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SQUIDCO Email Update January 7, 2016

Squidco & The Squid's Ear

UPDATE
January 7, 2016

"To me,
jazz is at its best,
when it has completely gone against the status quo."
-Matthew Shipp

Squid Bubbles

Essential Labels

Another Timbre
Art Yard
Astral Spirits
Bolt
ESP
FMR
Fragment Factory
Hapna

Krayon Recordings
Leo
Monotype
Morphine Records
New Atlantis
Remote Viewers
TAIGA
The Wire
Thirsty Leaves Music

Creative Artists

• Ambarchi, Oren /
     Johan Berthling
• Albert Ayler
• Francois Carrier /
     Steve Beresford /
     John Edwards /
     Michel Lambert
• Paul Dunmall /
     Phillip Gibbs /
     Alison Blunt /
     Neil Metcalfe /
     Hanna Marshall
• Rudolf Eb.er /
     Joke Lanz /
     GX Jupitter-Larsen /
     Mike Dando
• Klaus Filip /
     Leonel Kaplan
• Flaherty /
     Corsano /
     Yeh b/w Ambrachi /
     Sanders
• Jurg Frey
• The Gate
• Geerken, Hartmut And
     Chris Trent
• In The Sea (Caloia /
     Zubot /
     Ceccarella /
     Honsinger)
• Infinite Spirit (Gluck /
     Hart /
     Henderson /
     Sullivan)

• Joseph Kudirka
• Slawomir Kupczak
• Leandre /
     Delbecq /
     Houle
• Lukas Ligeti -
     Thollem Mcdonas
• Ralf Meinz /
     Karolina Ossowska /
     Mikoelaj Paelosz
• Multumult
• Toshimaru Nakamura /
     Martin Taxt
• Tatsuya Nakatani
• Pauline Oliveros &
     Ione
• Ivo Perelman /
     Matthew Shipp /
     Whit Dickey
• The Remote Viewers
• S4
     (Butcher /
     Kobi /
     Koch /
     Leimgruber)
• Stern
• Vibracathedral Orchestra
• Veryan Weston /
     Trevor Watts
• The Wire
• Yeh /
     Lorenz /
     Jewell

Squid Bubble

Squidco 2015 Top Sellers

2015 was a spectacular year of new releases, as creative labels and artists innovated and released amazing and rewarding albums. Squidco's label roster is considerably different than your typical mall store, and many of the recordings we sell don't fit neatly into any particular compartment. That's because our customers have refined tastes and exploratory listenting habits, and its their "list" of top releases that we celebrate most. So click through to see the top 40 (or so) releases that sold the most copies at Squidco, presented in alphabetic order. Following that are lists from our own listening junkies, Phil Zampino and Carl Kruger.

Click Here to see our 2015 Top Sellers

New releases and Staff Picks at Squidco

Jazz & Improvisation

Ayler, Albert: Bells/Prophecy: Expanded Edition [2 CDs]
(ESP)

An expanded reissue of Albert Ayler's 1965 live album "Bells" in a quintet with drummer Sunny Murray (drums), Gary Peacock (bass), Donald Ayler (trumpet) and Charles Tyler (alto sax), plus his 1975 "Prophecy" album in a trio with Murray and Peacock, plus tracks from "Albert Smiles with Sunny".

$15.95

Carrier, Francois / Steve Beresford / John Edwards / Michel Lambert: OUTgoing
(FMR)

The inimitable trio of saxophonist Francois Carrier (also on Chinese oboe), drummer Michel Lambert and bassist John Edwards, joined by pianist Steve Beresford for a European tour, here recorded at London's Vortex Club for a powerful and diverse album of creative free improv.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Dunmall, Paul / Phillip Gibbs / Alison Blunt / Neil Metcalfe / Hanna Marshall: I Look At You
(FMR)

Blending free and compositional players, saxophonist Paul Dunmall leads the quintet of Neil Metcalfe on flute, Hanna Marshall on cello, Alison Blunt on violin and Phillip Gibbs on guitar for a refined and sprightly set of extended improvisations recorded at Birmingham Conservatory.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Flaherty / Corsano / Yeh b/w Ambrachi / Sanders: Split [7-inch VINYL]
(Krayon Recordings)

A split 7", side A presents the improvising trio of Paul Flaherty (sax), Chris Corsano (drums) and C.Spencer Yeh (violin) live at the London School Of Economics in 2006; Side B is the duo of Oren Ambarchi on guitar and Matt Sanders on drums recording in Australia, 2009.

