{"product_id":"erik-kramer-where-the-fish-are-as-fine-as-the-color-of-color-2","title":"Erik Kramer - Where The Fish Are As Fine As The Color Of Color","description":"\u003cp\u003eLabel: Not On Label - None\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: Cassette, Album\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCountry: US\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReleased: 2023\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Electronic, Folk, World, \u0026amp; Country\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eStyle: Ambient, Folk, Leftfield\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e* One of our favourite ever releases to cross the threshold - BACK IN STOCK*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWistful meta-folk from the American Midwest, self-published by US musician and occasional ANF customer Erik Kramer - totally floored by this.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes it feels too good to be true. Erik got in touch recently to humbly and politely share some new music he’s been working on, the first thing for a number of years. From the first click we were transported away to open prairies and time ground down to a halt. It’s music rooted in simplicity and the great outdoors - unadorned, unembellished and happy to let you stay a little while. Drifting from the opening woozy tape-warbled keyboards to the stripped-bare Shirley Collin indebted ‘Just As The Tide Was Flowing’, it’s clear we’re in the presence of something really special. We’re reminded of Nuno Canavarro’s Plux Quba, the way you’re always inside it but never quite know where you are. Kramer’s string playing strikes a perfect mood throughout, allowing each piece the space to breath whilst percolating a deep sense of Autumn nostalgia. ‘Rain For The Field’ is one of the best tracks we’ve heard for some time - a civic-hall singalong laced with tin whistle and rising synth notes. It’s easy to imagine Kramer here roping some of his friends in to sing along here, the happy \/ sad feeling is one of communion and earnest enjoyment. Subtly augmented field-recordings and crusty tape samples tap into the woolly and loveable aesthetic of say The Sprigs, Matthew Sullivan’s scene-setting pieces or any of your favourite NZ lathe micro-editions. Music for the wide open blue sky - a firm favourite of the year. (Mint \/ New - with free DL).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emusic for Blue Sky (\" where the eagle that flies out of sight flies \")\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ecybernetic meadow song for the place we were at before we were here...\" Where the fish are as fine as the color of colors! \"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003enowhere is a place on earth 👍\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRIYL: a big prairie, central and eastern european cuisine, clicking around on wikipedia, Wisconsin, looking at pictures of mythic creatures, Gary Snyder, the smell when the radiators kick on for the first time, going Up North, Chicago bungalows, walking around\u003cbr\u003ecredits\u003cbr\u003ereleased November 3, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded 2017-2023\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Sean McCann\u003cbr\u003eCover and insert printed by Depression Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Pure as lapis lazuli'\u003cbr\u003ekeyboard, steel string, tape\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Just as the tide was flowing'\u003cbr\u003eEva Chudnow - singing, Erik- banjo, field recordings, samples\u003cbr\u003etraditional English folk song - this version is heavily indebted to the Shirley Collins version on The Power Of The True Love Knot\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Where the fish are as fine as the color of colors'\u003cbr\u003epump organ, banjo, recorder, percussion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Hermit guardian angel'\u003cbr\u003enylon string, sampler, samples, Casio MT-40\u003cbr\u003eenvironmental sound loop taken from Heron's 'Little Angel'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Rain for the field'\u003cbr\u003eBen Bergstrom - singing, guitar, Colleen Bergstrom - singing, bells, Nick Rauba - singing, guitar, Lindsey Collier - singing, bells, Alex Tomasek - singing, recorder, Liv Jordan - singing, drum, Erik- singing, Roland XP-80, nylon string, Roland Jupiter 6, pump organ, tin whistle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gates locked at sunset'\u003cbr\u003eRoland XP-80, pump organ, nylon string\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Night patrol'\u003cbr\u003eSawyer Gee - nylon string, Erik- banjo \u0026amp; drum machine, Madison area teenagers- cars \u0026amp; trucks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Daylight saving'\u003cbr\u003enylon string, singing, Casio MT-40, samples\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Snake wheel loon light'\u003cbr\u003eZack Stafford - electronics, Erik- bells, bowls, bottles, drum, Casio MT-40, Roland Jupiter 6, radio, Voices Of The Loon LP \u0026amp; turntable\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Now that the night is young'\u003cbr\u003eBen Bergstrom - guitar, Nick Rauba - bass, Erik- guitar\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1. 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