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SQUIDCO Email Update, July 17, 2008

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July 17, 2008

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The summer heat rolls into Manhattan, and we've taken refuge inside listening and writing about the many great releases listed in this mailing! Highlights this time around include Brotzmann, Yagi and Nilssen-Love's Head On; 2 more from Eugene Chadbourne, esp. Vision Ease II with John Zorn; many Not Two releases with titles from Joe McPhee, Anthony Braxton, Jim Hobbs, Dennis Gonzalez, &c.; Sean Meehan, and Francisco Lopez releases on GD Stereo; David Myers (Arcane Device) with Marco Oppedisano; Margaret Leng Tan and John Cage DVDs on Mode, plus new Xenakis, Lou Harrison; and two New Worlds; 4 Another Timbre releases, 2 focusing on early experimenter Hugh Davies; 3 new Japanese avant-rock releases on PSF; and the latest MusicWorks magazine+CD with articles on Maggie Nicols and Kyle Gann. Look for new Tzadiks next week!

At the end of this mailing are 13 new reviews on The Squid's Ear.


Improvisation:


$16.95  Buy 		Algora, Esteban / Rombola, Alessandra / Zach, Ingar: ...de las piedras
(Another Timbre)
Ingar Zach in a trio with Spanish accordionist Esteban Algora and Italian flutist Alessandra Rombola in 6 varied pieces recorded in a stone church.


$16.95  Buy 		Braxton, Anthony / Dahlgren, Chris: ABCD
(Not Two Records)
Four versions each of 2 compositions that Dahlgren and Braxton developed by drawing from a deck of cards in blocks of 26x2, which determined the recorded material.


$17.95  Buy 		Brotzman, Peter / Yagi, Michiyo / Nilssen-Love, Paal: Head On
(Idiolect)
A meeting of German sax legend Peter Brotzmann and Japanese koto master Michiyo Yagi with everyone's favorite drummer Pall Nilssen-Love, an exotic and high energy encounter.


$12.95  Buy 		Chadbourne, Eugene : Vision-Ease Too
(Chadula)
3 compositional works from Eugene Chadbourne written in the 70's, the 1st from a performance in 1978 with John Zorn on reeds, plus the original English Channel and a solo guitar work.


$16.95  Buy 		Davis / Milton / Saade: dun
(Another Timbre)
Understated and exquisite improvisation using trumpet, violin, bass clarinet, flute and field recordings from three forward-thinking performers.


$16.95  Buy 		Gonzalez, Dennis Jnaana Septet: The Gift of Discernment
(Not Two Records)
Trumpeter Dennis Gonzalez' jnaana septet is a rhythmically rich organization using 3 drummers and 2 percussionists making jazz that borrows from an incredible breadth of ideas.


$16.95  Buy 		Hobbs / Morris / Gray: The Story of Mankind
(Not Two Records)
Saxophonist Hobbs with Joe Morris and Luther Gray in 5 extended compositions led by Hobb's unique and dinstinctive voice, using melodic and disjointed lines with great effect.


$16.95  Buy 		Maurer, Albrecht / Rodenkirchen, Norbert: Hidden Fresco
(Nemu Records)
This duo combines the old and new by composing and improvising using medieval instruments - gothic fiddle, medieval flutes, lyra - using extended technique and create creative drive.


$16.95  Buy 		McPhee, Joe / Trzaska, Mikolaj / Rosen, Jay: Intimate Conversations
(Not Two Records)
A series of pieces based on dialogs from the dual reeds of Joe McPhee on tenor sax and Mikolaj Trzaska on bass clarinet & alto sax, with Jay Rosen on drums.


$18.95  Buy 		Moore Trio, Michael : Holocene
(Ramboy)
Reed player Michael Moore with Guy Klsevcek and Eric Friedlander in a nod to the Holocene (new) epoch of agriculture, monotheism, private property, Bebop and Rock 'n Roll.


$18.95  Buy 		Moore, Michael : Fragile
(Ramboy)
Michael Moore's quartet with Ab Baars on clarinet in original compositions about the caring people who take in traveling musicians on tour, focused on Vancouver and North America.


$16.95  Buy 		Nu Band, The: The Dope and The Ghost
(Not Two Records)
The Nu Band (Roy Campbell, Mark Whitecage, Joe Fonda, Lou Grassi, Marco Eneidi) live in Vienna for jazz that integrates political punch with spectacular instrumental exuberance.


$18.95  Buy 		Persons, The : Sweet Ears
(Ramboy)
Michael Moore's Persons worked on the idea of harmonically interlocking electric guitar riffs and grooves; this is a recording of the last incarnation of the group from 1996.


