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SQUIDCO Email Update April 9, 2015

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UPDATE
April 9, 2015
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Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Alga Marghen
Alt.Vinyl
Chadula
Discombobulate
Hatology
Important Records

     
Long Song Records
Megaphone/Knock 'em Dead
Mikroton Recordings
Relative Pitch
Self Released
The Wire
Thirsty Leaves Music
 
      Creative Artists
    

• Susan Alcorn
• Liz Allbee /
      Burkhard Beins
• Casey Anderson /
      Jason Kahn /
      Norbert Moslang /
      Gunter Muller /
      Mark Trayle
• James Blackshaw
• Anthony Braxton /
      Quartet
• John Butcher /
      Gino Robair
• Eugene Chadbourne
• Eugene Chadbourne
• Rhodri Davies
• eRikm /
      Martin Brandlmayr
• Feedback
• Metamorphosis
      
• Moody Alien
• Mutual Process
• No Pair
     (Chiapperini /
      Elia /
      Trapani /
      Fusco)
• Charlemagne Palestine
• Posset
• Matthew Shipp
     Chamber Ensemble
• Star Turbine
• Matt Starling
• Cecil Taylor
• Marco von Orelli 5
• Michel Wintsch
• The Wire
• The Work


Squid Bubble




   Jazz & Improvisation

Alcorn, Susan: Soldad
(Relative Pitch)

Pedal Steel guitar innovator Susan Alcorn in a mostly solo release, beautifully performing 4 lush compositions by Astor Piazzolla, with bassist Michael Formanek joining for the Alcorn-penned "Suite for AHL".
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Allbee, Liz / Burkhard Beins: Mensch Mensch Mensch [VINYL]
(Alt.Vinyl)

Berlin based composer-performers Liz Allbee and Burkhard Beins team up for some electro-acoustic explorations, utilizing synths and field recordings, trumpet and percussion, and tuning forks.
   
     Buy      $24.95      Listen          

 
Anderson, Casey / Jason Kahn / Norbert Moslang / Gunter Muller / Mark Trayle: Five Lines
(Mikroton Recordings)

This meeting of 5 EA-Improv heavyweights from Europe and the Pacific US happened during the MKM trio tour in Northern America 2010, capturing this extended performance at CalArts for 40 minutes of engaging, burbling electronics, pulses, and short wave introspection.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Braxton, Anthony / Quartet: (Santa Cruz) 1993 1st Set
(Hatology)

Reissuing and remastering saxophonist Anthony Braxton's stellar release documenting his 1993 live performance with Marilyn Crispell on piano, Mark Dresser on bass, and Gerry Hemingway on percussion & marimba, demanding collective improvisation from masterful players.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $18.95      Listen          

 
Butcher, John / Gino Robair: Bottle Breaking Heart Leap [VINYL]
(Alt.Vinyl)

An amazing example of modern free improv from two modern masters--John Butcher on tenor and soprano sax, acoustic and amplified; and percussionist Gino Robair on energized surfaces, blippoo box--playing with frightening intensity in perfectly paced dialog.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $24.95      Listen          

 
Davies, Rhodri : An Air Swept Clean Of All Distance [VINYL]
(Alt.Vinyl)

One of the LPs from harpist and improviser Rhodri Davies "Pedwar" box, with Davies performing on lap harp for an album tumbling phrases, arpeggios and articulate rhythms, turning them over and over, letting them develop only within strict limits.
   
     Buy      $26.95      Listen          

 
Mutual Process: Untitled [CASSETTE]
(Discombobulate)

A collaboration mixing improvisation with sound & noise from sound artist Adam Denton, working primarily with the slithery tones that live within improvisation, and Sean Cotterill, who's work straddles the ocean of skronk guitar to live programming 'ones' and 'zeros'.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
No Pair (Chiapperini / Elia / Trapani / Fusco): Chaos and Order
(Long Song Records)

A mix of free jazz, rock, and avant-garde experimental music from clarinetist Francesco Chiapperini in a quartet with Gianluca Elia on tenor sax, Dario Trapani on electric guitar, and Anotonio Fusco on drums; lyrical modern jazz with a good dose of free chaos.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Shipp, Matthew Chamber Ensemble: The Gospel According to Matthew & Michael
(Relative Pitch)

Frequent collaborators, Matthew Shipp (piano) and Michael Bisio (bass) are joined by fellow Downtown New Yorker Mat Maneri on viola create what they refer to as a chamber ensemble, performing the 15 improvised and inspired chapters of Shipp & Bisio's "Gospel".
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Taylor, Cecil : Garden 1st Set
(Hatology)