$7.95

Gate, The: Chuck [CASSETTE with download code]
(Astral Spirits)

New York tuba player Dan Peck's The Gate with Tom Blancarte on electric upright bass and Brian Osborne on percussion present two tracks of dark, deep improvisation, then join up with Nate Wooley on trumpet & amplifier and Tim Dahl on electric bass for an extended composition.

$8.95

In The Sea (Caloia / Zubot / Ceccarella / Honsinger): Henry Crabapple Disappear [CASSETTE with download code]
(Astral Spirits)

Montreal improvisers Joshua Zubot on violin, Isaiah Ceccarella on drums, and Nicolas Caloia on double bass, with European improviser Tristan Honsinger (ICP) on cello and voice, in a diverse and informed album of free improvisation pushing strings to their limits.

Squidco Pick

$8.95

Infinite Spirit (Gluck / Hart / Henderson / Sullivan): Revisiting The Music Of Mwandishi Band
(FMR)

Herbie Hancock's 1971 Mwandishi band is revisited by original members Eddie Henderson (trumpet) and Billy Hart (drums) along with Bob Gluck on piano & electronics and Christopher Dean Sullivan on bass, updating and exploring the potential from that exciting music.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Leandre / Delbecq / Houle: 14 Rue Paul Fort, Paris
(Leo)

The trio of Joelle Leandre (bass), Benoite Delbecq (piano), Francois Houle (clarinets) recording the 7-part "rue Paul Fort" at 14 rue Paul Fort @ Helene Aziza in Paris, France in 2013, beautifully fluid free improvisation from a set of superlative players.

$15.45

Ligeti, Lukas - Thollem Mcdonas: Imaginary Images
(Leo)

Merging the sensibilities of compositional, jazz, and free improvised music, pianist Thollem McDonas and Lukas Ligeti on drums and electric "marimba lumina" create a hybrid that takes the best of all three in distinctive, disciplined, and heartfelt ways.

$15.45

Multumult: Zig Zag
(Thirsty Leaves Music)

Bucharest, Romania's Multumult is an improvising quartet using reeds, wind instruments, voice, drums, electric guitar and electric cello to create music from introspective experiments of cinematic to tumultuous sound.

$9.71

Nakamura, Toshimaru / Martin Taxt: Pan On Fire
(Monotype)

Japanese no-input mixing board innovator Toshimaru Nakamura joins Norwegian improviser Martin Taxt on amplified Microtonal Tuba for a gritty album formed by running Taxt's tuba into the mixing board, interrupting Nakamura's signal with unexpected sonic results.

$15.95

Nakatani, Tatsuya: Confirmation
(TAIGA)

The first vinyl solo album from one of the world's most active percussionists, Tatsuya Nakatani, recording live at Nakatani-kobo in Easton Pennsylvania in 2015, in an incredible display of unexpected sonic territory from drums, bows, bells, bowls and cymbals.

Squidco Pick

$21.95

Oliveros, Pauline & Ione: Water Above Sky Below Now [VINYL]
(Morphine Records)

Pioneering American composer Pauline Oliveros and author Ione present a three-part improvisation performed on a specially tuned digital accordion, spoken word and sonic vocals, transforming own input in real time using Oliveros's Expanded Instrument System.

$19.95

Perelman, Ivo / Matthew Shipp / Whit Dickey: Butterfly Whispers
(Leo)

Saxophonist Ivo Perelman suggests the listener use the titles of these improvisations to create their own narratives for the fluid and oratory overtones of these lyrical instant compositions, performed with drummer Whit Dickey and pianist Matthew Shipp.

Squidco Pick

$15.45

Remote Viewers, The: November Sky
(Remote Viewers)

UK's Remote Viewers with 4 saxophone players--David Petts, Caroline Kraabel, Andrian Northover & Sue Lynch--plus John Edwards on double bass and David Stockard on drums & percussion, blending jazz and modern chamber in lyrical, novel, and mysterious ways.

