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UPDATE
August 4, 2016
"Deep Listening is a process.
I guess the best definition I could give is
listening to everything all the time
and reminding yourself when you're not listening."
- Pauline Oliveros
     Squidco & The Squid's Ear

Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Amorfon
Bicephalic
Clean Feed
Creative Sources
Feeding Tube Records
Greenleaf Music
Matchless
Modern Silence

     
New World Records
Relative Pitch
Room40
Shhpuma
Sonoris
Sub Rosa
Trost Records
Tzadik
 
      Creative Artists
    

• Amalgamated /
      Odd Person
• Arashi (
     Sakata /
      Berthling /
      Nilssen-Love)
• Jacob Bandolin do
• Fridolin Blumer
• Carate Urio Orchestra (
     Badenhorst /
      Olaffson /
      Olaffson /
      Soniano /
      Niggenkemper /
      Loriot /
      Roig)
• Cortex (
     Johansson /
      Alberts /
      Hoyer /
      Nilssen)
• Robert Dick
• Whit Dickey /
      Kirk Knuffke
• Dave Douglas High Risk
• ErikM
• Kid Millions &
     Jim Sauter
• Lume (
     Barroso /
      Chochofel /
      Gaspar /
      Reis /
      Silva /
      Toscano /
      Menezes /
      Coelho /
      Charrinho /
      Monteiro /
      Marques /
      Cunha /
      Lala /
      Vicente /
      Amado /
      Machado)
• Miimo
• Modular String Trio (
     Okhrimchuk /
      Jedrzejewski /
      Kacperczyk)
      
• Joe Morris
• Mount Meander (
     Auzins /
      Leidinger /
      Jacobson /
      Sauerborn)
• Johannes Nastesjo /
      Vasco Trilla
• Pauline Oliveros +
      Musiques Nouvelles
• Jessica Pavone
• PBK & Wolf Eyes
• Perch Hen Brock
      & Rainy (
     Ab Baars /
      Ig Henneman /
      Ingrid Laubrock /
      Tom Raine)
• Promute /
      Homogenized Terrestrials
• Terry Riley /
      Don Cherry /
      Karl Berger
• Rodrigues /
      Yamauchi /
      Santos
• Roji (
     Almeida /
      Schneider /
      Santos Silva)
• Elliott Sharp
• Catherine Sikora
• Silva /
      Anker /
      Sandell /
      Zetterberg /
      Falt
• Smith Quartet
      with John Tilbury
• David Toop
• Universal Indians w/
      Joe McPhee
• John Zorn



Squid Bubble
 


 

Frends of Squid Philz Birthday Sale

Last Wednesday Phil turned older (again!) He ran away for a week to contemplate his age, and returned this week wanting to celebrate. So he's offering this sale from a list of more than 300 releases reduced by 20% OFF their regular retail price. What's more, if you buy 5 or more releases from this list you can take 30% OFF!

Help Phil celebrate his advancing age and have a look at this list of excellent titles. But don't wait too long to look--this sale ends Sunday, August 7th, 2016 at midnight!



Click here to see the sale list
 

Orders must be placed through our shopping cart, discount calculated at checkout time. In-stock items only, items will disappear from the store if they sell out. Sale items are not eligible for reward points. Sale ends Sunday, August 7th, at 23:59 EST, GMT-5.



Squidco Free and Half-Priced Shipping

This weekend we're offering our US customers FREE SHIPPING and our international customers HALF PRICE SHIPPING on all orders!

• In the US, any size order choosing the USPS Media Mail shipping option will ship for free!

• International orders choosing International Economy Shipping are discounted by 50%, meaning that a typical CD release will ship for $2.50, and a typical single LP will ship for just $4.50!

Take advantage of these great shipping rates, but hurry, because these shipping rates end Sunday, August 7th!

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In stock items only. Shipping offer ends Sunday, August 7, 2016 at 23:59 EST (GMT-5). Discount applies only to US Media Mail and International Economy Shipping. 1st Class shipping rates are unaffected by this sale. Qualified items are eligible for Squidco Reward Points.





