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SQUIDCO/SQUID'S EAR NEWS

August 1, 2008

Two more wonderful weeks of music, with highlights including: 3 new psi releases including a Free Zone Appleby 2007 with Paolo Angeli, Evan Parker, and Ned Rothenberg; 3 new Tzadiks, especially Fred Frith's acoustic solo LP "To Sail, To Sail"; a new Koenji Hyakkei DVD!; Otomo Yoshihide's burning Core Anode; 1-sided EPs from Lee Ranaldo and Oren Ambarchi; 2 releases on Leo; Captain Beefheart's Strictly Personal reissued properly; 4 new Cryptogramophone releases; two new minimal improv releases on NVO; 3 dark and heavy Utech CDs from their URSK series; plus new Acid Mothers, Van der Graaf Generator, Diamanda Galas, a Lydia Lunch DVD, and reissues of Supersister and Kevin Ayers. We also restocked and lowered the prices on all John Wall CDs. At the end of this mailing are 13 new reviews on The Squid's Ear.

SUMMER SALES! We're reducing the price of many of our overstocked items, great releases at 25% or more off their list price while quantities last. We have two sales running currently, which end on August 8, so have a good look today!

Summer Sale: Electroacoustic / Experimental

Summer Sale: Improvisation / Jazz

Improvisation:
$18.95 Buy	Angeli / Parker / Rothenberg: Free Zone Appleby 2007 (psi)
	A smaller than usual Freezone Appleby Festival, 2007 presents duos and trios with the excellent lineup of Paolo Angeli, Evan Parker and Ned Rothenberg.

$15.95 Buy	Bauer, Conny : Der Gelbe Klang (JAZZWERKSTATT)
	Trombonist Bauer (Zentralquartett, Doppelmoppel, Bauer 4, &c.) performing solo with electronics creating unusual compositions, from soundscape to melodic counterpoint.

$16.95 Buy	Cosmosamatics, The: Free Within The Law (Not Two Records)
	Legend alto sax player Sonny Simmons with Michael Marcus on tenor in a quartet of diverse jazz that embraces the avant and free and goes well beyond.

$14.95 Buy	Cryptogramophone Assemblage: 1998 - 2008 A Ten Year Retrospective (Cryptogramophone)
	Cryptogramophone's 10th anniversary compilation presents 2 CDs and a DVD with 18 of their recording artists including Scott Amendola, Nels Cline, Bennie Maupin, Erik Friedlander, &c.

$12.95 Buy	Dunn, Trevor: Four Films (Tzadik)
	Bassist and composer Trevor Dunn with found soundtracks to films by Peter Bolte, Cameron Vale and Holly S. Neuberg, with players Chris Speed, Kenny Wollesen, Rob Burger, &c.

$18.95 Buy	Eckhardt, John : Xylobiont (psi)
	Virtuoso double bassist John Eckhardt in eight performances of polyphonic and other-worldly explorations showing the instrument's breadth of sonic potential.

$12.95 Buy	Frith, Fred: To Sail, To Sail (Tzadik)
	The idiosyncratic master of the guitar, this album is pure Fred Frith, playing solo acoustic guitar over a range of styles including classical, blues, folk, gypsy and free improvisation.

$15.95 Buy	Futterman / Levin / Fielder: Traveling Through Now (CLM)
	Urgent and inspired free improvisation from New Yorkers Futterman, Fielder and Levin in a studio release of their trio's original and spontaneous compositions.

$14.95 Buy	Gauthier Goatette, The Jeff: House of Return (Cryptogramophone)
	Violinist Jeff Gauthier's Goatette with Nels Cline, Alex Cline, Joel Hamilton and David Whytham in his 5th recording as a leader, moody and beautiful acoustic jazz.

$18.95 Buy	London Improvisers Orchestra: Improvisations for George Riste (psi)
	Four improvisations from the London Improvisers Orchestra's monthly appearances at the Red Rose with Harry Beckett, Evan Parker, Steve Beresford, Lol Coxhill, &c. &c.

$14.95 Buy	Maupin Quartet, The Bennie : Early Reflections (Cryptogramophone)
	Woodwind legend Bennie Maupin's European quartet with pianist Michal Tokaj and Hania Rybka on vocals, including a new version of "The Jewel in the Lotus".

$20.95 Buy	Montgomery, Will / [ Heribert Friedl ]: Non-Collaboration (Non Visual Objects (NVO))
	Fragile, delicate yet complex improvisations beteween NVO label leader Heribert Friedl and guitarist Will Montgomery, engaging lowercase electroacoustic collaboration.

$15.95 Buy	Newton, Lauren / Je Chun, Park: 2 Souls In Seoul (Leo)
	A new form of Pansori, a Korean folk opera between a singer and a percussionist, as performed by free improvising singer Lauren Newton and percussion Park Je chun.

$15.95 Buy	O'Leary / Kang / Van Der Schyff: Zemlya (Leo)
	An incredible Vancouver-Seattle-Cork coming together of three experienced experimental improvisers in a mix of free jazz, free rock, Korean Court Music and electronics.

