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Jazz & Improvisation
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Abbott, Simeon & Mike Gennaro: Meditations on First
(Bug Incision Records)
A deft, athletic outing from Bug Incision regular Simeon Abbot on piano and drummer Mike Gennaro (Wrist Error, Gustafsson) recorded in two locations live in Montreal and Toronto.
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ADA Trio (Brotzmann / Lonberg-Holm / Nilssen-Love): with Pat Thomas live at Cafe OTO
(PNL)
The ADA Trio of saxophonist Peter Brotzmann, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love performing live at Cafe OTO in London on February 19, 2012, joined by keyboardist Pat Thomas.
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ADA Trio (Brotzmann / Lonberg-Holm / Nilssen-Love): with Steve Noble live at Cafe OTO
(PNL)
The ADA Trio of saxophonist Peter Brotzmann, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love performing live at Cafe OTO in London on February 20, 2012, joined by percussionist Steve Noble.
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Atolon + Chip Shop Music: Public Private
(Another Timbre)
ChipShop music with Erik Carlsson (percussion), Martin Kuchen (sax & radio), David Lacey (percussion & electronics) and Paul Vogel (computer & clarinet) meet Atolon (Ruth Barberan, Alfredo Costa Monteiro, and Ferran Fages).
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Bent Spoon Duo: With & Without Allison Cameron
(Bug Incision Records)
Chris Dadge and Scott Munro (aka the Bent Spoon Duo) recorded this album at Weeds Cafe in Calgary in 2012 as a duo, extending their set to a trio with the compatible style of Allison Camera on amplified & mangled banjo and kalimba.
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Brotzmann, Peter Chicago Tentet plus guests: Concert for Fukushima [DVD]
(PanRec / Trost Records)
Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet's benefit concert for the victims of Fukushima, performed at the Music Unlimited festival in Wels and recorded by Pavel Borodin (Pan Rec) with special guests Toshinori Kondo, Michiyo Yagi, Yoshihide Otomo and Akira Sakata.
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Butcher / Buck / Mayas / Stangl: Plume
(Unsounds)
Drummer/percussionist Tony Buck and saxophonist John Butcher are the common elements in these two trios, one with guitarist Burkhard Stangl, and one with pianist Magda Mayas, using imaginative and unusual approaches to improvisation.
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Cage, John (Cornford / Monteiro / Curgenven / Fages / Farmer / ...): Cartridge Music
(Another Timbre)
Cartridge Music was composed in 1960 and is one of Cage's earliest attempts to produce live electronic music, here realized at a live performance at the Audiograft Festival in Oxford in February 2012.
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Crump, Stephan - Mary Halvorson (Secret Keeper): Super Eight
(Intakt)
Brooklyn based bassist Stephan Crump (Rosetta Trio) and guitarist Mary Halvorson (MAP, Braxton, &c) perform duos recorded at Butler Plaza in Brooklyn, 2011, thoroughly modern improvisation from two of NY's finest young players.
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Dieb13 / Gustafsson / Siewert: (Fake) The Facts [VINYL 7-inch]
(Trost Records)
Two tracks - "The Fake" and "The Fact" from the trio of Dieb13 on turntables & cigar box, Mats Gustafsson on bass saxophone, and Martin Siewert on guitar, a special 2013 Record Store Day release.
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Gray, Devin: Dirigo Rataplan
(Skirl)
New York bassist and composer Devin Gray leads the quartet of Ellery Eskelin on tenor sax, Dave Ballou on trumpet, and Michael Formanek also on bass, playing 8 original compositions of melodic creative jazz.
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Guionnet, Jean-Luc + Eric La Casa + Philip Samartzis: Soleil d'Artifice
(Swarming)
The first 2009 release for French The Swarming label is the trio of saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet, and electronic artists Eric La Casa and Philip Samartzis, using unusual procedures and investigations to create impressive and dynamic sonic journeys.
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Guionnet, Jean-Luc + Eric La Casa + Philip Samartzis: Stray Shafts of Sunlight
(Swarming)
Using extended saxophone (Guionnet), microphones, prepared recordings & laptop (La Casa) and electronics, field recordings & laptop (Samartzis) this release comprises various live recordings made in 2007 while on tour in France, Germany and Italy.