Reissue and 2015 remaster of Cecil Taylor's superb live set at Grosser Saal Volkshaus, in Basel, Switzerland in 1981, performing solo over three extended improvisations, presented for the first time in the original concert sequence.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $18.95      Listen          

 
von Orelli 5, Marco : Alluring Prospect
(Hatology)

Innovative arrangements in trumpeter Marco von Oreilli's quintet release, performed with trombonist Lukas Briggen, pianist Michael Wintsch, bassist Kasper von Gruningen, and drummer Samuel Duhsler, through 7 original and lyrical compositions that never fail to surprise.
   
     Buy      $18.95      Listen          

 
Wintsch, Michel : Roof Fool
(Hatology)

Innovative and idiosyncratic Swiss pianist Michel Wintsch in a set of original compositions that combine ambient sound and intentionality, displaying great technical skills and a unique mind that embraces melody and the unexpected aspects of improvisation.
   
     Buy      $18.95      Listen          

 




   Experimental/Electronic

eRikm / Martin Brandlmayr: Ecotone
(Mikroton Recordings)

An active set of recordings from eRikm in duo with drummer Martin Brandlmayr, the latter keeping both players' feet on the ground while the former introduces and intervenes with unusual sonic elements, disruptive and lyrical, an enjoyably complex and unpredictable set.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Feedback: Order From Noise [2 CDs & a DVD]
(Mikroton Recordings)

Presenting live recordings from the 2004 UK "Feedback: Order from Noise" tour, an ambitious presentation of artists including Alvin Lucier, Otomo Yoshihide, Knut Aufermann, Sarah Washington, Toshimaru Nakamura, & Nicolas Collins, performing solo, in duos, and as an ensemble.
   
     Buy      $34.95      Listen          

 
Moody Alien: Harm's Bright Smile / Civilization / In The Forest
(Thirsty Leaves Music)

3 EPS in one release, "Harm's Bright Smile", "Civilization" and "In the Forest", using electroacoustic sources including instruments, field recordings, guitar drones, snare drum vibrations, &c, constructed into beautiful, rich and sophisticated sound environments.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Posset: The King Will Never Die [CASSETTE]
(Discombobulate)

In a tribute to the late NY Shimmy Disc label, Posset secretly recorded bus chatter, posh Number Poetry skits and a hobo coven meets Ian (legalise it) Fleming, organizing them into a strange and unique Dictaphone melange of organized sound.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Star Turbine: White Lines Across The Void [CASSETTE]
(Discombobulate)

Prolific sound artists Sindre Bjerga and Claus Poulsen jointly tweak various close-miked micro-sounds into a strange noise-oriented collage, crossing drone and concrete approaches in bizarre ways.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 




   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Blackshaw, James: Summoning Suns
(Important Records)

A lovely album of instrumental guitar and songs in James Blackshaw's tenth studio album, the first recording to feature his voice and lyrics, drawing inspiration from '60s and '70s singer-songwriters, baroque and orchestral pop, and folk music.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Chadbourne, Eugene : Music Of My Youth | Volume One
(Chadula)

A combination of live and studio recordings of songs from guitarist Eugene Chadbourne's younger days, assisted by Schroeder on drums, plus variously Jan Fitschen, Bella Nugent, Ekkehard Rossle, Molly Chadbourne, Sylvia Oelkrug, and Olivier Polard.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Various Artists: Miniatures [VINYL]
(Megaphone/Knock 'em Dead)

Released in 1981, keyboarist Morgan Fisher asked a broad set of artists including Robert Wyatt, David Bedford, Fred Frith, Maggie Nicols, Ollie Halsall, The Residents, Lol Coxhill, &c &c. to create a piece of music 60 seconds in length; here in a 180g vinyl reissue.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $18.95          

 
Work, The: Slow Crimes [VINYL LP + 7-inch]
(Megaphone/Knock 'em Dead)

The Work, formed in 1979 by reedist Tim Hodgkinson (Henry Cow), guitarist Bill Gilonis, bassist Mick Hobbs, and drummer Rick Wilson, plus vocalist Catherine Jauniaux in the first vinyl issue of their 1st LP, an aggressive and intelligent post-punk/RIO masterpiece.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $22.95          

 




   Compositional

Palestine, Charlemagne: Four Manifestations On Six Elements (Golden 5)
(Alga Marghen)

One of Charlemagne Palestine's most well-known works, finally included in the Alga Marghen Golden Research series of CD editions presenting the composer's relevant historical recordings.
   
