.: Dada Mail

:: Squidco archives ::

SQUIDCO Email Update + Hat Hut Ezz-thetics Sale, October 15, 2021

     Squidco & The Squid's Ear
 
UPDATE
October 15, 2021

"Making the simple complicated is commonplace;
Making the complicated simple,
Awesomely simple,
That's creativity."
—Charles Mingus

 

Squidco Autumn Hat Sale

This weekend Hat Hut Records has authorized us to reduce the price of 17 albums in their 1100 series of ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd releases to $9.95, a $8 savings on each, and two double CDs at $9.95, a $10 savings — these are the lowest price at which we've ever listed these albums!

That's 17 albums at an exceptional price, giving our customers a chance to fill in their collection of these important and extraordinary albums of modern creative improvisation. But hurry, this sale ends Thursday, October 21st!


Click Here to shop the Autumn Hat Sale


In 2019 Switzerland's Hat Hut label initiated their latest line, ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd, releasing new albums of improvisation and contemporary compositional music, and mixtures of the same.

Albums on sale include those from Albert Ayler, Marion Brown, John Coltrane, Jimmy Giuffre, New York Contemporary Five, Charlie Parker, Archie Shepp, Sun Ra Arkestra, and Cecil Taylor.

In-stock items only. Sold out items will disappear from store. Orders must be placed through our shopping cart. Price shown is discounted price. Sale ends Thursday, October 21, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST. While quantities last. Discounted items will not receive Squidco Reward Points.






   Essential Artists

• Rodrigo Amado / This Is Our Language Quartet
• As If 3 (Bommel/Weide/Janssen)
• Graham Dunning/Edward Lucas
• ISM
• Eunhye Jeong
• Mofaya! (Dikeman/Branch/Stewart/Skoric)
• New Rumours And Other Noises
   (Rave/Chentaroli/van der Weide)
• An Orchestra of PEKs
• The Pitch (Baltschun/Nutters/Joh/Thieke)
• Lee Ranaldo/Jim Jarmusch/Marc Urselli/Balazs Pandi
• The Remote Viewers
• Marcus Schmickler
• SuperKlang (Aurier/Lemetre)
• Takatsuki Trio Quartet
   w/ Tobias Delius & Alex Dorner
• Keith Tippett/Matthew Bourne
• Umlaut Big Band
• Xavier Pamplona Septet
• Homei Yanagawa
Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Armageddon Nova
Casco Records
Discus
Editions Mego
ESP Disk
Evil Clown

     
Orbit577
Remote Viewers
Tripticks Tapes
Trost Records
Tsss Tapes
Umlaut Records
    





   Jazz & Improvisation

Amado, Rodrigo / This Is Our Language Quartet: Let The Free Be Men
(Trost Records)

Referencing Ornette Coleman in the group name, Portuguese tenor saxophonist engages three US free jazz players--legendary saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee, double bassist Kent Kessler and drummer Chris Corsano--for this 2017 concert at Jazzhouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, capturing four exemplary, at times explosive, and always tightly interactive collective improvisations.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
As If 3 (Bommel / Weide / Janssen): Klinkklaar
(Casco Records)

Bassist Raoul van der Weide formed this sophisticated Dutch piano trio with pianist Frank van Bommel and drummer Wim Janssen (the latter two part of Guus Janssen's trio) exploring instant composition in a variety of conceptual approaches, including richly lyrical music, darkly mysterious environments, and spirited and inventive interplay; an accomplished and encompassing album.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Dunning, Graham / Edward Lucas: End Of A Cable [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)

A series of unusual improvisations between London free improvising trombonist Edward Lucas (Hyperion Ensemble, London Experimental Ensemble) and experimental sound artist, turntablist & percussionist Graham Dunning, merging acoustic sources with controlled feedback, objects and field recordings, pressed to dubplate to create these engagingly strange and concise dialogs.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 
ISM: Japanese Flower [VINYL]
(Umlaut Records)

The ISM trio brings together Berlin, UK and Paris improvisers Antonin Gerbal (drums), Pat Thomas (piano) and Joel Grip (double bass) for their second album since 2015, recording live at Tokyo's Knuttel House in 2018 for two extended improvisations, collective pieces that unfold from lyrical beginning into tightly packed exchanges of exhilarating blooms.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Jeong, Eunhye: Nolda
(ESP Disk)

The title referring to the Korean word for "play" in a sense of transcending physical reality without abandoning it, pianist Eunhye Jeong, aka Chi-Da, presents a playful and free-flowing enjoyment in nine original compositions, revealing discerning experience and a nimble approach to her instrument as she explores a diverse range of moods through impressive technical skill.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Mofaya! (John Dikeman / Jaimie Branch / Luke Stewart / Aleksandar Skoric): Like One Long Dream
(Trost Records)

