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SQUIDCO Email Update July 25, 2013

Squidco & The Squid's Ear
UPDATE
July 25, 2013
"Music is one of the arts that make a person completely naked."
-Don Cherry


Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Another Timbre
Aum Fidelity
Clean Feed
Compare Notes Records
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Creative Sources
Emanem
Hot Cars Warp
Ideologic Organ

     
Intakt
KLIMT
Long Song Records
Okka
psi
Relative Pitch
Resonant/Static Carava
Thrill Jockey
Trost Records
 
      Creative Artists
    

• Acid Mothers Temple &
      The Melting Paraiso
      U.F.O
• Baron/Frisell
• Antoine Beuger
• Boredoms
• John Butcher
• John Carter
• Don Cherry
• Coley, Byron
• Anders Dahl &
      Skogen
• Mark Dresser
      Quintet
• Estamos Trio
• Halvorson/Knuffke/
      Wilson
• Okkyung Lee
• Made to Break
• Joe McPhee
• Evan Parker
• Rose/Kneer/
      Barrett
• Christoph Schiller

      
• Sharp/Gibbs/
      Niggli
• Elliott Sharp
• Susana Santos Silva/
      Torbjorn Zetterberg
• Spontaneous Music
      Ensemble
• Steamboat Switzerland
      (Blum/Pliakas/
      Niggli)
• Trumpets and Drums
      (Wooley/Evans/
      Black/Lytton)
• Unami/Kamura/
      Akiyama
• Ken Vandermark and
      Mats Gustafsson
• Ken Vandermark's
      Topology Nonet
      w/ Joe McPhee
• Nate Wooley Sextet
• Eri Yamamoto Trio


Squid Bubble

      
PHIL & LEVI'S BIRTHDAY SALE! Phil & Levi's Birthday Sale

July 27th, is Philz' Birthday, and Levi's Birthday is July 29th. After much discussion we couldn't reach agreement on what kind of sale to offer Squidco customers to celebrate the events. So instead, we decided to combine our ideas and offer two sales at once!

First, take a look at this list of more than 300 excellent releases reduced in price by 20%!

Then, take advantage of this offer: buy 5 or more items anywhere in the store and take 5% off of your order total, including items from the sale list. Buy 10 or more items and take 10% off. But hurry, because this sale ends when Levi's Birthday ends, July 29th at midnight!

Click here to see the sale list!

Orders must be placed through our shopping cart, percentage discount for eligible orders applied at checkout time. List items at sale prices while quantities last. Percentage discount for in stock items only, gift certificates and shipping insurance excluded. Sale ends Monday, July 29th, 2013 at 23:59 EST.




   Jazz & Improvisation

Baron, Joey / Bill Frisell: Just Listen [PLUS FREE DVD]
(Relative Pitch)

The duo of long-time collaborators guitarist Bill Frisell and drummer Joey Baron, two of Downtown NY's finest players, performing 9 tracks of original numbers and work by Sam Cooke, Ray Noble, Ron Carter, and Charlie Parker.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Beuger, Antoine: Cantor Quartets [2 CDs]
(Another Timbre)

A double CD presenting 4 pages from Antoine Beuger 2003 composition which ingeniously adapts the musical form of the round to Wandelweiser music in a beautiful recording in a church in Oxfordshire, UK from June 2012.
   
     Buy      $20.95      Listen          

 
Cherry, Don: Relativity Suite [VINYL]
(KLIMT)

A much-need reissue of trumpeter Don Cherry's '73 album recorded with & commissioned by the Jazz Composer's Orchestra, with Carla Bley on piano, Charlie Haden on bass, and Ed Blackwell on drums, in compositions blending Eastern and Indian music with Western jazz.
   