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Holmes, Ben Quartet : Anvil Of The Lord
(Skirl)
Trumpeter/composer Ben Holmes' 2nd album as a leader with fellow Brooklyn musicians Curtis Hasselbring (trombone), Matt Pavolka (bass) and Vinnie Sperrazza (drums), presenting 9 original compositions showcasing the band's improvisational prowess and conceptual unity.
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Koch-Schutz-Studer With Shelley Hirsch: Walking And Stumbling Through Your Sleep
(Intakt)
The remarkable Swiss improvising trio Koch-Schutz-Studer collaborates with NY improvising vocalist artist Shelley Hirsch for an amazing album of voice and electronic and acoustic improvisation with few boundaries and incredible insight.
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Robair, Gino: Solo Drums with Ebow
(Bug Incision Records)
Percussionist Robair placed an Ebow over a street-sweeper blade or a short length of guitar string, and then placed those on the head of a snare drum or floor tom, recording without effects to allow natural rhythms and harmonic modulation to come forth.
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Rowe, Keith / Graham Lambkin: Making A
(erstwhile)
Keith Rowe first met Graham Lambkin at erstwhile's 2007 Amplify 2011 festival in NYC, playing again in 2013, and recording this album at Lambkin's house that same year, creating something unusual and unique from each player's perspective.
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Takase, Aki: My Ellington
(Intakt)
Pianist Takase continues her tributes to great American jazz musicians with a solo album of Ellington interpretations, taken from her unique perspective and style, played with great feeling and insight.
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Thieke & Toulemonde / Capece & Drouin: Berlin Series #1
(Another Timbre)
The Inframince/Immensity split CD is the first in a series of discs exploring the work of musicians based in Berlin, a city which has been one of the most vibrant centres for improvised and contemporary music since the 1960's.
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Tippett, Keith / Giovanni Maier: Two for Joyce - Live in Trieste
(Long Song Records)
English and European piano jazz/avant artist Keith Tippett and Giovanni Maier, one of the most respected Italian jazz bassists of the past two decades, performed this superb extended improvisation at the New Routes in Jazz Festival in 2012.
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Unrepeatable Quartet, The (Wright / Epps / Muro / Dadge): Calgary 2012
(Bug Incision Records)
Jack Wright, one of the United States' true titans of free improvising, recorded this live set at Calgary with trumpeter Ellwood Epps and the Bent Spoon Duo of Chris Dadge and Scott Munro.
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Ziegele, Omri - Yves Theiler: Inside Innocence
(Intakt)
Omri Ziegele, saxophonist, composer and und leader of the small orchestra Billiger Bauer presents a duo with younger Zurich pianist Yves Theiler, presenting melodic compositions from both players performed with beautiful intuitive dialog.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Coluccino, Osvaldo: Oltreorme
(Another Timbre)
Italian composer Osvaldo Coluccino performed these minimal works using acoustic objects only: no musical instruments, no power tools, nor appliances, nor other electric machines, and no post electronic processing.
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Kyriakides, Yannis: Resorts & Ruins
(Unsounds)
Three recent sound works by Yannis Kyriakides using source material highlighting specific vocal traditions - Turkish pop music, Cypriot epic song, and Baroque opera - making extensive use of other forms of speech and vocal acts.
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Patterson, Lee & Vanessa Rossetto: Temperament as Waveform
(Another Timbre)
Four tracks produced by file-exchange from 2010-2012 between sound artist Lee Patterson in Austin, Texas and Manchester, UK-based Vanessa Rossetto, impressive works on a large geographic and sound scale.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Bussard, Joe: Guitar Rag 78 [10" VINYL]
(Tompkins Square)
A limited edition Record Store Day 2013 78-rpm album from guitarist Joe Bussard.
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Various Artists: Imaginational Anthem Vol. 6
(Tompkins Square)
If American primitive guitar begins with John Fahey and the Takoma School, then the actual origins of this sound are found within this collection of fourteen classic solo guitar performances.
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Compositional
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Beuger / Jurg Frey: Dedalus
(Potlatch)
The Dedalus Ensemble performs Wandelweiser member's compositions with the composers, presenting two works by Antoine Beuger and one by Jurg Frey in the Ancienne Brasserie Bouchoule, an exhibition room run by Les Instants Chavires.
