Kramer is a composer/musician/filmmaker and the founder of Shimmy-Disc. In the 1980s & 90’s, he produced hundreds of recordings at his Noise New York and Noise New Jersey studios. As a producer, it was there that he helped to create seminal recordings for artists as diverse as Daniel Johnston, Galaxie 500, Half Japanese, Pussy Galore, Urge Overkill, Will Oldham, and LOW, to name but a small few. He lives and works in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Mark Nelson is a producer, songwriter and guitarist living in Evanston, IL. Active as a recording artist since 1993, he currently performs and records as Pan American. He is also a member of Labradford and Anjou. He has released tracks and full records on the labels Kranky, Mute, Blast first, Warp, Longform Editions, and many others. He has performed extensively in North America, Europe, Australia and Japan.