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Jazz & Improvisation
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Angles 8: By Way of Deception - Live in Ljubljana
(Clean Feed)
A fantastic concert recorded during the 52nd Ljubljana Jazz Festival, presenting an ambitious and remarkable pair of compositions from saxophonist Martin Kuchen, extending his regular 6 piece band to an octet.
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Attias, Michael: Spun Tree
(Clean Feed)
His first studio album since 2004, alto saxophonist Michael Attias returns to the epic forms of his "Credo" release, presentng 8 new compositions with his band of Ralph Alessi, Matt Mitchell, Sean Conly and Tom Rainey
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Brotzmann / Satoh / Moriyama: Yatagarasu
(Not Two)
Multi-reedist and free improv legend Peter Brotzmann in a trio with Japanese drummer Takeo Moriyama and pianist Masahiko Satoh performing live in Poland at the Manggha Hall, Krakow.
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Cherry, Neneh & The Thing: The Cherry Thing [VINYL]
(Smalltown Supersound)
The Thing (Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Paal Nilssen) team up with Don Cherry's daughter, Neneh Cherry, for an energetic and excellent set of songs including pieces by Don Cherry, Ornette Coleman, The Stooges, &c.
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Ducret, Marc: Tower, Vol. 4
(Ayler)
Marc Ducret's Tower series continues, skipping a beat as we jump from Vol 2. to Vol. 4, in this live solo acoustic guitar release from his 2012 Baltic tour, where he reassembles and builds bridges to offer a new vision of the Tower's cycle.
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Duplant, Heraud, Wooley Trio: Movement and Immobility
(Peira)
A hybrid of composition and improvisation which does not have a set graphic score but rather a general theme/direction of how to transcribe the notion of the work from the trio of Bruno Duplant (percussion/electroacoustics), Julien Heraud (sax) and Nate Wooley (trumpet).
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Favre, Pierre: Drums And Dreams: Drum Conversation/Abanaba/Mountain
Wind [3 CDs]
(Intakt)
First-time CD releases of three Pierre Favre solo albums from 40 years ago: Drum Conversations [originally an LP from Calig-Verlag label]; Abanaba [LP on Futura]; Mountain Wind [LP on Gemini].
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Fields, Scott: Five Frozen Eggs
(Clean Feed)
Recorded in 1996 and first released by Music and Arts, this is perhaps Scott Fields' most important recording session to date: intricate compositions and superior interplay with his Chicago peers of Hamid Drake, Marilyn Crispell, and Hans Sturm.
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Homburger, Maya / Barry Guy: Tales Of Enchantment
(Intakt)
Using modern and traditional approaches and instrumentation, violinist Maya Homburger and bassist Barry Guy explore compositional and interpretative approaches to new and classic works with reverence and astonishing articulation.
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Johnson, Max : Quartet
(Not Two)
Bassist Max Johnson's quartet with multi-reedist Mark Whitecage, trombonist Steve Swell and drummer Tyshawn Sorey in an upbeat album of free collective improvisation from the downtown NY scene.
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Lumpert, Igor Trio: Innertextures Live
(Clean Feed)
Yugoslavian tenor saxophonist Igor Lumpert Innertextures Trio with NY bassist Christopher Tordini and drummer Nasheet Waits in an album of modern jazz bridging unknown Europe with emerging NY talent.
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Lytton / Wooley + Ikue Mori and Ken Vandermark: The Nows [2 CDs]
(Clean Feed)
Nate Wooley and Paul Lytton continue their collaborations, extending their new duo recordings with live tracks from The Stone in NYC with Ikue Mori, and at Chicago's Hideout with Ken Vandermark.
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Mazurek, Rob Pulsar Quartet: Stellar Pulsations
(Delmark)
Cornetist Rob Mazurek's Pulsar Quartet with Angelica Sanchez (piano), Matthew Lux (bass) and John Herndon (drums), a subset of the Exploding Star Orchestra, in 7 exceptional Mazurek tracks balancing cosmic chaos and control.
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Paradoxical Frog: Union
(Clean Feed)
The NY Paradoxical Frog trio of pianist Kris Davis, saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tyshawn Sorey in their 2nd release of lyrical yet angular jazz with extreme space and dynamics and a great sense of drama.
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PascAli: Suspicious Activity
(Creative Sources)
The acoustic bass duo of New Yorker Sean Ali and European Pascal Niggenkemper use unusual techniques and preparations for the large double bass to make a series of 22 concise, diverse, and engaging improvisations.
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Perelman, Ivo / Matt Shipp / Gerald Cleaver: The Foreign Legion
(Leo)
Saxophonist Ivo Perelman explores his musical relationship with two of the members of his quartet, pianist Matt Shipp and drummer Gerald Cleaver, in this improvised album that is the second part of a project that began with "Family Ties".
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Perelman, Ivo with Sirius Quartet: The Passion According To G.H.
(Leo)
Saxophonist Ivo Perelman and the string ensemble Sirius Quartet create a passionate album of free improvisation that is at times fierce and others delicate, all the while remaining extraordinary.
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Robinson, Jason: Tiresian Symmetry
(Cuneiform)
Composer and saxophonist Jason Robinson brings together an outstanding group of musicians to perform and interpret his harmonic framework inspired by the ancient Greek soothsayer, Tiresias.
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Russell, Lonberg-Holm Duo: Home
(Peira)
Two free improvisers - guitarist John Russell and cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm - meet for a deep exploration of their instrument's ability for tone and timbre in four challenging and rewarding recordings.