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Starling, Matt: Terry Riley's Dorian Reeds (For Brass)
(Self Released)

Matt Starling, founder of the Salt Lake Electric Ensemble, returns with a lesser known but equally impressive Terry Riley composition, "Dorian Reeds" for solo performer, microphone and two tape recorders, performed by Starling on flugelhorn and layered in the studio.
   
     Buy      $9.45      Listen          

 




   Books & Magazines

Chadbourne, Eugene : Dreamory
(Chadula)

Guitarist, song-writer, improviser, writer, and all-around brilliant odd-ball Eugene Chadbourne's self-published collection of diaries dating back to his teen years, including tour diaries, dream diaries, draft-dodging memoirs, and much more.
   
     Buy      $35.95          

 
Wire, The: #372 Febuary 2015
(The Wire)

February 2015 issue, with Mica Levi; Invisible Jukebox: John Carpenter; The Primer: Hiphop mixtapes; Inside the Red Bull Music Academy; Global Ear: Florence; Ohio punk 1975-80 ; Matana Roberts; The Pop Group; D'Angelo and the Vanguard.
   
     Buy      $9.50          

 
Wire, The: #373 March 2015
(The Wire)

March 2015 issue; on the cover: Carter Tutti; inside this issue: Invisible Jukebox: Sleaford Mods; Cecil McBee; Steve Coleman; Global Ear: Mexico City; Inner Sleeve: Alvin Curran on Edith Schloss's artwork.
   
     Buy      $9.50          

 
Wire, The: #374 April 2015 [MAGAZINE + CD]
(The Wire)

April 2015 issue + Wiretapper CD: On the cover: Holly Herndon; The Wire Tapper 37 VA CD; Invisible Jukebox: Lightning Bolt ; The Primer: Moondog; Brighton Noise Poets; Liturgy (Heavy overload); Model 500 (The future returns); John Wiese (New noise mutations); Global Ear: The Hague.
   
     Buy      $9.50          

 


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 In Stock and Ready to Ship

We're never quite caught up with new releases that constantly come in our door, and we don't like to rush a release to our homepage. That said, the following releases have already been stocked at Squidco, and are able to be ordered. In most cases we have images, often have samples, and some basic description of each release. You can always see the latest new releases by checking our Just In Stock Section.



Albatre:
A Descent Into Maelstrom
(Shhpuma)
Robert Ashley:
The Wolfman
(Alga Marghen)
Michel Banabila :
Float
(Tapu Record)

Michel Banabila / Oene Van Geel:
Music For Viola And Electronics II
(Tapu Record)
David Behrman:
Wave Train
(Alga Marghen)
Tim Berne's Snakeoil:
You've Been Watching Me
(ECM)

James Blackshaw :
Summoning Suns [VINYL]
(Important Records)
Coclea:
Coclea
(Shhpuma)
Earnear:
Earnear
(Tour de Bras)

Milo Fine Free Jazz Ensemble:
Earlier Outbreaks of Iconoclasm (1976-8) [2 CDs]
(Emanem)
Philippe Lauzier :
Transparence
(Schraum)
Philippe Lauzier / Eric Normand:
Not the Music / do
(Tour de Bras)

Marcio Mattos:
SOL[os]
(Emanem)
Jamie Newton:
Driving Nails Into Fog
(3acreTract(s))
Jamie Newton:
Tone Wheel
(3acreTract(s))

Nordstrom / Johansson / Schlippenbach:
Stockholm Connection [3 CDs]
(Umlaut Records)
Else Pade Marie & Jacob Kirkegaard :
Svaevninger
(Important Records)
Charlemagne Palestine :
Bells Studies [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)

Charlemagne Palestine :
CharleBelllzzz at Saint Thomas (Golden 666)
(Alga Marghen)
Evan Parker:
Monoceros
(psi)
Eduardo Raon:
On the Drive For Impulsive Actions
(Shhpuma)

John Russell / Phil Durrant / John Butcher:
Conceits (1987/1992)
(Emanem)
Adriana Sa / To Trips / John Klima:
Timespine
(Shhpuma)
Joana Sa:
Elogio Da Desordem (In Praise of Disorder)
(Shhpuma)

asunao Tone / Talibam! / Sam Kulik:
Double Automatism [VINYL]
(KARLRECORDS)
Ian Watson / Susie Hodder-Williams :
The Tao Of Homeopathy
(FMR)



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