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SQUIDCO Email Update September 5, 2013

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September 5, 2013
"If the music is eccentric, I have to be.
Anybody talented in any way—they're called eccentric."-Thelonious Monk


Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Ayler
Creative Sources
Empty Room Music
Incus
Lock Step Records
Long Song Records
Monotype
More Is More
New Braxton House

     
Pan
Red Toucan
RogueArt
Skirl
Sub Rosa
Talking Skull
The Death Of Rave
Utech Records
 
      Creative Artists
    

• Rashad Becker
• Anthony Braxton &
      Taylor Ho Bynum
• Burning Tree
• Jason Cady
• Cremaster/
      Komora A
• Shayna Dulberger
• Charles Evans with
      Liebman/
      Marino/
      Stabinsky
• Peter Frey/
      Daniel Studer
• Dennis Gonzalez
      Yells at Eels
• Hot Date
• Laboule
• Laubrock/Alessi/
      Davis/Rainey

       
• Luis Lopes
      Humanization 4tet
• Rob Mazurek
      Exploding Star
      Orchestra
      Featuring
      Roscoe Mitchell
• Merzbow
• Novi_Sad
• Tony Oxley with
      Bailey/
      Rutherford/
      Thomas/&c.
• Aaron Siegel
• Carl Testa
• Chris Welcome
• Walter Wright/
      Chris Welcome/
      Shayna Dulberger


Squid Bubble




   Jazz & Improvisation

Braxton, Anthony & Taylor Ho Bynum: Duo [DVD]
(New Braxton House)

Limited edition DVD plus audio files of two extended sets bringing saxophonist Anthony Braxton and cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum together live at Bezanson Recital Hall in Amherst, MA in 2010, performing compositions by both artists.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $25.95          

 
Burning Tree: Lammergyer
(Utech Records)

An intense free noise jazz LP + download inspired by the great duo records of the seventies from Dag Erik Knedal Andersen on drums and Dag Stiberg on sax, based around the science fiction mythos of The Lammergyer.
   
     Buy      $18.95      Listen          

 
Dulberger, Shayna: Ache & Flutter
(Empty Room Music)

Led by NY upright bassist Shayna Dulberger, this quartet with Yoni Kretzmer (sax), Chris Welcome (guitar) and Carol Costa (drums) performs instrumental music with 1960s Jazz/Post Punk/World influences.
   
     Buy      $9.95      Listen          

 
Evans, Charles with Liebman / Marino / Stabinsky: Subliminal Leaps
(More Is More)

A composition written for collaboration between Charles Evans and David Liebman, an unusual pairing of soprano and baritone saxophones, in a quartet with pianist Ron Stabinsky and bassist Tony Marino.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Frey, Peter / Daniel Studer: Zwirn
(Creative Sources)

"Zwirn" means "twine" in German, an apt description of the interweaving sound that double bassists Daniel Studer and Peter Frey play together, in 7 freely improvised works of unusual technique and new musical structures.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Gonzalez, Dennis Yells at Eels: Colorado at Clinton
(Ayler)

Trumpeter & cornetist Dennis Gonzalez' Yells At Eels with sons Aaron Gonzalez on bass and Stefan Gonzalez on drums adds Aakash Mittal (Rudresh Mahanthappa, Ravish Momin) on alto sax for a dynamic studio release of Gonzalez and Mittal compositions.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Hot Date: s/t
(Talking Skull)

A cassette release of the NYC duo of guitarist Chris Welcome and upright bassist Shayna Dulberger, both doubling on electronics, exploring new approaches to improvisation in organic and intuitive ways.
   
     Buy      $9.95      Listen          

 
Laubrock / Alessi / Davis / Rainey: LARK
(Skirl)

LARK is the NYC improvising ensemble of Ingrid Laubrock (tenor sax), Ralph Alessi (trumpet) on Kris Davis (piano) and Tom Rainey (drums) striving to spontaneously compose music in as many ways possible.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Lopes, Luis Humanization 4tet: Live in Madison
(Ayler)

A smoking quartet session recorded live at Audio For The Arts, Madison, WI from the quartet of Luis Lopez (electric guitar), Rodrigo Amado (tenor sax), Aaron Gonzalez (bass) and Stefan Gonzalez (drums).
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Mazurek, Rob Exploding Star Orchesrta Featuring Roscoe Mitchell: Matter Anti-Matter, Sixty-Three Moons Of Jupiter & Electronic Works [2 CDs]
(RogueArt)

Chicago cornetist/composer Rob Mazurek leads his Exploding Star Orchestra featuring Roscoe Mitchell with Nicole Mitchell, Matana Roberts, Steve Swell, Matt Bauder, Jason Adasiewica, &c. through a colossal 8 part work, and also provides a single CD of cosmic electronics.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $24.95      Listen          

 
Oxley, Tony with Bailey / Rutherford / Thomas / &c.: A Birthday Tribute - 75 Years
(Incus)

Five recordings, 2 from 1977 at Tempo Natural and 3 from 1993, where Tony Oxley leads various permutations of improvisers Derek Bailey, Paul Rutherford, Pat Thomas, Matt Wand, Phillip Wachsmann, Ian Brighton; outstanding!
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Testa, Carl: Iris
(Lock Step Records)

Connecticut bassist and Braxton alumni Carl Testa works with live sampling and granular synthesis performance systems to interact with his acoustic bass, creating these unusual and uniquely unfolding works for solo bass.
   
     Buy      $11.95      Listen          

 
Various Artists: Amalgam(e): 10 Years of Red Toucan [2 CDs]
(Red Toucan)

An excellent introduction to the early years of Red Toucan in 2 CDs with 22 tracks from master improvisers including Peter Brotzmann, Pheeroan Aklaff, Tony Wilson, Peggy Lee, Gerry Hemingway, Dave Liebman, Kyle Bruckman, Frank Gratkowski, &c. &c.
   
