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SQUIDCO Email Update November 14, 2013

Squidco & The Squid's Ear
UPDATE
November 14, 2013
"I am a musician, but I'm another type of musician."
-Sun Ra


Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Atlantic
Aural Terrains
Clean Feed
Firehouse 12 Records
Idealstate Recordings
KS Art Yard Series
Nakatani-Kobo
Poon Village

     
R.E.L. Records
Rock Is Hell Records
Saturn Musikk
The Wire
Touch
Tzadik
Weight of Wax
 
      Creative Artists
    

• And/Also
• Angles 9
• The Apophonics
      (Butcher/
      Edwards/
      Robair)
• Aster
      (Ashley Paul and
      Eli Keszler)
• Taylor Ho Bynum
• Marco Cappelli
      Acoustic Trio
• Chrysakis/Slaven/
      O'Sullivan/Wigens
• Ornette Coleman
• Kaja Draksler
• Fear of Faces
• Garcia/Gris/Noyes
• Mats Gustafsson &
      Didi Kern

       
• Kaluza/Majewski/
      Mazur/Suchar
• Eli Keszler
• Nakatani/Perlowin
• Phill Niblock
• Pascal Niggenkemper
      Vision 7
• Aya Nishina
• Lee Noyes
• Ashley Paul
• Daniel Rorke
• Angelica Sanchez/
      Wadada Leo Smith
• Elliott Sharp
      ggregat
• Burkhard Stangl
• Sun Ra &
      His Arkestra
• Suphala
• William Winant
• The Wire


Squid Bubble




   Jazz & Improvisation

And/Also: Like Also And Any
(Idealstate Recordings)

Free improvisation from the duo of Stuart Porter on alto sax and Lee Noyes on percussion, understated discourse from two players of creative skill and invention.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 
Angles 9: In Our Midst [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)

Clean Feed's 2nd LP is their 4th Angles release, expanding saxophonist Martin Kuchen's band to 9 pieces with Mattias Stahl, Johan Berthling, Alexander Zethson, Mats Aleklint, Eirik Hegdal, Goran Kajfes, and Magnus Broo in an album of rare expressiveness and power.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $17.95          

 
Apophonics, The (Butcher / Edwards / Robair): On Air
(Weight of Wax)

2012 studio sessions recorded for BBC Radio 3 "Jazz on 3" from the trio of John Butcher (sax), John Edwards (bass) and Gino Robair (energised surfaces & synth), slowly unfolding dialogs using extended techniques and a focus on textural playing.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Bynum, Taylor Ho: Navigation (Possibility Abstracts XII & XIII) [2 CDs]
(Firehouse 12 Records)

The 1st of 3 releases documenting composer/cornetist Taylor Ho Bynums' Navigation project, in 2 CDS of studio recordings with his Sextet: Jim Hobbs on saxophone, Bill Lowe on trombone & tuba, Mary Halvorson on guitar, Ken Filiano on bass, and Tomas Fujiwara on drums & vibraphone).
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $23.95      Listen          

 
Cappelli, Marco Acoustic Trio: Le Stagioni del Commissario Ricciardi
(Tzadik)

Downtown NY guitarist Marco Cappelli in a trio with Ken Filiano on bass and Satoshi Takeishi on percussion, in a project inspired by the popular crime novels of Maurizio de Giovanni.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Chrysakis / Slaven / O'Sullivan / Wigens: Zafiros en el Barro
(Aural Terrains)

Intricate and beautifully paced electroacoustic improv from the quartet of Thanos Chrysakis (laptop, synth & radio), Ken Slaven (berimbu, autoharp, violin), James O'Sullivan (guitar) and Jerry Wigens (clarinet & mandolin).
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Coleman, Ornette: Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation [VINYL]
(Atlantic)

2013 repress of saxophonist Ornette Coleman's 1960 classic LP recorded in one uninterrupted take, with Scott LaFaro, Don Cherry, Billy Higgins, Eric Dolphy, Freddie Hubbard, Charlie Haden and Ed Blackwell.
   