   Jazz & Improvisation

Arashi (Sakata / Berthling / Nilssen-Love): Semikujira
(Trost Records)

The trio of Akira Sakata on reeds & voice, Johan Berthling on bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums & percussion in an intense set of free jazz denoted by the name Arashi (Storm), an apt description of the fury and irreproachable power of this trio's playing.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Bandolin, Jacob do : Great Jewish Music
(Tzadik)

A tribute to Jacob do Bandolim, one of the founders of the Brazilian instrumental style choro in the 30's and 40's, in compositions from Tzadik artists Davka, Cyro Baptista, Carla Kihlstedt, Jon Madof, Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, Ben Perowsky, Rob Burger, Jamie Saft, &c.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Blumer, Fridolin: Camping; Cafe Bar
(Creative Sources)

A solid solo outing from Zurich-based double bassist Friodlin, presenting his 4-part "Camping; Cafe Bar" work, blending the jazz idiom with discursive asides and unusual techniques, plus a lovely and appropriately titled work "But Beautiful".
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Carate Urio Orchestra (Badenhorst / Olaffson / Olaffson / Soniano / Niggenkemper / Loriot / Roig): Ljubljana
(Clean Feed)

Active since 2013, this ever-changing band was formed by multi-reedist Joachim Badenhorst, blending jazz, post-rock, noise, lo- fi, psychedelica, and ambient music into a potent brew, as heard here in this septet rendering performing live at the 2015 Ljubljana Jazz Festival.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Cortex (Johansson / Alberts / Hoyer / Nilssen): Live in New York
(Clean Feed)

Approaching the free side of 60s postbop in the Ornette Coleman vein, the Cortex quartet of Thomas Johansson (trumpet), Kristoffer Alberts (sax), Ola Hoyer (double bass) and Gard Nilssen (drums) are captured for a dynamic and captivating set at IBeam in Brooklyn in 2015.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Dick, Robert : Our Cells Know
(Tzadik)

Using multiphonics, percussive effects, circular breathing and other extended approaches to the contrabass flute, composer/performer/improviser Robert Dick releases a mesmerizing album of improvisations, breaking new terrain by letting the largest of flutes lead his muse.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Dickey, Whit / Kirk Knuffke: Fierce Silence
(Clean Feed)

The NY duo of Whit Dickey on drums and Kirk Knuffke on cornet, in Dickey's first published recording in a decade, using a slow pulse and space in sophisticated dialogs and ballads that avail finesse and economical approaches that rely on the incredible skills of both players.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Douglas, Dave High Risk: Dark Territory
(Greenleaf Music)

Electronic-inspired ensemble High Risk with Dave Douglas on trumpet, Jonathan Maron on bass, Mark Guiliana on drums and Shigeto on electronics, exploring the intersection of creative improvisation and modern electronic music production in persuasively rhythmic music.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Kid Millions & Jim Sauter: Million Dollar Band / Bull Run [VINYL 7-inch]
(Feeding Tube Records)

Borbetomagus' Jim Sauter has been performing in a duo with drummer Kid Millions for several years, creating a blistering and urgent wail of free improvised energy, as heard on this two track 7 inch, succint sonic blasts of freedom.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 
Lume (Barroso / Chochofel / Gaspar / Reis / Silva / Toscano / Menezes / Coelho / Charrinho / Monteiro / Marques / Cunha / Lala / Vicente / Amado / Machado): Xabregas 10
(Clean Feed)

Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble (LUME) is an 11-piece ensemble led by pianist Marco Barroso, here captured live at the 2014 festival Jazz em Agosto for an unusual concert that blends free jazz, noise, rock, musical quotes and much, much more in exhiliarating ways.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Modular String Trio (Okhrimchuk / Jedrzejewski / Kacperczyk): Ants Bees and Butterflies
(Clean Feed)

