| Member Since | 3/7/2006 | | Band Website | www.kramershimmy.com | | Band Members | KRAMER has played his Hofner bass guitar with no guitar strap in WEEN ('94), BUTTHOLE SURFERS (85), SHOCKABILLY ('82-'85), HALF JAPANESE ('87-'88), B.A.L.L. ('88-'91), BONGWATER ('87-'90), THE CAPTAIN HOWDY (w/partner Penn Jillette, '92-'97), THE FUGS (1984 reunion band), and one glorious gig with GG ALLIN's SUPERSCUM (the notorious "Cat Club" gig in NYC). His first "professional" gig was as keyboardist/synthesist for DAEVID ALLEN'S NEW YORK GONG (in 1979 at the tender age of 21). Proof of Kramer's tenure with the Buttholes can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKFCQZnNZmQ (though that gig was in '85, not '83). From 2000 until early 2003, Kramer retired from this fucking business and studied theater and directing under ARTHUR PENN at The Actors Studio in NYC, and then composed the music for Penn's production of FORTUNE'S FOOL on B'way, which swept the "male" acting categories (for both lead actor SIR ALAN BATES and supporting actor FRANK LANGELLA) at the Tony's, Drama Desk, and NY Critic's Circle awards that same year. From 2004 and 2006, Kramer again all but retired from this fucking business and went to work for JAMES RANDI chasing self-proclaimed psychics (frauds), mediums (frauds) and fortune tellers (frauds) the world over. Two years of that was more than sufficient, and he now divides his time between mixing and mastering chores at his Florida home/studio, and traveling the globe to produce artists who ask nicely. many Australian artists who have recently asked nicely include LEADER CHEETAH, BRIDEZILLA, DIRTBIRD, CATNIP, THE HUM OF INDUSTRY, and CUBA IS JAPAN. there simply IS NO MORE VIBRANT MUSIC SCENE ANYWHERE on earth at the present time, than there is in AUSTRALIA. | | Influences | Directors: John Cassavetes and Robert Bresson. why? because they seek The Truth.
Literature: W.G. Sebald and Nicholson Baker. why? because they seek The Truth.
Music: none. honest. OK, maybe John Lennon, John Cage, and John Zorn: the 3 John's.
Artist: Matthew Barney. why? i don't know anymore. not sure about this Bjork thing, either.
Photographer: Macioce. why? best friend since childhood. severe bias. so shoot me.
Magician-Mentalist: Jamy Ian Swiss. why? because he EXPOSES The Truth.
Journalist: Christopher Hitchens. why? because he seeks The Truth.
Heroes: JAMES RANDI. why? because he seeks The Truth and EXPOSES all those who seek to conceal it in exchange for financial profit and the adoration of the meek and uneducated.
Humanitarian: NORMAN BORLAUG. why? because he has saved more children from starvation and avoidable suffering and death than any man who has ever lived. | | Sounds Like | Artists KRAMER has Produced/Recorded/Mixed (or in some cases DISCOVERED) include: LOW, GALAXIE 500, DOT ALLISON, ROBERT WYATT, 22 PISTEPIRKKO, WILL OLDHAM, DANIELSON FAMILIE & BROTHER DANIELSON, JEFFREY LEWIS, DANIEL JOHNSTON, EMILY RODGERS, DAMON & NAOMI, PUSSY GALORE, BONGWATER, B.A.L.L., LUNA, LINDA DRAPER, WEEN, UNCLE WIGGLY, THE