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SQUIDCO Email Update, May 7, 2021

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UPDATE
May 7, 2021

"My roots are in my record player."
—Evan Parker


   Creative Artists

• Anthony Braxton & Taylor Ho Bynum
• Jonas Cambien Trio (w/Roligheten/Wildhagen)
• Chrome Hill (Lerheim/Nymo/Lofthus/Arntzen)
• Cortex (Hoyer/Nilssen/Alberts/Johansson)
• Courvoisier/Rothenberg/Sartorius
• Andre Fernandes (w/Sambeat/Campos/Heliodoro/Pereira)
• Fraufraulein (Billy Gomberg/Anne Guthrie)
• Max Hamel
• Hearth (Silva/Rasmussen/Rave/Draksler)
• Lucio Miele
• Oker (Larsen/Myhr/Rasten/Gismervik)
• Aki Onda/Nao Nishihara
• Evan Parker Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
• Ivo Perelman/Nate Wooley
• Dominique Pifarely Quartet (w/Rayon/Chevillon/Merville)
• Peter Strieff
• String Theory
• Taku Sugimoto
• Youjin Sung/Simon Rose
Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Burning Ambulance Music
Clean Feed
Creative Sources
Edition Wandelweiser Records
Ftarri

     
Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Meenna
New Braxton House
Notice Recordings
Shhpuma
    





   Jazz & Improvisation

Braxton, Anthony & Taylor Ho Bynum: Duo (Amherst) 2010 [DVD]
(New Braxton House)

Newly Distributed in 2021: Limited edition DVD plus audio files of two extended sets bringing saxophonist Anthony Braxton and cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum together live at Bezanson Recital Hall in Amherst, MA in 2010, performing compositions by both artists.
 
Squidco Pick
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Cambien, Jonas Trio (w / Roligheten / Wildhagen): Nature Hath Painted The Body
(Clean Feed)

Cleverly complex yet melodically embraceable, the trio of Beligan pianist residing in Norway, Jonas Cambien's trio with Andre Rolighete on tenor and soprano saxophone and drummer Andreas Wildhagen perform eleven original Cambien compositions, a mix of astute, joyful and irrepressibly creative approaches to jazz and free improvisation.
 
Squidco Pick
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Chrome Hill (Lerheim / Nymo / Lofthus / Arntzen): This Is Chrome Hill [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)

Self-described as Scandinavian jazz rock noir, the Chrome Hill quartet of Asbjorn Lerheim on baritone guitar, Roger Arntzen on double bass, Torstein Lofthus on drums & vibraphone, and Atle Nymo on tenor saxophone, present a dramatic album of contrasts inspired by cinematic and musical moods, merging elements of folk, Delta blues and cowboy rock into their darkly cool sound.
 
Squidco Pick
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Cortex (Hoyer / Nilssen / Alberts / Johansson): Legal Tender [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)

Seriously joyful and consequential "avant-garde party music" from the Norwegian Cortex quartet of Ola Hoyer on double bass, Gard Nilssen on drums & percussion, Kristoffer Berre Alberts on saxophone, and Thomas Johansson on trumpet, in their 6th album of irresistible, upbeat free jazz.
 
Squidco Pick
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Courvoisier / Rothenberg / Sartorius: Lockdown
(Clean Feed)

Recording in the studio in Switzerland, the trio of Sylvie Courvoisier on piano, Ned Rothenberg on alto saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet & Shakuhachi, and Julian Sartorius on drums & percussion perform a mix of compositions, with 3 from Courvoisier and 1 by Rothenberg, and 4 collective improvisations; a unified and accomplished album of diverse approaches to free improv.
   
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Fernandes, Andre (w/ Sambeat / Campos / Heliodoro / Pereira): Kinetic [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)

Active Lisbon guitarist and producer André Fernandes formed the band Kinetic to perform the lyrically upbeat and sophisticated works of composers he admires--David Binney, Ohad Talmor, Akiko Pavolka, Sara Serpa, Perico Sambeat and Xan Campos--in a band that includes saxophonist Sambeat and pianist Campos, along with bassist Frederico Heliodoro and drummer João Pereira.
   
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Hearth (Silva / Rasmussen / Rave / Draksler): Melt
(Clean Feed)

Meeting for the 1st time at the 2016 October Meeting in Holland, the quartet performance there of Susana Santos Silva on trumpet, Mette Rasmussen on alto sax, Ada Rave on tenor sax & clarinet and Kaja Draksler on piano, inspired the formation of Hearth to develop soundscapes focusing on moods and textures, as heard in these six rich, explorative collective improvisations.
   
