John Frazier is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer, engineer, and performer.
Frazier has been involved in the making of ten records, since 2005, either as a solo artist or with his bands The Plaster Cramp, Not Waving But Drowning, and John Frazier and the 8 Year Olds. He produced four and co-produced six, he mixed eight, and he wrote, performed, produced, engineered and mixed his three solo records.
With The Plaster Cramp, he has performed nearly 200 hours of improvised and experimental music since April 2018 for the bands's weekly Radio Free Brooklyn show, Improbable Confetti.
12.09.2023
The Plaster Cramp
The Cloud Club, Boston, MA
with Singer Mali
12.08.2023
The Plaster Cramp
House of Collection, Brooklyn, NY
with GOLD and Singer Mali
12.07.2023
The Plaster Cramp
Ortlieb's, Philadelphia, PA
with Le Fits and Singer Mali
MAY 2021
The Plaster Cramp's weekly/hour-long/live/improvised/experimental music performance show on Radio Free Brooklyn, Improbable Confetti, reaches its hundredth episode... and keeps going.
CLICK HERE to read a Q&A with the band to mark the occasion.
DEC 2018
A History of Rome in Five Pages is the second release from The Plaster Cramp
APR 2018
Show archive can be found here:
Radio Free Brooklyn
Megaphone
Apple Music/iTunes
and elsewhere...
"The world, when I was young, was a solid world."
Find The Plaster Cramp all around the web
To show your support by purchasing the record, please visit Bandcamp
©2023 Written, performed, produced by The Plaster Cramp. Mixed by John Frazier. Mastered by Steve Fallone and Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound NJ
A confectionery — for when you crave a little something sweet.
Find it on Spotify and Apple Music/iTunes
To show your support by purchasing the record, please visit Bandcamp
©2021 Written, performed, produced, recorded, and mixed by John Frazier. Mastered by Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone.
"Most kings get their head cut off."
If you want to support us by purchasing the record, please visit Bandcamp
©2018 Written, performed, produced, and recorded by The Plaster Cramp. Mixed by John Frazier. Mastered by Sarah Register.
The Plaster Cramp
The Plaster Cramp
"Sons and daughters come to dance!"
©2016 Written, performed, produced, and recorded by The Plaster Cramp. Mixed by John Frazier. Mastered by Denis Blackham.
Not Waving But Drowning
Red Hand
Musically revelrous, but lyrically so very much about death.
©2014 Written, performed, and produced by Not Waving But Drowning. Recorded by Ben Riesman, John Frazier, and Matthew Talmage. Mixed by John Frazier. Mastered by Noel Summerville.
Contrasts define cycles in this collection.
©2013 Written, performed, produced, recorded, and mixed by John Frazier.
Not Waving But Drowning
Processional
The group makes a joyful noise with everything from violas to vibraphones, banjos to bones, trumpets to tamburas, guitars to garbage cans to giant brass geese.
©2011 Written, performed, and produced by Not Waving But Drowning. Recorded and mixed by Jeremy Forbis.
A lot of this was by the seat of the pants.
©2009 Written and performed by John Frazier and the 8 Year Olds. Produced, recorded, and mixed by John Frazier. Mastered by Fred Kevorkian.
Not Waving But Drowning
Any Old Iron
A rollicking tour through a rag and bone shop.
©2008 Written, performed, and produced by Not Waving But Drowning. Recorded, mixed, and produced by Stuart Lerman.
A quirky and intimate collection held together with humor, reverb and that thing over there.
©2005 Written, performed, produced, recorded, and mixed by John Frazier. Mastered by Douglas Henderson.