     Buy      $9.95      Listen          

 
Welcome, Chris: Wasteland, Untitled, Colors
(Empty Room Music)

Using chance methods developed by NYC guitarist Chris Welcome based on Cage, Stockhausen, & others these 3 pieces feature a number of well-known improv/jazz/new musicians including Kirk Knuffke (cornet), Mike Pride (percussion), Mike McGinnis (clarinet), &c.
   
     Buy      $9.95      Listen          

 
Wright, Walter / Chris Welcome / Shayna Dulberger: Apocalypso
(Empty Room Music)

Through 8 improvised pieces, the Apocalypso trio of Walter Wright (analog synth), Chris Welcome (guitar/electronics) and Shayna Dulbert (bass/electronics) paint a haunting sonic picture mixing distant radio sounds, dense stacks of sound, low rumbles and high crackles.
   
     Buy      $9.95      Listen          

 




   Experimental/Electronic

Becker, Rashad: Traditional Music of Notional Species Vol. I [VINYL]
(Pan)

A set of unusual electronic works from Syrian-born German-raised Rashad Becker, layered sounds of "oily quacks, slyding tones, convulsive spurts and spatial displacements".
   
     Buy      $25.95      Listen          

 
Cremaster / Komora A: split [7" VINYL]
(Monotype)

A split 7" release between Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electronics) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board and electroacoustic devices); and the Komora A trio of Karol Koszniec (electronics), Dominik Kowalczyk (laptop) and Jakub Mikolajczyk (modular synth).
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Merzbow: Grand Owl Habitat [VINYL]
(The Death Of Rave)

Masami Akita aka Merzbow presents two petrifying pieces of psychedelic sounds harkening back to his early days, throbbing and twisted works of sound and feedback rich in details and euphorically destructive.
   
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Novi_Sad: Neuroplanets
(Sub Rosa)

Exploring the aesthetics of information through sound in works by BJ Nilsen, Daniel Menche, Francisco Lopez and Miake Vaino using sources of windstorms, planetary plasma waves, liquid helium, and neuroimaging of bipolar disorder.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Various Artists: 70 Years Of Sunshine [2 CDs]
(Monotype)

An excellent 2 CD compilation of electronic and experimental artists in a tribute to the 70th anniversary of Dr. Albert Hofmann's discovery of LSD, with artists including Kawabata Makoto, Legendary Pink Dots, Rapoon, Komora A, Andrew Liles, Lord Tang, &c. &c.
   
     Buy      $21.95      Listen          

 
Various Artists: To Live And Shave In L.A. - The Grief That Shrieked To Multiply [3 CDs + Download]
(Monotype)

TLASILA was an experimental music collective founded in 1990 by composer Tom Smith; this 3 CD + download releases finds a massive cast of artists restructuring the improvisations from the "Noon and Eternity" album into a massive 240 minute work.
   
     Buy      $26.95      Listen          

 




   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Laboule: Refugio
(Long Song Records)

Recorded among the Alps, "Refugio" is Laboule's (Paolo Novellino) disclosure of an ancient, dusty and seaside soundscape where it's possible to discover the necessary asylum to grow and find a refuge for melancholy.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 




   Compositional

Cady, Jason: Happiness Is The Problem
(Lock Step Records)

A thoroughly modern and bizarre two-act opera about three struggling roommates in Brooklyn performed with Jason Cady, Mary Halvorson, Tomas Fujiwara, Jessica Pavone, Tim Dahl, Ben Holmes, Katie Young, &c.
   
     Buy      $11.95      Listen          

 
Siegel, Aaron: Science is Only a Sometimes Friend
(Lock Step Records)

A work for eight glockenspiels and organ, a beautiful percussive work in the vein of Reich and Glass that creates hallucinatory illusions in sound as the piece progresses, testing "the science of attention and the counterpoint of daydreams".
   
     Buy      $11.95      Listen          

 
 



Squidco Red Toucan Back-Catalog Sale

Squidco's Red Toucan Back-Catalog Sale All Pre-2013 Red Toucan titles @ $9.95 each!


Sale ends Sunday, September 29, 2013 at midnight.


The Squid's Ear The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.
 

   Recent Reviews




Yannis Kyriakides:
Resorts & Ruins
(unSounds)


Jean-Luc Cappozzo & Geraldine Keller:
Air Prints
(Ayler Records)

Katsura Mouri and Tim Olive:
Various Histories
(845 Audio)


John Tilbury:
For Tomasz Sikorski
(Bolt Records / Bocian Records)





   In Stock and Ready to Ship




Berger, Karl / Mossa Bildner / Philip Gibbs:
After The Storm
(FMR)
Dunmall / Hanslip / Gibbs / Ricard:
Weeping Idols
(FMR)
Dunmall / Sanders / Thomas:
Descent III
(FMR)

Dunmall, Paul / Philip Gibbs:
Dreamworld
(FMR)
Gjerstad / Norton / Watson:
Live Tipple
(FMR)
Parker, Evan / George Lewis:
From Saxophone & Trombone
(psi)

Parker, Evan / Paul Lytton:
Collective Calls (Urban)
(psi)
Thomas, Pat:
Skip
(FMR)
Ughi, Federico Quartet (Ughi / Schug / Knuffke / Johnson):
Federico Ughi Quartet
(FMR)

VCDC (Motland / Lonberg-Holm / Solberg / Gjerstad) :
Insult
(FMR)
Watts, Trevor Celebration Band:
Live In Macedonia, 2004
(FMR)
Watts, Trevor Moire Music Drum Orchestra:
Live in Latin America vol. 1
(FMR)



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