Shimmy-Disc has had a busy year thus far in 2023 between remastering and reissuing Daniel Johnston tributes and the work of cult electronic composers and the continuous supply of original recordings the label has continued to churn out. One such project was their ambitious Rings of Saturn singles box set, which featured original recordings by the label’s founder Kramer paired with vocal contributions from members of Butthole Surfers, Pinback, Half Japanese, Danielson, and more rock musicians with an outsider-art mentality.
One of the collection’s standout tracks was the dreamy duet with Luna’s Britta Phillips (and featuring the gentle touch of percussionist Thor Harris), “Dream #3,” which pulls an acoustic-based folk song into the realms of the unconscious—as the dream-pop musician is wont to do. “I loved this song the first time I heard it, before I even got to sing it,” Phillips shares. “It exists in its own continuous world of dreams. A surreal love song. A gorgeous wish for everlasting love after death.”
As Kramer-created visuals for the compilation continue to surface, the latest arrives today for this track. As with the video for Kramer’s Jad Fair collaboration “In a Lonely Place,” the imagery for the new video is entirely culled from an old film, in this case Jean Renoir’s 1928 feature The Little Match Girl. The distorted and contextless images are a perfect pairing for the track’s dream-state textures—see for yourself below, and check out Rings of Saturn here.
