Kramer is Rob de Jong - Guitars, Jeroen Vriend - Bass & Vocals, Harald Veenker - Drums, Marc Besselink - Vocals & Keyboards, Aart Harder - Sound Engineer.
Influences
Marillion,
Genesis,
Porcupine Tree,
Pink Floyd,
Peter Gabriel,
Brian Eno,
Steve Vai,
Van Halen,
Frank Zappa,
Gentle Giant,
Lorian,
The Duds (who..?)
and Jeroen, our bass player likes Fish
(as we all do: Rob wants it raw, Harald with chips, Aart as visstiks and Marc is a vegetarian, but he likes Fish music, as we all do...)
Kramer history:
The band started in November 2001 as 'Lorian'. In 2004, after some changes in musicians, the name of the band was changed to 'Kramer'.
Kramer is engaged in the project 'Life Cycle'. The music is written by Marc Besselink. It's a concept album in the best prog rock tradions. Life cycle is an almost 80 minutes epos about the story of two children who are searching for their lost father. Unfortunately, they never find their father, but they find his diary and read about their fathers life and his search to them. In February 2007 Kramer started the recordings of the full life cycle project at the Mailmen studio in Utrecht, NL and The Electric Circus Studio, NL. In November 2007 they finished all the recordings, the mixing and mastering proces. Most things did the band by themselves. And YES!!! The album is ready. On December 15, 2007 Kramer launched their new CD "Life Cycle" in Paradiso, Amsterdam. It was a great party with a lot of (new)friends. You can buy the Cd now. Listen to our samples and see for details http://www.kramer-music.nl
In August 2006 Kramer presented their Mini-Cd with three songs. Two songs of the Life Cycle project and one of a new project.
For details see our web site at www.kramer-music.nl. Kramer did all the recordings, mixing and mastering by themselves with the help of sound engineer Aart Harder at his recording studio The Electric Circus.
Highlights of the bands history are tours with the Golden Earring, Manfred Mann's Earthband, Galahad, Clive Nolan's Camoora, It Bites and their video recording at Fabchannel of their great performance at Paradiso, Amsterdam on 12/21/2005.
Kramer also performed in several international shows.You want Kramer in your living room ? Now you can !
On Sunday 8th and 15th of February 2009, Kramer gives an afternoon show and and evening show in your home. For the 8th of February, we are still looking for living rooms to play in. If you are interested to have Kramer at you place, contact us at info@kramer-music.nl
The Life Cycle CD presents the "Life Cycle" project, the story of a son and daughter searching for their long-lost father, and finally finding his diaries engraved in the walls of their parental house. "Life Cycle" is the long-awaited first full-size CD of Kramer.
See for more: www.kramer-music.nl
Bedankt voor het toevoegen! Prog van eigen bodem is natuurlijk altijd welkom. Beste wensen voor 2009, dat al jullie (muzikale) wensen uit mogen komen. Groet, PRF.
On our website the preview of the upcoming new album 'Beyond Reality' is revealed for the first time! The titletrack 'Beyond Reality' is featured. As the mixing process is still ongoing, this can be considered as a temporary teaser. The final mix might differ from this one, but you will get a good impression of what to expect!
Mangrove will play two exclusive gigs in the UK at the Robin (November 17th, Wolverhampton) and The Peel (November 15th, London). In the Netherlands a special preview show will take place on December 19th at the Bluescafe. Don't miss it!
Hey guys, saw you supporting Focus a while back and really enjoyed your set. Two of us have recently been to the Netherlands and we think you should play the beautiful town of Barneveld! Watch out for those chickens!
Heel erg bedankt voor uw steun en om ons te toe te voegen als vriend!
We kunnen alle hulp gebruiken om mensen bewust te maken en om kinderen te helpen! Want jammer genoeg zijn onschuldige kinderen te vaak het slachtoffer!
Vertel gerust al je vrienden over wat wij doen en laten we zo samen een hoop mensen bereiken!
Nogmaals erg bedankt Het team @ Rock Against Child Abuse - Netherlands
May 22, P60, Amstelveen (NL) supporting The Reasoning (UK)
May 23, Popfront, Zwolle (NL) (full show with new material from our forthcoming album 'Beyond Reality')
May 24, Metropool, Hengelo (NL) supporting The Reasoning (UK)
We've got special low CD-prices at our concerts for you, so don't forget to visit our merchandise stand! You will get great music and performance with The Reasoning, so check them out! And be the first to see them performing live in The Netherlands!
O wat leuk dat ik in jullie Topfriends list sta!!! Voel me vereerd:-) Helaas heb ik het concert donderdag een beetje gemist door alle adrenaline, bier en vrienden...maar 'We Mortals' staat me nog wel bij natuurlijk. Weet niet wat het is met dat nummer, maar briljant!!! Ga jullie vaker zien en dan met volle aandacht...
Bedankt voor het toevoegen. Ik kende jullie alleen van naam, maar na het lezen van de positieve recensie op www. progwereld. org werd ik nieuwsgierig en ben ik naar jullie MySpace nummers gaan luisteren, die inderdaad lekker klinken. Prettig weekend! Proggroet, Teunis.
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