A most unusual trio: actually a quartet, this Polish/Ukraine group has three strings (violin, cello, contrabass) with modular synth and electronics reinforcing their sound, less EA than chamber jazz with fascinating orchestration and wonderful harmonic and melodic invention.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Morris, Joe: Shock Axis
(Relative Pitch)

A limited edition release of guitarist Joe Morri's new NY-area aggressive improvising trio with younger players Dave Parmelle on drums and Chris Cretella on electric bass, shredding with awesome technical skill and intense harmonic and melodic force, really powerful stuff!
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Mount Meander (Auzins / Leidinger / Jacobson / Sauerborn): Mount Meander
(Clean Feed)

The transnational quartet of artists from Germany, Latvia and Poland comprised of Karlis Auzins (sax), Lucas Leidinger (piano), Tomo Jacobson (double bass), and Thomas Sauerborn (drums), performing intuitive and collective free improvisation of great sensitify and skill.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Nastesjo, Johannes / Vasco Trilla: Ginkgo
(Creative Sources)

The duo of Johannes Nastesjo on double bass and Vasco Trilla on drums and percussion, an album of extended techniques and unexpected devising, using quietly aggressive techniques balanced by concentrative improv to create unexpected eruptions and unusual sonic environments.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Pavone, Jessica : Silent Spills
(Relative Pitch)

Using viola, effects, and on one track, voice, New York improviser and Anthony Braxton ensemble member Jessica Pavone presents a uniquely voiced solo album, approaching the instrument through simple means that become increasingly twisted and unforseen as they advance.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Perch Hen Brock & Rainy (Ab Baars / Ig Henneman / Ingrid Laubrock / Tom Raine): Live @ The Jazz Happening Tampere
(Relative Pitch)

Crossing Netherland and New York players, Ab Baars on reeds, Ig Henneman on viola, Ingrid Laubrcok on sax and Tom Rainey on drums present an album of insightful improv that borrows approaches to sound from natural world, performed live at Tampere Jazz Happening, Finland in 2014.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Riley, Terry / Don Cherry / Karl Berger: Live In Koln February 23, 1975 [VINYL]
(Modern Silence)

The very forward-thinking trio of Terry Riley on keyboards, Don Cherry on trumpet and Karl Berger on vibraphone, performing a trance-like set of improvisations live in Koln, Germay in 1975, with Cherry's detailed playing riding over the hypnotic grooves of Berger & Riley.
   
     Buy      $27.95      Listen          

 
Rodrigues / Yamauchi / Santos: The Presence Of Air Particles Ignited By Memory
(Creative Sources)

Remarkably detailed, slowly moving improvisation from the trio of Katsura Yamauchi on alto sax, Carlos Santos on electronics, and Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, harp and objects, a beautiful balance of acoustic and electronic sound in intensely concentrated music.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Roji (Almeida / Schneider / Santos Silva): The Hundred Headed Woman
(Shhpuma)

A dark set of heavy improvisations from bassist Goncalo Almeida's project with drummer Jorg A. Schneider, with guests Susana Santos Silva on trumpet and Colin Webster on baritone sax; references to Bill Laswell, Zu, and Napalm Death are a good indication.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Sharp, Elliott: Tranzience
(New World Records)

Four works from NY multi-reedist, guitarist and electroacoustic composer Elliott Sharp, exemplifying the wide variety of approaches to the manifestation of his core concepts over a period of nearly twenty years, as performed by JACK Quartet, New Thread Quartet, and Either/Or.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Sikora, Catherine : Jersey
(Relative Pitch)

Irish-born New York based tenor saxophonist Catherine Sikora, know for her work with Eric Mingus, Hans-earl Park and Nick Didkovsky, in her first solo album, a strong release of passionate and informed free improv, 13 pieces revealing a unique and adept approach to the horn.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Silva / Anker / Sandell / Zetterberg / Falt: Life and Other Transient Storms
(Clean Feed)

