{"id":2854,"date":"2011-10-25T13:08:47","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T19:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=2854"},"modified":"2011-10-25T13:08:47","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T19:08:47","slug":"kram-ran-the-idiot-prince","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2011\/10\/25\/kram-ran-the-idiot-prince\/","title":{"rendered":"Kram Ran &#8211; The Idiot Prince"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2857\" href=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/2011\/10\/25\/kram-ran-the-idiot-prince\/kramran-theidiotprince\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2857\" title=\"kramran-theidiotprince\" src=\"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/kramran-theidiotprince-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20410139\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" src=\"http:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F20410139\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><\/embed><\/object> <span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/kram-ran\/3-disclaimer\">(Disclaimer)<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/kram-ran\">KRAM RAN<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mark  Wohlgemuth has been releasing albums under the <a href=\"http:\/\/kramran.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kram Ran<\/a> name for many  years now, long before this whole Alpha Couple thing came about. And  now, signed to Steak Au Zoo Records, with his album <em>The Idiot Prince<\/em>,  it seems like Kram Ran\u2019s balance between noise and fine art is finally  coming to a head. Opener \u201cPrepare to Qualify\u201d (the title being a  reference to a <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/clintenns\">Clint Enns<\/a> video\/installation of the same name that is  about the self-conscious nature of making art and being validated)  starts with a simple enough acoustic guitar strum and delayed static,  but quickly launches into some straight-up HNW shit, and pulls back into  a m\u00e9lange of sound clips. Or there\u2019s the beat of \u201c(Disclaimer),\u201d which  is driven by a drum machine and what seems like white noise sequenced on  and off, to an almost R &amp; B vibe. No doubt that Wohlgemuth has  packed this release full of references that could be pulled apart and  identified for years, but even on the surface, he\u2019s made something noisy  yet enjoyable. (Xiu Xiu is the first and easiest comparison that comes  to mind). But <em>The Idiot Prince<\/em> is in it for the long haul. (Kram Ran for the Polaris!) Check him out  this fall, on an album release tour, when he\u2019ll definitely be returning  to Winnipeg, his home town. (Steak Au Zoo, <a href=\"http:\/\/steakauzoorecords.com\">steakauzoorecords.com<\/a>) <strong>Taylor  Burgess<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Disclaimer) by KRAM RAN Mark Wohlgemuth has been releasing albums under the Kram Ran name for many years now, long before this whole Alpha Couple thing came about. And now, signed to Steak Au Zoo Records, with his album The Idiot Prince, it seems like Kram Ran\u2019s balance between noise and fine art is finally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[530,909],"class_list":["post-2854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews","tag-kram-ran","tag-steak-au-zoo-records"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}