Pan American & Kramer’s Interior Of An Edifice Under The Sea (Shimmy-Disc) is a multisensory ambient collaboration between two artists who refuse to be categorized. Pan American’s Mark Nelson helped steer minimalist post-rock projects Labradford and Anjou. Kramer is well-known for his nuanced and imaginative production work with Galaxie 500, Low and countless others.
“My work with Mark began as an agreement to explore the immediate and the unknown,” says Kramer. “The sounds we create happen because we’re using the whole of our musical histories as fodder for igniting a unique vision, wandering in and out of potential chaos, bending time, communicating with each other—and, we hope, with the listener—solely through manipulating sounds.”
Everything on Interior Of An Edifice Under The Sea was recorded at Nelson’s Chicago home. “Mark initiated the thematic activities, and I followed,” says Kramer. “And the more I listened, the more things seemed to be heading deep down into the sea. Upon completion, I asked Mark to title the LP, and his reply proved that we were on the same page from the very start. We got to our destination by trusting each other, eschewing ego and allowing the music to come to us, rather than by chasing it down. There’s an ocean-wide kind of freedom in that, which is incredibly exhilarating when it works.”
We’re proud to premiere track five, “Lamenting The Colours Of Melting Ice,” a day before the album’s release.
—Hobart Rowland
