was simpel; zou Hans mij toestaan om op auditieve wijze te reageren op een of meer van zijn schilderijen en zou het passend zijn dat tijdens een overzichtsexpositie van zijn werk te presenteren? Ik was geïntrigeerd door twee specifieke werken en had de drang om de emoties die ze dragen te vertalen met gebruik van veldopnames die naar mijn mening de typische atmosfeer van de bijbehorende schilderijen wisten te vertalen. De toeschouwer zou dan in staat zijn om het geluid via hoofdtelefoons te beluisteren en tegelijk de schilderijen te bekijken waardoor het mogelijk zou worden een synesthetische, intieme ervaring te beleven.” MK

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released August 28, 2016

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Ravage Webzine
Geluidskunstenaar Mike Kramer is naast muzikant ook organisator van concerten en exposities in kunstencentrum Signe Kus te Heerlen. Voorafgaand aan de expositie ‘Rhythm‘ benaderde hij kunstenaar Hans Keuls met de vraag of hij middels geluid mocht reageren op werk van hem. Mike had specifiek twee schilderijen op het oog, ‘In The Heat of The Summer’ en ‘Rainy Midnight Blues’, en het project was geboren.
Tijdens de expositie in september konden bezoekers met een koptelefoon luisteren naar de composities van Mike Kramer en gelijktijdig de twee schilderijen van Hans Keuls bekijken. De werken zijn abstract en bij het ene schilderij overheerst de kleur geel en bij de andere blauw. De veldopnames van Mike, uitgebracht op de cd Rhythm In The Field, nemen de luisteraar op sleeptouw.
De eerste compositie is lichter van aard dan de tweede, waarvoor meer zware en dreigende geluiden zijn opgenomen. Voordat ik de opnames beluisterde, had ik mij niet in het concept verdiept. Werd aangenaam verrast vanwege de uiteenlopende sferen die de composities bij mij wisten op te roepen. Met de achtergrondinformatie wordt het werk nog interessanter dan het al is. Mooie uitgave die het werk van Hans Keuls een extra dimensie geeft. (author: Jan Kees Helms)

Vital Weekly
If you have been paying attention then you might know that Mike Kramer was, a long time ago, a member of Evolution Garden, a group of ambient improvisation, and in more recent years working his way around with a laptop and sound processing, also very ambient, under the banner of Core Shift, as well as the only guy organizing concerts down south in The Netherlands. This new release deals entirely with the use of field recordings, made on various locations in The Netherlands and some in Belgium, which he collaged together in two times thirteen-minute pieces of music. The inspiration for these two pieces comes from two paintings by Hans Keuls, and replicas of these paintings are to be found in the package here. Both paintings are very abstract, one with a lot of blue; the other yellow, and other colors are mixed to it. Perhaps because I am listening at the same time to Kramer's music, I looked at these paintings thinking of them as landscapes. 'In The Heat Of The Summer' gets from Kramer a very watery treatment; maybe rowing a boat on a lake? Or perhaps the Dutch summer of rain? There are also insects and birds out there in the field. Obviously 'Rainy Midnight Blues' has also quite a bit of water/storm/rain sounds. There is more 'action' in this piece, I'd say, than in the other one, but both of these use very detailed recordings and Kramer crafts some excellent pieces of music with these field recordings, using the methods of collage, rather than being a reporter of strictly individual sound events. He takes matters rather slow and makes long cross fades between the pieces and let it all evolve in a natural way. This is quite far away from the world of Core Shift and perhaps there isn't much rhythm in the field, but there is surely quite some beauty. Now, this would have been a perfect release for Gruenrekorder, I would think. (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 August 28, 2016

All sounds recorded by Mike Kramer
Produced by Mike Kramer
Mastered by Taylor Deupree / 12k mastering

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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) ... more

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