“Seldomly have I seen DJ performances where an audience applauds after a tune. Equally seldom have I witnessed people so passionate, dedicated and infused with knowledge. The music selection, liner notes and artwork of the Souma releases reflect founder Fred Kramer’s excellent taste and deep knowledge. Not a single day in Fred’s live goes by without spinning vinyl. This is true authenticity.
This is world class.”
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Founder of the label Souma, Fred Kramer, has an extended collection of rare and often undocumented records he gathered during numerous digging trips over the past decades.
His DJ sets are 100% vinyl and plunge you into a world of deep sounds and dance tunes from all regions since the birth of recorded music on planet earth.
Souma's selection is eclectic, unpredictable, (other)worldly, unshazamable, lo-fi, organic, alienating, danceable, hi-fi, harmonious, polyphonic, monotonous, conjuring, rousing,...
His excellent taste and passion for selection got him spinning at Roskilde Festival (DK), Fusion Festival (DE), Viennale Film Festival (AT), Lounge Neo (JP), Wicked Lady (NYC), Servant Jazz Quarters (UK), Voodoo Ball (UK), Paradiso (NL), Teder (IL), Bunkers (IT), La Cascina Torchiera (IT), La Gravière (FR), La Brise Glace (FR), Cumberlandische Galerie (DE), Wazemmes L’Accordeon (FR), Feeërieën (BE), Forest Sounds Festival (BE), Sfinkx Mixed (BE),...
26.04 - Big Romance - Dublin (IE)
27.04 - Backstory - Dublin (IE)
08.05 - Hoppaaa festival, Bar Bricolage - Ghent (BE) - link
12.05 - Grounds - Rotterdam w/ Gidiki
01.06 - Gold - Ghent (BE)
15.06 - The Big Shabang - Giraf - Ghent (BE)
16.06 - Witzli Poetzli - Antwerp (BE)
21.06 - Fatima - Ghent (BE)
05.07 - Neulietzegöricke - Oderbruch (DE)
11.08 - Fiesta Latina - Tremelo (BE)