After their first studio album "Burning Below Zero" (Trost), DEK (Didi Kern on drums, Elisabeth Harnik on piano, and Ken Vandermark on reeds) return with these brand new documents on Audiographic Records: "Construct 1: The Stone," "Construct 2: Artacts," and "Construct 3: Divadlo 29," which indicate the new directions in the group's music and constitute the most recent examples of how the band works and thinks.
All music by Elisabeth Harnik (AKM), Didi Kern (AKM), and Ken Vandermark (Twenty First Mobile Music/ASCAP/Cien Fuegos).
Performed by
Elisabeth Harnik: piano
Didi Kern: drums
Ken Vandermark: reeds
Recorded by Randy Thaler in concert at The Stone, New York City on January 8, 2016. Mixed and mastered by Dave Zuchowski at One Room Studio.
Design by Fede Peñalva
Photograph by Ken Vandermark
Thanks to Elisabeth and Didi; John Zorn, Randy Thaler, Kevin Reilly, Sylvie Courvoisier, and Mark Feldman for all of their assistance and support while I was in New York City for my January 2016 Stone Residency; to Fede Peñalva, Steve Marquette, Joel Villafañe, and Miklos Gosztonyi for their assistance at Audiographic Records; and to the listeners.
More info at:
kenvandermark.com
audiographicrecords.com
released August 14, 2017