SQUIDCO/SQUID'S EAR NEWS
February 19, 2009
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Some heavy hitters this time around, starting with the the trio of Wilkinson, Edwards and Noble on Bo Weavil;
Ken Vandermark in duos with 4 incredible bass players in Collected Fiction;
Mark Dresser & Denman Maroney's impressive 2008 Vision Festival set on Kadima;
Jessica Pavone and Mary Halvorson in a quartet with Devin Hoff and Ches Smith;
Four Braxton duo reissues on Music & Arts;
and a host of back-catalog additions including Fred Frith, Mats Gustafsson, John Butcher, William Parker, Frode Gjerstad, &c.;
plus the first two amazing vinyl releases from No Business: a double LP from Trio X; and a Mats Gustafsson solo LP.
Electroacoustic improvisation from two new For4Ear releases: Alfred Harth, Hans Joachim Irmler and Gunther Muller's Taste Tribes;
and Gunter Muller, Jason Kahn and Norbert Moslang's South American tour in mkm_msa;
Alva Noto issues his 2nd Xerrox series release; and Victo issues Francisco Lopez's acousmatic Matiere Sonore;
and Greg Kelley's Religious Electronics on No Fun Productions. In DVDs we have David Toop's record collection
revealed, and Line's Colorfield Variations. In books we add John Zorn's Arcana III, and Christian Marclay's
beautiful musical Shuffle card deck.
The Squid's Ear has been busy over the last two weeks,
and readers will notice a number of changes to the site.
First and foremost, audio samples are now included with reviews, so that you can listen while you read. And a new
page listing all reviews on the 'Ear has been added.
You'll see a number of other cosmetic changes to the site, and in the listing of Squid's Ear reviews in this mailing,
of which there are 15 at the end of this mailing.
Improvisation:
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$15.95 Buy
 listen | Dresser, Mark & Denman Maroney: Live in Concert
(Kadima) | | The duo of Denman Maroney on prepared piano and Mark Dresser on contrabass at the 2008 Vision Festival in NYC, and at the Storefront Theater, Chicago in 2001. |
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$13.95 Buy
listen | Pavone / Halvorson / Smith / Hoff: Calling All Portraits
(Skycap Records) | | The duo of New York guitarist Mary Halvorson and violist Jessica Pavone expanded to a quartet with Devin Hoff and Ches Smith, active and intense improvisation. |
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$14.95 Buy
listen | Robertson, Herb & Jean-Luc Cappozzo: Passing the Torch
(Rubyflower) | | Nine multicouloured performances where these NY trumpeter Robertson and French trumpeter Cappozzo spread an incredible pallet of sonorities. |
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$15.95 Buy
listen | Stillman, Loren: Blind Date
(Pirouet) | | New York City alto saxophonist Loren Stillman in a quartet with Gary Versace, Drew Gress, and Joey Baron performing Stillman's original compositions. |
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$17.95 Buy
listen | Vandermark, Ken: Collected Fiction
(Okka) | | A 2CD set of studio recording of duos by Ken Vandermark and four of the world's best bass players: Nate McBride, Kent Kessler, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, and Wilbert De Joode. |
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$16.95 Buy
listen | Wilkinson / Edwards / Noble: Live At Cafe Oto
(Bo Weavil Recordings) | | Fiery, inventive and muscular improvisation from this working trio, recorded live in London's Cafe Oto in 2008, who's previous releases include a CD with Brotzmann. |
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$13.95 Buy
listen | Braxton, Anthony & Mario Pavone: Duets (1993)
(Music & Arts) | | Multi-reedist Braxton and bassist Mario Pavone in a set of duets recorded in NYC in 1993, including Braxton compositions, Pavone originals, and a couple of standards. |
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$13.95 Buy
listen | Braxton, Anthony & Richard Teitelbaum: Duet live Merkin Hall
(Music & Arts) | | The complete concert given at Merkin Hall, New York City, April 28, 1994, with multi-reed and wind player Anthony Braxton and electronic keyboardist Richard Teitelbaum. |
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$13.95 Buy
listen | Braxton, Anthony & Ted Reichman: 1993 Duo Leipzig
(Music & Arts) | | Pianist and accordionist Ted Reichman in a concert at the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Germany, with reed and wind player Braxton, performing 6 Braxton compositions. |
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$13.95 Buy
listen | Braxton, Anthony with Peter Wilson: 8 Duets, Hamburg 1991
(Music & Arts) | | 7 compositions (152-157 + 40A) from Anthony Braxton, performed in duo with double bass player Peter Niklas Wilson, who has worked with John Tchicai, Marion Brown, Derek Bailey, &c. |
