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March 28, 2008

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An amazing couple of weeks here at Squidco, with new titles from Tzadik, Clean Feed, Recommended Records, psi/Emanem, and Hatology (please note that all single Hat titles have been reduced to $17.95), a great new double reissue from Sun Ra and 2 Moondog vinyl reissues!! We also introduce the excellent French dark improvising label D'Autres Cordes. At the end of this mailing are several new reviews on The Squid's Ear.


Improvisation:


$12.95  Buy 		Baptista, Cyro: Banquet of the Spirits
(Tzadik)
A key member of the New York downtown, Brazilian percussionist Cyro Baptista features a new quartet of you downtown players in dynamic and adventurous music!


$12.95  Buy 		Bar Kokhba: Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10
(Tzadik)
This Book of Angels release is the first recording in 10 years from this Masada ensemble blending Sephardic and Ashkenazi sonorities with latin, surf, world music and more.


$15.95  Buy 		Blanc, Michel: Le Passage Eclair
(D'Autres Cordes)
Drummer Michel Blanc with fellow members of Push the Triangle in an amazing album of avant jazz-rock that push the envelope on genre bending technical chops.


$15.95  Buy 		Blanc, Michel: Les Onze Tableaux De L'escouade
(D'Autres Cordes)
French jazz and rock drummer Blanc in an album of extended compositions using unique structures and vocal styles, fascinating colors and tones for unusual works.


$17.95  Buy 		Bley, Paul : 12 (+6) In A Row
(Hatology)
Master improviser and pianist Paul Bley along, in duo and trio with reedist Hans Koch and flugelhornist Franz Koglmann.


$14.95  Buy 		Brady, Tim : Topology: Scat
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Tim Brady in an extraordinary collaboration mixing his rhythmic, jazz-influenced chamber music with Australia's dynamic and virtuosic Topology ensemble.


$34.95  Buy 		Braxton, Anthony / Morris, Joe : 4 Improvisations (Duets) 2007
(Clean Feed)
Clean Feed's 100th release is a 4-disc set of multi-reedist Anthony Braxton and guitarist Joe Morris, two masters playing completely improvised pieces.


$15.95  Buy 		Breschand, Helene: Le Gout Du Sel
(D'Autres Cordes)
FIMAV performer and For4Ears artist Helene Breschand in a mysterious album of improvisational solo electric & acoustic harp and voice compositions.


$16.95  Buy 		Brown, Rob and Andrew Barker Duo : Live in Chicago
(Ruby Red Editora)
Frequent William Parker collaborator, saxophonist Rob Brown in duo with Parker and Mateen associate, percussionist Andrew Barker, live at the Empty Bottle, 2000.


$15.95  Buy 		Buck / Fuhler / Zaradny: Lighton
(Musica Genera)
Polish saxophonist Zaradny meets Cor Fuhler and Tony Buck for the 2006 Musica Genera Festival in a 30+ min. performance of superlative minimal improvisation.


$15.95  Buy 		Chevilon, Bruno: hors-champ
(D'Autres Cordes)
French bassist and experimentalist Bruno Chevillon sculpts alien bass manipulations, noise and voice in superb and often frightening compositions.


$12.95  Buy 		Dadge, Chris / Wadham, Rachael: 100 Silk Buttons from the Room Upstairs
(Bug Incision Records)
Chris Dadge & Rachael Wadham, who toured in 2007 in support of Peter Evans, play piano and percussion augmented with found objects, violin, percussion and junk.


$12.95  Buy 		Dadge, Chris: i'd drive your ass across the world, if i had to
(Bug Incision Records)
Debut Solo recording from Calgary drummer/percussionist Chris Dadge, two medium length tracks of solo drumset improvisations with subtle and occasional amplification.


$15.95  Buy 		Earth People: Bang!
(UNDIVIDEDVISION)
Earth People with Sabir Mateen in a numbered and limited edition of 500 CDs live at FusionArt Museum, New York City in 2004.


$15.95  Buy 		Empty Cage Quartet: Stratostrophic
(Clean Feed)
West Coast jazz musicians Mears, Tiner, Kikuchi and Johnson in a fiery set of original compositions from shuffle swing to free jazz blowouts, liner notes by Leo Smith.


$15.95  Buy 		Flaherty, Paul / Edwards, Marc: Kaivalya Volume #2
(Cadence Jazz Records (CIMP))
The second in saxophonist Flaherty and drummer Marc Edwards Kaivalya series, five powerful tracks showing maturity of vision and discipline.


$15.95  Buy 		Golia, Vinny : Music For Like Instruments; Eb Saxophones
(Nine Winds)
Vinny Golia leads a saxophone quartet of all Eb saxes, part of his series of compositions for like instruments with similar characteristics and tone.