$18.95  Buy 		Quartetto: Mosconi / Gardenghi / Cristofolini / Bonora: Organic, Playco 1969
(Alga Marghen)
Late 60's Italian improvising band Quartetto led by pianist David Mosconi in studio and live recordings from 1969, music attempting to 'supersede the limits of existential consciousness'.


$19.95  Buy 		Shiraishi, Tamio / MICO: Live Duo
(PSF)
A rare live album from Japanese free noise underground artist alto saxophonist Tamio Shiraishi in duo with No Neck Blues Band saxophonist and pianist MICO.


Electro-Acoustic/Electronic:


$12.95  Buy 		Chadbourne, Eugene: Horror Part 12
(Chadula)
24-track messed up montage from Doc Chad, dedicated to a woman who scammed many people by pretending to have cancer, a true horror show...


$16.95  Buy 		Davies / Bohman / Patterson / Wastell: For Hugh Davies
(Another Timbre)
Recordings from early DIY electroacoustic improviser and instrument inventor, the late Hugh Davies, accompanied in live performance by Adam Bohman, Lee Patterson, and Mark Wastell.


$16.95  Buy 		Davies, Hugh : Performances 1969 - 1977
(Another Timbre)
Limited edition archive CDR of 1960's instrument inventor the late Hugh Davies, solo and with Richard Orton, to accompany the Another Timbre release "For Hugh Davies".


$14.95  Buy 		Fullman, Ellen / Buzzarte, Monique: Fluctuations
(Deep Listening)
These beautiful compositions use trombone and long string instruments to create tonalities that slowly unfold with unexpected possibilities and textures and timbral variations.


$10.95  Buy 		Jack's Son: Everyone Has a Kid Inside
(Abolipop Records)
Jack's son is an avant hip-hop/breaks project created at the end of 2003 by Diego Martinez, Mexican young producer who also works under the name Lumenlab.


$13.95  Buy 		Lopez, Francisco: Conops
(GD Stereo)
Sound artist Francisco Lopez create this work by transforming recordings of environments in the Americas & Asia which are dominated by networks of insect sound.


$10.95  Buy 		Martinez, Israel: Exorcizios
(Abolipop Records)
Mexcico based Israel Martinez composes electroacoustic and acousmatic works; "Exorcizio" is a Spanish slang created with the words "exorcism" and "exercise".


$13.95  Buy 		Monk, Alex: Kit Mikaya
(Smeraldina-Rima)
Limited edition CDR of guitar and serious electronic processing from this London based musician and producer who has performed on Resonance FM and the MER Festival.


$12.95  Buy 		Myers, David Lee / Oppedisano, Marco: Tesla At Coney Island
(OKS Recordings)
A sonic collaboration between veteran electronic innovator David Lee Myers and guitar virtuoso Marco Oppedisano using feedback, found and overdriven tonalities.


$33.95  Buy 		Namlook, Pete: The Namlook Collection II [MP3]
(FAX)
FAX label mastermind Peter Namlook with 6 live albums, long out of print, reproduced in one mp3 disc at 320 Kbps, including original cover graphics.


$10.95  Buy 		Signal Deluxe: Motyl
(Abolipop Records)
Electronic ambience, minimal techno and acid house with groovy basslines, soundscapes and vocals mixed by Signal Deluxe, DJs from the Mexican electronic scene.


Rock/RIO/Prog:


$12.95  Buy 		Chadbourne, Eugene : Peking Doc
(Chadula)
A new solo collection of original songs from the Chadbourne repertoire, including live performance recordings from our own Inwood Park in upper Manhattan.


$13.95  Buy 		Legendary Pink Dots, The: The Crushed Velvet Apocalypse
(Caciocavallo)
Perhaps the peak of Legendary Pink Dot's mid-period releases, this album balances hauntingly beautiful songs and music to dense electro/acoustic apocalypse.


$19.95  Buy 		Shizuka: Live/Traditional Aesthetics
(PSF)
1995 Osaka live recording from this intensely fragile mid-90's underground psychedelic band led by Shizuka with ex-Fushitsusha Maki Miura and Jun Kosugi on guitar and drums.


$17.95  Buy 		Soft Machine &Amp; Heavy Friends: BBC In Concert 1971
(Hux)
Robert Wyatt-era Soft Machine in a live BBC concert from 1971 introduced by John Peel, performing with 'heavy friends' Roy Babbington, Ronnie Scott, Neville Whitehead, &c.


$19.95  Buy 		Tomokawa, Kazuki: Blue Water, Red Water
(PSF)
Devastating emotional transcendence from Japanese underground's lyrical singer-songwriter Kazuki Tomokawa in a band with extended instrumentation.


