Audiographic Records has been organized by Ken Vandermark to document specific aspects of his creative work through limited edition vinyl, cd's and books.
Available Formats:
Digital
Close Up (For Abbas Kiarostami)
Ken Vandermark & Lasse Marhaug
2016
"While much of Close Up resides in tense spaces of extremity and contrast, there are moments of sudden unity—Vandermark and Marhaug falling into a pulse, nurturing each other’s half-hatched ideas, or stopping short together (Eric McDowell, Free Jazz Blog, December 7, 2016)"
Dispatch to the Sea
Made to Break
"Dispatch From The Sea highlights the unique interplay between Vandermark and Kurzmann. Surprisingly, their interaction is quite physical given that Kurzmann plays only on a laptop, often a confrontational one, sometimes Kurzmann even takes the subversive role of deconstructing the loose architecture of this piece and suggesting a futuristic one (Eyal Hareuveni, The Free Jazz Collective)"
N N N
"The quartet sounds energetic, buzzing with adrenaline and excitement…playing expansive and powerful interpretations of old compositions in entirely different combinations than those explored before (Eyal Hareuveni, The Free Jazz Collective)"
Schlager
Ken Vandermark & C. Spencer Yeh
""But at the same time it’s not music that’s wry for wryness’s sake or diverse for diversity’s. Instead what Vandermark and Yeh manage to do in just under forty-five minutes is develop their own musical lexicon—challenging, harsh, playful, and emotional all at once—and with it shape a novel listening experience that asks no less than it gives.""
Splinters
Ken Vandermark & Terrie Hessels
Before the Code: Live
"Kurzmann[’s] commanding and inventive use of an electronics-based language charges Made to Break's interplay with a built-in dimension of tension, surprise, and danger. He interferes, expands, and challenges ideas about melody, linear structure, sonic cohesion, and pulse (Eyal Hareuveni, The Free Jazz Collective)"
2CD + Book, Digital
Site Specific
Ken Vandermark
2015
"Site Specific is a neat entry in the Ken Vandermark oeuvre: a minimalistic, beautifully bound book packed with two CDs capturing live solo field performances in '14 and '15, showcasing Vandermark's photographs taken as he has toured the world. Time and place take a back seat to imagery, textures and emerging themes (Paul Acquaro, The Free Jazz Collective)"
CD, Digital
All Directions Home
Ken Vandermark & Nate Wooley
"All Directions Home wastes exactly no time getting going. The pairing is a fruitful one, with two bridging their deep interests in jazz history and tradition with their equally unique talents using extended techniques and crafting avant-garde compositions. Highly recommended (Lee Rice Epstein, The Free Jazz Collective)"
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