$15.95  Buy 		Golia, Vinny : Music For Like Instruments; The Flutes
(Nine Winds)
Vinny Golia's series for like instruments and tones continues with this all flute album, 15 compositions for flutes of the size picollo to contrabass flute.


$19.95  Buy 		Joneleit, Jens: Arbitrary
(NEOS Music)
Joining the aura of electric period Miles Davis with the wall-of-sound Ayler rhythmic foundation Schuller and Joneleit open new perspective on improvisation.


$19.95  Buy 		Joneleit, Jens: Illuviation
(NEOS Music)
Reissue of the 2003 collaboration between percussionist/pianist Joneleit and multi-reedist AACM legend Roscoe Mitchell, crossing the composed and improvised worlds.


$19.95  Buy 		Kowald, Peter : Duos 2: Europe / America / Japan
(FMP)
The late bassist Peter Kowald compiled the large number of duo situations he performed in from 1984-90 with this amazing album with a who's-who list of improvisers and artists.


$25.95  Buy 		London & Glasgow Improvisers Orchestras: Separately & Together (Freedom of the City 2007)
(Emanem)
The complete Freedom Of The City 2007, 1st The London Improvisers Orchestra alone, then the Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra (invited by Evan Parker) then both together.


$17.95  Buy 		Lossing, Russ / Hebert, John: Line Up
(Hatology)
After a decade of playing together pianist Lossing and bassist Herbert release this duo album relfecting their close musical kinship and friendship.


$17.95  Buy 		Mateen, Sabir / Carter, Daniel: Sound On A Sunday
(RAI Trade)
Live recordings of Sabir Mateen and Daniel Carter both on reeds, flute, piano, drums and voice live at the "New York Is Now!" Festival in Rome, 2004.


$17.95  Buy 		McPhee Survival Unit III, Joe : Don't Postpone Joy!
(RAI Trade)
Joe McPhee's deeply emotional and expressive bass-less jazz trio, Survival Unit II with Fred Lonberg-Holm and Michael Zerang, playing live in Firenze, Italy in 2005.


$25.95  Buy 		Morris, Lawrence D. "Butch": Conduction / Induction
(RAI Trade)
Outstanding double disc of Morris' conductions, from the Biennale Music di Venzia in Italy with Jason Hwang, JA Deane, &c; and from the 2006 Angelica Festival.


$18.95  Buy 		Parker, Evan: Conic Sections
(psi)
Evan Parker's followup to The Snake Decides is this live recording of saxophone solos from 1989 recorded in the Holywell Music Room by Michael Gerzon.


$17.95  Buy 		Parker, William : The Inside Songs Of Curtis Mayfield
(RAI Trade)
Curtis Mayfield, a vital element of the civil rights movement, interpreted in music and words by William Parker, Amiri Baraka and an extremely well balanced band.


$15.95  Buy 		Sharp, Elliott: Octal: Book One (Clean Feed Guitar Series Vol. 2)
(Clean Feed)
Elliot Sharp takes on his own compositions, playing them on a custom-made electroacoustic guitarbass, a hollow-body guitar with 2 bass strings.


$16.95  Buy 		Stein's Locksmith Isidore, Jason: A Calculus of Loss
(Clean Feed)
Ken Vandermark associate bass clarinetist Jason Stein in a trio with Kevin Davis and Mike Pride playing a set of Stein original compositions.


$24.95  Buy 		Sun Ra: Media Dreams
(Art Yard)
Drawn from 3 classic 70's Sun Ra records, these quartet settings mix Sun Ra's electronics with great rhythmic and instrumental jazz, visionary and still futuristic music.


$10.95  Buy 		W.O.O.: Mambo Mantis: +1 -1
(Sweetstuff Media)
Downtown NY improvisers Bonnie Kane & Blaise Siwula's W.O.O. Mambo Mantis recorded live at ABC No Rio and at The Brecht Forum in New York City, 2006.


$10.95  Buy 		W.O.O.: Mambo Mantis: On A High Note: Live in Slovenia and Croatia
(Sweetstuff Media)
Downtown NY improvisers Bonnie Kane & Blaise Siwula's W.O.O. Mambo Mantis recorded live in Slovenia and Croatia.


$10.95  Buy 		Wastell, Mark: Vibra #2
(Longbox Recordings)
Part of a series of compositions for solo tam tam from British improviser Mark Wastell, dedicated to the memory of artist, writer and musician Roger Sutherland.


$14.95  Buy 		Witham, David: Spinning the Circle
(Cryptogramophone)
West Coast jazz musician David Witham in a set with Nels Cline, Scott Amendola, &c. in a versatile set of jazz, world beat and jamband influenced originals.