     Buy      $22.95          

 
Dresser, Mark Quintet: Nourishments
(Clean Feed)

Double bassist Mark Dresser's first Quintet album in almost 20 years, innovative modern jazz from the impressive ensemble of Rudresh Mahanthappa (saxophone), Michael Dessen (trombone), Denman Maroney (hyperpiano), and Tom Rainey or Michael Sarin (drums).
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Estamos Trio: People's Historia
(Relative Pitch)

Taking song titles from the Arawak language, the Estamos Trio of Thollem McDonas (piano), Milo Tamez (drums) and Carmina Escobar (voice & electronics) brings together artists from the Mexican/U.S. border, creating beautiful creative works.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Halvorson, Mary / Kirk Knuffke / Matt Wilson: Sifter
(Relative Pitch)

Presenting compositions from all three players, the NY-based trio of Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Mary Halvorson (guitar) & Matt Wilson (drums) this exceptional trio play a stripped down, rocking blend of free form improvisation.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Lee, Okkyung: Ghil [VINYL]
(Ideologic Organ)

Cellist Okkyung Lee performs solo in a variety of unlikely locations in Norway, with Lasse Marhaugh recording on a 1976 cassette recorder to create an expressionistic and unorthodox album of powerful playing from NY's lead improvising cellists.
   
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Made to Break: Lacerba [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)

The electroacoustic quartet of Christof Kurzmann (electronics), Devin Hoff (bass), Ken Vandermark (reeds) and Tim Daisy (drums) performing live in Lisbon, an innovative and significant band developing new languages for improvisation.
   
     Buy      $17.95          

 
McPhee, Joe: Sonic Elements
(Clean Feed)

A distinctive solo album from legendary New York saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee, playing two extended solo improvisations, one dedicated to the late trumpeter Don Cherry, and one to innovative saxophonist Ornette Coleman.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Parker, Evan: Lines Burnt In Light
(psi)

Exceptional free improvisation by Evan Parker performing solo at St. Michael and All Angels Church in England in 2001, urgent and powerful playing using extended techniques while playing to the natural reflections in the cathedral.
   
     Buy      $16.95          

 
Rose / Kneer / Barrett: Colophony
(Creative Sources)

The trio of Australian violinist Jon Rose, UK electronics artist Richard Barrett, and bassist Meinrad Kneer, in an album of free electro-acoustic improv taking it's 11 tracks titles from the Greek name for rosin.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Schiller, Christoph: Variations
(Another Timbre)

Christoph Schiller's first solo work for spinet, amplified objects and piano, using a simple but brilliant structure which combines improvised pieces in a unique chain-like pattern of repetition and development.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Sharp / Gibbs / Niggli: Crossing The Waters
(Intakt)

The trio of guitarist Elliott Sharp, bassist Melvin Gibbs, & drummer Lucas Niggli met for the first time to perform live at The Stone, NYC during the two week 2012 Intakt Festival, recording this scorching album in the studio the next day.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $18.95      Listen          

 
Sharp, Elliott: Haptikon
(Long Song Records)

Downtown NY multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp in an absorbing set of very-electric-guitar pieces accompanied by computer, focusing on melodic and groove-based work with a broad range of influences.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Silva, Susana Santos / Torbjorn Zetterberg: Almost Tomorrow
(Clean Feed)

Avant jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist Susana Santos Silva and double bassist Torbjorn Zetterberg performing a set of introspective and explorative duos using impressive technique in a creative and riveting dialog.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Challenge (1966-7)
(Emanem)

Hinting at what was to come, this reissues the first SME LP from 1966 with one additional '67 track, more free jazz than free improv from the quintet of John Stevens (drums), Kenny Wheller (flugelhorn), Paul Rutherford (trombone), Trevor Watts (sax) and Bruce Cale (bass).
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: New Surfacing (1978/92)
(Emanem)

Two recordings from the beginning and the end of the longest-lived version of the SME - the trio of John Stevens (percussion, cornet or mini-trumpet, voice), Nigel Coombes (violin) & Roger Smith (guitar).
   
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Spontaneous Music Ensemble: Summer 1967
(Emanem)

1967 recordings from the duo of John Stevens (percussion) and Evan Parker (soprano & tenor sax), plus Peter Kowald making the group a trio on two tracks; seminal work from three incredibly influential players.
   
