Kramer is once again gearing up to add a brand new LP to his acclaimed Shimmy-Disc catalogue, returning to his beloved spoken-word discipline, in collaboration with an incredible roster of Artists.
Today, he announces POE - To One in Paradise (for Hal Willner), a collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s immortal poems read by musicians, poets, actors & one magician, dedicated to the memory of Kramer's great friend and fellow traveller on the musical roads least taken, Hal Willner (1956 - 2020).
Kramer has curated an eclectic collection of voices to render living vision to Poe's entombed words, and draped them in a series of ambient musical landscapes evocative of a world long lost to time. What he offers us here is nothing less than a fully imagined symphony of voice, sound and memory.
The music he created that accompanies each reading keeps the light shining on the performer, polishing the space between the poetry and the performance. As a fitting coda, an archival recording of Allen Ginsberg vividly reciting “The Bells” closes out the album.
The first track being shared today is “Dreamland” read by Lydia Lunch. The reading features music by Kramer. Also accompanying the track is a piece of ambient cinema by Kramer.
POE “To One in Paradise” (for Hal Willner) is due October 18th via Shimmy-Disc. | 
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