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Sanchez, Angelica Quintet: Wires and Moss
(Clean Feed)
Electric jazz with a hard bop twist from NY pianist Angelica Sanchez and her quintet with French guitarist Marc Ducret and NY mainstays Tony Malaby (sax), Drew Gress (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums).
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Schlippenbach, Alexander Von: Schlippenbach Plays Monk
(Intakt)
Modern improv and Bebop innvoative legends combine in this solo album from European pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach peforming the music of Thelonious Monk, 20 of the pianist's favorite works including several rarely performed pieces.
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Second Approach Trio, The: Beeswing
(Leo)
An album comprised of song hits by the Second Approach Trio from their 10 years of performing that have been re-worked by the band's members to give them new life and remarkable new qualities.
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Sleeping in Vilna (Ladd / Robinson / Randall / Rothbrust): Why Waste Time
(Ayler)
An all-improvised transnational collaboration recorded in the studio and live at Les Instants Chavires in France, between Mike Ladd (vocals/synthi), Carol Robinson (clarinets/voice), Dave Randall (guitar) and Dirk Rothbrust (drum/percussion).
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Sommer, Gunter 'Baby' with Savina Yannatou / Floros Floridis / Evgenios Voulgaris / Spilios Kastanis: Songs For Kommeno [CD + Book]
(Intakt)
A CD & book homage to the Greek village of Kommeno where, in 1943, soldiers of the German Wehrmacht massacred the civilian population from a quintet including drummer Gunter "Baby" Sommer, reedist Floros Floridis, vocalist Savina Yannatou, &c.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Willits + Sakamoto: Ancient Future
(Ghostly International)
The second collaboration between pianist Ryuichi Sakamoto and electronic artist Christopher Willits that is completely instrumental but expresses what it means to be human as each piece explores an aspect of life.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Ahleuchatistas: Heads Full Of Poison
(Cuneiform)
Ahleuchatistas, a duo of Shane Perlowin (guitar, bass) and Ryan Oslance (drums), merges aspects of punk rock, jazz, classical, electronic, folk and more in detailed composition that still allows room for improvisation.
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Getatchew Mekuria, The Ex & Friends: Y’Anbessaw Tezeta [2 CDs]
(Terp Records)
After several festivals in Europe in Summer 2011, Getatchew Mekuria wanted to record one more album with The Ex featuring melodies that feel old and classic; comes with a bonus CD of some historical recordings.
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Moore, R. Stevie: Hearing Aid [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Megaphone/Knock 'em Dead)
A wide collection of 32 underground home recordings by R. Stevie Moore dating from the late '60s to early '80s that varies between electronic experiments, dark disco rock, field recordings, and more.
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Redfearn, Alec K. and The Eyesores: Sister Death
(Cuneiform)
A darkly melodic album from composer, singer, and musician Alec K. Redfearn whose songs explore the mysteries of life and death in unique, creative ways using unusual instrumentation.
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Westerhus, Stian: The Matriarch and the Wrong Kind of Flowers
(Rune Grammofon)
Stian Westerhus's 3rd album is a beautiful and unique album of guitar work recorded at the Emanuel Vigeland Mausoleum in Oslo, a tomb noted known for its 20 second natural reverb which Westerhus takes great advantage of.
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Books & Magazines
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Signal to Noise: Fall 2012
(Signal to Noise)
Fall 2012 of the Biannual Journal Of Improvised, Experimental & Unusual Music with Shaking Ray Levis on the cover, plus articles on Generator Sound Art Gallery, Jozef Van Wissem, Matthew Shaw, FIMAV, Robert Ashley, &c. &c.
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October Vinyl Discounts!
For the rest of October we are extending the September offer discounting our entire catalog of vinyl LPs, EPs, and 7" records:
Buy 5 or more LPs and take $2.00 off each! The minimum savings is $10 if you order 5 vinyl items in the same order,
and the savings increase with each additional vinyl item you order.
The resurgence of vinyl has been one of the great format returns in the history of recorded music,
so take advantage of this discount to expand your own vinyl collection!
Sale ends October 31, 2012. Orders must be placed using our online shopping cart. Discount applies to in stock items only. Discount applied at checkout time.
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On a sad note, John Tchicai passed away on October 7, 2012.
Rest in Peace, he was a tremendous free improviser, his voice will be missed.
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The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.
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Recent Reviews
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Squid's Ear editor Phil Zampino was off for the last two weeks to get married in NYC.
The following reviews are from our last issue - our next mailing will have new reviews as usual!
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Henry Threadgill Zooid:
Tomorrow Sunny / The Revelry, Sppa
(Pi Recordings)
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Suborno:
The Instrument
(Runningonair Music)
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Lucio Capece:
Zero Plus Zero
(Potlatch)
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Neneh Cherry & The Thing:
The Cherry Thing
(Smalltown Supersound)
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Mike Osborne Trio:
The Birmingham Jazz Concert
(Ogun)
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Volker Heyn:
Sirenes
(Edition RZ)
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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Squidco Storefront
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Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2001.
In 2010 we opened a storefront in downtown Wilmington, NC, giving customers access to our catalog
of more than 6,000 new items, plus hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items
not listed on our website. We're open Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri & Sat, 12:00-6:00 PM,
so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region make sure to stop by and say hello,
we'd love to play some music for you!
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-Don Van Vliet
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