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UPDATE
October 28, 2022
"Thinking is something that you do after the event,
You analyze it.
Consciousness is something that exists
Before, during and after."
—Keiji Haino
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Creative Artists
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• Action & Tension & Space
• Ahanes (Kokkoli/Arapis/Aleklint/Zethson/Zetterberg/Agnas)
• Frank Carlberg Trio (w/ John Hebert/Francisco Mela)
• Dave Douglas Quintet (w/ Irabagon/Mitchell/Oh/Royston)
• Violeta Garcia
• Gush Wachs (Gustafsson/Sandell/Strid/Wachsmann)
• Keiji Haino/Jim O'Rourke/Oren Ambarchi
• Keiji Haino + Sumac
• Eiko Ishibashi
• Leo Kupper
• Mototeru Takagi Quartet
• Musicworks
• Lucas Niggli/Matthias Loibner
• Tim Olive
• Tim Olive/Kayu Nakada
• Margaux Oswald
• Eve Risser/Red Desert Orchestra
• Gunter Sommer Baby/Raymond MacDonald
• Sun Ra
• Phillip Wachsmann
• Clemens Ydivide Kuratle
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
845 Audio
Bead
Black Truffle
Clean Feed
Greenleaf Music
Intakt
Modern Harmonic
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Musicworks
NoBusiness
Relative Pitch
Rune Grammofon
Sub Rosa
Thrill Jockey
Verz Imprint
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This weekend, from Friday October 28th through Sunday, October 30th,
all used CDs in our catalog are on sale at 20% off their listed price! Most items in our used collection
are lightly used copies that we used to catalog the new albums listed on our site, and unless otherwise noted,
are in near mint condition. So have a good look through our used CD category, where you'll find some great
albums selling at 20% below our cost!
View Our List of Used CDs
20% Discounts end Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 23:59 EST (GMT-4).
Prices shown are discounted price. While quantities last, sold out items will disappear from the store.
Customers must place orders using our shopping cart to receive discounted prices.
Sale items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Action & Tension & Space: Tellus
(Rune Grammofon)
With one foot in fusion-oriented improv and the other in psychedelic/prog rock, the 4th album from the Norwegian quartet of Per Steinar Lie on lapsteel & electric guitar, Oystein Braut on guitar, organ & Mellotron, Julius Lind on double bass and Orjan Haaland on drums are joined by keyboard wiz Sigbjorn Apeland and percussionist Stale Liavik Solberg.
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Ahanes (Kokkoli / Arapis / Aleklint / Zethson / Zetterberg / Agnas): Petrichor
(Clean Feed)
Stockholm pianist Alexander Zethson invited Greek saxophonist Nicky Kokkoli and guitarist Giannis Arapis to take part in his 13-piece Thanatosis festival ensemble VÖ; they then asked drummer Nils Agnas, bassist Torbjörn Zetterberg and trombonist Mats Äleklint to join them for this sublimely flowing sextet studio session, which includes works by Mingus and Coltrane.
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Carlberg, Frank Trio (w/ John Hebert / Francisco Mela): Reflections 1952
(577 Records)
Reflecting on the 1952 Van Gelder studio sessions of The Thelonious Monk Trio with bassist Gary Mapp and drummers Art Blakey or Max Roach, 2021 pianist Frank Carlberg and drummer Francisco Mela revisited those recordings with bassist John Hebert in new compositions absorbing and quoting those icon works, and on two tracks, improvising conversations with the one and only Monk.
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Douglas, Dave Quintet (w/ Irabagon / Mitchell / Oh / Royston): Songs of Ascent: Book 1 - Degrees
(Greenleaf Music)
Formed in 2011, NY trumpeter Dave Douglas' Quintet with saxophonist Jon Irabagon, pianist Matt Mitchell, bassist Linda May Han Oh, and drummer Rudy Royston releases it's fourth studio album, presenting compositions reflecting on 8 biblical psalms, each a sophisticated structure allowing the players great opportunity for interaction and inspired soloing.