$12.95  Buy 		Zorn, John: The Dreamers
(Tzadik)
Performed by the players from Electric Masada, The Dreamers combines a lifetime of Zorn's passion for wide-ranging styles and genres in amazing grooves and hooks.


Electro-Acoustic/Electronic:


$12.95  Buy 		Ambarchi, Oren and z'ev: Spirit Transform Me
(Tzadik)
Collaborative project between Oren Ambarchi and legendary percussionist/industrial pioneer Z'ev in a hypnotic series of pieces exploring the Alef-beit


$14.95  Buy 		Andata, Solo / Seaworthy / Deupree, Taylor : Live In Melbourne
(12K)
12K labelmates Seaworthy and Solo Andata join with label leader Deupree for a beautiful live performance of laptop, small instruments and electronics.


$14.95  Buy 		Basinski, William / Chartier, Richard: Untitled 1-3
(Line)
Updated edition of Basinki & Chartier's acclaimed minimal 2004 work on the Spekk label with two additional tracks, remastered by Taylor Deupree.


$14.95  Buy 		Burning Star Core: Blood Lightning
(No Fun)
Organized sound full of creeping drones, strange mutilated vocal incursions, and unidentifiable sounds both acoustic and electronic from Mr. C. Spencer Yeh.


$18.95  Buy 		Furt plus: Equals
(psi)
The followup to Furt's expanded format as heard on Spin Networks in 2005, in electroacoustic trios with John Butcher, Phil Minton, Rhodri Davies, Ute Wassermann, &c.


$15.95  Buy 		Palimpsesto (Chrysakis / Villegas / Mayne): Palimpsesto
(Aural Terrains)
Thanos Chrysakis with Dario Villega and Oli Mayne in improvised set using electronics, prepared pianos, percussion, &c, a colored palimpset of sound.


$34.95  Buy 		Schumacher, Michael J.: Five Sound Installations DVD-ROM
(XI)
5 immersive sound installations on DVD-ROM for Mac or PC using algorithmic composition, chance operations, multi-channel sound systems, computer music, &c.


$15.95  Buy 		Tickmayer, Stevan Kovacs: Cold Peace Counterpoints
(Recommended Records)
A suite of fiendishly complex compositions for mixed real (Bob Drake, Chris Cutler, Djorge Delibasic, Pegja Milosavljevic) and virtual resources.


$15.95  Buy 		Vigroux, Franck: Triste Lilas
(D'Autres Cordes)
Dark free improv embracing electro-acoustic principles and dark narrative content, a sort of improvised musique-concréte using a wide sonic palette.


Rock/RIO/Prog:


$12.95  Buy 		180 D'Gs to the Future: The Music of Negativeland as performed by The 180 Gs
(Seeland)
The bonus disc from the Negativland DVD Our Favorite Things, the 180 d'Gs (The Minnick brothers) morph Negativland songs like "Christianity is Stupid" into doo-wop/gospel renditions".


$14.95  Buy 		Absolut Null Punkt: Absolute Magnitude
(Blossoming Noise)
Kazuyuki K. Null (Zeni Geva) and Seijiro Murayama, original drummer for Keiji Haino's Fushitsusha, in a new release of powerfully thick improv-noise rock.


$15.95  Buy 		Brainville 3: Trial By Headline
(Recommended Records)
Gong meets Cow meets Soft Machine in the revised version of Brainville (3), playing a mix of extended songs and instrumental numbers live in Berlin, London and Tel Aviv.


$25.95  Buy 		Chatham & His Guitar Trio All-Stars, Rhys: "Guitar Trio is My Life!" 3CD
(Table of the Elements)
30th anniversary 3CD release of Guitar Trio, Chatham's signature epic rock ensemble work based on a single chord, with additional material & a 32 page book.


$17.95  Buy 		Joynes, C: God Feed The Ravens
(Bo Weavil Recordings)
English acoustic guitarist Joynes, with a heavy thumb-led finger picking style, blending traditional folk and blues with alternative melodic transitions.


$15.95  Buy 		Maksymenko, Michael : Businesscide
(Recommended Records)
Maksymenko, founder of the Swedish Beefheart influenced band Kraljursastalten, in a solo release with that band, and with Henry Kaiser, Drumbo French, Sten Standell, &c.


$15.95  Buy 		The Miners Of Banal:
(Recommended Records)
Reissue of this long lost record joining Bill Golonis (The Work) with members of Ne Zhedali and Bing Selfish himself in a set of unusual and oddly literate songs.