Live recordings at the 2015 Tampere Jazz Happening from the first meeting of Susana Santos Silva on trumpet, Lotte Anker on sax, Sten Sandell on piano, Torbjorn Zetterberg on bass and Jon Falt on drums, a modern supergroup of responsive and subtle collective improvisation.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Universal Indians w/ Joe McPhee: Skullduggery [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Clean Feed)

The free improvising trio of John Dikeman on sax, Jon Rune Strom on bass, and Tollef Ostvang on drums, invites Joe McPhee on pocket trumpet and alto sax for a release of rugged free improv using unorthodox approaches and amazing dexterity in their playing.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $35.95      Listen          

 
Zorn, John : The Mockingbird
(Tzadik)

John Zorn's Gnostic Trio of Bill Frisell on guitar, Carol Emanuel on harp and Kenny Wollesen on vibes and chimes, perform Zorn's compositions inspired by the classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" in lyrical chamber jazz of great depth and nuance.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 




   Experimental/Electronic

Amalgamated / Odd Person : Anthropodermic Ixii [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)

Part of a series of 8 split release cassettes, all hand-painted & numbered; this release presents the collaborative long-form improvisation noise project Amalgamated backed with Odd Person, the ongoing project of Bicephalic label leader August Traeger.
   
     Buy      $7.95      Listen          

 
ErikM: L'art De La Fuite
(Sonoris)

A selection of first recordings originally released in 1995 as a self-titled homemade tape by eRikm, mainly composed with turntables and prepared records, along with other sources, a unique blend of innovative musique concrete and post-industrial sound.
   
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Miimo: Miimo 4
(Amorfon)

Using bass, drums, steelpan, electronics and programming, the trio of Tatsu, Norihide Saji and Amorfon label leader Yoshio Machida create a "pulse dub" album of polyrhythms and phase, producing warm, complex and embraceable music that includes a cover of Bjork's "Hyperballad".
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
PBK & Wolf Eyes: Rabid [VINYL]
(Sonoris)

Six dark and disturbing tracks mixed by Phillip B. Klingler, aka PBK, between 2004-06 using Wolf Eyes source material, several released on obscure albums or net releases; this is the Wolf Eyes lineup of 2000-05: Nate Young, John Olson and Aaron Dilloway.
   
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Promute / Homogenized Terrestrials: Infrared Dynamo [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)

Part of a series of 8 split release cassettes, all hand-painted & numbered; Side A is Promute (Shaun Sanders) using homemade instruments in a live recording of strange distractions; B is Phillip Klampe (Homogenized Terrestrials) in a rich electronic work.
   
     Buy      $7.95      Listen          

 
Toop, David: Entities Inertias Faint Beings [VINYL]
(Room40)

Drawing on contemplative elements of Buddhist culture, Japanese stone gardens, and inquisitive literature, David Toop developed these engaging sound works through three periods of solitute, casting them with the help of Lawrence English, John Butcher, Sylvia Hallett, &c.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $23.95      Listen          

 




   Compositional

Oliveros, Pauline + Musiques Nouvelles: Four Meditations/Sound Geometries
(Sub Rosa)

Pauline Oliveros surrounded by Belgian ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, performing two long pieces for orchestra, using her Expanded Instrument System and 5.1 Surround Sound System in a mix of conducted and improvised music using metaphors and listening concepts.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Oliveros, Pauline + Musiques Nouvelles: Four Meditations/Sound Geometries [VINYL]
(Sub Rosa)

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

 
Smith Quartet with John Tilbury: Morton Feldman: Music for Piano and Strings Volume 3 [DVD-AUDIO]
(Matchless)

Recorded live at the Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music in 2006, this is the 3rd and final volume of works by Morton Feldman performed by the Smith Quartet with John Tilbury on piano, recorded in high quality DVD audio and with extensive liner notes by Tilbury.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $28.95      Listen          

 
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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.


