Musician & Composer

Ken Vandermark

Ken Vandermark (USA 1964) is an avant-garde composer, improviser, saxophonist/clarinetist, curator, and writer; director of the Catalytic Sound musician cooperative since 2012, has run Audiographic Records since 2014; in 1999 was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in music.

Calendar

16AprilApr

Svetlost with Paal Nilssen-Love & Ken Vandermark

April 16-22, 2025 Macedonia & Bulgaria, Croatia & Hungary TBA […]

01AugustAug

Edition XL (Berman, Dessel, Finnigan, Macri, McDonald, Vandermark)

The Green Mill, Chicago […]

02AugustAug

Edition XL (Berman, Dessel, Finnigan, Macri, McDonald, Vandermark)

The Green Mill, Chicago […]

Latest Releases

Album: Broadcast Transformer

Broadcast Transformer

Edition Redux

Album: This Is Not A Holiday!

This Is Not A Holiday!

Terrie Ex & Ken Vandermark

Album: Koniec

Koniec

Sebastiaan Janssen, Hubert Kostkiewicz, Ken Vandermark & Marta Warelis

Album: Better A Rook Than A Pawn

Better A Rook Than A Pawn

Edition Redux

Album: Distant Cousins

Distant Cousins

Paul Lytton & Ken Vandermark

Album: Snapshots: Complete

Snapshots: Complete

Ken Vandermark solo

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Recent Posts

New York Eye And Ear Control/Michael Snow
New York Eye And Ear Control/Michael Snow

An excellent time Sunday evening with John Corbett getting to talk about the work of one of my heroes- visual artist, filmmaker, musician, Michael Snow- at a presentation of his fi […]

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Cash only, except when it’s free
Cash only, except when it’s free

Cash only, except when it’s free.  Though there is always incredible art taking place in Chicago, what’s even more remarkable is that so much of it is available for free.& […]

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San Franciso Film Trilogy
San Franciso Film Trilogy

There are still a few days for folks who have access to the Criterion Channel to see an obscure crime film from Blake Edwards, “Experiment in Terror”, released in 1962 between […]

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