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$15.95 Buy
listen | Butcher / Durrant / Lee: Intentions
(Nuscope) | | Bringing together British and Vancouver artists in a set of improvisations with extended and unusual techniques, harmonics, microtones and texturally dense counterpoint. |
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$16.95 Buy
listen | Frith / Bourne / Oswald: Dearness
(Spool) | | The trio of Fred Frith, John Oswald and Anne Bourne recorded live at the Rivoli in Toronto in 1998, subtle to cantankerous improvisation of the highest caliber. |
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$15.95 Buy
listen | Gjerstad / Lonberg-Holm / Sen / Nilsen-Love: The Cello Quartet
(FMR) | | Extraordinary reed player Gjerstad on alto sax and clarinet in a quartet with two cellos (Fred Lonberg-Holm & Amit Sen) and all around drummer Paal Nielsen-Love. |
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$15.95 Buy
listen | Gustafsson / Newman / Gennaro: Port Huron Picnic
(Spool) | | Free and open-ended improvisation and amplified sound work from Mats Gustaffson with the duo of Gennaro and Newman AKA Wrist Error. |
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$21.95 Buy
listen | Parker, William & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra: Mayor of Punkville
(Aum Fidelity) | | 2000 recordings of William Parker's 16 piece Creative Music Orchestra during their monthly series at Tonic in NYC, with a 12 page booklet written by William Parker. |
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$12.95 Buy
listen | Universe of AMP: Stringency
(Meta Records) | | Universe of AMP are the Swiss twin brothers pianist Michael and drummer Florian Arbenz, in a 7 piece group mixing modern jazz with an active string section. |
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Electro-Acoustic/Electronic:
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$14.95 Buy
listen | Chicago Sound Map: Performs Compositions By Olivia Block And Ernst Karel
(Kuro Neko) | | The 10 piece Chicago Sound Map invite composers to devise musical systems incorporating composition and improvisation, here performing works by Olivia Block and Ernst Karel. |
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$13.95 Buy
listen | Harth / Irmler / Muller: Taste Tribes
(For4Ears) | | Complex electroacoustic improvisation from 3 masters: Alfred 23 Harth on reeds and electronics, For4Ears label leader Gunter Muller, and Faust keyboardist Irmler. |
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$13.95 Buy
listen | Muller / Kahn / Moslang: mkm_msa
(For4Ears) | | "mkm_msa" documents Gunter Muller, Jason Kahn and Norbert Moslang's twelve-concert tour through Mexico and South America in the spring of 2007. |
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$16.95 Buy
listen | Noto, Alva: Xerrox Vol. 2
(Raster-Norton) | | 2nd volume in Alva Noto (Carsten Nicolai)'s 5 volume series, "Volume 2" focuses on the "new world" in samples gathered from artists like Stephen O'Malley, Ryuichi Sakamoto, &c. |
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$15.95 Buy | Various Artists: Victoriaville Matiere Sonore
(Victo) | | Francisco Lopez initiated this project in 2006 with the Pogus CD "Montreal Sound Matter", now expanded into an acousmatic group of linked tracks from a group of impressive sound artists. |
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$15.95 Buy
listen | 2nd Outlet (Houtkamp / Fuhler / Blume): Burnt Sienna
(Nuscope) | | Live recordings from the LOFT in Koln, Germany from the 2nd Outlet trio, electro-acoustic improvisation with traditional elements. |
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Compositional:
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$18.95 Buy
listen | Arditti Quartet: John Cage / Jacob Ullmann
(hr2 kultur) | | The Arditti Quartet, John Cage's preferred string quartet, performing Cage's "Thirty Pieces for String Quartet", and Jakob Ullmann's "komposition fur streichquartett 2". |
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$12.95 Buy | Jackle, Klaus: Paganini, Giuliani
(Meta Records) | | After their 1st release "Tango", Klaus Jackle (guitar) and Friedemann Amadeus Treiber (violin) take on the greatest violinist and guitarist of the 19th century. |
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$12.95 Buy | Jackle, Klaus: Tango
(Meta Records) | | Tango of the classical variety is played by the duo of Klaus Jackle (guitar) and Friedemann Amadeus Treiber (violin), both of whom are acknowledged classical musicians. |
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$12.95 Buy | Maruhn / Reichert: Affetto!
