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All Utopia All Sharing All Movement All Trembling
Natural Atmosphere Above
Again
At Estuario
Improvisation for Pianet & Synthesizer
Automapoems
Softer This Time
Automapoem 1
Somewhere close 2 here
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2025 All Utopia All Sharing All Movement All TremblingRyan BeckemeyerScreenprint17 x 14 in$40 — Add to cart

This edition is associated with a solo exhibition by Ryan Beckemeyer presented at Estuario in the Spring of 2025. The title is taken directly from a poem by Edouard Glissant with the design and printing process referencing Beckemeyer’s discussions with Eduardo Rosario on the concept of rhizophony and the archipelago of Estuario. Signed and numbered edition of 20.

Ryan Beckemeyer
All Utopia All Sharing All Movement All TremblingOne-color screenprint with variance17.0 H × 14 W in Edition of 20 PrintingSerigraphy PrinterRyan Beckemeyer; Los Angeles, California PaperCanson 100lb/270g Bristol TypefaceCartograph; Connary Fagen

2025Natural Atmosphere Above
Marc Merza, Ryan BeckemeyerCassette, Publication
8.5 x 5.5 in40 pp, Saddle-stitch
C44, EngravedCassette + Book
$20 — Add to cartCassette Only
$10 — Add to cart

An interest in deep listening and conversations on material led to this collaboration between Marc Merza and Ryan Beckemeyer. Working with a call and response of long form improvisation alongside digital video synthesis, the two created an edition that influences our perception of natural form through the interplay of sound and materials.
Signed and numbered edition of 33 + 7 proofs.


Marc Merza, Ryan Beckemeyer
Natural Atmosphere Above
8.5 x 5.5 in 40-page saddle-stitched book with film inserts
Engraved C44 in clear Norelco with film insertReleased May 16, 2025 Edition of 33 + 7 APSunder recorded by Marc Merza
Treading Water and Heart der recorded by Ryan Beckemeyer
Mastered by Ryan Beckemeyer
Designed by Beckemeyer with Merza at Beckemeyer Studio
Cassettes duplicated and engraved by Analogue Media Technologies
Books printed and assembled by Beckemeyer Studio Printing
Inkjet, Laser
Printer
Ryan Beckemeyer; Los Angeles, California
Paper
Film
Neenah Environment Moonrock
Pacon Newsprint
Vellum
TypefaceAvenir; Adrian Frutiger

2024Again
Beckemeyer & Browne
Cassette
C46, Black Marble$10 — Add to cart

Two improvised sessions were recorded in Los Angeles September 25-26, 2024. Daniel Browne played Hohner Pianet, modular synthesizers, and Roland XV-2020. Ryan Beckemeyer played modular synthesizers and norns.

Beckemeyer & Browne
Again
Black marble C46 in soft poly box with hand-printed j-card
Released December 13, 2024 Edition of 33 + 1 APPerformed by Ryan Beckemeyer and Daniel Browne
Edited, mixed, and mastered by Ryan Beckemeyer
Designed by Ryan Beckemeyer
Dubbed and printed at Beckemeyer StudioPrinting
Acetone Transfer
Printer
Ryan Beckemeyer; Los Angeles, California
Paper
Neenah Environment Moonrock
TypefaceNitti; Pieter van Rosmalen

2024At Estuario
Ryan Beckemeyer
Cassette
C90, White$10 — Add to cart

Reconstructions of work from Petroglyph by Ryan Beckemeyer and Improvisation for Pianet & Synthesizer by Beckemeyer & Browne performed live at Estuario in Los Angeles on April 23, 2024.

Ryan Beckemeyer
At Estuario
White C90 with hand-painted j-card
Released May 10, 2024 Edition of 20Recorded live at Estuario on April 23, 2024
Edited, mixed, and mastered by Ryan Beckemeyer
Photography by Oscar Mendoza
Designed by Ryan Beckemeyer
Dubbed and printed at Beckemeyer StudioPrinting
Inkjet with Sakura Marker
Printer
Ryan Beckemeyer; Los Angeles, California
Paper
Neenah Environment Moonrock
TypefaceAvenir Next; Adrian Frutiger

2023Improvisation for Pianet & Synthesizer
Beckemeyer & Browne
Cassette
C50, Windowless Black
C50, Frosted White Semi-transparent Windowless Black
$10 — Add to cartFrosted White Semi-transparent
$10 — Add to cart

In the autumn of 2023, Daniel Browne and Ryan Beckemeyer, lifelong friends now residing in different states, hung out and spontaneously composed an album over four days.

This context makes a lot of sense when listening to Improvisation for Pianet & Synthesizer which reflects the circumstances from which it sprung, oscillating between a warmly nostalgic embrace and the exhilarating rush of the unknown.


Moments of dub, post-punk, jazz, and ethereal soundscapes coalesce into something that eschews definition. Perhaps best described by your most stoned friends sagely whispering things like "aggressive spa" or "progressive frisson” between giggles and snacks. 

It feels both lush and open, both meticulous and free.
Whatever it is, it’s a journey.

Opening track Sunglint introduces both itself and the album with a soothing yet eerie twinkle, reminiscent of a lullaby echoing from the depths of a well. This lays the groundwork for a few of the album's recurring themes before ultimately melting into the laconic afternoon dub combo of Herbal Rubber and I Hardly Even Know'er.

As the album progresses, a subtle tension begins to weave its way in, beginning from the disquieting, abandoned funhouse of High Cost, Low Value and into the captivating and slightly paranoid observatory trip that is Deepspacejazz.

