Paul Lytton, Nate Wooley, Ken Vandermark

Audiographic Records and Pleasure of the Text Records are proud to announce a new co-production, titled Vanishing Point. The release is a double CD of material recorded by three key figures of the international experimental and improvised music scenes: Paul Lytton (drums/electronics), Ken Vandermark (reeds), and Nate Wooley (trumpets/amplifier). The recordings celebrate two aspects of Lytton’s innovative approach to sound: one CD (recorded in his studio near Sippenaeken, Belgium by Christophe Albertijn on September 14th, 2024) showcases his rarely heard work on electronics and percussion; the other disc presents Lytton’s expanded drum set work and was recorded in concert at de Pletterij in Haarlem, Netherlands during the trio’s 2024 tour in Europe.

Vandermark and Wooley have been working as a duo for more than a decade, touring in both the States and in Europe, and have released three critically acclaimed albums together. Both have performed and recorded with Lytton many times and released a CD of trio material as part of Lytton and Wooley’s double CD, The Nows (Clean Feed, 2012). Lytton’s impact on improvised music is legendary, and his collaboration with Vandermark and Wooley, two of the most significant, cutting-edge musicians of their generations, is exceptional. In celebration of this new album, the ensemble will return to Europe for a series of concerts to coincide with the release of Vanishing Point in November of 2026.

The double CD includes a sixteen-page booklet of images of Paul Lytton’s paintings along with photographs documenting their European tour in 2024. Artwork and design are by Fede Peñalva. This co-production between Audiographic and Pleasure Of The Text will be issued in a hand-numbered, limited-edition of 500 copies.