Where the fish are as fine as the color of colors

by Erik Kramer

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bubd when you live in one place for long enough, the the routine of your daily life and its accumulating memories start weaving themselves into a sort of impressionist, 2D tapestry of domesticity. it seems possible i heard the exact car in "night patrol," zooming away with all the others into my hazy memories of the teen-infested Madison summer night. eventually amidst the dread and delight of the Midwest you notice: standing on the woven rug your life has become, you find your feet have dipped in Favorite track: Daylight saving.

BenPujara Deeply transportative field recordings with ambient doodles atop them. A spellbook your heart reads. I wish I could have made this album. I am very thankful that Erik did. Favorite track: Hermit guardian angel.

Cardian Matsu I’ve listened to a decent amount of things that stretch towards the experimental side of sound. Harsh, abrasive, esoteric, that kind of thing.

Yet through all that, music like Erik Kramer’s ends up being the hardest to describe only by sound. Their albums seems more connected to a time and place, a feeling rather than anything else.

The American Midwest is defined by this sort of wistfulness, a love for nature and simplicity, and their music captures the positives of the area perfectly. Favorite track: Rain for the field.

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Cover and trifold insert printed by Depression Press. Each tape will have a unique mini collage on the a side. pics coming soon

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1.	Pure as lapis lazuli 01:02	buy track
2.	Just as the tide was flowing 04:08	buy track
3.	Where the fish are as fine as the color of colors 03:52	buy track
4.	Hermit guardian angel 09:17	buy track
5.	Rain for the field 05:29	buy track
6.	Gates locked at sunset 06:22	buy track
7.	Night patrol 03:05	buy track
8.	Daylight saving 04:27	buy track
9.	Snake wheel loon light 09:06	buy track
10.	Now that the night is young 04:18	buy track

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music for Blue Sky (" where the eagle that flies out of sight flies ")

cybernetic meadow song for the place we were at before we were here..." Where the fish are as fine as the color of colors! "

nowhere is a place on earth 👍

RIYL: a big prairie, central and eastern european cuisine, clicking around on wikipedia, Wisconsin, looking at pictures of mythic creatures, Gary Snyder, the smell when the radiators kick on for the first time, going Up North, Chicago bungalows, walking around

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released November 3, 2023

Recorded 2017-2023
Mastered by Sean McCann
Cover and insert printed by Depression Press

'Pure as lapis lazuli'
keyboard, steel string, tape

'Just as the tide was flowing'
Eva Chudnow - singing, Erik- banjo, field recordings, samples
traditional English folk song - this version is heavily indebted to the Shirley Collins version on The Power Of The True Love Knot

'Where the fish are as fine as the color of colors'
pump organ, banjo, recorder, percussion

'Hermit guardian angel'
nylon string, sampler, samples, Casio MT-40
environmental sound loop taken from Heron's 'Little Angel'

'Rain for the field'
Ben Bergstrom - singing, guitar, Colleen Bergstrom - singing, bells, Nick Rauba - singing, guitar, Lindsey Collier - singing, bells, Alex Tomasek - singing, recorder, Liv Jordan - singing, drum, Erik- singing, Roland XP-80, nylon string, Roland Jupiter 6, pump organ, tin whistle

'Gates locked at sunset'
Roland XP-80, pump organ, nylon string

'Night patrol'
Sawyer Gee - nylon string, Erik- banjo & drum machine, Madison area teenagers- cars & trucks

'Daylight saving'
nylon string, singing, Casio MT-40, samples

'Snake wheel loon light'
Zack Stafford - electronics, Erik- bells, bowls, bottles, drum, Casio MT-40, Roland Jupiter 6, radio, Voices Of The Loon LP & turntable

'Now that the night is young'
Ben Bergstrom - guitar, Nick Rauba - bass, Erik- guitar

Title comes from a Robin Williamson poem that ISB would perform in their sets: www.youtube.com/watch?v=j75GyYaxPhU

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