Kramer Shares "Whispers for the Living" Single + Video via Magnet | '...and the crimson moon whispers goodbye' LP Out 12/12 via Shimmy-Disc

Kramer Shares "Whispers for the Living" Single + Video via Magnet ...and the crimson moon whispers goodbye LP  Out 12/12 via Shimmy-Disc

PRE-SAVE: Bonner Kramer - ...and the crimson moon whispers goodbye Pre-Save LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Bonner Kramer - "Whispers for the Living" Stream | Watch LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: Bonner Kramer - "Whispers for the Damned" Stream | Watch PRAISE FOR BONNER KRAMER "If there’s one thing that does tie all of the disparate elements of Kramer’s work together, maybe it’s that thing about finding beauty in imperfection." -The Quietus "Kramer, Let It Come Down’s main songwriter, fosters the sort of mystique you might expect of someone who goes by his last name alone" -Pitchfork "Kramer whose legacy when it comes to providing exposure to the innovatively enigmatic, crucially interesting and most often somewhat outré artists (which is also to say, almost by definition, the too-freqently overlooked) is pretty much unparalled" -Stereo Embers Magazine "In an era built on speed and output, Kramer moves in the opposite direction. He listens for silence. In that silence, he finds room to wander. Reverb becomes more than a studio effect. It becomes a kind of opening, a quiet invitation to hear differently... For Kramer, music is no longer a product. It is a conversation. One that doesn’t end when the song does." -Psychedelic Baby Mag Last month, legendary producer, multi-instrumentalist, and avant-garde pioneer Kramer (Galaxie 500, Low, Daniel Johnston) returned with the announcement of his first solo album in five years, ...and the crimson moon whispers goodbye, out December 12th via Shimmy-Disc. A veteran of NYC’s late-’70s downtown experimental music scene and recent projects like the sound-art supergroup Squanderers and the Gregory Corso reissue, Kramer continues his journey into minimalist ambient composition. Departing from lyrics and language, the new LP is a four-part drone-poem for The Living and The Dead, rooted in deep listening and subconscious exploration. Following lead single, “Whispers for the Damned,” today Kramer shares the track's counterpart, "Whispers for the Living," an ethereal, orchestral, and equally hypnotic piece. The music has a twinkling sense of urgency and is paired with hazy and haunting clips shadowed in red — the color that seems to define the LP's world.   For "Whispers for the Living," Kramer offers a passage from The Dead by James Joyce:  "Yes, the newspapers were right: snow was general all over Ireland. It was falling softly upon the Bog of Allen and, further westwards, softly falling into the dark mutinous Shannon waves. It was falling too upon every part of the lonely churchyard where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their last end, upon all the living and the dead." The album also includes 48 minutes of bonus material—a live recording of “Music for Pianos & Sunflowers” from Big Ears 2025, featuring acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily. Kramer’s last solo works—And The Wind Blew It All Away, Music For Films Edited By Moths, and Music For Pianos & Sunflowers—were released as part of his 2020 Artist In Residence box set via Joyful Noise Recordings. His return with ...and the crimson moon whispers goodbye marks a new chapter in his ongoing search for sonic transcendence. "Whispers for the Living" is out November 13th via Shimmy-Disc. BONNER KRAMER - "WHISPERS FOR THE LIVING" (excerpt) Official Shimmy-Disc Video ...and the crimson moon whispers goodbye TRACKLISTING:  Side A Whispers for the Blessed Whispers for the Damned Side B Whispers for the Living Whispers for the Dead   KRAMER BIO: Kramer is a composer/musician/filmmaker and multi-instrumentalist who has worked with artists as diverse as John Zorn, Daniel Johnston, Butthole Surfers, Bill Frisell, Ween, The Fugs, Thurston Moore, Robert Wyatt, Penn Jillette, Allen Ginsberg, Jad Fair, and Laraaji, to name but a few. He is also a renowned record producer (Galaxie 500, Low, Urge Overkill, Daniel Johnston, King Missile, Will Oldham, Half Japanese, Moe Tucker, Dean Wareham, etc.) and the founder of the iconic NYC record label Shimmy-Disc, and the band Bongwater. He rarely performs live, but his newly formed trio Squanderers - with David Grubbs & Wendy Eisenberg - is his first long-term recording project to include live performances since 1999. He has also recently performed with Pan American (Mark K. Nelson) in support of their two LPs, Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road, and the recently released Interior of an Edifice Under the Sea. Among his upcoming projects include a collaborative LP with Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth) and deeper explorations into Ambient-Cinema, this time as writer/director of his debut feature film starring Bruce Dern and Paul Williams. Kramer currently lives, works and dreams in the Appalachian Temperate Rainforest of Western North Carolina.                        KRAMER LINKS Youtube | Instagram | Bandcamp | Facebook