$14.95 Buy	Sickafoose, Todd : Tiny Resistors (Cryptogramophone)
	New York bassist and composer with his 8 piece band including Adam Levy and Ani DiFranco in an album that bridges jazz with the scope of an indie-rock orchestra.

$17.95 Buy	Wolfarth, Christian / Fisch, Donat: Circle & Line (UNIT)
	The duo of drummer Christian Wolfarth and alto & tenor saxophonist Donat Fisch in 18 short and concise improvisations coloured by blues and jazz forms.

Electro-Acoustic/Electronic:
$15.95 Buy	English, Lawrence: Kiri No Oto (Touch)
	Delicate and meditative "aural fogs" from instruments & found sounds undergoing analog filtering and harmonic distortion, using recordings made in Poland, New Zealand, Australia and Japan.

$13.95 Buy	Gammelsaeter, Runhild : Amplicon (Utech Records)
	Runhild Gammelsaeter (Thorr's Hammer, Sunn0))), Khlyst) releases her first solo recording. The purpose was to create something organic - sound with and about life.

$13.95 Buy	Heavensore: Asmodai (Utech Records)
	Darkly disturbed Aleister Crowley inspired sound work from the Greek Heavensore, who mix drone, black metal and thick grinding rock, or 'drone metal'.

$15.95 Buy	Karkowski, Zbigniew / Furudate, Tetsuo: World As Will III (Sub Rosa)
	The 3rd and final release in Zbigniew Karkowski and Tetsuo Furudate's 10 year electroacoustic 'World Will' collaboration, including a piece commissioned by Zeitkratzer.

$16.95 Buy	Kubin, Felix: Axolotl Lullabies (Oral)
	A collection of remixes and compilation tracks from '96-06, including work with Asmus Tietchens, Michiko Kusaki, ZEA; strange and fascinating electronic fun.

$18.95 Buy	MEV (Musica Elettronica Viva): Spacecraft/Unified Patchwork Theory (Alga Marghen)
	MEV (Alvin Curran, Fredrick Rzewski, Richard Teitelbaum) reissuing their 1967 classic "Spacecraft", and releasing the 1990 major work "United Patchwork Theory" with Steve Lacy.

$15.95 Buy	Piotrowicz, Robert: Lasting Clinamen (Musica Genera)
	Alien drones, powerfully textured sound and floating frequencies from Robert Piotrowicz, one of the leading figures in the Polish noise and free-improv scenes.

$16.95 Buy	Prurient: Arrowhead (Editions Mego)
	Dominick Fernow a.k.a. Prurient creates extreme evolving noise works using feedback, thick percussive noise, and a suprising set of unlikely tools and sources.

$13.95 Buy	Skullflower: Desire for a Holy War (Utech Records)
	The heavy and caustic Skullflower in an album of squalling noise and dark imagery, severe and remorseless music for this modern age.

$19.95 Buy	Smolders, Jos : Gaussian Transient (Megaphone) (Non Visual Objects (NVO))
	Jos Smolders is an abstract soundsculptor using a vast array of electroacoustic technique to create diverse sonic constructions and amazing aural environments.

Rock/RIO/Prog:
$14.95 Buy	Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: Recurring Dream & Apocalypse Of Darkness (Important Records)
	Kawabata Makoto's Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. in perhaps their heaviest album yet.

$25.95 Buy	Ayers, Kevin: The BBC Sessions 1970 - 1976 (Hux)
	Kevin Ayers's BBC sessions from 1970-1976, including friends like Robert Wyatt, Mike Ratledge, Elton Dean, David Bedford, Lol Coxhill, Andy Summers, Nick Evans, &c. &c.

$15.95 Buy	Galas, Diamanda : Guilty Guilty Guilty (Mute)
	A collection of tragic and homicidal love songs, most of which were recorded at 'Diamanda's Valentines Day Massacre' at the Knitting Factory, NYC in February 2006.

$19.95 Buy	Iro: Tamafuri (PSF)
	Iro are a Kawasaki-based shamanic noise improvisation duo who, since 1981, have made "energy free music" with a deep commitment to the rejection of commercialism.

$15.95 Buy	Koenji Hyakkei: 070531 (Magaibutsu)
	Two sets from The Starpine's Cafe in Tokyo, the first 6 incredible improvisations, and then 6 performances of Koenji Hyakkei songs, joined by Imahori and Tsuboy.

$18.95 Buy	Supersister: Present from Nancy (Esoteric Recordings)
	Supersister were an accomplished Dutch band from the late 60's, inspired by Soft Machine and Caravan, as heard on this excellent reissue of their 1st album with bonus tracks.

$14.95 Buy	Three Day Band: (Important Records)
	Two untitled improvisations from John Fahey and Ayal Senior, and then 15 recordings of Fahey reading selected excerpts from his writings.

$15.95 Buy	Van der Graaf Generator: Trisector (EMI)
	Now a trio, Van der Graaf Generator surprises with an album that balances Peter Hammill's solo work with VDGG's edge, great songs driven by Hugh Banton's organ.