     Buy      $12.95          

 
Draksler, Kaja: The Lives of Many Others
(Clean Feed)

Influenced by Cecil Taylor, Kaja Draksler is a Slovene piano player living in Amsterdam, performing inside and out of the piano in a unique style that approaches performing as a vision of the piano as a miniature orchestra.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Fear of Faces: The Mismeasure of Man
(Saturn Musikk)

Thematic improvisation from this Scandinavian trio in an eclectic mix of improvised music, experiemental yet melodic music blending acoustic and electronic instrumentation from Daniel Rorke (sax & laptop), Rune Nergaard (bass) and Tomas Jarmry (drums).
   
     Buy      $11.95      Listen          

 
Garcia, Miguel / Tomas Gris / Lee Noyes: Asto Ilunno
(Idealstate Recordings)

The trio of Miguel A. Garcia (electronics), Tomas Gris (objects) and Lee Noyes (piano) in a single extended and understated improvisation mixing acoustic and electronic sources, building and subsiding in its interesting journey.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Gustafsson, Mats & Didi Kern: Eissalon (Live) [VINYL]
(Rock Is Hell Records)

A 1-sided limited LP of the duo of reedist Mats Gustafsson and drummer Didi Kern performing live at Eissalon Joanelli, Vienna at January 20, 2013 in a slamming set that will give fans of either artists a serious kick.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $25.95          

 
Kaluza, Anna / Artur Majewski / Rafal Mazur / Kuba Suchar: Tone Hunting
(Clean Feed)

With links to Foton Quartet, Rob Mazurek, Nicole Mitchell, Keith Rowe, Kevin Drumm, Matt Bauder, &c, the Polish & German quartet of Anna Kaluza (sax), Artur Majewski (trumpet) perform a perfect blend of bebop, free forms, west coast jazz and free improvisation.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Nakatani / Perlowin: Anatomy of a Moment
(Nakatani-Kobo)

Percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani in a duo with Ahleuchatistas guitarist Shane Perlowin, who complements Nakatani's intuitive percussive work with arpeggiated grooves and intricate guitar work, to create introspective and ardent works of music and sound.
   
     Buy      $10.95      Listen          

 
Niggenkemper, Pascal Vision 7: Lucky Prime
(Clean Feed)

NY based German-French bassist Pascal Niggenkemper in a European septet with reedist Frank Gratkowski, pianist Eve Risser, violist Frantz Loriot, vibraophonist Els Vandeweyer, voicals Emilie Lesbros, and drummer Christian Lillinger recording at the Loft, Cologne.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Noyes, Lee: Xiazhi
(Idealstate Recordings)

An extended and extremely quiet set of pieces from sound artist Lee Noyes, using extreme tonal sources and slowly building suspense through glacial pacing and unexpected interventions.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Rorke, Daniel: San'an
(Saturn Musikk)

A Scandinavian quartet drawing influence from the music of the Japanese shakuhachi, contemporary electronica, Scandinavian folk music, both European and American jazz traditions as well as tonal, atonal and microtonal composition.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $11.95      Listen          

 
Rorke, Daniel: The Brave Ones Have All Left Us
(Saturn Musikk)

A quintet of ea-improvisers brought together by saxophonist/electronic arist Daniel Rorke, dynamic improvisations using space and clusters of sound to create fascinating environments, including a cover of Pink Floyd's "Set the Controls for the Hear of the Sun".
   
     Buy      $11.95      Listen          

 
Sanchez, Angelica / Wadada Leo Smith: Twine Forest
(Clean Feed)

NY based pianist Angelica Sanchez in a stunning and intimate duo with legendary free improv trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, an album of superb conversation that flows naturally from their work together in Leo Smith's projects Golden Quartet and Organic.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Sharp, Elliott Aggregat: Quintet
(Clean Feed)

The 2nd Aggregat album expands the first release's trio of Elliott Sharp (just on reeds this time), Brad Jones (bass) and Ches Smith (drums) into a quintet with Nate Wooley (trumpet) and Terry L. Green (trombone) for an amazing set of free jazz compositions.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Sun Ra & His Arkestra: The Lost Arkestra Series Part 1 [10" VINYL]
(KS Art Yard Series)