     Buy      $16.95          

 
Trumpets and Drums (Wooley / Evans / Black / Lytton): Live in Ljubljana
(Clean Feed)

Two drummers - Jim Black & Paul Lytton - and two trumpeters - Nate Wooley & Peter Evans - came together at the 53rd Ljubljana Jazz Festival to record these extended improvisations, demonstrating the phenomenal skill and compatibility of these outstanding players.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Vandermark, Ken and Mats Gustafsson: Verses
(Corbett vs. Dempsey)

Surprisingly after long partnerships with Peter Brotzmann's Tentet and the saxophone trio Sonore, this is the first time that Ken Vandermark & Mats Gustafsson have recorded as a duo, here in 6 incredible improvisations balancing technique, power, and beauty.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Vandermark's, Ken Topology Nonet w/ Joe McPhee: Impressions of Po Music
(Okka)

Inspired by the collaborations of Gil Evans & Miles Davis, reedist Ken Vandermark arranges 8 of saxophonist Joe McPhee's written works for a group including Jason Adasiewicz, Josh Berman, Jeb Bishop, Tim Daisy, Kent Kessler, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Dave Rempis & Joe McPhee.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Wooley, Nate Sextet: (Sit in) The Throne of Friendship
(Clean Feed)

Unique approaches to modern jazz from NY trumpeter Nate Wooley's Sextet with Josh Sinton (reeds), Matt Moran (vibes), Eivind Opsvik (bass), Dan Peck (tuba) and Harris Eisenstadt (drums), extraordinary music from exceptional players.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Yamamoto, Eri Trio: Firefly
(Aum Fidelity)

Pianist Eri Yamamoto's trio with bassist David Ambrosio and drummer Ikuo Takeuchi in a set of emotional and beautiful original works, surprisingly her first-ever live album, recorded at Klavierhaus, in NYC, 2012.
   
     Buy      $14.45      Listen          

 




   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O: Absolutely Freak Out (Zap Your Mind!) [2 CDs]
(Resonant/Static Carava)

Much-needed CD reissue of AMT & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.'s 2001 LP release with an additional 40 minutes of material from the same session, one of this phenomenal Japanese psych band's most ambitious releases.
   
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Boredoms: 77 Boa Drum [DVD]
(Thrill Jockey)

77 Boa Drum is a 77 minute, 777 second DVD documentary about the legendary 77 Boa Drum performance Boredoms conducted on July 7, 2007 in Brooklyn, NY.
   
     Buy      $20.95          

 
Steamboat Switzerland (Blum / Pliakas / Niggli): Zeitschrei
(Trost Records)

Energetic instrumental music that bridges rock and improvisation from the trio of Dominik Blum (Hammond organ), Marino Pliaka (ebass) and Lucas Niggli (drums), musicians more often associated with free improv, here on a well-informed and exciting rock romp.
   
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Steamboat Switzerland (Blum / Pliakas / Niggli): Zeitschrei [VINYL]
(Trost Records)

Vinyl LP edition of the CD listed above.
   
     Buy      $22.95      Listen          

 
Unami / Kamura / Akiyama: Hontatedori [VINYL]
(Compare Notes Records)

The first album by the trio of Taku Unami, Moe Kamura, Tetuzi Akiyama who had been playing together as a permanent group without its name since October 2009, hauntingly beautiful songs.
   