It is at this point that Equator steps in, serving as a transition into the latter half of the record, taking you for a walk, and guiding you back home just as Post New Age emerges to tuck you into your haunted bed. The album wisely concludes with Spiritual Guidance a kiss on the forehead, imbued with glitchy optimism, to send you on your way.

If this sounds like a lot it isn't and also totally is. The experience ultimately mirrors a reunion with an old friend – where much has transpired, yet no time has passed at all.

Maurissa De La Mora, 2023


Beckemeyer & Browne
Improvisation for Pianet & Synthesizer
Windowless Black C50
Semi-transparent Frosted White C50
Released November 11, 2023 Edition of 33 x 2Improvised and recorded in Los Angeles October 2-5, 2023 at Beckemeyer Studio. Daniel Browne plays Hohner Pianet, sequencers, and synthesizers. Ryan Beckemeyer plays Model:Cycles, norns, synthesizers, and tape machines.Performed by Ryan Beckemeyer and Daniel Browne
Edited, mixed, and mastered by Ryan Beckemeyer
Designed by Ryan Beckemeyer
Dubbed and printed by Analogue Media Technologies
Printing
Inkjet
PrinterRyan Beckemeyer; Los Angeles, California
Paper
Neenah Environment Moonrock
TypefaceAvenir; Adrian Frutiger

2023Automapoems
Maurissa De La Mora, Ryan Beckemeyer
Publication
12 x 9 in
18 pp, Saddle-stitch $10 — Add to cart

au · to · ma · po · et · ry
Generative work in which choices are made with attention given to the expression of a moment; automapoems collectively or as a genre of poetry.
embrace the machine
scream into the void again
accept this chaosAutomapoems are generative works of chance. Vehicles for a moment experienced any which way, again and again, made by choosing a simple path, over and over.

The algo stands as a consort, a carrier of intimate knowledge which we access passively for convenience and expedition.

Automapoems release the facets of ourselves that we hold tight. We give our personal device agency over what it shares. Images are processed through the same chain of digital effects. A decisive starting point sent into the ether. Predictive text is corralled within the parameters of a haiku. The only direction being the last decision that was made.

March, 2023

Maurissa De La Mora, Ryan Beckemeyer
Automapoems
12 x 9 in. 18-page saddle-stitched book Edition of 66 + 3 APPoems by Maurissa De La Mora
Scanographs by Ryan Beckemeyer
Designed by Ryan Beckemeyer with Maurissa De La Mora
Printed and assembled at Beckemeyer Studio
Printing
Inkjet
PrinterRyan Beckemeyer; Los Angeles, California
Paper
Pacon Newsprint
TypefaceAvenir; Adrian Frutiger
Eskapade Fraktur, Alisa Nowak

2023Softer This Time
Ryan Beckemeyer
Print
22.75 x 15 in.
$5 — Add to cartSingle-color, two-sided broadsheet. Includes download of softer this time single.


Ryan Beckemeyer
Softer This Time
22.75 x 15 in. BoadsheetEdition of 30Designed and illustrated by Ryan Beckemeyer
Printing
Digital
PrinterNewspaper Club
Paper
55 g Newsprint
TypefaceCinder; Mattox Shuler

2023Automapoem 1
Maurissa De La Mora, Ryan Beckemeyer
Print
18 x 12 in.
Sold Out

Chance had been a discussion point for some time. Generative poetry, music, and other variations of going with the flow were of interest. Separately, Mo and Ryan had been using their own generative frameworks for telling jokes and finding melody. Through this collaboration they created what would later be called automapoetry.

au · to · ma · po · et · ry
Generative work in which choices are made with attention given to the expression of a moment; automapoems collectively or as a genre of poetry.

embrace the machine
scream into the void again
accept this chaos

Ryan Beckemeyer, 2023

Maurissa De La Mora, Ryan Beckemeyer
Automapoem 1
18 x 12 in. Tabloid Edition of 6 + 3 APPoems by Maurissa De La Mora
Designed by Ryan Beckemeyer with Maurissa De La Mora
Printed at Beckemeyer Studio
Printing
Inkjet
PrinterRyan Beckemeyer; Los Angeles, California
Paper
Pacon Newsprint
TypefaceAvenir; Adrian Frutiger

2023Somewhere Close 2 Here
Ryan Beckemeyer
Publication
8.5 x 5.5 in.
28 pp, Singer Sewn Sold Out


Ryan Beckemeyer
Somewhere Close 2 Here
8.5 x 5.5 in. 28-page singer sewn book with waxed thread Edition of 13Artwork by Ryan Beckemeyer
Designed by Ryan Beckemeyer
Printed at Beckemeyer Studio
Printing
Inkjet
PrinterRyan Beckemeyer; Los Angeles, California
Paper
Neenah Environment Moonrock
Neenah Classic Crest Pewter
Seeded, Handmade Paper
TypefaceMayence; Isac Correa Rodrigues

2023( Ɵ̥_Ɵ̥̥)
Ryan Beckemeyer
Cassette
C30, Recycled $10 — Add to cart

Ryan Beckemeyer
( Ɵ̥_Ɵ̥̥) —crybaby mountain
Recycled C30 in clear Norelco
80 lb. Neenah j-card with lino print o-card
Released December 17, 2021Edition of 39 + 1 AP Field Recordings, Model:Cycles, Nanoverb, Norns, Soft Piano, SynthesizersEdited, mixed, and mastered by Ryan Beckemeyer
Designed by Ryan Beckemeyer
Dubbed and printed at Beckemeyer Studio
Printing
Inkjet, Linocut
PrinterRyan Beckemeyer; Los Angeles, California
Paper
Neenah Environment Moonrock
TypefaceAvenir; Adrian Frutiger