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SQUIDCO Email Update & Labor Day Sale, September 1, 2016

     Squidco & The Squid's Ear
 
UPDATE
September 1, 2016
"I think it is in collaboration
that the nature of the art is revealed." -Steve Lacy

Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Angelica
Balance Point Acoustics
Bicephalic
Citystream
Confront
Creative Sources

     
Edition Wandelweiser
Leo
Monochrome Vision
Pleasure of the Text
PNL
Rune Grammofon
 
      Creative Artists
    

• Bourne / Davis / Kane
• Cage . Pisaro . Frey . Beuger
• Thanos Chrysakis
• Jurg Frey
• Frode Gjerstad / Jon Rune Strom / Paal Nilssen-Love
• William Hooker Duo feat. Damon Smith
• Jason Kahn
• Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit
• Clemens Merkel
• Hedvig Mollestad Trio
• Simon Nabatov / Mark Dresser / Dominik Mahnig
• Paal Nilssen-Love
• Uwe Oberg
• Uwe Oberg / Silke Eberhardt
• Sylvia Ocougne / Chico Mello
• Pauline Oliveros / Roscoe Mitchell / John Tilbury / Wadada Leo Smith
• Ivo Perelman / Joe Morris
• Maja Ratkje S. K.
• Social Insects (Koch / Badrut)
• Staplerfahrer / Bonehole
• Stones Of Contention
• David Sylvian (w/ Jan Bang, Otomo Yoshihide, Toshimaru Nakamura)
• Paolo Valladoid / Gary Rouzer
• Biliana Voutchkova / Ernesto Rodrigues / Micha Rabuske
• James Weeks
• XT (Seymour Wright / Paul Abbot)
• Michiyo Yagi / Lasse Marhaug / Paal Nilssen-Love


Squid Bubble
 

Squidco Labor Day Sale Squidco's Labor Day Sale!

The US Labor Day Holiday is Monday, September 5, 2015, so from today through Monday we're offering our customers:

10% off all new Vinyl, CDs, DVDs, Books, & Cassettes.

Buy 5 or more items and take 15% off!


That's pretty much everything in the store at 10% or 15% off their regular price, and eligible items still accumulate Reward Points!

Orders must be placed through our shopping cart, discount is applied at checkout time on payment screen. In-stock items only, gift certificates and shipping insurance excluded. Eligible items discounted at 10% or 15% will earn Squidco Reward Points. Labor Day Sales ends Monday, September 5, 2015 at 23:59 PM EST (GMT-5).





   Jazz & Improvisation

Bourne / Davis / Kane: Broken Light
(Confront)

A live recording at Belfast's Sonic Arts Research Centre during the Translating Improvisation: Beyond Disciplines Beyond Borders colloquium, from the intrepid improvising trio of Matthew Bourne (piano), Steve Davis (drums) and Dave Kane (double bass).
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Chrysakis, Thanos: MARMA / MAGMA
(Monochrome Vision)

An extended electroacoustic piece recorded in 2011 and named as an apt description of the bubbling, dense and intense flow of sound Chrysakis generates using electronic devices, acoustic sounds and field recordings, an absorbing work of audio flux and percolation.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Gjerstad, Frode / Jon Rune Strom / Paal Nilssen-Love: Steam In the Casa
(PNL)

A live recording from the Casa Del Popolo club in Montreal, Canada, named because Gjerstad was upset that Air Canada had messed up his sax in transit, which he played regardless; his frustration pushed him into an overwhelmingly amazing set of smoking free jazz!
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Hooker, William Duo feat. Damon Smith: Triangles of Force [CASSETTE]
(Balance Point Acoustics)

An improvised performance of solos and duos of subtlety and power for a live soundtrack to the 1920s silent film "The Symbol of the Unconquered" (Oscar Micheaux), by NY drummer William Hooker and West Coast bassist Damon Smith, here on computer and 7-string electric upright.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 
Kahn, Jason: For Voice
(Confront)

