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UPDATE
March 2, 2017
"I am very interested in listening,
but you can't get people to listen, really.
They have to decide to do it.
Once a person decides to listen anything can happen."
- Michael Pisaro

Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Aerophonic
Ambiances Magnetiques
Black Truffle
Collection QB
Edition Wandelweiser Records
Fou Records
Hot Cup
Improvising Beings

     
Machinefabriek
Potlatch
Spring Garden Music
Sub Rosa
The Wire
Umlaut Records
Unrock
Wee Space Tapes
Winds Measure
 
      Creative Artists
    
• Akiyama, Tetuzi / Jason Kahn / Toshimaru Nakamura
• Architek Percussion
• Ballister (Renpis / Lonberg-Holm / Nilssen-Love)
• Arthur Bull / John Heward / Adam Linson
• Nicolas Caloia
• Cornford Stephen / Ben Gwilliam
• Cuir
• Ensemble SuperMusique
• Patrick Farmer
• Jean-Marc Foussat
• Emilie Girard-Charest
• Billy Gomberg / Anne Guthrie / Richard Kamerman / Takahiro Kawaguchi
• David Grollman
• Sylvain Guerineau / Kent Carter / Itaru Oki / Makoto Sato
• Keiji Haino
• Keiji Haino / Jozef Dumoulin / Teun Verbruggen
• Joker (Joane Hétu)
• Eyvind Kang / Tashi Dorji
• Christoph Korn
• Mostly Other People Do The Killing
• Neukollner (Denzler / von Schleppenbach / Grip / Johansson)
• Nous Percons Les Oreilles (Derome / Hétu)
• Ben Owen
• Michael Pisaro (w/ Didier Aschour / Stephane Garin)
• Quartetski
• Quatuor Bozzini
• Akio Suzuki / Lawrence English
• The Wire
• Jack Wright
• Rutger Zuydervelt



Squid Bubble




   Jazz & Improvisation

Ballister (Renpis / Lonberg-Holm / Nilssen-Love): Slag
(Aerophonic)

The trans-Atlantic Ballister trio of Dave Rempis (saxes), Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello & electronics) and Paal Nilssen-Love (drums & percussion) release their 6th album, a live concert at Cafe Oto in London in 2015, a hard-hitting, euphoric release of free-improvising power.
 
Squidco Pick
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Bull, Arthur / John Heward / Adam Linson: Trio
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

Free improvisation recorded in Nova Scotia from the trio of Arthur Bull on electric guitar, John Heward on drums, and Adam Linson on bass, inspired by the beauty of the day and the substantial house in which they recorded to create these four impressive instant compositions.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Caloia, Nicolas : Les Bonnes Histoires
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

Bridging contemporary and improvised music, Montreal double bassist Nicolas Caloia wrote these pieces for textured and impossible rhythms; blending pieces by Nancarrow and Grand Master Flash; and manipulating poems by Genevieve Letarte; with supporting improv from Jean Derome & Lori Freedman.
   
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Cuir: Chez Ackenbush
(Fou Records)

This French free improv group performs both quick-twisting post-bop compositions and modern extended technique work, comprised of John Cuny (piano), Jerome Fouquet (trumpet), Jean-Brice Godet (clarinet), Yoram Rosillio (bass) and Nicolas Souchal (trumpet).
   
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Ensemble SuperMusique: Jeux De Pistes
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

Ensemble SuperMusique devotes itself to Montreal's "Musique Actuelle" and free improv community in assemblages of some of their finest players, here in a live concert in 2016 at Amphitheater du Gesu in Montreal with a stunning set of performers presenting the work of 4 composer.
 
Squidco Pick
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Grollman, David : My Shit [CASSETTE]
(Wee Space Tapes)

The title and album cover give no clue to David Grollman's actual intent in creating this layered work of ambient recordings and percussive sounds, using drums, percussion, percussive balloons, and voice recordings to create a uniquely opaque narrative of NYC.
   
     Buy      $6.95      Listen          

 
Guerineau, Sylvain / Kent Carter / Itaru Oki / Makoto Sato: D'Une Rive A L'Autre
(Improvising Beings)

Dedicated to sailors, their adventures and rough living conditions while at sea, from the collective free improv quartet of US jazz master and Lacy associate Kent Carter on bass, French saxophonist Sylvain Gueineau, Makoto Sato on drums and Itaru Oki on trumpet & flute.
 
