Mark Kramer
Producer and Musician
The Tinklers...obscure musicians. While the band's roots are in the mid-70s Baltimore art scene, they did not release a proper record until 1990 when the band caught the attention of legendary producer Kramer (aka Mark Kramer). They were promptly... In this article: The Tinklers, Mark Kramer, Baltimore, Half Japanese, Shimmy Disc, Jad Fair, and Daniel Johnston |
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Wikipedia | May 05, 2009
Smoke Ghost (album)
...version which was released on the 1997 Know Your Ghosts E.P. Smoke Ghost was produced, engineered and mixed by Mark Kramer (Shimmy Disc) at Noise New Jersey Studio in 1997. Additional engineering by Steve Watson. Album artwork and design...
In this article: Shimmy Disc and Hoboken, NJ.
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Far Out (album)
...released CD. Far Out was produced and mixed by Mark Kramer (Shimmy Disc) and engineered by Steve Watson at Noise New Jersey Studio in 1994-1995 with additional recording at Waterfront Studio in Hoboken, NJ. Album artwork and design...
In this article: Hoboken, NJ., Rolling Stone Magazine, and Shimmy Disc
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When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water
...(of Bongwater). The record also marked the beginning of their work with Shimmy Disc, a like-minded New York-based experimental rock label run by Bongwater leader Mark Kramer who frequently played on the group's recordings. This was followed...
In this article: King Missile, Yo La Tengo, Bongwater, Dave Rick, and New York City
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Galaxie 500
...Galaxie 500's early recordings. The band began playing gigs in Boston and New York, and recorded a demo which they sent to Shimmy Disc label boss and producer Mark Kramer, who agreed to produce the band. With Kramer at the controls, the...
In this article: Galaxie 500, Damon Krukowski, Naomi Yang, The Velvet Underground, Jonathan Richman, Harvard University, New York City, Liz Phair, and Damon and Naomi
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Ann Magnuson
...battle between Magnuson and Kramer that lasted through at least 1996 and ended with the bankruptcy of Kramer's independent-music label Shimmy-Disc. Her 15-minute video performance piece "Made for Television", self-produced in 1981, ran...
In this article: Ann Magnuson, New York City, Charleston, Club 57, AIDS, Lance Loud, West Virginia, and Bongwater
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Mark Kramer
...for Zorn's Tzadik label. By the beginning of 2007, Kramer began to focus more intensely on MASTERING, and less on the full-time producing that has kept him on the road since the demise of Shimmy-Disc in 1998. In 2007 (amongst numerous...
In this article: Shimmy Disc, James Randi Educational Foundation, New York City, Broadway, James Randi, Florida, Bongwater, and Shockabilly
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The Semibeings
...released on Shimmy Disc in early 1995. At one point Kramer was quoted on the Shimmy Disc website as stating that he considered "Sickness and Health" among the five best Shimmy Disc releases of all time. KnitMedia eventually purchased...
In this article: Semibeings, Shimmy Disc, C/Z, and New Jersey
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Bongwater (band)
...was a college rock band formed in 1985 and dissolved in 1992 . The group was founded by Ann Magnuson and Mark Kramer (who was also the founder of the Shimmy Disc record label). The group also featured drummer Dave Licht and guitarists Dave...
In this article: Bongwater, Ann Magnuson, The Power of Pussy, Led Zeppelin, God, Dave Rick, Dazed and Confused, AIDS, Kisses Sweeter than Wine, and Bedazzled
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Mark Kramer, known professionally as Kramer, is a musician, composer, performer, record producer and founder of the NY record label Shimmy-Disc. He was a member of such diverse musical entities as Butthole Surfers, Shockabilly, B.A.L.L., Bongwater, Ween, Half Japanese, The Fugs (1984 reunion tour), and Dogbowl & Kramer, and he also performed regularly with John Zorn and other improvising musicians of New York City's so-called "downtown scene" of the 1980s. His most notable work as a producer has been with bands such as Galaxie 500 (whose entire oeuvre he produced), Low (whom he discovered and produced), Half Japanese, GWAR, King Missile, The Tinklers, Alice Donut, Danielson Famile, Will Oldham's Palace Songs, Daniel Johnston, and the hit single for Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, Urge Overkill's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon".
- Also Known As:
- Kramer
- Occupation:
- record producer
- Record Label:
- Shimmy Disc
- Associated With:
- Galaxie 500
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