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Jazz & Improvisation
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Bennett, Benjamin: Spoilage [VINYL]
(Experimedia)
Columbus, Ohio artist Ben Bennett (Wrest Trio, What Trio) creates an exquisite racket armed with a mutant kit of recycled and modified acoustic instruments and found objects.
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Black Host (Cleaver / Cooper-Moore / Seabrook / Jones / Niggenkemper): Life in the Sugar Candle Mines
(Northern Spy)
Drummer Gerald Cleaver leads this New York quintet through eight original compositions that fuse improvisation with modern jazz, post-punk, and electrified noise.
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Brotzmann, Peter / Hamid Drake: Solid & Spirit [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Nero's Neptune)
Multi-reedist Peter Brotzmann and drummer/percussionist Hamid Drake met in the studio in New York City, April 2010, to record this double album of fiercely intense and beautiful improvised music.
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Ceramic Dog (Ribot / Smith / Ismaily): Your Turn [VINYL]
(Northern Spy)
Five years after their debut release, Ceramic Dog, the power trio featuring Marc Ribot (guitar), Shahzad Ismaily (bass/electronics) and Ches Smith (drums), returns with this exceptional album merging rock and improv Downtown NY style.
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Chaton, Anne-James / Andy Moor: Transfer
(Unsounds)
A collection of guitar, electronic and voice pieces from Anne-James Chaton and Andy Moor, originally released as a series of four seven inch singles here combined into a single CD with 3 bonus tracks.
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Ducret, Marc: Tower, Vol. 3
(Ayler)
Guitarist Marc Ducret's sextet performs comments on the music previously played in the other albums of the Tower series, either as rewritten fragments or developments of excerpts or patterns.
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Edelin, Michel Quartet: Resurgence
(RogueArt)
French artists Michel Edelin (flute), Jacques Di Donato (reeds), Jean-Jacques Avenel (bass) and Simon Goubert (drums) in a melodic and creative jazz album that surprises in beautiful and unusual compositional structures.
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Giallorenzo, Paul: Get In To Go Out
(482 Music)
Chicago pianist Paul Giallorenzo's hard swinging band with Davis Rempis (sax), Josh Berman (cornet), Anton Hatwich (bass) and Frank Rosaly (drums) recalls 60's bop alongside modern free approaches and incredible enthusiasm for the leader's compositions.
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Giallorenzo's Gitgo, Paul: Emergent
(Leo)
Paul Giallorenzo's touring band with Jeb Bishop (trombone), Mars Williams (sax), Anton Hatwich (bass) and Marc Riordan (drums), exceptional bop-based modern music from an excellent Chicago composer and pianist.
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Gregorio, Guillermo / Pandelis Karayorgis / Steve Swell: Window and Doorway
(Driff Records)
The trio of Guillermo Gregorio (clarinet), Steve Swell (trombone) and Pandelis Karayorgis (piano) use their unique selection of instruments to play an original set of composition and improv.
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Guerilla Toss: Guerilla Toss
(Tzadik)
Debut album of a five-piece ensemble from the Boston underground rock scene that mixes noise, improv and composition into intense performances with punk influences.
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Gustafsson / Russell / Strid: Birds
(Den Records)
The trio of Mats Gustafsson (saxophones), John Russell (guitar), and Raymond Strid (drums) play an outstanding live set of improvisation with timbrical richness at Hagen Festen 2011
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Les Rhinoceros: Les Rhinoceros II
(Tzadik)
On their second release for Tzadik, the emerging trio from the Washington, DC area plays a more traditional set for the classic format of guitar, bass and drums that is powerful and on-point.
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Metheny, Pat: Tap: The Book Of Angels V. 20
(Tzadik)
The 20th volume of the Book of Angels series is led by virtuoso guitarist Pet Metheny as he creatively plays John Zorn's compositions with a large assortment of instruments and electronics.
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Parker, Evan / Matthew Shipp: Rex, Wrecks & XXX [2 CDs]
(RogueArt)
Six "Rex", 2 "Wrecks" and 1 "XXX" from the duo of British reedist Evan Parker and NY pianist Matthew Shipp in a double CD release, one in the studio and one live at Vortex in London, exceptional interplay from two masters.