Squidco Pick
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Kang, Eyvind / Tashi Dorji: Mother Of All Saints (Puppet On A String) [VINYL]
(Unrock)

Eyvind Kang's unusual viola techniques are in full force on this album, performing 4 recordings including an Albert Ayler composition with the trio of percussionist Yaw Amposnsah and cellist Krusendi Sukarwanto; side B presents guitarist Tashi Dorji in two solo works.
   
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Mostly Other People Do The Killing: Loafer's Hollow
(Hot Cup)

New Yorks' Mostly Other People Do the Killing step back in time to the 1930s-40's in modern swing-ear compositions from bassist Moppa Elliott, performed with the amazing septet of Steven Bernstein, Jon Irabagon, Kevin Shea, Ron Stabinksy, David Taylor, and Brandon Seabrook.
 
Squidco Pick
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Neukollner (Denzler / von Schleppenbach / Grip / Johansson): Sektion 3-7 [2 CDs]
(Umlaut Records)

The Neukollner trio of Bertrand Denzler on sax, Joel Grip on double bass, and Sven-Ake Johnasson on drums is joined by pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach for a double album of exhilarating free jazz that conjurs standards-based jazz through well-structured instant compositions.
 
Squidco Pick
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Nous Percons Les Oreilles (Derome / Hétu): Un ideal
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

Joane Hétu and Jean Derome formed Nous percons les oreilles 20 years ago, merging their expansive musical interests in idiosyncratic improvisation and orchestration using saxophones & wind instruments, objects, voice, melodica, and piano, here in their 4th astonishing album.
   
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   Experimental/Electronic

Akiyama, Tetuzi / Jason Kahn / Toshimaru Nakamura: IHJ / Ftarri
(Winds Measure)

Two live recordings of electroacoustic improv from the Japanese tour of guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama, Jason Kahn on synthesizer, and Toshimaru Nakamura on electronics, spacious yet detailed interaction that draws the listener into remarkable sound worlds.
 
Squidco Pick
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Architek Percussion: Metatron
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

The Architek Percussion ensemble is a Montreal quartet performing works by Canadian composers, using percussion, drums, sampling, electronics and synth in wonderfully odd ways, here with two guest performers presenting works composed and mixed by Elliot Britton.
 
Squidco Pick
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Cornford, Stephen / Ben Gwilliam: On Taking Things Apart
(Winds Measure)

Sound and visual artists Stephen Cornford and Ben Gwilliam recorded their installation at Q-02 in Brussels, where they took apart a Grundik TK5 tape machine and repurposed the components to create these innovative and diverse recordings of stunning textures and interactions.
   
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Foussat, Jean-Marc : L'oiseau
(Fou Records)

An amazing album of electronic experimentation from multi-instrumentalist Jean-Marc Foussat, dedicating the album to later painter and son Victor Foussat, through two extended and far-ranging works that blends concrete sounds with intense playing and sonic environments.
 
Squidco Pick
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Foussat, Jean-Marc : L'oiseau [VINYL]
(Fou Records)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
 
Squidco Pick
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Gomberg, Billy / Anne Guthrie / Richard Kamerman / Takahiro Kawaguchi : [4X4 Poster/Print w/ Download Link]
(Winds Measure)

Of interest to lowercase/Wandelweiser fans, the quartet of Billy Gomberg, Anne Guthrie, Richard Kamerman and Takahiro Kawaguchi use synthesizer, french horn, found objects, field recordings, & frequency generators, to create evolving sound environments of unique sound and timbre.
   
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Haino, Keiji : 1973 Live - Milky Way [REISSUE VINYL]
(Black Truffle)

Recorded in a live performance in Kyoto in 1973, five years before Fushitsusha, Keiji Haino uses primitive electronics, homemade acoustic instruments, piano and voice to create a 48 minute, slowly evolving cosmic (or kosmische) wash of sound culminating in a vocal catharsis.
   