WAITRESSES, THE FUGS, BUTTHOLE SURFERS, HALF JAPANESE, JAD FAIR, ROPE INC., WHITE ZOMBIE, SAETA, MIKE DOUGHTY, LIDA HUSIK, PALEFACE, KING MISSILE, DOGBOWL, EDITH FROST, VELVET MONKEYS, FLY ASHTRAY, REIN SANCTION, WORKDOGS, THE TINKLERS, REBBY SHARP, DEAN WAREHAM, TULI KUPFERBERG, JOHN S. HALL, THE MABUSES, THE CAPTAIN HOWDY (w/PENN JILLETTE), PENN & TELLER, TRAINS & BOATS & PLANES, Senor CHINNARO, BEEF, BRAINVILLE, ALLEN GINSBERG, PUSSYWILLOWS, GWAR, JOHN ZORN, DAEVID ALLEN, HUGH HOPPER, PIP PYLE, JELLYFISH KISS, A.C.TEMPLE, SHOCKABILLY, WALKINGSEEDS, DAS DAMEN, SYD STRAW, MARC RIBOT, PERVERTED BY DESIRE, JAYNE SACHS, MINTY, TIN EAR, EUGENE CHADBOURNE, DEREK BAILY, R. STEVIE MOORE, MIKE WATT, MOE TUCKER, LOU REED, ROGER MANNING, DEBBIE HARRY, YO LA TENGO, BANK OF SODOM (w/JELLO BIAFRA), THE FURTHERS, DRAZY HOOPS, LEOPULDE, ALICE DONUT, CABLE, FRED FRITH, GRENADINE (w/MARK ROBINSON), RAYMOND LISTEN, MILKSOP HOLLY, ADULT RODEO, EGOMANIACS, JON SPENSER BLUES EXPLOSION, PETER STAMPFEL & THE BOTTLECAPS, UNREST, ROYAL TRUX, JOY ZIPPER, LOTION, SUFJAN STEVENS, SERENA MANEESH, SUKI EWERS, TROND, MINDY MISTY, HOWARD AMB, THE ORANGE BEACH, AMBULANCES, URGE OVERKILL (Kramer produced the hit single from Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION - "GIRL, YOU'LL BE A WOMAN SOON"), etc...
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MOST RECENT PRODUCING/MIXING/MASTERING work includes "THE HYPERJINX FOUR"; a studio-only band with DANIEL JOHNSTON, KRAMER, DON GOEDE and RON ENGLISH....
Re-Mastering all 5 SHOCKABILLY LP's for shocking new clarity....
Re-Mastering all 4 B.A.L.L. LP's for equally stunning new clarity...
PRODUCING in AUSTRALIA: new LP's for DIRTBIRD and CATNIP, Mixing & Mastering THE HUM OF INDUSTRY, and Producing/Mixing/Mastering the astonishingly beautiful debut LP for Melbourne's CUBA IS JAPAN, entitled "LEAD SOLDIER/FROZEN SKY"...
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NOW AVAILABLE +++++++
LEADER CHEETAH: debut LP, "THE SUNSPOT LETTERS", on SPUNK (PRODUCED & MIXED by KRAMER)...
BRIDEZILLA: debut LP, "THE FIRST DANCE", on INERTIA (PRODUCED & MIXED by KRAMER)...
EMILY RODGERS: debut EP, "BRIGHT DAY", on MISRA (MIXED & MASTERED by KRAMER)...
AMBULANCES: debut LP "THE FUTURE THAT WAS", self-released because they got tired of waiting for record labels to shit or get off the pot (PRODUCED, MIXED & MASTERED by KRAMER)
DANIELSON: 10-year retrospective double-LP, "TRYING HARTZ", featuring RE-MIXES by KRAMER of songs he originally produced throughout the band's amazing career...
PHANTOM featuring JACQUES DUVALL: new LP by French songwriter/composer extraordinaire on FREAKSVILLE (MIXED & MASTERED by KRAMER)....
DANIEL JOHNSTON: re-release of his classic LP's, "1990" and "ARTISTIC VICE", originally PRODUCED & MIXED by KRAMER for his SHIMMY-DISC label, now RE-MASTERED by KRAMER with new producer's liner notes, on Daniel's very own ETERNAL YIP EYE MUSIC label...
more soon to come... | | Record Label | www.secondshimmy.com | | Type of Label | Indie |
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