A 10" release presenting three unreleased tracks from the Art Yard Sun Ra & His Arkestra vaults, "Along Came Ra" featuring June Tyson; "The Sky Is A Sea Of Darkness When There Is No Sun" and "We Travel The Spaceways."
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 




   Experimental/Electronic

Keszler, Eli: Tilt
(R.E.L. Records)

A reissue of an out-of-print CDR from 2009, sound artist Eli Keszler covers a wide area of sound from glistening, spinning crotales and stick and drum clusters to high pitched sustain and sympathetic vibration formations.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Niblock, Phill: Touch Five [2 CDs]
(Touch)

The 5th Touch album from New York-based minimalist composer and multi-media musician and director of Experimental Intermedia, Phill Niblock, 2 CDs presenting 5 works of slowly evolving microtonal compositional structures.
   
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Paul, Ashley: D.O.L.
(R.E.L. Records)

Saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist Ashley Paul's debut sounds like a minimalist psycho-acoustic experiment of sustained horns, subtle shifts of tone color, swelling with sustaining bowed bells and percussion, and subliminal vocals; a mysterious and beautiful release.
   
     Buy      $11.95      Listen          

 
Stangl, Burkhard: Unfinished. For William Turner, Painter
(Touch)

Music written for the paintings of JMW Turner (1775-1851), whose painting present powerful images of poetic texture and calm, where Stangle transforms "the enigmatic atmospheres of his late and unfinshed works into personal tempting musical soundscapes".
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 




   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Aster (Ashley Paul and Eli Keszler): Things That Just Happen [VINYL]
(R.E.L. Records)

The 2nd release by the duo of Ashley Paul & Eli Keszler, merging the off kilter, quiet and fragile song based work of Ashley with the material-based sound from the duo's live performances, with no electronic processing; isolating, rich, alien and challenging music.
   
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 




   Compositional

Nishina, Aya: Flora
(Tzadik)

Born in Japan and a resident of New York since 2001, Aya Nishina presents this suite of pieces for the human voice, performed by 6 women, layering hundreds of voices at the same time into a lush orchestral symphony.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Winant, William: Five American Percussion Pieces [VINYL]
(Poon Village)

Percussionist William Winant's first-ever artist release, and the first of a vinyl-only two volume series of contemporary classical solo percussion music, with works by American composers: Lou Harrison, Michael Byron, Alvin Curran, and James Tenney.
   
     Buy      $31.95      Listen          

 




   Books & Magazines

Keszler, Eli: neum [BOOK]
(R.E.L. Records)

A book of drawings, prints and diagrams by Eli Keszler made in conjunction with the presentation of the NEUM installation at the South London Gallery, consisting of over 65 drawings, sketches and diagrams as well as 3 silk screened inserts.
   
     Buy      $19.95          

 
Wire, The: #357 November 2013 [MAGAZINE + CD]
(The Wire)

On the cover: Laurel Halo; Sam Shalabi; David Dunn; Invisible Jukebox: Archie Shepp; Cross Platform: Hannah Sawtell; Epiphanies: Stewart Home; Inner Sleeve: Hieroglyphic Being; Unofficial Channels: Dubplate Vinyls; Bites; Ben Rivers's A Spell To Ward Off Darkness.
   
     Buy      $8.95          

 




   World & Miscellaneous

Suphala: Alien Ancestry
(Tzadik)

A fascinating collection of grooves, compositions and improvisations from one of the most creative and innovative musicians in Indian music, with collaborators including Amir Elsaffar, Vijay Iyer, and a remix by Downtown legend Bill Laswell.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
 



Squidco October LP Sale

Our last copy of more than 600 CDs, LPs, 7" records, DVDs & magazines on sale at 20% or more from their original or already reduced price! These titles will not be restocked so that we can make room for new releases in 2014. Once you buy a copy it will automatically be removed from the store, so hurry, because this sale ends Sunday, November 17th at midnight...

Orders must be placed through our shopping cart.
Sale ends Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 11:59 PM EST.


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

   Recent Reviews




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