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Jazz & Improvisation
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Abrams, Joshua: Represencing
(Eremite)
CD issue of Joshua Abrams Sound World superb 2011 ensemble album with David Boykin, Chad Taylor (drums), David Boykin, Tomkea Reid, Nicole Mitchell, Jason Stein, Micahel Zerang, &c. organizing around grooves of the North African ceremonial instrument the guimbri.
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Angles 9: Injuries [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Clean Feed)
Now a nine-piece, Martin Kuchen leads the magnificently powerful Angles band through 7 demanding compositions, with trumpeter Magnus Broo back in the band alongside Alexander Zethson, Mattias Stahl, Jonan Berthling, Andreas Werlin, Eirik Hegdal, Mats Aleklint & Goran Kajfes.
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Arrias / Munthe: Torso And Legs
(Bug Incision Records)
Free improvisation in the SME/Derek Bailey lineage from the duo of Stockholm-based John Arrias on sax and clarinet and Gothenburg-based Christian Munthe on acoustic guitar, using extended techniques with accessible language in unhurried and intertwining improvisations.
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Brotzmann / Edwards / Noble: Soulfood Available
(Clean Feed)
For their 3rd album together, the trio of saxophonist Peter Brotzmann, bassist John Edwards and drummer Steve Noble are caught live at the 2013 Ljubljana Jazz Festival for three blistering works of free improvisation.
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De Beren Gieren plus Susana Santos Silva: The Detour Fish (Live in Ljubljana)
(Clean Feed)
Performing live at the 2014 Ljubljana Jazz Festival, this piano jazz trio led by Fulco Ottervanger with Lieven Van Pee on bass and Simon Segers on drums performed with special guest Susana Silva for a lyrical set of creative free improv borrowing from a variety of styles.
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Friends and Neighbors: Hymn For A Hungry Nation
(Clean Feed)
Taking their band name from an Ornette Coleman album, this European quintet presents new compositions in the style of Ornette, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders and John Carter, ecstatic free jazz with a hard bop foundation, extended with modern technique and experience.
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Grunen (Kaufmann / Landfermann / Lillinger): Pith and Twing
(Clean Feed)
The second release from Germany's Grunen Trio of Achim Kaufmann on piano, Robert Landfermann on double bass and Christian Lillinger on drums, a superb and forward-thinking piano trio using prodigious talent in eccentric ways, resolving to lyrical and rewarding improvisation.
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Lopes, Luis Lisbon Berlin Trio: The Line
(Clean Feed)
Portugese electric guitarist Luis Lopes with his Berlin Trio of Robert Landfermann on double bass and Christin Lillinger that balances dark tonal work with kicking free improvisation, somewhere between ea-improv and free jazz, a mysterious and absorbing release.
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Malaby's, Tony TubaCello: Scorpion Eater
(Clean Feed)
NY saxophonist Tony Malaby's latest album was recorded with his most consistent collaborators--tubist Dan Peck, cellist Christopher Hoffman, and drummer/percussionist John Hollenbeck--in an album of energetic improv with a unique timbral configuration.
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Midnighties: With Monty
(Bug Incision Records)
The Vancouver duo of Cody Oliver and Chris Dadge is joined by multi-instrumentalist Scott Munro (Bend Spoon Duo) for a mix of acoustic and electronic improvisation to create unusual and interesting sonic environments and improvised discourse.
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Miller's, Harry Isipingo: Different Times, Different Places
(Ogun)
An amazing band led by bassist Harry Miller, representing some of the finest players in the 70s London improv scene, 3 tracks from the studio and 3 live at the '76 Chateauvallon Jazz Festival, with Louis Moholo-Moholo, Chris McGregor, Mike Osborne, Keith Tippett, &c. &c.
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Munro, Scott : Monty
(Bug Incision Records)
Ever-active Calgary guitarist Scott Munro (Bent Spoon Duo) in his debut solo album of freely improvised guitar performed on a baritone guitar, treated and untreated, captured live at Weeds Cafe in 2010 & 2011.
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Perera, Nilan & Bent Spoon Duo: S/T
(Bug Incision Records)
The Vancouver based Bent Spoon Duo of Scott Munro on viola, trombone, electronics & zither and Chris Dadge on percussion meets Toronto's Nilan Perera on electric guitar, performing at Weeds Cafe in Calgary, for a rich interactive release of free improvisation.
