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Snapshots: Volume 2​​​/​Austria

by Ken Vandermark

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Side A 02:58
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Side B 03:06
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Kilogram Records presents the second edition of Ken Vandermark’s Snapshots project, a series of four limited edition, 7-inch singles of new, improvised solo music, to be released during 2021 and the first half of 2022.

Each 45 contains 4 improvisations which use all the instruments Ken plays: tenor & baritone sax, Bb & bass clarinet. The recordings will be issued by Kilogram at three-month intervals with cover art of photographs that Ken has taken while on tour. Volume 1 focused on Japan, with pieces dedicated to the musicians, Akira Sakata, the photographers Masahisa Fukase and Daidō Moriyama, and the filmmaker Yasujirō Ozu.

Before starting the work on Snapshots 2/Austria, Ken recorded a duo project with Nate Wooley for the Superpang label. They developed the music by sharing music files, overdubbing one track on top of another, bouncing files back and forth, often using more than two parts for each piece. This strategy was so successful that Ken decided to utilize it to create the next editions of Snapshots. For the second volume in the series and for the first time, he created music by overdubbing himself to create duos. In addition to cover art made from photos Ken took while in Austria, the recordings are dedicated to four artists from that country who have had profound impact on him, the musicians Elisabeth Harnik and Christof Kurzmann, and the writers Thomas Bernhard and Elfriede Jelinek.

Every volume in the series is pressed in a hand numbered edition of 100 copies, at 40 PLN, or $10 each, with digital versions selling at 20 PLN, or $5. European fans can order copies of Snapshots 2 directly from Kilogram (www.serpent.pl), and listeners in North America can order from Catalytic Sound (catalyticsound.com). When the series is completed, the entire project will be collected on a CD that combines all the pieces from each single, with bonus tracks that did not fit onto the initial 45s, adding to the range of this unique set of recordings.

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released August 30, 2021

Side A
1. Avenida Corrientes (for Christof Kurzmann)
2. Every Book Has Its Own Damage (for Elfriede Jelinek)

Side B
1. Unprepared Piano (for Elisabeth Harnik)
2. Taped Boxes (for Thomas Bernhard)

All music by Ken Vandermark (Twenty First Mobile Music/ASCAP-Cien Fuegos)
Performed on tenor sax, bass clarinet, Bb clarinet, and baritone sax

Recorded by Ken Vandermark at home in Chicago on June 17th, 2021
Mixed and mastered by Dave Zuchowski at One Room Studio

Design by Iwona and Paweł Duczmal
Photographs by Ken Vandermark

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