(Meta Records) | | Asticcio Chamber Opera with works from Handel performed by Tenor J. Reichert and the Ensemble Teatro Affetto. |
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$12.95 Buy | Purcell / Handel / Locke: Magic Night
(Meta Records) | | Songs and Airs by Henry Purcell, Instrumental Music by George Frideric Handel and Matthew Locke, performed with a trio of voice, harpischord and lute. |
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$39.95 Buy | Satie, Erik: Avant-Dernieres Pensees
(Harmonia Mundi) | | A panoramic view of Eric Satie's piano and chamber music work through his lifetime, in solos and duos led by pianist Alexandre Tharaud. |
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$12.95 Buy | Stambolov, Vesko: F. Chopin Piano Concertos
(Meta Records) | | Pianist Stambolov with a string quartet performing Chopin's "Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op.11" and "Concert No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21". |
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$12.95 Buy | Stambolov, Vesko: J.S. Bach Piano Concertos
(Meta Records) | | Pianist Stambolov with a string quartet performing Bach's Concerto No. 3 in D Major, Concert No. 7 in G Minor, and Concerto No. 1 in D Minor. |
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Vinyl LPs:
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$39.95 Buy | Gustafsson, Mats : The Vilnius Implosion
(NoBusiness) | | Incredible wind improviser Mats Gustafsson performing original compositions solo at the Vilnius Mazasis Theatre in Lithuania, 2008 on baritone, slide sax and alto fluteophone. |
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$19.95 Buy | Kelley, Greg: Religious Electronics [VINYL]
(No Fun) | | Two side long tracks of mutated electronic trumpet work from experimental trumpeter Greg Kelley. "This is not jazz"-No Fun Productions |
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$22.95 Buy | Lehn, Thomas / Marcus Schmickler: Kolner Kranz [VINYL]
(A-Musik) | | Drawn from several live performances in Europe and the US, analog synth player Thomas Lehn meets digital synth player Marcus Schmickler for dense and seductive audio landscapes. |
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$29.95 Buy | Palestine, Charlemagne: Sound 1 [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen) | | A one-sided LP, "Sound 1" presents Palestine working with oscillators and drone generators, with 16 machines meshing together to create a complex soundscape. |
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$5.95 Buy | Radio Ruido & PublicState: phone x / m w w/tv w w/tv [7" Vinyl]
([unknown]) | | A split 7" record from sound artists Radio Ruido (Tom Mulligan), "Phone X"; and publicState with two tracks, "m w/tv" and "w/wtv". |
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$5.95 Buy | Roe, Tom & A Forma Foma: Breakdown [7" Vinyl]
(free103.9) | | This split 7" single tackles two very different versions of Tom Petty's "Breakdown" from free103point9 founder Tom Roe, and then by A Forma Foma. |
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$20.95 Buy | Starving Weirdos: Blue Herons [VINYL]
(Olde English Spelling Bee) | | Full-length gatefold LP Northern California 'free drift' unit the Starving Weirdos featuring two side-long tracks of their expansive drone/improv sound. |
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$49.95 Buy | Trio X: Live In Vilnius
(NoBusiness) | | A double LP of Joe McPhee's Trio X with Dominic Duval & Jay Rosen performing in March, 2006 at the Vilniaus Congress Hall in Lithuania in a set of originals and standards. |
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Book:
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$34.95 Buy | Arcana III: Edited by John Zorn
(Hips Road/Tzadik) | | The 3rd in John Zorn's Arcana book series, critical writings on avant-garde and experimental music written by musicians themselves, an incredible list of great players! |
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$29.95 Buy | Christian Marclay: Shuffle
(Aperture) | | A series of music related photographs printed onto an oversized deck of cards, which can be shuffled and drawn randomly or by your own rules to guide in create a musical score. |
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