Two concert improvisations for unamplified voice recorded in Canberra, Australia at the 2015 SoundOut Festival and in Tokyo, Japan at the Kid Ailack Art Hall in 2014, using extended vocal techniques and leveraging the room acoustics and social space between Kahn and the audience.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Large Unit: Ana
(PNL)

Drummer Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit recorded this ecstatic, Brazilian influenced material in 2015 after a mammoth European and North-American tour, hours after their performance at the 2015 Oslo Jazzfestival with an extended line-up with Brazilian percussion players.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Nabatov, Simon / Mark Dresser / Dominik Mahnig: Equal Poise
(Leo)

Live at the LOFT in Cologne, Germany, the trio of German-based Russian pianist Simon Nabatov with NY Downtown double bassist Mark Dresser and relative newcomer Dominik Manhig on drums, expressive collective improvisation using edgy techniques in impressive dialog.
   
     Buy      $15.45      Listen          

 
Nilssen-Love, Paal: News From the Junkyard [VINYL]
(PNL)

Assembling a wide range of percussive instruments accumulated through world travels, from Korean gongs to scrap metal sheets from Ethiopia, Paal Nilssen-Love presents an intense and wide-ranging solo percussion tour-de-force, recorded in Oslo by frequent collaborator Lasse Marhaug.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $24.95      Listen          

 
Oberg, Uwe / Silke Eberhardt: Turns
(Leo)

Playful, joyful and absolutely commanding performances from the duo of German pianist Uwe Oberg and Silke Eberhard on alto sax and clarinet, performing both live and in the studio on original compositions and pieces by Carla Bley, Jimmy Giuffre, and Annette Peacock.
   
     Buy      $15.45      Listen          

 
Oberg, Uwe: Twice, At Least
(Leo)

Live recordings from 2012 & 2015 by German pianist Uwe Oberg performing a mix of original compositions and work by Monk, Bley, Lacy, & A. Peacock, balancing melodic and exploratory playing with passionate conviction backed by masterly skills and impeccable pacing.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $15.45      Listen          

 
Oliveros, Pauline / Roscoe Mitchell / John Tilbury / Wadada Leo Smith: Nessuno
(Angelica)

The unexpected and open-minded quartet of Pauline Oliveros, Roscoe Mitchell, John Tilbury and Wadada Leo Smith performing live in Italy at the Angelika Festival in 2011, presenting the three part improvised work "Nessuno"; delicate, virtuosic, rewarding music from 4 masters.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Perelman, Ivo / Joe Morris: Blue
(Leo)

Referencing the color "blue" rather than the blues themselves, the duo of New York tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and Joe Morris on acoustic guitar present free improvisations balancing technical and melodic musings, an intimate and thoughtful album of concentrative playing.
   
     Buy      $15.45      Listen          

 
Social Insects (Koch / Badrut): Social Insects II
(Confront)

Sparse yet intently focused interaction with unusual timbre and technique in the 2nd release from the working duo of Hans Koch (Koch-Schutz-Studer) and Gaudenz Badrutt (strom), pairing reeds and electronics in micro-world improvisations that delight in subtlety.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Stones Of Contention : Stones Of Contention
(Citystream)

Sicilian pianist Tommaso Vespo assembled the multinational sextet of Antonio Aiella (bass), Noel Taylor (clarinet), Antonio Longo (drums), Nicola Hein (guitar), Ricardo Teje (saxophone), and Tommaso Vespo (piano), blending lyrical jazz, chamber, and free improvisation.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Valladoid, Paolo / Gary Rouzer: Directions for Viola and Cello
(Confront)

Part of a trio of releases including "Reasons for Viola and Cello" and "Viola Cello Room", this album finds violist Paolo Valladoid and cellist Gary Rouzer in a large tunnel in Alexandria, Virginia, their music mixed with joggers, birds, traffic, flowing water, insects, &c. &c.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Voutchkova, Biliana / Ernesto Rodrigues / Micha Rabuske: 77 Kids
(Creative Sources)