$16.95 Buy	Yoshihide, Otomo : Core Anode (Meena)
	Core Anode is Otomo's roaring-sound project, 3 pieces recorded live at concerts in Tokyo (2002), Copenhagen (2006), and London (2006).

Vinyl:
$17.95 Buy	Ambarchi, Oren: A Final Kiss On Poisoned Cheeks [VINYL] (Table of the Elements)
	Guitarist Oren Ambarchi's contribution to Table of the Element's one-sided LP series, pressed on light blue marbled vinyl with a laser etched illustration from Savage Pencil.

$11.95 Buy	Bradford, Bobby / Stevens, John / SME: Volume One [VINYL] (NESSA)
	Trumpeter Bobby Bradford with John Steven's Spontaneous Music Ensemble including Trevor Watts and Julie Tippetts in 4 extended pieces of swinging and challenging improvisation.

$33.95 Buy	Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band: It Comes To You In A Plain Brown Wrapper 2LP [VINYL] (Sundazed)
	An exclusive vinyl-only issue of Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band's mind-blowing lost 1967 sessions, a sort of expanded and authorized version of Strictly Personal.

$18.95 Buy	Heaven And: Sweeter As The Years Roll By [VINYL] (Staubgold )
	Compelling and dark music from electronic experimenters Tony Buck (Necks), Martin Siewert, Zeitblom and Steve Heather, with Einsteurzend's Alexander Hacke on vocals.

$20.95 Buy	Jandek: Ready For The House [VINYL] (Corwood Industries)
	Jandek's first album from 1978, originally released under the name 'Units', is a stark and lonely record of detuned guitar and hollow-voiced singing.

$17.95 Buy	Ranaldo, Lee: Countless Centuries Fled into the Distance Like So Many Stories [VINYL] (Table of the Elements)
	Lee Ranaldo's epic edition to the Table of the Elements single-sided EPs on green marbled vinyl, with an etching from Savage Pencil on the B-side.

$11.95 Buy	Smith, Leo : Spirit Catcher [VINYL] (NESSA)
	Trumpeter Leo Smith's 1979 album, two tracks in a quintet with Pheeroan Ak Laffondrums and Bobby Naughton on vibes, and one track of Smith with 3 harpists.

$13.95 Buy	Sun Ra: Of Mythic Worlds [VINYL] (Philly Jazz)
	Reproduction of this 1980 Sun Ra album on the Philly Jazz label, a great band with Marshall Allen and John Gilmore on sax, playing slow and exotic mythic music.

Book & DVD:
$7.95 Buy	Wire, The: #294 August 2008 (Wire)
	On The Cover: Tricky, articles on Asva, Michel Chion, Atsuhiro Ito, Reiko Kudo, Joe Mcphee, Sick Llama, Tricky, &c. &c. &c.

$16.95 Buy	Lunch, Lydia: Video Hysterie 1978-2006 [DVD] (Atavistic)
	A DVD retrospective of Lydia Lunch's career, starting with Teenage Jesus and the Jerks running through to to her epic illustrated graphic work.

INSTOCK ITEMS!

The following items are in stock but haven't been fully cataloged. We'll list them more properly in our next mailing, but you can order them now, they're ready to ship!

Trio Viriditas: Live at Vision Festival VI (Clean Feed) - $15.95

Mauger: The Beautiful Enabler (Clean Feed) - $15.95

Lane / Grassi / Whitecage: Drunk Butterfly (Clean Feed) - $15.95

Dresser, Mark / Harkins, Ed / Schick, Steven: House of Mirrors (Clean Feed) - $15.95

Conference Call: Poetry In Motion (Clean Feed) - $15.95

Cornelius, Adam / Various Artists: People Who Do Noise (Cold Hands) - $14.95

Various Artists: The Master Musicians Of Jajouka (Genes CD Co.) - $13.95

Marcoeur, Albert: Travaux Pratiques (Label Freres) - $28.95

Kavina, Lydia : Music from the Ether (Mode Records) - $15.95

Kavina, Lydia: Spellbound! - Theremin works by Grainger, Neuwirth, Rosza, Shore, Wolff (Mode Records) - $15.95

Twink: Supercute (Mulatta Records) - $15.95

Nono, Luigi: Guai ai gelidi mostri / Quando stanno morendo. Diario polacco No. 2 (NEOS Music) - $35.95

Platz, Robert Hp : Piano Pieces (NEOS Music) - $18.95

Shipp Quartet, Matthew : Cosmic Suite (Not Two Records) - $16.95

Return of the New Thing: Alchemy (Not Two Records) - $16.95

Ikeda, Ryoji: 1000 Fragments (Raster Music) - $16.95

COH (Ivan Pavlov / Cosey Fanni Tutti): COH Plays Cosey (Raster Music) - $16.95

Pomassl: Spare Parts (Raster-Norton) - $16.95

Doyle's Free Jazz Soul Orchestra, Arthur : Bushman Yoga (Ruby Red Editora) - $16.95

Burnt Hills: Morning Glory (Ruby Red Editora) - $16.95

Dockstader, Tod: Quatermass (Starkland) - $14.95

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