     Buy      $26.95      Listen          

 
Haino, Keiji / Jozef Dumoulin / Teun Verbruggen: The Miracles Of Only One Thing
(Sub Rosa)

While on a 2-week tour of Japan, Belgium sound artists Teun Verbruggen on drums & electronics and Jozef Dumoulin on Fender Rhodes, joined forces with Keiji Haino on guitar, vocals, flute & gongs, capturing these darkly intense and powerful tracks in the studio and live at SDLX.
   
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Haino, Keiji / Jozef Dumoulin / Teun Verbruggen: The Miracles Of Only One Thing [VINYL]
(Sub Rosa)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
   
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Owen, Ben : Birds And Water, 2&3 (For Cassette) [CASSETTE]
(Winds Measure)

Brooklyn-based Ben Owen recorded this work in 2010 at the Experimental Television Center in Owego, NY, presenting the original work "Birds And Water" and two edits, which are mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi.
   
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Suzuki, Akio / Lawrence English: Boombana Echoes Fan [CD + PRINTS]
(Winds Measure)

Experimental sound performer Lawrence English on drums, electronics and field recordings joins forces with Akio Suzuki on the amazing analapos instrument (see video) for three tracks of unusual and alien sound, punctuated with strange references and percussive devices.
 
Squidco Pick
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Zuydervelt, Rutger : Astroneer (Original Game Soundtrack)
(Machinefabriek)

Rutger Zuydervelt AKA Machinefabriek's first game soundtrack is for System Era's Astroneer game, a sci-fi exploration and adventure game, in discrete tracks presenting the themes and melodies that are played continuously in reaction to the action of the player in the game.
   
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   Compositional

Farmer, Patrick : Wild Horses Think Of Nothing Else The Sea - Tape Readings [2 CASSETTES + TEXT]
(Winds Measure)

During 2012 Patrick Farmer walked half of the Welsh Coast, writing a series of observations, which on this release are read in environmental settings by Antoine Beuger, Jeph Jerman, Bruno Guastalla, Sally Ann McIntyre, Holly Pester, Daniela Cascella, & Michael Pisaro.
   
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Girard-Charest, Emilie: Emilie Prefere Le Chant
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

Emilie Girard-Charest is a Montreal cellist, composer and improviser, here presenting 5 works, one of her own and 4 from Fredrik Gran, Sergio Castrillon, Maxime Corbeil-Perron and Joane Hétu, using extreme techniques and electroacoustic accompaniment in both joyful and terrifying ways.
   
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Joker (Joane Hétu): Ou Est-il Donc Ce Reve?
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

Joker brings together 12 vocalists, many core members of the Ambiances Magnetiques/Musique Actuelle collective including Joane Hétu, Jean Derome, Diane Labrosse, Michel F Cote, Lori Freedman, &c, performing unusual works of voice and narration composed by Joane Hétu.
   
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Korn, Christoph : Ich Spreche Diesen Text
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Two conceptual compositions from Christoph Korn: the first, "Ich Spreche Diesen" (I appeal to this) where spoken word is placed in a loop and then slowly erased by custom software using aleatory procedures; then "Stille" (Silent), a Cage inspired work.
   
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Pisaro, Michael (w/ Didier Aschour / Stephane Garin): Resting in a Fold of the Fog
(Potlatch)

Two rich sound works: "Grounded Cloud" which gathers fragments of noise and tone into a continuous fabric; and "Hearing Metal (4)", an investigation into metallic resonance, performed by Pisaro with Dedalus members Stephane Garin (percussion) and Didier Aschour (guitar).
 
Squidco Pick
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Quartetski: Quartetski Does Bartok - Mikrokosmos, Sz 107
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

Composed between 1926 and 1939, "Mikrokosmos" was Bela Bartok's attempt to solve certain technical problems in the art of piano playing, here adapted by the 5-piece Quartetski into a fascinating series of progressive exercises and etudes, oddly enough presented without a piano.
   
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Quatuor Bozzini: Christopher Butterfield: Trip
(Collection QB)

Montreal's Quatuor Bozzini string quartet worked with composer Christopher Butterfield, who wrote two of these pieces ("Trip" and "Fall") specifically for QB, alongside three other works from 20 years of composing that use unusual instructions and scores for the performers.
   