$15.95

S4 (Butcher / Kobi / Koch / Leimgruber): Cold Duck
(Monotype)

A unique saxophone quartet from 4 distinctive players, all on soprano sax -- Johh Butcher, Christian Kobi, Hans Koch, and Urs Leimgruber -- creating an incredible array of sound and spontaneous composition with profound technical prowess and discerning discretion in dialog.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Vibracathedral Orchestra : Unnatural with Pain-Relief [VINYL]
(Krayon Recordings)

Vibracathedral Orchestra (Mick Flower, Neil Campbell and Julian Bradley) in two shades: Side A is the trio in an ascending album of harmonic riffs and open percussion; Side B presents a forceful concert of the trio with drummer Chris Corsano at London's Cafe Oto.

$25.95

Weston, Veryan / Trevor Watts: Dialogues with Ornette!
(FMR)

Live recordings in 2015 from Bim Huis, and in Quintavant/Audio Rebel in Rio de Janeiro, the first a tribute to the late saxophonist Ornette Coleman in a 3 part suite of fast-paced and insightful improv; the 2nd "Quantum Illusion", an introspective and rich 2-part work.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Yeh / Lorenz / Jewell: Live at CAC 7.21.08 [7-inch VINYL]
(Krayon Recordings)

Agressive and astounding free improvisation from the trio of C. Spencer Yeh (violin), Jon Lorenz (tenor sax) and Ryan Jewell (percussion) performing at the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinatti in 2008.

$8.95

Experimental/Electronic

Ambarchi, Oren / Johan Berthling: Tongue Tied [VINYL LP+CD]
(Hapna)

Two long works, "Tongue" and "Tied" each take a side of this album of rolling intensity from guitarist Oren Ambarchi, also on drums & synth, and Johan Berthling on electric bass, double bass, Hammond Organ & synth, in a beautiful journey of dynamic and well-paced sound.

$20.95

Eb.er, Rudolf / Joke Lanz / GX Jupitter-Larsen / Mike Dando: Wellenfeld
(Fragment Factory)

The finale for the 2012 "Extreme Rituals" concert was this performance, where each artist used a wireless EEG headset to send brainwave signals to audio engineers who transformed them into audio, as the performers sculpt sound using meditative and ecstatic trance states.

$13.95

Filip, Klaus / Leonel Kaplan: Tocando Fondo
(Another Timbre)

Two slowly unfolding improvisations from trumpeter Leonel Kaplan using extended and unconventional techniques, and electronic artist Klaus Filip performing on sine waves, in a two part extended piece recorded in Buenos Aires after the two met in live performance.

$15.95

Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Stern: Bone Turquoise [VINYL]
(New Atlantis)

Merging rock sensibility with NY/Downtown jazz and improv, vocalist Chuck Stern (Time of Orchids) leads his band with Toby Driver (Kayo Dot) on guitar, Keith Abrams on drums, and Tim Byrnes on synth & keys, for exotic "alien pop" with unusual cinematic properties.

$17.95

Compositional

Frey, Jurg: Circles and Landscapes - works for solo piano played by Philip Thomas
(Another Timbre)

Five new or recent pieces from composer Jurg Frey, alongside his 1993 work "In Memoriam Cornelius Cardew", all performed by pianist Philip Thomas, presenting slowly unfolding compositions emphasizing the physical space and time within which sounds are situated.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Kudirka, Joseph: 'Beauty and Industry' - ensemble works played by Apartment House
(Another Timbre)

Six musicians from the UK Fluxus group Apartment House, including Philip Thomas (piano), Bridget Carey (voila), Anton Lukoszevieze, Simon Limbrick (percussion), present several realizations of composer Joseph Kurdirka's pieces, including text scores and fully-notated works.

$15.95

Kupczak, Slawomir : Res Facta
(Bolt)

A series of electroacoustic compositions from composer Slawomir Kupczak, combining the sounds of instruments via electronic means to create new hybrid sounds of alien character, released in carefully building works from near-minimal to unsettling eruptions of sound.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Meinz, Ralf / Karolina Ossowska / Mikoelaj Paelosz: play Giuseppe Tartini "La sonata il sol minore al terzo suono"
(Bolt)

In 1754 violinist and theorist Giuseppe Tartini laid out a mathematical proof of a third tone's pitch as either the sum or difference of the other two articulated pitches, as investigated by Karolina Ossowska (violin), Mikolaj Palosz (cello) and Ralf Meinz (recording).

$14.95

Books & Magazines

Geerken And Chris Trent, Hartmut: Omniverse Sun Ra [BOOK]
(Art Yard)

Originally published in 1994, Hartmut Geerken and Chris Trent's comprehensive reference of Sun Ra includes a pictorial and annotated discography, essays and photo documents, photographs; this 2nd edition adds new photographs, photo documents, and essays.