A fiery record of collective free improvisation from the Mofaya! Quartet of American saxophonist based in The Netherlands John Dikeman, Chicago trumpeter Jaimie Branch, US East Coast bassist Luke Stewart and Slovenian drummer Aleksandar Skoric, recording live at Roze Tanker in Amsterdam for three exhilarating improvisations that embody US & European Free Jazz forms.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
New Rumours And Other Noises (Ada Rave / Nicolas Chentaroli / Raoul van der Weide): The Moonlight Nightcall
(Casco Records)

The debut of the Amsterdam-based trio of Argentinian pianist Nicolas Chientaroli and saxophonist & clarinetist Ada Rave with Dutch bassist Raoul van der Weide, all three using preparations, objects and voice to extend their unique approach to instant composition, heard in eight succinct, animated and sometimes eccentric dialogs recorded at BIMHuis.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
PEK Solo, An Orchestra of PEKs: Prisms
(Evil Clown)

The first "Orchestra of PEKS" album to feature Tim Kaiser's recent electro-acoustic instrument, this multi-track solo recording also introduces multi-wind / multi-instrumentalist David Peck's new West African Kora, in a wild electroacoustic set performed on a dizzying array of reeds, winds, strings, electronics, metallic percussion, wood percussion, sirens and thunder tube.
   
     Buy      $11.95      Listen          

 
Pitch, The (Baltschun / Nutters / Joh / Thieke): KM28 [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)

The Pitch is the Berlin quartet of Boris Baltschun on JI organ &, sines, Koen Nutters on upright bass, Morten Joh on JI electric vibes & cassette tape delay and Michael Thieke on clarinet, performing at Karl-Marx-Strasse 28 as they break off into solos, duos and trios to create spaciously reflective electroacoustic music of indirect melodic warmth and development; gorgeous.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 
Ranaldo, Lee / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balazs Pandi: Churning of the Ocean
(Trost Records)

Dark, often unsettling and rich in detail and innuendo, bassist Marc Urselli brings together this quartet with Lee Ranaldo on guitar, pedals & bells, Jim Jarmusch on guitars, pedals & synth, and Balazs Pandi on drums for their second album of sublimely tension-filled improvisation, patiently building to stealthy momentum and retreating back into night.
   
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Remote Viewers, The : The Remote Code [3 CDs]
(Remote Viewers)

Three CDs of three concerts at London's Iklecktik Club, presenting primarily compositions by David Petts plus collective improvisations, from Adrian Northover, David Petts, Caroline Kraabel and Sue Lynch on saxophones, John Edwards on bass and Rosa Theodora on piano, with Northover, Edwards & Petts adding percussion and electronics to their cryptically rich music.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $21.95      Listen          

 
SuperKlang (Aurier / Lemetre): SuperKlang
(Umlaut Records)

An effusive album of violin and percussion, fueled by the Iranian zarb drum and augmented with an eclectic mix of frame drums, nyckelharp and Tibetan bowls, from the French duo of violinist Frederic Aurier and percussionist Sylvain Lemetre, both trained classical musicians drawn to jazz forms, their duo an eclectically enjoyable blend of experimental and danceable, joyful music.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Takatsuki Trio Quartet w/ Tobias Delius / Alex Dorner: Berliner Quartette
(Orbit577)

The Berlin-based collective Takatsuki Trio of Rieko Okuda on piano, Antti Virtaranta on double bass and Joshua Weitzel on guitar & Shamisen are expanded to a Quartett in two extended live sets at Berlins' Kuhlspot Social Club in 2020, first in an expansive set with trumpeter Axel Dorner, and then an intensely active set with tenor saxophonist & clarinetist Tobias Delius.
   
     Buy      $13.99      Listen          

 
Tippett, Keith / Matthew Bourne: Aeolian [2 CDs]
(Discus)

Two generations of remarkable pianists--Keith Tippets and Matthew Bourne--performed a series of two-piano concerts between 2017 and 2019, also recording in the studio, as heard in this 2-CD release, the first a set of consequential piano duos recorded at Leeds Conservatoire in 2019, the 2nd disc a live performance at Daylight Music at Union Chapel, London, Tippetts' final public performance.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Umlaut Big Band: Mary's Ideas [2 CDs]
(Umlaut Records)

Rare and newly discovered works from jazz composer and pianist Mary Lou Williams performed by the Umlaut Big Band in their series of portraits of forgotten jazz artist, here taking a broad look at the prodigious career of this essential and gifted pianist, composer & arranger, whose influence on swing and early be-bop deserves this fitting and inclusive overview.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Xavier Pamplona Septet: Play The
(Casco Records)

Initiating his Netherlands-based ensemble in 2016, contrabassist Raoul van der Weide assembles younger musicians, alongside Michael Moore for one piece, orchestrated up to a septet performing a dizzying and joyfully fun array of original compositions including pieces from ICP composers Bert Koppelaar, Guus Janssen and Tristan Honsinger, and a piece from Fred Katz.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Yanagawa, Homei: Homura
(Armageddon Nova)

Two extended pieces of solo free improvisation from Japanese alto saxophonist Homei Yanagawa, aka Yoshinori Yanagawa, who regularly performs solo, releasing this album 30 years after his first solo album in 1991, Ground and Figure, here recording in the studio for confidently active and diverse approaches to solo expression; engaging and absorbing work.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 




   Experimental/Electronic

Schmickler, Marcus: Sky Dice / Mapping the Studio [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Editions Mego)

Two major works designed for multi-channel sound projections from electronic composer Marcus Schmickler: "Sky Dice / Mapping the Studio", a work for ARP 2500, Publison DHM89B, Publison Infernal Machine and Computer, premiered at Donaueschinger Tage fur Neue Musik in 2018; "Fortuna Ribbon" a 6-part work based on spatial hearing and auditory otoacoustic distortions.
   