     Buy      $22.95          

 




   Compositional

Dahl, Anders & Skogen: Rows
(Another Timbre)

Sweden's Skogen returns with a beautiful work for chamber ensemble with Magnus Granberg, Angharad Davies, Toshimaru Nakamura, Ko Ishikawa, Anna Lindal, Henrik Olsson, Petter wastberg and Erik Carlsson, interpreting a piece by Anders Dahl using a 12 tone system.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Various Artists: Wandelweiser und so weiter [6 CD Box] - REPRESSED!
(Another Timbre)

BACK IN PRINT: A gorgeous 6 CD box of Wandelweiser works, compositions integtrating silence and sound from composers including John Cage, Angharad Davies, Michael Pisaro, Dominic Lash, Sam Sfirri, Antoine Beuger, Phil Durrant, &c., &c.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $59.95      Listen          

 




   World & Miscellaneous

Coley, Byron: Dating Tips for Touring Bands [VINYL]
(Hot Cars Warp)

The first spoken word LP by author, music journalist, poet, and head of Ecstatic Yod Records, Byron Coley, talking about underground cultural history in verse on Side A, and reading from his forthcoming novel, "Dominoes" on the B Side.
   
     Buy      $12.95          

 

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   Recent Reviews




Borbetomagus:
Trente Belles Anneés
(Agaric)


Matthew Shipp:
Greatest Hits
(Thirsty Ear)

Satanic Abandoned Rock & Roll Society:
Bloody Imagination
(Mikroton Recordings)


Cassiber:
The Way it Was
(Recommended Records)





   In Stock and Ready to Ship




Amalgamated:
Spark I [3" CDR]
(IntangibleCat)
Amalgamated:
Spark II [3" CDR]
(IntangibleCat)
Dog Hallucination:
Serving Two Masters [3" CDR]
(IntangibleCat)

Dumitrescu, Iancu and Ana-Maria Avram:
Electronic music
(Edition Modern)
Dumitrescu, Iancu and Ana-Maria Avram:
Live in Israel
(Edition Modern)
Dumitrescu, Iancu and Ana-Maria Avram:
Live in Israel - CD (II)
(Edition Modern)

Dumitrescu, Iancu and Ana-Maria Avram:
Live in LSO St Luke's London
(Edition Modern)
Frey, Peter / Daniel Studer:
Zwirn
(Creative Sources)
Gushing Cloud:
Beat Wings In Vain
(IntangibleCat)

Hauf / Hess / Jackson / Juun:
Proxemics
(Creative Sources)
Homogenized Terrestrials:
The Contaminist
(IntangibleCat)
Ist (Davies / Fell / Wastell):
Berlin
(Confront)

Kakaliagou / Schmoliner / Stempkowski:
para-ligo
(Creative Sources)
Kristoff K. Roll / Daunik Lazro:
Chants du Milieu
(Creative Sources)
Margots, The (Vandermark / Daisy / McPhee / Reid / &c):
Pescado
(Okka)

McPhee, Joe:
Nation Time
(Atavistic)
Moon, The:
11 01 11
(The Moon)
Neto, Alipio C. / Thelmo Cristovam:
Triatoma Infestans
(Creative Sources)

OPJK_3 (Martini / Reaki / Sala):
Algebrica
(Creative Sources)
Parker, Evan / George Lewis:
From Saxophone & Trombone
(psi)
Parker, Evan / Paul Lytton:
Collective Calls (Urban)
(psi)

Pinkdraft (Torees / Jacinto / Travassos / Morao):
Pinkdraft 2010
(Creative Sources)
Platz / Demos / Delvo / McLellan:
Differential Equations
(Skycap Records)
Rebelo, Nuno:
Removed From The Flow Of Time - Guitar Solos 1992-2012
(Creative Sources)

Rodrigues / Guerreiro / Wolfarth:
All About Mimi
(Creative Sources)
Rodrigues / Malfatti / Guerreiro:
Late Summer [2 CDs]
(Creative Sources)
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Ullen / D'incise / Bondi:
Lisboa
(Creative Sources)

Rodrigues / Sielaff / Rawlings / Sundstrom / Burns / Mota:
Seattle
(Creative Sources)
Sealed Knot, The (Beins / Davies / Wastell):
Live At Cafe Oto
(Confront)
Taj Mahal Travellers:
July 15, 1972
(Bamboo)

Wachsman / Thomas / Turner / Frangenheim:
Gateway '97
(Creative Sources)
Williamson, Joe:
Hoard
(Creative Sources)



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