$71.95

Wire, The: #381 November 2015 [MAGAZINE+CD]
(The Wire)

November 2015 issue of The UK's most interesting music magazine, with articles on Magma, The Necks, Rabit, Kamasi Washington, Weather Leigh, Jam City, plus a 20 track Various Artists with tracks from Zulus, Steve Beresford and Panos Ghikas, Geoff Dugan, &c. &c.

$9.95

Wire, The: #382 December 2015 [MAGAZINE]
(The Wire)

December 2015 issue of the Wire, with Annette Peacock on the cover, plus Powell; United Bible Studie; Invisible Jukebox: Attila Csihar (The Sunn O))); Global Ear: Yogyakarta; David Kanaga; Christine Sun Kim; Manongo Mujica; Harry Bertoia (Grand designs); &c. &c.

$9.95

The Squid's Ear

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

Recent Reviews & Articles

Henry Kaiser / Damon Smith: Relations (Balance Point Acoustics)

Henry Kaiser / Damon Smith:
Relations
(Balance Point Acoustics)

Thomas Heberer / Pascal Niggenkemper: Miner's Pick (FMR)

Thomas Heberer / Pascal Niggenkemper:
Miner's Pick
(FMR)

Nate Wooley Quintet: (Dance to) The Early Music (Clean Feed Records)

Nate Wooley Quintet:
(Dance to) The Early Music
(Clean Feed Records)

Coclea: (Shhpuma)

Coclea:

(Shhpuma)

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.

15 Corners of the World / Eugeniusz Rudnik: Motion Picture Sound Essay (Bolt)	Ryoko Akama / Bruno Duplant: Immobilite [CASSETTE] (Notice Recordings)	Rinus Alebeek van & Michael Libera: play Alvin Lucier Chambers (Bolt)
Andreas Backer / Raymond Strid: Voice & Percussion (Creative Sources)	Bennani / Silva / Greene / Henderson: Free Form Improvisation Ensemble 2013 (Improvising Beings)	Lorren Chasse: The Sodden Floor [CASSETTE] (Notice Recordings)
Thanos Chryaskis / Chris Cundy: Music for Chamber Organ & Contra Bass Clarinet (Aural Terrains)	Chrysakis / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Mira / Moimeme : Exaiphnes (Creative Sources)	Iancu Dumitrescu / Ana-Maria Avram: Live In Berlin (Edition Modern)
Paul Dunmall / John Edwards / Tony Marsh: To Be Real (FMR)	Dymny Trilla: Cave Canem (FMR)	Jean-Marc Foussat / Les Autres: Alternative Oblique [4 CD Box Set] (Improvising Beings)
Ryu Hankil / Noid / Matija Schellander and others: Foreign Correspondents [2 CDs] (Mikroton Recordings)	Jason Kahn / Tim Olive : Fukuoka / Osaka [CASSETTE] (Notice Recordings)	Monkey Plot w/ Frode Gjerstad: S/T (FMR)
Tekla Mrozowicka / Marcin Cichy: Prominences (Bolt)	Sarah Murcia: Never Mind The Future (Ayler)	No Project Trio: Vol. II (FMR)
Ivo Perelman / Mat Maneri / Tanya Kalmanovitch: Villa Lobos Suite (Leo)	Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp: Complementary Colors (Leo)	Rodrigues / Dorner / Torres / Fragenheim: Nor (Creative Sources)
Silke Rollig / Burton Greene: Space Is Still The Place (Improvising Beings)	Udo Schindler / Frank Paul Schubert: Parnassia Palustris (FMR)	Sonny Sharrock: Monkey-Pockie-Boo [VINYL] (BYG RECORDS)
Tomasz Sikorski / Julius Eastman: Unchained (Bolt)	Rafael Toral: Space Collective 2 Live [CASSETTE] (Notice Recordings)	Hugues Vincent / John Cuny : Tagtraum (Improvising Beings)
Vorfeld / Scott / Gratkowski: Sieben Entruckte Lieder (Creative Sources)	Ute Wassermann / Birgit Ulher: Radio Tweet (Creative Sources)	WTTF Quartet (Wachsmann / Turner / Thomas / Frangenheim): Berlin Kinesis (Creative Sources)

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