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Sonic Youth & I.C.P. & The Ex: In the Fishtank 9
(Fishtank)
Konkurrent's 9th release of the "In The Fishtank" series pairs Sonic Youth (less Kim Gordon) with ICP (Instant Composers Pool) and Luc & Terrie of The Ex, recording in the studio while Sonic Youth was in Amsterdam for the 2001 Holland Festival.
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Stetson, Colin: New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
(Constellation)
An amazing display mixing composition with free improvisation, using circular breathing and remarkably forceful playing to express an internal logic that captivates the listener with intensity and passion.
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Stirrup: Sewn
(482 Music)
Originally the rhythm section for Chicago's Horse's Ha, Stirrup brings Fred Lonberg-Holm, Nick Macri, and Charles Rumback together for collective works exploring deep grooves, moody harmonies, and extended structures.
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Whammies, The: Play The Music Of Steve Lacy: Vol. #2
(Driff Records)
The sextet of Jorrit Dijkstra (sax), Pandelis Karayorgis (piano), Jeb Bishop (trombone), Mary Oliver (violin), Nate McBride (bass) and Han Bennink (drums) once again take on the music of Steve Lacy in this second volume.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Gravetemple: Ambient/Ruin [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Ideologic Organ)
Elements of tape collage and field recordings blend with death metal and drone in ways both minimalistic and extreme in Gravetemple's debut album, a group that started as a side project of the band Sunn O))).
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Junko and Kylie Minoise: Nature
(Dirter Productions)
Vocalist Junko Hiroshige from the Japanese group Hijokaidan goes head-to-head with noise artist Kylie Minoise in this blistering studio album that was recorded live in studio with no overdubs.
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Various Artists: An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music Volume 7 [3 CDs]
(Sub Rosa)
Sub Rosa's 7th and final volume of the highly-acclaimed "Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music" series, with works from 1921-2012 including Novi_sad, John Oswald, Henry Cow, Don Preston, etc.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: In Search of the Lost Divine Arc
(Important Records)
Acid Mothers Temple in a hard and fast album with heavy, rock-oriented riffs and a vibe somewhere between Led Zeppelin and Captain Beefheart.
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: In Search of the Lost Divine Arc [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Important Records)
Vinyl 2 LP edition of the CD listed above.
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Ex, The & Brass Unbound: Enormous Door
(Fishtank/Konkurrent)
The Ex join with European and Chicago jazz artists Mats Gustafsson (saxophone), Ken Vandermark (sax), Wolter Wierbos (trombone) and Roy Paci (trumpet) for a hard-hitting album that fuses rock, improvisation, and African rhythms.
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Ex, The & Brass Unbound: Enormous Door [VINYL]
(Fishtank/Konkurrent)
Vinyl LP edition of the CD listed above.
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Moore, Thurston & Loren Connors: The Only Way To Go Is Straight Through [VINYL]
(Northern Spy)
Two live recordings taken from performances by avant-rock, guitar legends Thurston Moore and Loren Connors; limited release as part of Record Store Day 2013.
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Surplus 1980: Arterial Ends Here [10" VINYL]
(Dephine Knormal Musik)
Ex-Sleepytime percussionist Moe! Staino's post-punk project Surplus 1980 in a 10" release of new material plus a copy of Fred Frith's "Cap The Knife" and one piece based on Mute Socialite's song, "Samba Outlaw".
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Zs: Grain [VINYL]
(Northern Spy)
Tenor saxophonist Sam Hillmer (The Diamond Terrifier) takes NYC's Zs into a new direction as a trio with guitarist Patrick Higgins and percussionist Greg Fox, presenting the two part "Grain", a massive work of reorganized sound.
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Books & Magazines
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MusicWorks: #116 Summer 2013 [MAGAZINE + CD]
(Musicworks)
Summer 2013 issue with 8 track CD. On the cover and featured: Colin Stetson. Profile on Buffalo new music. Articles on SlowPitch's Emoralis, soft-circuit sound sculpture. Plus reviews, events, words, &c.
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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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Ensemble SuperMusique:
Bruit court-circuit
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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Jeremiah Cymerman:
Purification / Dissolution
(5049 Records)
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John Butcher & Mark Sanders:
Daylight
(Emanem)
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Mostly Other People Do the Killing:
Slippery Rock
(Hot Cup Records)
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