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May 15, 2014
"If you listen to nature,
all the sounds are done in a confident way."
-Roscoe Mitchell

Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Aerophonic
Art Yard
Cien Fuegos
Creative Sources
Echo Beach
Editions Mego
NO LABEL
Pi Recordings
Public Eyesore

     
Raster-Noton
Recollection GRM
Silber
Sub Rosa
The Wire
Trost Records
Tzadik
Unsounds
Utech Records
Wergo
 
      Creative Artists
    

• Tetuzi Akiyama/
      Anla Courtis
• Auris + Gino
• Jac Berrocal
• Brotzmann/
      Miller/
      Moholo
• William S. Burroughs
• John Cage
• Anne-James Chaton
• Electric Bird Noise
• Fake the Facts/
      (Dieb13/Gustafsson/
      Siewert)
• Feel No Other
• Fennesz
• Fushitsusha with
      Peter Brotzmann
• Great Waitress
      (Altman/
      Brooks/
      Mayas)
      
• Eyvind Kang
• Reinaldo Laddaga
• Many Arms
• Claudio Parodi
• Rempis/Marhaug
      Duo
• Dave Rempis/
      Darren Johnston/
      Larry Ochs
• Marc Ribot Trio
• Rodrigues/
      Gauguet/
      Guerreiro
• Jason Roebke
• Karlheinz Stockhausen
• Sun Ra And
      His Band From
      Outer Space
• David Toop
• The Wire


Squid Bubble




   Jazz & Improvisation

Akiyama, Tetuzi / Anla Courtis: Naranja Songs
(Public Eyesore)

Two acoustic guitars collaborate in a beautiful and spare dialog, using extended techniques including bowing and percussive approaches that never detract from the sublime elements of their playing.
 
Squidco Pick
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Auris + Gino: Rub
(Public Eyesore)

The Electroacoustic improv trio of Eric Leonardson (springboard & electronics), Julia E. Miller (guitar & electronics), and Christopher Preissing (flute & electronics), present 3 collective improvisations and 3 duos between Auris members and percussionist Gino Robair.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Berrocal, Jac: MDLV
(Sub Rosa)

Avant-garde trumpeter Jacques Berrocal's 1st new release in 20 years is an unusual collection of works, from bizarre spoken work to atmospheric jazz, including a unique cover of "Lonely Woman", and a set of guests including Jack Belsen, Ron Anderson, Michel Glasko, &c &c.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Berrocal, Jac: MDLV [VINYL]
(Sub Rosa)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Brotzmann, Peter / Harry Miller / Louis Moholo: Opened, But Hardly Touched [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Cien Fuegos)

Reissue of the superb 1981 FMP album from the trio of Peter Brotzmann on sax and clarinet, Harry Miller on bass, and Louis Moholo-Moholo on drums, recording live in Berlin in 1980.
   
     Buy      $38.95          

 
Fake the Facts (Dieb13 / Gustafsson / Siewert): Soundtrack
(Trost Records)

The 4th release from the trio of Mats Gustafsson (sax, shaker, sound); Dieb13 (turntables, klopfer); and Martin Siewert (guitar, ring stinger, electronics) in a fictional soundtrack of 6 remarkable tracks punctuated with unexpected twists and turns.
 
Squidco Pick
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Great Waitress (Altman / Brooks / Mayas): Flock
(Creative Sources)

A trio of improvising women that started in Australia in 2008 by clarinetist Laura Altman and accoridionist Monika Brooks, becoming a trio with Magda Maya on piano; here in two beautifully paced works recorded in churches in Sydney, 2013.
 
Squidco Pick
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Kang, Eyvind: Alastor: The Book Of Angels Volume 21
(Tzadik)

The 21st volume in John Zorn's Book of Angels presents 10 Masada arrangements from Eyvind Kang, performing on a variety of strings & keys, with a modern orchestra and unusual orchestration to create a lyrical and unique vision of Zorn's work.
 
Squidco Pick
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Parodi, Claudio: Heavy Nichel
(Creative Sources)

Solo improvisations on the Turkish Clarinet from Claudio Parodi, an Italian classically trained pianist who also works with self-built/self-modified electronics, non-western reeds, and selected percussions.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Rempis / Marhaug Duo: Naancore
(Aerophonic)

Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis meets Oslo sound artist Lasse Marhaug for an improvised session yielding two intertwining tracks of extreme free playing pitting two like-minded collaborators in a noise scuffle of electronic storms and skronky sax runs.
   
     Buy      $22.95      Listen          

 
Rempis, Dave / Darren Johnston / Larry Ochs: Spectral
(Aerophonic)

Inspired by Larry Ochs' Rova and Darren Johnston's collaborations with Rempis, this free-improvising trio began life in 2011, developing an "invisible architecture" that guides their playing, as heard in these seven superb recordings.
 
Squidco Pick
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Ribot, Marc Trio: Live At The Village Vanguard
(Pi Recordings)

Marc Ribot's highly anticipated debut as a leader in a band with Henry Grimes on bass and Chad Taylor on drums, performing at the iconic Village Vanguard, with material including Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, &c.
 