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Remote Viewers, The: Pitfall
(Remote Viewers)
David Pett's Remote Viewers with 4 saxophonists and keyboards, and the rhythm section of John Edward and Mark Sanders, complete their noir trilogy with an album blending compositional and improvisational forms in mysteriously dark and satisfying forms.
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Sorey, Tyshawn Trio: Alloy
(Pi Recordings)
Drummer Tyshawn Sorey's trio with bassist Christopher Tordine and pianist Cory Smythe in an album dedicated to Butch Morris and to his mother; intelligent and pensively restrained through-composed jazz influenced by modern composition as much as the history of the jazz trio.
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Sun Ra & His Astro-Infinity Arkestra: Sign Of The Myth [VINYL]
(Roaratorio)
Never before released material from the same sessions producing Sun Ra's mid-70s ABC/Impulse LPs, "Sign of The Myth" was recorded in 1973 in NYC with Sun Ra on the Moog, and a percussion-heavy and star-studded version of the Arkestra.
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Velkro (Simon / Meidell / Candeias): Don't Wait for the Revolution
(Clean Feed)
A multi-national trio from Slovenia (Bostjan Simon-sax), Norway (Stephan Meidell-guitar, bass & electronics) and Portugal (Luis Candeias-drums) bringing a diverse set of modern influences including electronics, alternative rock and sound/noise to excellent free improvisation.
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Zanussi 5 (Zanussi / Moster / Mathisen / Hegdal / Nilssen): Live In Coimbra
(Clean Feed)
Bassist Per Zanussi and Zanussi 5 peforming live in Coimbra, Portugal at the 2013 Jazz ao Centro Festival, with drummer Gard Nilssen filling out the rhythm section and three reeds providing the front end for their powerful set balancing lyrical and free playing.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Celer & Machinefabriek: Numa / Penarie [VINYL 7-inch]
(Self Released)
The collaboration between Machinefabriek (Rutger Zuydervelt and Celer) continues with their 2nd 7" of textured electronic collage and sound, packaged with a postcard, a download code, and two download videos.
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Jones, A.F.: Rearward Through Forgottenness
(Laminal Recordings)
A compendium of compositions and improvisations from 2009-13 by undersea acoustician and audio engineer A.F. Jones, who uses stringed instruments and analog devices, hand-crafted and found, in works that emphasize structural components such as timbre, tone, or attack over form.
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Paul, Ashley: Heat Source
(Important Records)
Ashley Paul recorded this album during a challenging year of transience between New York and London, performing regularly while developing the pared back emptiness of this emotionally challenging and fascinatingly personal listening experience.
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Rosenqvist, Dag / Rutger Zuydervelt: Vintermusik
(Zoharum)
Recorded in 2006, Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabkriek) and Dag Rosenqvist (aka Jaspter TX) built this album of experimental electronic music, an elegant combination of tonal, textural, drone, and concrete sounds.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Faust: Just Us
(Bureau B)
Founding Faust members Jean-Herve Peron and Zappi Diermaier release an album of "foundations" intended for collaboration with other musicians, or simply to be listened to as the work of a powerful duo of avant improvised rock that has stood the test of time since 1971.
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Faust: Just Us [VINYL + CD]
(Bureau B)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Compositional
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Banabila, Michel / Oene Van Geel: Music For Viola And Electronics
(Tapu Record)
An electro-acoustic narrative for viola and electronics from the collaboration of Michel Banabila (electronics) and Oene van Geel (viola and violin), blending modular electronics with acoustic instrumentation for five lush, texturally complex and excursive works.
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Schwitters, Kurt: Ursonate Und Andere Konsequente Dichtung
(Wergo)
Harald Muenz, Georg Sachse, and Sigrid Sachse interpret Kurt Schwitters "Sonata in Primal Sounds", linking language and musical forms of the sonata, first performed by Schwitters in 1925 in Germany, and representing one of the most historically influential works of sound poetry.
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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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Chang / Davies / Drouin / Durrant / Patterson / Tilbury:
Variable Formations
(Another Timbre)
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Christian Wolfarth:
Acoustic Solo Percussion Vol 1-4 & Remixes
(Hiddenbell)
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Broken Consort:
Done
(Quakebasket)
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Jaap Blonk / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith / Chris Dogburn:
North of Blanco
(Balance Point Acoustics)
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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You can always see the latest new releases by checking our Just In Stock Section.
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