$19.95  Buy 		Urabe, Masayoshi: Flag of Midsummer
(PSF)
Saxophonist Masayoshi Urabe in a live album from the summer of 2007 on the shores of Lake Biwa, Kyoto; plus a duo playihng accordion, harmonic and flute with cellist Kiyoharu Kuwayama.


Avant-Garde:


$23.95  Buy 		Beyer, Johanna : Sticky Melodies
(New World Records)
Johanna Beyer (1888-1944) immigrated from Germany to NYC to study with Henry Cowell, Ruth Crawford, &c., developing a body of experimental contemporary work that remains mostly unknown.


$13.95  Buy 		Bultmann, Nils: Terminally Unique
(Mutable)
Composer and string player Nils Bultmann in a series of works bleding composition, improvisation and field recordings, with Roscoe Mitchell playing sax on several pieces.


$15.95  Buy 		Frank Denyer: Silenced Voices
(Mode Records)
Four compositions from 2000-2005 from microtonal composer Frank Denyer, nuanced and subtle works using unique timbral, instrumental and vocal combinations.


$15.95  Buy 		Iannis Xenakis: Kraanerg
(Mode Records)
Xenakis' 1968 Kraanerg is one of his most popular and infamous works, a charged score for 23 instruments of woodwinds, brass, and strings along with quadrophonic tape.


$15.95  Buy 		Lou Harrison: Por Gitaro: Suites for Tuned Guitars
(Mode Records)
Lou Harrison worked with guitarist John Schneider to revisit Harrison's works for a guitar with removeable fingerboards able to perform works in just intonation.


$12.95  Buy 		St. Pierre, Melissa: Specimens
(Table of the Elements)
Prepared pianist Melissa St. Pierre bypassing dry academia and post-classicism in electronically enhanced, quirky compositions transforming strings and things with rhythmic aplomb.


$13.95  Buy 		Tyranny, "Blue" Gene: The Somewhere Songs
(Mutable)
Two song cycles from "Blue" Gene Tyranny: The Somewhere Songs and The Invention of Memory, with Thomas Buckner on voice and Peter Gordon on sax.


$13.95  Buy 		Yi, Chen / Tanaka, Karen: Invisible Curve
(New World Records)
The Azure Ensemble performing the music of: Chen Yi, blending Chinese and Western tradition with strong textural elements; and Karen Tanaka fusing Japanese tradition and the Western compositional world.


Vinyl:


$9.95  Buy 		AER: Project [7" VINYL]
(Touch)
Jon Wozencroft, art director and editor of Touch, create this piece initially as a soundtrack for the film The Overcoming of Hazard (Butler/Mirza), part of the Touch Sevens.


$19.95  Buy 		Giffoni, Carlos: Zamuro [VINYL]
(Important Records)
A live and studio rendition of Gifonni's solo composition for portable synth and analog filter, themed on the South American large vulture of the name Zamuro.


$18.95  Buy 		Grails: Take Refuge In Clean Living [VINYL]
(Important Records)
Modern epic rock from this now 5-piece band, with a nod to Pink Floyd in five long compositions that take their time to build with detailed melodic swells.


$26.95  Buy 		Haswell, Russell: Second Live Salvage 2LP [VINYL]
(Editions Mego)
Double LP edition of Russell Haswell's Live Salvage archive series documenting improvised real-time, computer-generated audio presentations given over the past 10 years.


$15.95  Buy 		Shiraishi, Tamio / Meehan, Sean: Annual Summer Concerts [VINYL]
(GD Stereo)
Two of Tamio & Sean Meehan's annual summer concerts in New York City (2002 & 2003) in a Municipal Parking Garage at the 79th Street Boat Basin, and Under the Manahattan Bridge at Pike St. and Monroe St.


DVD:


$20.95  Buy 		Cage, John : The Revenge of the Dead Indians: In Memoriam John Cage [DVD]
(Mode Records)
Director Henning Lohner, who worked with Cage on his One11 film, in a memoriam to John Cage featuring interviews and performance, a fascinating combination of thought, viewpoints and opinions.


$20.95  Buy 		Leng Tan, Margaret: Sorceress of the New Piano [DVD]
(Mode Records)
Two films of live performances from inside avant pianist Margaret Leng Tang: Sorceress Of The New Piano from 2004, and The Maverick Piano from 2007.


Book:


$15.95  Buy 		MusicWorks: #101 Spring 2008 [MAGAZINE + CD]
(Musicworks)
Musicwork's 2008 Summer issue with articles on Maggie Nicols, Kyle Gann, Louis Dufort, AnnSoutham, Chris Bryan, and a 9-track CD of those artists.



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