Kramer is once again gearing up to add a new LP to his Shimmy-Disc catalogue, returning to the spoken-word, in collaboration with a wide roster of Artists.

Kramer has announced Poe – To One in Paradise (for Hal Willner) for October 18th, 2024, a collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s poems read by musicians, poets, actors, and one magician. It is dedicated to the memory of  Kramer’s great friend and fellow traveller, Hal Willner (1956 – 2020).

Kramer has curated a collection of voices “to render living vision to Poe’s entombed words, and draped them in a series of ambient musical landscapes evocative of a world long lost to time.”

As a coda, there is an archival recording of Allen Ginsberg reciting “The Bells” closing out the album. 

The first track from the album has been shared, titled “Dreamland”, and read by Lydia Lunch. The reading features music by Kramer. Also accompanying the track is a piece of “ambient cinema” by Kramer. 

POE – To One in Paradise (for Hal Willner) – TRACK LISTING: 

All Poems by Edgar Allan Poe (read by…)

Side A
“To One in Paradise” by JOAN AS POLICE WOMAN
“Eldorado” by EDGAR OLIVER
“To My Mother” by THURSTON MOORE & EVA MOORE
“The Valley of Unrest” by ERIC MINGUS
“A Dream Within a Dream” by BRITTA PHILLIPS
“Evening Star” by TELLER


Side B
“Fairy-Land” by ANNE WALDMAN
“Dreamland” by LYDIA LUNCH
“The Sleeper” by LARRY “RATSO” SLOMAN
“Silence” by CHLOE WEBB
“Imitation” by RICK MOODY
“The Lake” by JENNIFER CHARLES
“The Bells” by ALLEN GINSBERG