Squidco Pick
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Rodrigues / Gauguet / Guerreiro: Early Reflections
(Creative Sources)

Violist Ernesto Rodrigues and Ricardo Guerreiro on computer are joined by saxophonist Bertrand Gauguet for two improvisations of subtle & rich sound work: intertwining sax breathing, intense sonic pressure, and long string tones developing beautiful audio environments.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Roebke, Jason: Combination
(NO LABEL)

Jason Roebke's debut recording with his quartet Jason Roebke Combination with Greg Ward on sax, Brian Labycz on modular synth, and Frank Rosaly on drums, is a wild ride through the environs of noise, bebop and free jazz
   
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Sun Ra And His Band From Outer Space: Space Aura [10" VINYL]
(Art Yard)

Well recorded, previously unknown and unreleased 1966 concert at the University of Buffalo with Sun Ra on piano & clavioline, plus John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, Pat Patrick, Robert Cummings, Teddy Nance, Clifford Jarvis, Ronnie Boykins, James Jacson, Carl Nimrod Malone.
 
Squidco Pick
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   Experimental/Electronic

Burroughs, William S.: In Dub (Conducted by Dub Spencer & Trance Hill)
(Echo Beach)

Dub Spencer & Trance Hill, with the support of the William S. Burroughs Foundation, set the spoken word performances of Beat-era legend William S. Burroughs in an album of fat dub beats and electronic grooves, recontextualizing WSB's unique, observant, and profound vision.
   
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Cage, John: Early Electronic and Tape Music
(Sub Rosa)

Langham Research Centre performs the early electronic works of John Cage, using tape machines, phonograph cartridges, contact microphones, record players, portable radios, &c, to accurately recreate these ear-opening and forward-thinking conceptual works.
   
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Cage, John: Early Electronic and Tape Music [VINYL]
(Sub Rosa)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Chaton, Anne-James: Decade [CD & BOOK]
(Raster-Noton)

A collaboration of poet Anne-James Chaton, guitarist Andy Moor and electronic musician Alva Noto in a dense and structured sound design, in which words, rhythms, and melodic loops inexorably blend.
   
     Buy      $32.95      Listen          

 
Fennesz: Becs
(Editions Mego)

Fennesz' conceptual follow-up to his landmark abstract electroacoustic album "Endless Summer" is this rich and beautiful collection of sonic & atmospheric works, with contributors including Werner Dafeldecker, Martin Brandlmayer, Acid Kirk, & Tony Buck.
 
Squidco Pick
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Fennesz: Becs [VINYL]
(Editions Mego)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
 
Squidco Pick
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Laddaga, Reinaldo: Things That A Mutant Needs To Know [BOOK + 2 CDs]
(Unsounds)

A collection of fifty-five short stories or texts, and fifty-five brief musical works to accompany them, composed by a momentary collective of eighteen musicians including John Butcher, Andy Moor, Yannis Kyriakides, Francisco Lopez, Machinefabriek, Gabriel Paiuk, &c.
   
     Buy      $49.95      Listen          

 
Toop, David: Mondo Black Chamber [2 CDs]
(Sub Rosa)

The complete set of recordings that composer, musician, writer, and curator David Toop recorded for Sub Rosa music from 1996-2003, a diverse set of informed electroacoustic works.
   
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   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Electric Bird Noise: Kind Of Black
(Silber)

Electric Bird Noise (Brian Lea McKenzie) goes back to his guitar roots for a challenging record built from dissonant chords, which McKenzie refers to as "elevator music for art galleries"; hypnotically jarring music creating a unique sonic tapestry.
   
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Feel No Other: Feel No Other
(Silber)

Electric Bird Noise artist Brian Lea McKenzie extends his concepts in a new duo with vocalist Claudia Gregory (Exhaust the Fox, Claudia Versus the Queen of Hearts), with a new band name and a compelling set of epic electro-rock songs.
   
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Fushitsusha with Peter Brotzmann: Nothing Changes No One Can Change Anything, I Am Ever-Changing Only You Can Change Yourself [3 CDs]
(Utech Records)

Keiji Haino's Fushitsusha with bassist Yasushi Ozawa & drummer Jun Kosugi met free jazz legend Peter Brotzmann at Tokyo's Hosei University in 1996 for this epic 3 hour concert, documented here in its entirety over 3 CDs, beautifully packaged with a mini poster of the original concert flyer.
 
Squidco Pick
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Many Arms: Suspended Definition
(Tzadik)

The 2nd Tzadik release for the Downtown NY improvised rock trio of Nick Millevoi (guitar), Johnny Deblasse on bass, and Richardo Lagomasino on drums, joined by Toronto saxophonist Colin Fisher for a hardcore shredfest Downtown style.
   
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   Compositional

Cage, John: Sonatas and Interludes
(Wergo)

Antonis Anissegos performs John Cage's most famous work for prepared piano, "Sonatas and Interludes", using screws, bolts, rubber, felt or plastic elements between the piano strings, here in an authentic and accurate rendering of these rewarding compositions.
   
