Snapshots: Volume 2 | Austria

by Ken Vandermark

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	1.	Side A 02:58
	2.	Side B 03:06

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The initial plan for Snapshots was to record a sequence of 7” singles that would document a collection of “micro-improvisations.” On every album I would perform with each of the four instruments I use, releasing a new 45 at quarterly increments over the course of a year. One of my favorite expressions regarding creative activity is Richard Serra’s statement, “work comes out of work,” and that idea came directly into play when I considered my approach to the second installment of Snapshots.

Before starting the work on volume 2, I began a duo project with Nate Wooley for the Superpang label. Since that process took place during COVID, it was necessary to create the music by sharing music files. Nate and I quickly realized that, because the material had to be created by overdubbing one track on top of another, it was possible to bounce files back and forth, using more than two parts for each piece, and with different organizational principles.

While involved in the exchange with Nate, I started to think about the second edition of Snapshots. And, for the first time, I decided to create duo improvisations by overdubbing myself. The strategy was simple- I recorded two pieces of about 90 seconds on each instrument (abandoning one of them because it was musically unsuccessful), then I selected an alternative horn, listened to a track and recorded an improvisation with/against it. From these seven “duos,” four were selected to produce the most successful narrative across two sides of a 7” single.

In closing, I’d like to mention how much certain artists from Austria have impacted my work, particularly over the course of the last decade. I’m dedicating the music on this recording to four of them.

-Ken Vandermark, Chicago, July 16, 2021

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released August 30, 2021

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

Thanks to Ola Trzaska and Kilogram Records, Dave Zuchowski, Paweł Duczmal, and to the listeners.

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