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UPDATE
January 6, 2023
"I don't care where it comes from or what you call it.
I listened to it and heard the music in the sound."
—Tod Dockstader
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Essential Artists
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• Chris Abrahams
• Derek Bailey/Charlie Morrow & Friends
• Thomas Bergsten
• Peter Brotzmann/Han Bennink
• Buechi/Hellmuller/Jerjen
• Coultrain
• Tod Dockstader
• Chad Fowler/William Parker/Anders Griffen
• Lori Freedman/Scott Thomson
• Sylvain Guerineau/Fred Marty
• Gudrun Gut/Nathan Wooley/Chris Corsano
• Franz Hautzinger/Mazen Kerbaj
• Keefe Jackson/Jim Baker/Julian Kirshner
• Hedvig Mollestad/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
• Old And New Dreams (Redman/Cherry/Haden/Blackwell)
• One Small Step (Janne Eraker/Vegar Vardal/Roger Arntzen)
• Bill Orcutt
• Josh Sinton's Predicate Quartet (Sinton/Finlayson/Hoffman/Rainey)
• Matt Weston
• Christian Wolff/String Noise
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Essential Labels
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7272music
Black Saint
Black Truffle
Clean Feed
Creative Sources
FiP recordings
Important Records
Intakt
JUBG
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Kettle Hole Records
Mahakala Music
Palilalia
Positive Elevations
Recital
Room40
Rune Grammofon
Shhpuma
Trost Records
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Top Sellers in Squidco's catalog added in 2022 and listed in alphabetic order. We consider this
our most important list for the year, as it speaks from the community
of our customers about what they are really interested in and listening to.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Bailey, Derek / Charlie Morrow & Friends: New York 1982 [VINYL]
(Recital)
Recorded in 1982 during a series of extraordinary free improv concerts by guitarist Derek Bailey and trumpeter Charlie Marrow, performing in configurations from solo to full septet with performers from NY's "New Wilderness" collective: percussionist Glen Velez, saxophonist & sound poet Steve McCaffery, trumpeter Carol E. Tuynman, saxophonist Patricia Burgess and trumpeter Michael Snow.
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Bergsten, Thomas: Ganjibiri
(Shhpuma)
Known for the psychedelic dance band Gunerius & Verdensveven or The Harvey Steel Show, Norwegian guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Thomas Bergsten assembles an ensemble that blurs the lines between long improvisation and psychedelic-spiritual jazz, from freak jams to ECM-like electric beauty, tinged with Captain Beefheart or Faust; difficult to describe, intensely creative.
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Brotzmann, Peter / Han Bennink: Schwarzwaldfahrt [CD + BOOK]
(Trost Records)
Expanding on their 1977 FMP album of open-air improvisations by Peter Brotzmann and Han Bennink, recording in the Black Forest of Baden-Wurttemberg using wind instruments & percussion, the ambiance of birds and planes, water, drums from logs, &c.; an idiosyncratic and wonderful album of free possibilities, now paired with a book of photos from their excursion.
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Buechi / Hellmuller / Jerjen: Moon Trail
(Intakt)
Swiss vocalist Sarah Buechi leads a new trio with Franz Hellmüller on guitar and Rafael Jerjen on bass, putting a uniquely expressive touch to a mix of original Buechi songs, standards including "I Thought About You" and "Moon River", and traditional song, the intimate and adept playing of Hellmüller and Jerjen enveloping the trio with a warm glow.
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Fowler, Chad / William Parker / Anders Griffen: Broken Unbroken
(Mahakala Music)
Led by New York wind and reed player Chad Fowler, who performs here on stritch, saxello & alto flute, this collective free jazz album brings together frequent collaborators, bassist William Parker (with whom Fowler plays in Dopolarians) and drummer & trumpeter Anders Griffen (heard on Thinking Unthinking and the Music of Frank Lowe) for two extended improvisations from contemplative to assertive.
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Freedman, Lori / Scott Thomson: Amber
(Clean Feed)
Collaborators in Montreal projects including Ensemble Supermusique and Ratchet Orchestra, bass clarinetist Lori Freedman (Queen Mab Trio) and trombonist Scott Thomson (Monicker) have also worked as a duo for more than 15 years, starting with the Barnyard Record album Plumb, their long history allowing flexibility in unusual dialog and utterance that captivates naturally.