     Buy      $24.95      Listen          

 
Stockhausen, Karlheinz: Momente
(Wergo)

Stockhausen's 1967 LP was part of Wergo's Studio Reihe Neuer Musik series; "Momente" (Moments) for soprano, 4 choral groups and 13 instrumentalists, is an indeterminate piece with no fixed beginning or end, designed to be flexible to the needs of any given performance.
   
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Various Artists: Traces One [VINYL]
(Recollection GRM)

The first in Recollection GRM's collection of early electronic compositions from the archives of the Groupe De Recherches Musicales (GRM), with works from Beatriz Ferreyra, Philippe Carson Turmac, Edgardo Canton, Francis Regnier, and Mireille Chamass-Kyrou.
   
     Buy      $22.95          

 




   Books & Magazines

Wire, The: #363 May 2014 [MAGAZINE]
(The Wire)

On the cover: The Compiler, an ahistorical survey of paradigm-busting anthologies, compilations, playlists and other assemblages; Invisible Jukebox: Okkyung Lee; Marshall Allen; Inga Copeland; Officer!; Nat Birchall; Jack Ruby; Epiphanies: Arto Lindsay; &c. &c.
   
     Buy      $9.50          

 



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

   Recent Reviews




Chris Abrahams:
Memory Night
(Room 40)


Bryn Harrison:
Vessels
(Another Timbre)

Rob Mazurek and the Exploding Star Orchestra:
Matter/Anti-Matter
(Rogue Art)


Rodrigues / Malfatti / Guerreiro:
Late Summer
(Creative Sources)





   In Stock and Ready to Ship




Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.:
Astrorgasm from the Inner Space
(Important Records)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.:
Astrorgasm from the Inner Space [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Important Records)
Alvarius B.:
What One Man Can Do with an Acoustic Guitar, Surely Another Can Do with His Hands Around the Neck of God [VINYL]
(Abduction)

Berrocal, Jac:
MDLV [VINYL]
(Sub Rosa)
Blonk, Jaap / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Chris Cogburn:
North of Blanco
(Balance Point Acoustics)
Crossland / Frangenheim:
Ape Green
(Creative Sources)

Crumer, Jason:
Gentrification Suite [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Dilloway, Aaron:
Banned/Bent [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Dimuzio, Thomas:
Image Is Everything [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)

Gate, The:
Destruction of Darkness
(Carrier Records)
Gen-Ken:
Termites [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Genetti / Smith / Lonberg-Holm:
Sense of hearing
(Balance Point Acoustics)

Gintas K:
nota demo
(Creative Sources)
Greif, Randy:
Dirt Crawl Blues [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Hartshaw / Aspelin / Smith / Bryerton:
Ausfegen (Dedicated To Joseph Beuys)
(Balance Point Acoustics)

If, Bwana:
Mannsized [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Illusion Of Safety:
Children Of The Fear Of Truth [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Jerman, Jeph:
Rundle [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)

Josephson / Wachsmann / Lindsay / Smith / Blume:
Zero Plus
(Balance Point Acoustics)
Kahn, Jason:
Walcheturm [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Krokofant:
Krokofant
(Rune Grammofon)

Krokofant:
Krokofant
(Rune Grammofon)
Kullhammar, Jonas Quartet:
Lat Det Vara
(Moserobie Music)
Kullhammar, Jonas Quartet:
This Is The End
(Moserobie Music)

Le Grand Frisson:
On/off
(Creative Sources)
Lopez, Francisco :
Paris Hiss [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Machinefabriek:
Forks [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)

Marchetti, Lionel / Jean-Baptiste Favory:
1988 (3Xboxset $9.00) [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Marhaug, Lasse:
Purple Cane & Sleazy Tuk-Tuk [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Mersault:
Mersault
(Quakebasket)

Motorpsycho:
Behind the Sun
(Rune Grammofon)
Motorpsycho:
Behind the Sun [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Rune Grammofon)
Nacka Forum:
Live in Tokyo (featuring Akira Sakata) [VINYL]
(Moserobie Music)

Nom-Tom (Wright / Genetti / Mueller):
Nom-Tom
(Spring Garden Music)
Noyes, Lee:
Truth In Opposition [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)
Ortmann, Andy:
Phantasmargoria [CASSETTE]
(Banned Productions)

Rodrigues / Laurain / Rodrigues / Guerreiro:
Alba
(Creative Sources)
Schmid, Peter A. / Ned Rothenberg:
En Passant
(Creative Works Records)
Sogawa, Kinya:
Playing Bamboo
(Animul)

Westerhus, Stain & Pale Horses:
Maelstrom
(Rune Grammofon)
Westerhus, Stain & Pale Horses:
Maelstrom [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Rune Grammofon)
Wright / Falesch:
I'd Rather Be A Sparrow
(Spring Garden Music)

Wright, Jack:
As Is: Solos From Beirut & Barcelona
(Spring Garden Music)



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