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Oker (Larsen / Myhr / Rasten / Gismervik): Susurrus
(Shhpuma)

Existing between composition and free improvisation, this Norwegian quartet of Torstein Lavik Larsen on trumpet, Adrian Myhr on double bass, Fredrik Rasten on acoustic guitar, and Jan Martin Gismervik on drums & percussion are informed by minimal composed, folk and improvised musics, applying unusual technique and methodology to create beautiful textural and impressionistic sound.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Oker (Larsen / Myhr / Rasten / Gismervik): Susurrus [VINYL]
(Shhpuma)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
   
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Onda, Aki / Nao Nishihara: Kouya-e-to
(Ftarri)

NYC performer Aki Onda and Yokohama sound artist Nao Nishihara began collaborating in 2015 while Nishihara was residing in NY on an Asian Cultural Council grant, returning in 2016 for this live performance exploring the architecture and acoustics of ISSUE's 22 Boerum Place theater, installing handmade instruments and analog equipment within a visually arranged set-up.
   
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Parker, Evan Electro-Acoustic Ensemble: Warszawa 2019
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Formed in 1990 as a sextet to explore the possibilities of real-time signal processing in an improvising context, the 30 year history of saxophonist Evan Parker's Electro-Acoustic Ensemble and the first new album in 9 years explodes with this incredible 2019 live concert at Wojciech Krukowski Hall, in Warsaw, Poland as a 10-piece ensemble of masterful improvisers.
 
Squidco Pick
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Perelman, Ivo / Nate Wooley: Polarity
(Burning Ambulance Music)

Tight interaction in an incredible weaving of creative ideas and technical prowess from the duo of tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman and trumpeter Nate Wooley, the two New York-based improvisers recording in the studio in Brooklyn in 2020 for ten dialogs, a perfect distillation of their work together after four CDs in larger group efforts; captivating.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Pifarely, Dominique Quartet (w/ Rayon / Chevillon / Merville): Nocturnes
(Clean Feed)

Following his ECM album Trace Provisoire, violinist Dominique Pifarély's new album with his quartet of Antonin Rayon on piano, Bruno Chevillon on double bass and Francois Merville on drums, expands on the merging of compositional and improvisational form in this set of Pifarély compositions, alongside two co-written with Bruno Chevillon and two with Antonin Rayon.
   
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String Theory: Musique Placide
(Creative Sources)

The 8-piece String Theory ensemble directed by violist Ernesto Rodrigues performs a beautiful and subtle work inspired by a poem written by Rodrigues, "Une Ombre Du Bonheur", realized through viola, violin, cellos, viola de gamba, double bass, piano, zither and objects, a stunningly beautiful and deceptively tranquil work of exceptional detail and dexterous execution.
 
Squidco Pick
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Sung, Youjin / Simon Rose: Map of Dreams
(Creative Sources)

Interested in exploring open form improvisation and pairing Western and Korean musical instruments & tradition, baritone saxophonist Simon Rose met gayageum player Youjin Sung, a member of the AsianArt Ensemble playing contemporary music, at the Berlin club Sowieso in 2019 to record these eight exotic and informed dialogs of unique timbral voicing and authoritative skill.
   
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   Experimental/Electronic

Fraufraulein (Billy Gomberg / Anne Guthrie): Solum [CASSETTE]
(Notice Recordings)

Using a handful of improvisations from French horn, bass guitar, voice, electronics and objects collaged with field recordings made separately, Ann Guthrie and Billy Gomberg reflect on their enforced domesticity during the 2020 lockdowns, using the time to expand on the balance of electronics & objects in relation to acoustic instruments, creating detailed abstractions.
   
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Miele, Lucio: Kalpa
(Creative Sources)

A solo album from Italian percussionsit Lucio Miele, presenting six works of layered percussion with live electronics and, on three tracks, recitation from actor Simona Fredella, each piece sound-oriented with an incredibly diverse set of percussive variety, detailed atmospheric settings and diverse rhythmic foundation; a remarkable and sometimes hair-raising album.
 
Squidco Pick
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   Compositional

Hamel, Max: First Snow [CASSETTE]
(Notice Recordings)

A live solo recording made using the amplified and processed sounds of snow, hail, and wind, captured by sound artist Max Hamel using a piezoelectric disc taped to a metal plate stuck out his window during the first snow storm of 2019, processed in real time using resonant filters, delay lines, and chaotic processors, the whole edited for these two compositions.
   
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Strieff, Peter: Chronos-Kairos
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Exploring the difference between the two Greek concepts of time--chronos (measurable) and kairos (qualitative moments)--Bern composer Urs Peter Schneider's 1973 composition uses synthesizers to measure, divide, experience, forget, free from, and embody time; plus a 1968 composition with Ensemble Nueue Horizon Bern, and two recent works with Ensemble Montaigne.
   