     Buy      $26.95      Listen          

 
 

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


 Recent Reviews on The Squid's Ear


Vasco Trilla / Liba Villaecchia: Asebeia (FMR)
Vasco Trilla / Liba Villaecchia: Asebeia (FMR)

Koen Nutters: Intervals, time and space between (Meenna)
Koen Nutters: Intervals, time and space between (Meenna)

Magda Mayas' Filamental (w / Davies / Caddy / Theriot / Davies / Parkins / Thieke / Abdelnour): Confluence (Relative Pitch)
Magda Mayas' Filamental (w / Davies / Caddy / Theriot / Davies / Parkins / Thieke / Abdelnour): Confluence (Relative Pitch)

Expanse meets the JMDE Quartet: Scope (Evil Clown)
Expanse meets the JMDE Quartet: Scope (Evil Clown)


 




 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.


 


Archer / Keeffe / Pyne:
Hi Res Heart
(Discus)

Blue Lines Sextet (Rave / Maris / Wierbos / Scheen / van der Weide / Hadow):
Live At The BIMhuis
(Casco Records)

Blue Lines Trio (Scheen / van der Weide / Hadow):
Blue Lines Trio
(Casco Records)


Andrea Borghi / Giacomo Salis / Paolo Sanna:
MOT [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)

Federico Calcagno / Stefano Grosso / Filippo Rinaldo:
Piranha
(Habitable Records)

Axel Dorner:
Untitled [3''CD]
(Euphorium)


Expanse:
Vacuum Energy
(Evil Clown)

Friedrichsschwerdt:
Gay - Wir Saunawirt
(Euphorium)

Anne-F Jacques / Takamitsu Ohta:
Oto to Secchi [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)


Charlotte Keeffe :
Right Here, Right Now
(Discus)

Urs Leimgruber:
Untitled [3'' CD]
(Euphorium)

Lillischwerdt:
Small Pauer [3'' CD]
(Euphorium)


Rie Nakajima:
Fusuma [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)

New Old Luten Trio:
Short Night [3'' CD]
(Euphorium)

PEK Solo:
Decision Boundary
(Evil Clown)


PEK Solo:
Requiem for Raymond
(Evil Clown)

PEK Solo / A Quartet of PEKS:
Fixed Intentions for the Saxophone Family
(Evil Clown)

PEK Solo / A Quartet Of PEKS:
Strange Beauty Out of Chaos
(Evil Clown)


PEK Solo / An Orchestra of PEKs:
Electrolysis
(Evil Clown)

PEK Solo / An Orchestra of PEKs:
Stretching the Fabric of Space
(Evil Clown)

Ivo Perelman (Duos w/ Dave Burrell / Marilyn Crispell / Aruan Ortiz / Aaron Parks / Sylvie Courvoisie / Agusti Fernandez / Craig Taborn / Angelica Sanchez / Vijay Iyer):
Brass And Ivory Tales [9-CD BOX SET]
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))


Alex Reviriego:
Raben [CASSETTE W/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)

Javier Subatin:
Mountains
(Habitable Records)

You Sung Jin / Vincent Laju:
Kairos
(Creative Sources)


Various Artists:
CICP Collaborative Recordings vol. 1
(Habitable Records)

Alex Ward:
Gated
(Discus)


Squidco, 332 Shipyard Blvd., Wilmington, NC 28412

Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2003. In 2010 we moved to Wilmington, NC, giving regional and visiting customers access to our catalog of more than 7,000 items, which includes hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items not listed on our website. We're open for you to visit by appointment during weekday afternoons, so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region please email us to set up a time to stop by and say hello, we'd love to play some music for you!

Find Squidco on Facebook at
facebook.com/squidcosales.

If you Twitter you can follow Squidco's new releases and reviews on the 'Ear at
twitter.com/squidco.

Squidco Blog
Want more insight into Squidco? Read the Squidco Blog!





<< SQUIDCO Email Update, October 21, 2021

| Archive Index |

SQUIDCO Email Update + Evil Clown Sale, October 8, 2021 >>

(archive rss)

Search this list's archives:

Squidco and The Squid's Ear Mailing List

Subscribe to Squidco:

Subscribe | Unsubscribe

Powered by Dada Mail 2.8.15
Copyright © 1999-2004, Simoni Creative.