Avant-Garde:


$23.95  Buy 		Glandien, Lutz: Kyomei
(CC,AAA,GUIT)
Very limited artist edition of Lutz Glandien performing on a specially designed set of monochord, lyre, psalter, &c. stringed insruments, beautifully recorded.


$12.95  Buy 		Ito, Teiji: The Shamanic Principles
(Tzadik)
This 4th volume of Ito's work features original recordings of 2 extended compositions: "Axis Mundi" using an orchestra of homemade instruments; & "Quetzalcoatl" performed with Singers from the Sioux Nation.


$15.95  Buy 		Kodjabashia, Nikola: The Most Of Now
(Recommended Records)
An exquisite and subtle new composition by Macedonian composer Nikola Kodjbashaia realised by an ensemble of exemplary instrumentalists in a unique musical landscape.


$19.95  Buy 		Xenakis, Iannis: Orchestral Works Volume 3
(Timpani)
The third volume in Timpani Records series of Xenakis' orchestral works, here presenting Synaphaï, Horos, Eridanos, and Kyania.


$19.95  Buy 		Xenakis, Iannis: Orchestral Works Volume 4
(Timpani)
The fourth volume in Timpani Records series of Xenakis' orchestral works, here presenting Erikhton, Ata, Akrata, and Krinoïdi.


DVD:


$37.95  Buy 		Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: Never Ending Space Ritual - History of Acid Mothers Temple
(Swordfish)
DVD of the history of AMT & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. told through rare video footage from 1998-2007, with guests Mani Neumeier, Yoshida Tatsuya, Afrirampo, &c.


$22.95  Buy 		Negativland: Our Favorite Things [DVD]
(Seeland)
Drawing on 27 years Negativland presents this collection of collage and cut-up interpretations of their video work from 18 experimental US filmakers, and a bonus CD.


VINYL:


$18.95  Buy 		Charalambides: Rose/Thorn [VINYL]
(Klang Industries)
Limited edition LP of the duo of Christina & Tom Carter in a set of songs featuring extraordinary chord organ and vocal work and some lap steel guitar.


$21.95  Buy 		Geesin, Ron: A Raise of Eyebrows [VINYL]
(Earmark)
Re-releases of the first album by one-time Pink Floyd collaborator and unusual studio/electronics manipulator Ron Geesin, a fascinatingly odd collection of works.


$21.95  Buy 		Merzbow / Band Of Pain: Reptile/Insect [PICTURE DISC]
(Dirter Productions)


$14.95  Buy 		Moondog and his Honking Geese: Playing Moondog's Music [VINYL]
(Honest Jon's Records)
Rare Moondog from '55 originally on his own Moondog label, a 4 song 10" EP using a spare style in a more jazz-based mode with odd horn sections (the honking geese).


$14.95  Buy 		Moondog: Moondog And His Friends [VINYL]
(Honest Jon's Records)
Reissue of this 1953 Moondog LP originally on Epic Records, a series of tonal pictures with new sound and tempo variations, complex and sophisticated music.


$17.95  Buy 		No-Neck Blues Band, The (NNCK): Aftypiclipse For Jazzfinger [VINYL]
(Sound @ One)
Remastered and resequenced edition of the NNCK performance at Thurston Moore's Nightmare Before Christmas ATP event in December 2006, limited edition LP.


$16.95  Buy 		Popol Vuh / Haswell & Hecker: Nachts: Schnee/Aguirre I (Remixes) 12" [VINYL]
(Editions Mego)
Reworkings of Popul Vuh's soundtrack work for Werner Herzog's films of the 70's and 80's in two tracks remixed by Mika Vainio and Haswell & Hecker.


$27.95  Buy 		Thielemans, Eric: A Snare Is a Bell [VINYL]
(Ultra Eczema)
First in a series of solo percussion LPs on Ultra Eczema titled STS, a meditative psychedelic experience, duo coloured psychic design by Dennis Tyfus.


Book:


$7.95  Buy 		Wire, The: #290 April 2008 Magazine with CD
The April 2008 issue of The Wire, with their free sampler "Wire Tapper" CD attached; articles about Henry Crimes, Henry Cow, Gudrun Gut, &c. &c.


$11.95  Buy 		Yeti: #5 Book & CD
The fifth volume of the excellent Yeti book and CD series, with articles by Mike McGonigal, Hisham Mayet, Justin Taylor, and music by Cooper-Moore, Deerhoof, &c. &c.


World:


$15.95  Buy 		Various Artists: Bollywood Steel Guitar
(Sublime Frequencies)
A comprehensive collection of infecitous steel guitar pop instrumental music from "Bollywood" films 1962-1986 compiled from rare LPs by Stuart Ellis.



THE SQUID'S EAR


The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, covering improvisational, avant, and experimental music from around the world.

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