Exploratory free improvisation with an emphasis on strings from the trio of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Biliana Voutchkova on violin, and Micha Rabuske on flutes & sax, collective conversation with scraping and overblowing mutating their sound in interesting and curious ways.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
XT (Seymour Wright / Paul Abbot): Pah'
(Pleasure of the Text Records)

The duo of Paul Abbot on drum kits, percussion & computer, and Seymour Wright on alto saxophone and feedback, in a massive edge-of-your seat live recording from London's Cafe Oto in 2015, a mix of brutal and beautiful playing with unexpected and surprising twists.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Yagi, Michiyo / Lasse Marhaug / Paal Nilssen-Love: Angular Mass
(PNL)

Japanese Koto virtuoso Michiyo Yagi joins the longstanding duo of drummer Paal-Nilssen-Love and electronics wizard Lasse Marhaug for a session of extended improvisations, driving the traditional Japanese instruments into non-idiomatic and percussive extremes.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 




   Experimental/Electronic

Staplerfahrer / Bonehole: Excessive Extension [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)

Part of a series of 8 split release cassettes, hand-painted & numbered; this release presents the Dutch sound artist Steffan de Turck (Staplerfahrer) reworking material recorded in a duo with Jos Smolders; and 2 tracks from Korean sound artist Noizaki Eum Kyeong (Bonehole).
   
     Buy      $6.95      Listen          

 
Sylvian, David (w/ Jan Bang, Otomo Yoshihide, Toshimaru Nakamura): Playing The Schoolhouse
(Confront)

With contributions from Otomo Yoshihide and Toshimaru Nakamura, David Sylvian recorded this album for Mark Wastell after much discussion, creating an intense and mysterious album of organized concrete sound and field recordings based on an improvisation with Jan Bang.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $34.95      Listen          

 




   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Mollestad, Hedvig Trio: Black Stabat Mater
(Rune Grammofon)

Another strong instrumental rock album, blending heavy prog, free jazz and psychedelia with forceful and technically excellent guitar work from leader Mollestad, backed by fellow Norwegians Ellen Brekken on bass and Ivar Loe Bjornstad on drums; keeping the 70s alive!
   
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Mollestad, Hedvig Trio: Black Stabat Mater [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)

Vinyl release of the CD listed above.
   
     Buy      $22.95      Listen          

 
Mollestad, Hedvig Trio: Evil In Oslo [VINYL 2 LPs + CD]
(Rune Grammofon)

Dramatic and technically spectacular instrumental rock from the trio of Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen on guitar, Ellen Brekken on bass, and Ivar Loe Bjornstad on drums, performing live in Oslo at John Dee and Buckley's in 2015, captured with great energy and fidelity.
   
     Buy      $29.95      Listen          

 




   Compositional

Cage . Pisaro . Frey . Beuger: Accordion Music
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Four works interpreted for accordion performed by Edwin Alexander Buchhol, including John Cage's "Cheap Imitation"; Michael Pisaro's "Here (2)"; Jurg Frey's "Sam Lazaro Bros." and Antoine Beuger's "die geschichte des sandkorns".
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Frey, Jurg: Lucier . Wolff . Schlothauer . Frey
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Six compositions from Lucier, Wolff, Schlothauer, and Frey, exploring harmonic beats on the acoustic clarinet, deriving melody in unexpected ways; seeking static tones between sound and noise; and investigating melodic variations; inquisitive, thought-provoking, alluring work.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Merkel, Clemens : Maderna . Beuger . von Schweinitz . Stiegler
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Violinist Clemens Merkel interprets compositions by Wolfgang von Schweinitz's "Sonata for Violine Solo"; Antonie Beuger's "Unwritten Page"; Bruno Madema's "Piece Pour Ivry"; and Thomas Stiegler's cycle "Kammerkomplex" ("quasi una fantasia", "gran partita" and "sonata facile").
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Ocougne, Sylvia / Chico Mello: Musica Brasileira Descomposta
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