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   Books & Magazines

Wire, The: #396 February 2017 [MAGAZINE]
(The Wire)

On the cover: Run The Jewels, hiphop's 24 carat duo of El-P and Killer Mike; interview with Russian composer and Tarkovsky collaborator Edward Artemiev; Lisbon's new jazz vanguard; plus Dubplates & Mastering's Rashad Becker Invisible Jukebox; views, news, and reviews.
   
     Buy      $9.95          

 
Wright, Jack : The Free Musics [BOOK]
(Spring Garden Music)

Free improvising sax legend Jack Wright's book explores the origins of free music in New York in the 60s, tracing it across North America through the 70s to modern times, then taking the movement across the ocean to explore the networks and relationships of free player.
   
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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 see the newest additions to our catalog in our Just In Stock Section.

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• You can see Recently Restocked items on this page.

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Michel Banabila :
Sound Years [VINYL]
(Tapu Record)
Christine Bopp / Jean-Luc Petit:
L'eorce Et La Salive
(Fou Records)
Anthony Braxton :
3 Compositions Of New Jazz
(Delmark)

Augustin Brousseloux / Jean-Marc Foussat / Quentin Rollet :
Qui A Vu Ce Mystere...
(Improvising Beings)
Bucher / Tan / Countryman:
Acceptance - Resistance
(Improvising Beings)
John Cage :
Cartridge Music
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Maria Capurso Luisa / Jean-Marc Foussat:
En Respirant
(Fou Records)
Cecile & Jean-Luc Cappozzo:
Soul Eyes
(Fou Records)
Eugene Chadbourne :
Boogie With The Hook
(Leo)

Marilyn Crispell Trio :
Live in Zurich
(Leo)
Departement d'Éducation Psychique:
Untitled [VINYL]
(Fou Records)
Violeta Ferrer / Raymond Boni:
Poemas De Federico García Lorca Y Poemas Populares Espanoles
(Fou Records)

Jean-Marc Foussat / Jean-Luc Petit ‎:
... D'Ou Vient La Lumiere !
(Fou Records)
Jean-Marc Foussat / Ramon Lopez:
Ca Barbare, La!
(Fou Records)
Jean-Marc Foussat / Simon Henocq :
Nopal
(Fou Records)

Jean-Marc Foussat / Sylvain Guerineau / Joe McPhee:
Quod
(Fou Records)
Frank Gratkowski / Sebi Tramontana:
Live At Spanski Borci
(Leo)
Will Guthrie:
People Pleaser [VINYL]
(Black Truffle)

Maki Hachiya / Yuta Yokoyama / Shota Koyama / Hugues Vincent :
Four Pillars Of Destiny
(Improvising Beings)
Mark Hannesson:
Angels
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Eva-Maria Houben :
Livres D'heures - Books Of Hours
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

I Am Three (Eberhard / Neuser / Marien):
Mingus Mingus Mingus
(Leo)
Irene Kepl:
SololoS
(Fou Records)
Didier Lasserre / Raymond Boni :
Soft Eyes
(Improvising Beings)

Joelle Leandre:
No Comment
(Fou Records)
Liederkreis (Judith Berkson):
Liederkreis
(B. Walter Recordings)
MarsaFouty (Jean-Luc Foussat / Fred Marty):
Concerts
(Fou Records)

Marteau Rouge ‎ (Pauvros / Sato / Foussat):
... Un Jour Se Leve [VINYL]
(Fou Records)
Luke Martin:
So Softly That It Came, A Wild Dim Chatter, Meaningless
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Simon Nabatov:
Monk 'N' More
(Leo)

Luigi Nono / Jurg Frey:
Works For Violin Duos
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Ivo Perelman / Karl Berger / Gerald Cleaver:
The Art Of The Impov Trio Volume 1
(Leo)
Ivo Perelman / Mat Maneri / Whit Dickey:
The Art Of The Impov Trio Volume 2
(Leo)

Ivo Perelman / William Parker / Gerald Cleaver:
The Art Of The Impov Trio Volume 4
(Leo)
Rotozaza (Hein / Mahall / Melbye / Lillinger):
Zero
(Leo)
Christoph Schiller :
Spinet, 2016
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Trio Kimmig (Studer / Zimmerline / John Butcher):
Raw
(Leo)
Jack Wright / Roughhousing:
You Haven't Heard This Yet
(Spring Garden Music)



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