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Garcia, Violeta : FOBIA
(Relative Pitch)
The second colo album from Argentinian cellist, composer and improviser Violeta Garcia, exploring the amplified, prepared, expanded and extended violoncello through 15 succinct solo expositions in an album that she describes as a "very hyper-sensitive monster", using unconventional, extended and sometimes terrifying technique amidst powerful creative expression.
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Gush Wachs (Gustafsson / Sandell / Strid / Wachsmann): Gush Wachs
(Bead)
A masterful example of electroacoustic improvisation from the Gush trio of Mats Gustafsson on saxophones, fluteophone and french flageolett, Raymond Strid on amplified instruments & objects and Sten Sandell on piano, harmonium & synth, joined by violinist, violist and electronic artist Philipp Wachsmann as they create elaborately engrossing and astonishing exchanges.
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Mototeru Takagi Quartet: Live At Little John, Yokohama 1999 [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Three reed & wind players and a drummer from Japanese saxophonist Mototeru Takagi's collective free improvising quartet with fellow saxophonist Susumu Kongo, Nao Takeuchi on tenor sax plus flute & bass clarinet, and drummer Shota Koyama, recorded live in 1999 at Little John in Yokohama, Japan for three well-paced conversations of weaving winds and rhythmic intervention.
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Niggli, Lucas / Matthias Loibner: Still Storm
(Intakt)
A series of sixteen succinctly expansive, dramatic and moody collective improvisations, evocative music of rich melodic and rhythmic foundation that coax inspired tempests from misty lands and seas, from the intersection of Austrian Hurdy Gurdy master Matthias Loibner and Zurich-based West Kamerun drummer Lucas Niggli; absolutely impressive and beguiling.
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Oswald, Margaux: Dysphotic Zone
(Clean Feed)
Assertively dynamic solo piano improvisations captured live at the 2021 Monopiano Festival, in Fylkingen, Stockholm from French-Filipina pianist Margaux Oswald, generating huge block chords over which she runs intricate and complex lines of clear and cohesive expression, pausing for delicate moments of space and introspection; wonderfully exuberan and well balanced.
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Risser, Eve / Red Desert Orchestra: Eurythmia
(Clean Feed)
The rhythmically rich Red Desert Orchestra assembled by pianist and composer Eve Risser is an ensemble made up of nine European musicians joined by African musicians and configured in several distinct ensembles, here as Eurythmia, collaborating with three Burkinabe musicians living in France for irresistible music at the intersection of jazz, West African and dance music.
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Sommer, Gunter Baby / Raymond MacDonald: Sounds, Songs & Other Noises
(Clean Feed)
Following their 2007 Clean Feed release Delphinius and Lyra the duo of Gunter Baby Sommer and Raymond MacDonald reach deeper into their collective creative conversation for sixteen succinct improvisations--confident, boisterous or introspective--including a 5-part series of "Miniatures"performed on alto & soprano saxophones and an eclectic set of percussive devices.
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Sun Ra: Ra To The Rescue [TRANSLUCENT GREEN VINYL]
(Modern Harmonic)
A well-balanced early 80s album in it's first reissue from Sun Ra with a 16-piece Arkestra, recording at Squat Theater in New York City, 1982 for a mix of Ra original numbers and songs including "Children of the Sun" and "Cosmo-Party Blues", plus a wild Sun Ra solo synthesizer improv, blues and traditional jazz numbers, and a layered percussion jam.
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Wachsmann, Phillip: Chathuna
(Bead)
Recordings from a unique concert at the Synagogue in Oerlinghausen, Germany in 1996 between long-term collaborators Philipp Wachsmann and artist Sarah Brigitte Eckel, Wachsmann improvising in the resonance of the synagogue on violin, viola, electronics & tape in response to Eckel's exhibition extemporizing five canvas painting and a floor installation.
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Ydivide, Clemens Kuratle: Lumumba
(Intakt)
Ydivide is Swiss drummer Clemens Kuratle's multi-national quintet with Dee Byrne on alto saxophone, Elliot Galvin on piano & electronics, Chris Guilfoyle on guitar and Lukas Traxel on bass, a dynamic young band performing Kuratle's structured compositions allowing for energetic and enthusiastic soloing amidst collective group work and lyrically introspective moments.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Haino, Keiji / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi : Caught in the dilemma of being made to choose" This makes the modesty which should never been closed off itself Continue to ask itself: "Ready or not? [VINYL 2 LPS]
(Black Truffle)
The 11th release from the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi, in two extraordinary works spread across a double LP gatefold release; first a collaborative long distance project commissioned by Issue Project Room during the pandemic; then a live performance at Tokyo's SuperDeluxe in three extended improvisations with Haino on both drums and guitar.