The Brazilian duo of Silvia Ocougne and Chico Mello, residing in Berlin, create a sonic collage of traditional popular and contemporary elements influenced by both Berlin and Brazil, using the unusual orchestration of instruments including tuba, matchbox, clarinet, &c.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Ratkje, Maja S. K. : Crepuscular Hour [CD+DVD]
(Rune Grammofon)

An epic, hypnotic work for three choirs, three pairs of noise musicians, and church organ, to be performed in a cathedral or similar location with musicians surrounding the audience, here from a live performance at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival 2012.
   
     Buy      $20.95      Listen          

 
Ratkje, Maja S. K. : Crepuscular Hour [VINYL 2LP / CD /DVD]
(Rune Grammofon)

Vinyl 2 LP + CD + DVD edition of the CD + DVD listed above.
   
     Buy      $29.95      Listen          

 
Weeks, James: Mural
(Confront)

A work for two quartets of voices about our relationship with the world, using four text sources from Rutherford Bowey & Westerberg, John Cage, Fernando Pessoa/Alberto Caeiro, and a critiques of "Vermeer's painting The Little Street"; a fascinating weaving of voice and song.
   
     Buy      $13.95      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.


 

Akode (Wilkinson / Johannsesn / Hoyer / Andersen):
North And South
(Confront)
Edith Alonso:
Collapse
(Aural Terrains)
Bay's Leap:
Swans Over Dorking
(Citystream)

Michel Blanc :
Le Miroir des Ondes
(Ayler)
John Butcher / Michael Duch:
Fjordgata
(Confront)
John Cage :
Branches
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Chefkirk / S27E152 :
Immediate Shred [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)
Carlos Costa:
Door of No Return
(Aural Terrains)
Edi Olvitt (Robert / Stokart / Chkifi):
LOLO
(Creative Sources)

Faint Glow / Justin Scott Gray :
Quantum Ouch [CASSETTE]
(Bicephalic)
Jurg Frey :
Beuger . Cage
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Peter Frey K. / Daniel Studer:
Zurich Concerts: 15 Years of Kontrabassduo Studer-Frey (CD1)
(Leo)

Beat Keller / Tom Johnson / Joseph Kudirka:
String Trios
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Joelle Leandre 10:
Can You Hear Me?
(Ayler)
Radu Malfatti:
Radu Malfatti
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Sergio Merce:
Be Nothing
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Steve Noble / Daniel Thompson:
Sunday Afternoon (Live At The Hundred Years Gallery)
(Confront)
Sylvia Ocougne / Chico Mello:
Musica Brasileira Descomposta
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Ivo Perelman / Karl Berger:
The Hitchhiker
(Leo)
Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp:
Corpo
(Leo)
Ivo Perelman / Matthew Shipp / Michael Bisio / Whit Dickey:
Soul
(Leo)

Matthieu Prual:
Inside Walks
(Creative Sources)
Terry Riley:
The 3 Generations Trio
(Angelica)
Rodrigues / Greenlief / Swafford:
Sidereus Nuncius
(Creative Sources)

The Sealed Knot :
Trembling Shade
(Confront)
Mark Wastell :
Quartet
(Confront)
Neil Welch / Rutger Zuydervelt:
Tides
(Confront)

Mannfred Werder :
2003 [CDx3]
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Wilmington Sound Orchestra:
Play Russolo
(Bad At Raving Foundation)
Christian Wolff :
Angelica Music
(Angelica)

Michiyo Yagi / Lasse Marhaug / Joe McPhee / Paal Nilssen-Love:
Soul Stream
(PNL)
Alfred Zimmerlin :
Dunki . Frey . Aeschbacher . Capt . Hefti . Moster
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)



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