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Books & Magazines
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Wire, The: #350 April 2013 [MAGAZINE + CD]
(The Wire)
April 2013 of the UKs most interesting music magazine, with Jakob Ullman on the cover, plus a 20 track CD; articles on Mike Vainio, Ashely Paul, Storyboard P, plus reviews of recording and live shows, &c.
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Wire, The: #351 May 2013 [MAGAZINE]
(The Wire)
May 2013 issue with Wolf Eyes on the cover, plus articles on Karl Berger and the story of Creative Music Studio; Morphosis; Invisible Jukebox: Oval's Markus Popp; plus reviews of releases and live shows.
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In-Store Performance:
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Squidco Presents: Drummer/Percussionist
Chris Corsano Solo
Opening: Ghost Tree sax/drum duo
Friday, April 26th, 2013
928 North 4th St.
Wilmington, NC, 28401
910-399-4847
$5 - $10 donation at door -- 100% of ticket price goes to the artist.
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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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Sam Pluta:
Machine Language
(Carrier Records)
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Irabagon, Jon with Mike Pride and Mick Barr:
I Don't Hear Nothin' but the Blues - Volume 2: Appalachian Haze
(Irabbagast Records)
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Hijokaidan / Akira Sakata:
Made In Studio
(doubtmusic)
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Angles 8:
By Way of Deception-Live in Ljubjana
(Clean Feed)
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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Barn Owl:
V
(Thrill Jockey) |
Barn Owl:
V [VINYL]
(Thrill Jockey) |
Brotzmann, Peter:
Solo At Dobialb
(Dobia) |
Burr, Anthony:
solo clarinet
(Skirl) |
Chan / Smith / Walter:
Improvised Music and Tentacles
(Bug Incision Records) |
Endangered Blood (Black / Dunn / Noriega / Speed):
Work Your Magic
(Skirl) |
Epps, Ellwood / Joshua Zubot:
Land of Marigold
(Bug Incision Records) |
Guthrie, Anne / Richard Kamerman:
Sinter
(ErstAEU) |
Haino, Keiji / Jim O'rourke / Oren Ambarchi:
Now While It's Still Warm Let Us Pour in All the Mystery
(Black Truffle) |
Haino, Keiji / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi:
Now While It's Still Warm Let Us Pour in All the Mystery [VINYL]
(Black Truffle) |
Junko and Kylie Minoise:
Nature
(Dirter Productions) |
Meichel, Dan & Chris Dadge:
Mannington
(Bug Incision Records) |
Nilssen-Love, Paal & Terrie Ex:
Gored Gored
(Terp Records) |
Norman Conquest, The:
Myriad Cassette
(The Tapeworm) |
Palestine, Charlemagne + Z'ev:
Rubhitbangklanghear [VINYL]
(Sub Rosa) |
Panzner, Joe / Greg Stuart:
Dystonia Duos
(ErstAEU) |
Pisaro, Michael:
Tombstones
(Human Ear Music) |
Pisaro, Michael:
Tombstones [VINYL]
(Human Ear Music) |
Rara Avis (Vandermark / Ferrian / etc.):
Mutations / Multicellulars Mutations [2 CDs]
(Den Records) |
Sonic Youth & I.C.P. & The Ex:
In the Fishtank 9
(Fishtank) |
Stephenson, Graham / Aaron Zarzutzki:
Touching
(ErstAEU) |
Swell, Steve / Andrew Raffo Dewar / Garrison Fewell:
Estuaries
(Den Records) |
Tortoise & The Ex:
In the Fishtank 5
(Fishtank) |
Tortoise & The Ex:
In The Fishtank 5 [VINYL]
(Fishtank) |
Various Artists:
The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations / 1111 [5 CDs]
(Irdial) |
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Note! The following NoBusiness CDs arrived and will be in our "Just In Stock" later today:
The Convergence Quartet (NBCD 53)
Quat Quartet (Fred Van Hove, Els Vandeweyer, Paul Lovens and Martin Blume) (NBCD 54)
Melodic Art-Tet (Charles Brackeen, Ahmed Abdullah, William Parker, Roger Blank and Tony Waters) (NBCD 56)
Evan Parker, Barry Guy, Paul Lytton (NBCD 55)
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Squidco Storefront
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Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2002 .
In 2010 we opened a storefront in downtown Wilmington, NC, giving customers access to our catalog
of more than 7,000 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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facebook.com/squidcosales.
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twitter.com/squidco.
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because:
"a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"
-Don Van Vliet
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