As in the imagined movie to which any work of this kind could conceivably be the imagined soundtrack, each piece that makes up the overall whole must, in and of themselves, be as aurally compelling as, in both plot and individual scenes, its counterpart must visually be. It’s a relational dynamic the artists herein understand down to their marrow but, then again, of course they do. Eschewing introductions, we’ll simply allude to the two artists here by their best-known associations and move on. Kramer, of course, has a history stretching back to the early 80s that over the decades has swerved with a sharp acuity through the founding of Shimmy Disc Records (twice, mind you), forming Bongwater with Ann Magnuson and David Licht late in that decade, touring with the likes of Butthole Surfers, being an integral part of Shockabilly, the Chadbournes and New York Gong, has helped 1/2 Japanese’s Jad Fair become a household name and has even been involved with the fucking Fugs, for chrissake and that is very much a CliffsNotes version because otherwise we’d be here for days. Then there’s Pan American’s Mark Nelson, who’s CV isn’t perhaps as lengthy as that of his partner in … Continue reading SEM Exclusive Premiere – “The Miner’s Pale Child” from New, Collaborative Pan American/Kramer Album ‘Reverberations of Non-Stop Traffic on Redding Road’