Gregory Kramer is a multidisciplinary artist, musician and writer who composes and performs with field recordings, electronics, and found materials. He builds electronic sound devices and installations, and his work has been in exhibitions at Spain’s Museo Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Belgium’s Site Specific, Mexico’s SONOM Sound Art Festival and Indonesia’s Setia Darma Museum of Masks and Puppetry. He has album releases on Taâlem, MuteAnt Recordings, Pharmafabrik, Monotype Series and Impulsive Habitat.
In 2023, he had work selected for programs including La Hora Acusmática – Universidad de Córdoba, Argentina; Unhomed Objects Camp FR Radio – Experimental Research and Artistic Practices; Ears Have Eyes – CJSW – 90.9FM Calgary, Canada; Radiophrenia, Scotland and SoundPedro sound art festival, California. He performed at Century, Philadelphia and released a track on Taâlem’s Homework compilation.
In 2022, he performed in the NORCAL NOISEFEST, Santa Ana Noise Fest and Bent // Broken virtual worldwide circuit bending festival. His works were selected for Audio Rocket Fest – Osaka, Japan; Soundpedro sound art festival – San Pedro, California and broadcast on Radiophrenia – Glasgow, Scotland and Short Waves, Long Distances – WGXC FM, WRMI, Montez Press Radio and Winter SWL Fest. He also released Solar Flares on MuteAnt Sounds, and had some of his electronic sound devices featured in the Maker Music Festival virtual campus, Babbitt Building.
In 2021, he released Unearthing on MuteAnt Sounds.
In 2020, he had works broadcast on Discorder magazine and CiTR’s 24 hours of Radio Art on FM 101.9, Vancouver, BC and The Centre for Contemporary Arts’ Radiophrenia, Scotland. He released Silent City Blizzard on Taâlem. In 2020-2021, he had work in AUDIOSPHERE: Social Experimental Audio Pre and Post Internet; a group exhibit at Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid.
In 2019, he presented a site-specific work at the Musica-Impulse Centre of Music, Belgium at the Klankenbos Nocturne festival. He had a soundwork in “res-o-nant” a light and sound installation at the Jewish Museum, Berlin and an installation in the Ol’ Factory: Memory Though the Senses exhibit at Coral Street Arts House, Philadelphia. His work was also broadcast on Resonance FM 104.4 London and CiTR FM 101.9, Vancouver, BC.
In 2018, Uhren, an album of twelve, individual clocks composed of time related materials was released on Pharmafabrik, and Fading Station, was released on Monotype Series. His Barbed Wire works were broadcast on Cashmere Radio’s Wanderlust program, Berlin, and he co-created “Lovelace’s Tribute”, an installation at Odetta gallery, New York City along with Matti Havens, as part of Creative Tech Week. He performed Silent City Blizzard, as part of the New Sound Works and Experiments program at Signs and Symbols gallery, New York City and released The Domestic Trade in Rhino Horn and Out of the Cave Moonblind.
In 2017, he released Barbed Wire, an album of works composed from barbed wire recordings made in South Africa, and he released a track on A View from a Hill, Linear Obsessional Recordings’
In 2016, he composed and performed “Vampire State Building”, an eight channel surround sound work using lobby recordings from New York landmark buildings, as part of RFG Presents: Sonic Arts program and composed two pieces for ATTN:Magazine. Three works were selected for Radiophrenia, Scotland, one of which was featured on BBC 6’s Freakier Zone and five works were broadcast on Brooklyn’s RFG radio program. One of his works was exhibited at Hamline University’s dronesTruck sound art exhibition in Mineapolis/St. Paul, and he released the albums Phoenix, and Lobbies on Impulsive Habitat.
In 2015, he participated in Francisco Lopez’s Sonic Mmabolela workshop/residency in South Africa, and had work selected for the 2015 Sonom International Sound Art Festival, Mexico. He released the album, Minotaur, and created a companion installation for the first track on the album. This installation was curated by Maja Rajenovich and was shown at the Chashama gallery. Two of his works were featured on The Centre for Contemporary Arts’ Radiophrenia program (87.9 fm), Scotland, and one of his works was in Noopur Singha’s dance performance, Stigma Scripture, part of the Movement Research program.
In 2014, he participated in a 14-Day Experimental Co-Lab on Site Specific Art, funded by the Norwegian Cultural Council, and had work radio broadcast in a forest in Scotland as part of the Dark Outside program. He was a featured composer in Vox Novus’ 60×60 New York Minutes, part of The New School’s 2014 Earlids show, and had work featured on Ear To Earth’s 2012 tribute to John Cage.
After receiving a BFA in Film/Video from Pratt Institute, Gregory honed his musical skills playing in the rock, experimental and noise scenes and garnered favorable reviews from the likes of Metal Maniacs, Pitchfork.com and Signal to Noise. Decibel magazine gave his band Wetnurse’s self-titled album a 9 out of 10 and voted the Invisible City album #8 out of their Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2008.
He also exhibited drawings as part of Draw, an internationally, touring group show including work by Richard Serra, David Byrne, Ozzy Osbourne and R. Crumb; shown at Fuse Gallery, New York City; Stolen Space Gallery, London; Gallery Lombardi, Austin; Shooting Gallery, San Francisco; currently on view @ Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico City.