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Ishibashi, Eiko: For McCoy [VINYL]
(Black Truffle)
Using musique concrète techniques, ECM-inspired jazz, rich layers of synths and hints of pop into immersive and affecting structures, composer Eiko Ishibashi, along with collaborators including Jim O'Rourke on guitar & acoustic bass, create a musical portrayal in two parts with a coda of the character Jack McCoy, portrayed by Sam Waterston in the TV show Law & Order.
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Kupper, Leo: Complete Electronic & Voices Works 1961-1987 [3 CDs]
(Sub Rosa)
The complete electronic & voice works of Leo Kupper, one of the pioneers of Belgian early electronics, in a 3-CD set with a 20-age booklet collecting recordings from 1961-1987 that use his self-developed GAME machine (Automatic Generator of Electronic Music), generating complex electronic sounds from microphones and loudspeakers, interacting with live performers.
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Olive, Tim / Kayu Nakada: Kanpu
(845 Audio)
The 2nd album from the duo of Japanese circuit bender Kayu Nakada, using circuit boards from electronic instruments short circuited for new effects, and Japan-based Canadian electronic instrument maker Tim Olive (845 Audio) on shortwave radio, magnetic pickups & undokai, recorded together in Kobe, Japan and then edited and composed into these two intriguing works.
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Olive, Tim: Okay Grand Dependable [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Verz Imprint)
A mysterious set of four works using magnetic pickups to create a diverse set of soundscapes, from ringing tones to cantankerous scratchy earthquake zones, with radio captures alone or on top of those environments adding a sense of mystery to each piece, sometimes providing enigmatic voices, sometimes static, sometimes strange signal and carrier waves; fascinating.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Haino, Keiji + Sumac: Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood to Pour Let Us Never
(Thrill Jockey)
The third release from the collaboration between the American avant-metal rock trio Sumac of guitarist Aaron Turner, drummer Nick Yacyshyn and bassist Brian Cook with Japanese legendary guitarist and vocalist Keiji Haino, for six rugged free rock improvisations captured live at the Astoria Hotel in Vancouver BC during Haino's 2019 tour of North America.
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Haino, Keiji + Sumac: Into This Juvenile Apocalypse Our Golden Blood to Pour Let Us Never [2LPs CLEAR COLOR VINYL + DOWNLOAD]
(Thrill Jockey)
Vinly + Download edition of the CD listed above.
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Books & Magazines
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Musicworks: #143 Fall 2022 [MAGAZINE + CD]
(Musicworks)
Fall 2022 issue of Canada's most fascinating and diverse music magazine; Montreal Violinist And Composer Jessica Moss; Musical Repatriation and Reconciliation with Canada's Indigenous Peoples; sound artist Tona Walt Ohama; Interdisciplinary Artist Chloe Alexandra Thompson; electronic artist Mariana Vieira; Jordan Dykstra; Sabarah Pilon; The London Contemporary Music Festival, &c. &c.
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The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.
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Recent Reviews on The Squid's Ear
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Sun Ra Arkestra:
Nothing is ... Completed & Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Howard Riley / Keith Tippett:
Journal Four
(NoBusiness)
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Greta Monach:
Fonerga
(Edition Wandelweiser)
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Das Rad:
Laik Tors
(Discus Music)
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Anastassis Philippakopoulos and Jurg Frey:
Wind and Light
(Elsewhere Music)
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Cooper-Moore & Stephen Gauci:
Conversations Vol. 2
(577 Records)
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Tony Oxley:
Unreleased (1974 to 2016)
(Discus Music)
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Akchote / Halvorson / Frisell:
Loving Highsmith
(Ayler Records)
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Stay Current With Squidco
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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.
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"a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"
-Don Van Vliet
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