 

10tet (Akiyama / Kamura / Malfatti / Kinoshita / Okura / Veliotis / Unami / Koike / Filip / Sugimoto):
10tet
(Confront)
Akode (Wilkinson / Johannsesn / Hoyer / Andersen):
North And South
(Confront)
Marc Baron :
Un Salon Au Fond D'un Lac
(Potlatch)

Herve Boghossian :
F.E.R. (for Eliane Radigue)
(Confront)
Adam Bohman / Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg:
Bagpipes And Blackberries
(Confront)
Bourne / Davis / Kane:
Broken Light
(Confront)

Ian Brighton :
Now And Then
(Confront)
Anthony Burr / Anthony Pateras:
The Long Exhale
(Immediata)
John Butcher / Michael Duch:
Fjordgata
(Confront)

Chefkirk / S27E152 :
Immediate Shred [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)
Cremaster & Sophie Agnel (Fages / Monteiro / Agnel):
Isotopic
(Confront)
Dog Hallucination / Ichtyor Tides :
Vergier Begets [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)

Edi Olvitt (Robert / Stokart / Chkifi):
LOLO
(Creative Sources)
Christoph Erb / Frantz Loriot:
Sceneries
(Creative Sources)
Faint Glow / Justin Scott Gray :
Quantum Ouch [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)

Miguel Garcia A. / August Traeger :
Absquatulate Azimuth [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)
Killick Hinds & Henry Kaiser:
Xenosynchronicity II
(Self Released)
Huy (Junji / Kazuhisa / Yoshida):
Huy
(Magaibutsu Limited)

Jason Kahn:
For Voice
(Confront)
Carl Kruger / NJ9842 :
1/11-GR Opal [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)
Miimo:
Miimo 5
(Amorfon)

Modular String Trio (Okhrimchuk / Jedrzejewski / Kacperczyk):
Ants Bees and Butterflies
(Clean Feed)
Musicworks:
#125 Summer 2016 [MAGAZINE + CD]
(Musicworks)
Steve Noble / Daniel Thompson:
Sunday Afternoon (Live At The Hundred Years Gallery)
(Confront)

North Of North (Anthony Pateras / Scott Tinkler / Erkki Veltheim):
The Moment In and Of Itself
(Immediata)
Matthieu Prual:
Inside Walks
(Creative Sources)
PYN (Pittard / Yoshida / Nasuno):
L'elan Createur
(Magaibutsu Limited)

Hal Rammel:
The Amplified Palette: A History in Pictures [BOOK + 2 CDS]
(Penumbra)
Rodrigues / Area / Torres / Gris:
Aleph
(Creative Sources)
Rodrigues / Greenlief / Swafford:
Sidereus Nuncius
(Creative Sources)

Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Hindi:
Ur
(Creative Sources)
The Sealed Knot :
Trembling Shade
(Confront)
Kazuto Shimizu / Yoshida Tatsuya / Nasyuno Mitsuru:
SYN LIVE
(Magaibutsu Limited)

Social Insects (Koch / Badrut):
Social Insects II
(Confront)
Staplerfahrer / Bonehole ‎:
Excessive Extension [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)
Steve Swell Quintet (Swell / Moondoc / Burrell / W. Parker / Cleaver):
Soul Travelers [VINYL]
(RogueArt)

David Sylvian (w/ Jan Bang, Otomo Yoshihide, Toshimaru Nakamura):
Playing The Schoolhouse
(Confront)
Trio X:
Live At Craig Kessler & Janet Lessner's
(CIMPOL)
Trio X:
Live At Kerrytown
(CIMPOL)

Paolo Valladoid / Gary Rouzer:
Directions for Viola and Cello
(Confront)
Biliana Voutchkova / Ernesto Rodrigues / Micha Rabuske:
77 Kids
(Creative Sources)
Mark Wastell :
Quartet
(Confront)

Mark Wastell :
Vibra: Trent (3" CDr)
(Linear Obsessional Recordings)
James Weeks:
Mural
(Confront)
Neil Welch / Rutger Zuydervelt:
Tides
(Confront)

The World Heritage (Yamamoto Seiichi / Katsui Yuji / Kido Natsuki / Nasuno Mitsuru / Yoshida Tatsuya):
The Land of Light
(Magaibutsu)



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