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Sugimoto, Taku: Guitars
(Meenna)

Three concisely plain compositions for guitar, two solo and one trio, are played only with open strings or natural harmonics, where all the tunings are respectively irregular, written by Tokyo-based guitarist and composer Taku Sugimoto and performed and recorded in St. Petersburg, Russia by guitarists Andrey Popovsky, Denis Sorokin and Alexander Markvart.
   
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 Stay Current With Squidco

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.

• You can see the latest fully cataloged items in our store by using our New Releases section.

• You can see Recently Restocked items on this page.

• You can ask to have us email you when Upcoming Releases are in stock.


 


As 3 Velhas (Mortagua / Rodrigues / Andrade):
Springtime
(Creative Sources)

ugo Ball (Jaap Blonk / Bart van der Putten / Pieter Meurs / Damon Smith):
Six sound Poems 1989 & 2013 [2 CDs]
(Balance Point Acoustics / kontrans)

Jeremy Baysse:
In C
(Creative Sources)


Lucio Bonaldo:
Concrete Union
(Creative Sources)

Anthony Braxton :
12 Duets (DCWM) 2012 [12 CD Box Set]
(New Braxton House)

Anthony Braxton :
Trillium J [4 CDs + Blu Ray]
(New Braxton House)


Anthony Braxton :
Quintet (Tristano) 2014 [7 CDs]
(New Braxton House)

Anthony Braxton and the Tri-Centric Orchestra:
Trillium E
(New Braxton House)

Zhao Cong :
Rotating, Rotating
(Hitorri)


Drasler / Pascolo / Novello:
odboqpo
(Creative Sources)

Bruno Duplant:
Deux Songes (Les Jours Sont Faits Pour Expliquer Les Nuits)
(Meenna)

EC:
Oxid
(Nueni)


Tanja Feichtmair / Damon Smith / Gino Robair:
The Shrilling of Frogs
(Balance Point Acoustics)

Heather Frasch / Ryoko Akama:
Linking
(Ftarri / Meenna)

Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio:
Moon on the Lake
(Libra)


Guillermo Gregorio / Damon Smith / Jerome Bryerton:
Room of the the Present
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Haptic (Adam Sonderberg / Steven Hess / Joseph Clayton Mills):
Weird Undying Annihilation [CASSETTE]
(Notice Recordings)

Thomas Heberer / Joe Fonda / Joe Herenstein:
Remedy
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))


Stephen Horenstein / Eyal Netzer:
Speaking Through The Walls
(Creative Sources)

IKB:
Limosa Limosa
(Creative Sources)

Innanen / Pasborg / Piromalli:
This Is It
(Clean Feed)


Oier Iruretagoiena :
Kulakantu
(Nueni)

Isotope Ensemble:
Helium
(Creative Sources)

Per Johansen Oddvar / Seijiro Murayama:
Dented Time
(Ftarri)


Hirose Junji:
SSI-7
(Hitorri)

Charmaine Lee / Zach Rowden:
Butterfly Knife [CASSETTE]
(Notice Recordings)

Lucia Martinez / Agusti Fernandez / Barry Guy:
Bosque de niebla [2 CDs]
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))


Ulrich Mitzlaff :
Transparent - fluorescent sound fibres
(Creative Sources)

MOVE (feat. Sjostrom / Kaufmann / Pultz Melbye / Narvesen / Gordoa):
MOVE on MOERS
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Seijiro Murayama :
Mi-Tai
(Ftarri / Hitorri)


Koen Nutters:
Intervals, time and space between [2 CDs]
(Meenna)

Lance Olsen Austin / Barry Chabala:
A field of wildflowers for our lost souls
(Roeba)

Torsten Papenheim :
Hellerau
(Creative Sources)


Parrinha / Moimeme / Santos:
A Silent Play In The Shadow Of Power
(Creative Sources)

Alexis Perepelycia :
Esos Fantasmas
(Creative Sources)

Vito Pesce / Walter Forestiere:
Anthropolitan Chorale
(Creative Sources)


Ian Power:
Diligence
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Regler:
Regel #5 (Classical Music)
(Nueni)

The Selva + Machinefabriek (Jacinto / Almeida / Morao + Zuydervelt):
Barbatrama
(Shhpuma)


Senyawa (Rully Shabara / Wukir Suryadi):
Alkisah
(Burning Ambulance Music)

Space Quartet (Toral / Antunes / Morao / Torres):
Directions
(Clean Feed)

suzueri (Elico Suzuki):
Fata Morgana
(Ftarri / Hitorri)


Tongue Is An Eye, The (Sanchez / Moser):
Inscape
(Creative Sources)

Un Poco Loco (Fourneyron / Beliah / Gesser):
Ornithologie
(Umlaut Records)

Welcome To Silkeborg (Varela / Trinite):
Alba
(Creative Sources)


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