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Guerineau, Sylvain / Fred Marty: Parodies
(Creative Sources)
A statesman of the French free improvisation scene, Sylvain Guerineau, who has performed with Sunny Murray, Joëlle Léandre and more recently as part of a trio with Didier Lasserre and Paul Rogers, joins with next-generation double bassist Fred Marty integrating advanced techniques into lyrical contexts, for five satisfying improvisations, the last a reference to Sonny Rollins.
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Hautzinger, Franz / Mazen Kerbaj: Abu Tarek
(Creative Sources)
An album of extended and unusual techniques between German trumpeter Franz Hautzinger and Beirut trumpeter Mazen Kerbaj, opening with only the errata of their instruments through breath and thump, slowly adding identifiable brass sounds contrasted with rich utterance and elusively electronic-sounding output, always maintaining a solid and fascinating dialog
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Jackson, Keefe / Jim Baker / Julian Kirshner
: Routines
(Kettle Hole Records)
Three leaders in the Chicago free improv scene--Keefe Jackson on tenor & sopranino saxophones, Jim Baker on piano & synthesizer and Julian Kirshner on drums--in a collective album of concentrative conversation, a group of equals that function together through close listening and interactive support in expressive playing that leaves ego out of the equation.
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Old And New Dreams (Redman / Cherry / Haden / Blackwell): A Tribute To Blackwell [VINYL]
(Black Saint)
A vital reissue of this 1990 album of Ornette Coleman associates--Don Cherry on pocket trumpet, Charlie Haden on double bass, Ed Blackwell on drums and Dewey Redman on tenor saxophone--recorded live in Atlanta during a three day Ed Blackwell festival, performing original material by Redman and Blackwell, and three Ornette tunes ("Happy House", "Law Years" and "Street Woman").
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One Small Step (Janne Eraker / Vegar Vardal / Roger Arntzen): Gol Variations
(Clean Feed)
A truly unique improvisational setting between three Norwegian artists--inspired tap dancer JanneEraker, fiddle player and vocalist Vegar Vardal and double bassist Roger Arntzen--finding an exuberant excitement through the percussion of body movement, strange and slippery vocalizations and two emphatic strings; virtually indescribable and absolutely enthralling.
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Sinton's, Josh Predicate Quartet (Sinton / Finlayson / Hoffman / Rainey): Four Freedoms
(FiP recordings)
Espousing a need to bring more freedom to others--from fear, from oneself, from advertising, and freedom to love--baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton, also on alto flute and bass clarinet, leads his outstanding quartet of Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Christopher Hoffman (cello) and Tom Rainey (drums) through four intricately satisfying Sinton compositions.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Abrahams, Chris: Follower [VINYL]
(Room40)
A diverse album of compositional work from Australian pianist and The Necks legend Chris Abrahams, in two works of rich ambience and spacious soundscape performed on acoustic and electric pianos, organ, detuned bells and acousmatic sources, contrasted with two more capricious works on acoustic piano, unusual percussive platforms, haunting tones and moody interjections.
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Dockstader, Tod: Aerial II [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Important Records)
The second in a 3-part series of vinyl releases for Tod Dockstader's "Aerial 1-3", his major work of electronic drone environments developed over 15 years, using over 90 hours of shortwave radio sources, cross signals and fragments, creating vast atmospheric clouds from which emerge voices, mutated conversations and unexpected patterns; amazing!
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Gut, Gudrun / Nathan Wooley / Chris Corsano: The Painter [VINYL]
(JUBG)
The soundtrack to the German film The Painter by director Oliver Hirschbiegel in collaboration with Oliver Hirschbiegel, the first side a diverse set of compositions from electronic musician Gudrun Gut, a one-time member of Einstürzende Neubauten; the second side a set of assertive acoustic improvisations from trumpeter Nate Wooley, alone or in duo with drummer Chris Corsano.
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Weston, Matt: Sparky 6 [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(7272music)
The 6th and final installment in percussionist & composer Matt Weston's serialized opera for percussion ensemble + electronics, a set of narratives and counter-narratives that explore mental health struggles as they develop over time in varying circumstances, realized through a combination of site-specific graphic, multidimensional and instantaneous scores.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Coultrain: Mundus
(Positive Elevations)
West Coast songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Coultrain, aka Aaron Michael Frison or Seymour Liberty, in a sequel to his Phantasmagoria album, a soulful, introspective and lyrical collection of songs based around a sequence of images reminiscent of a dream, capturing the hazy state of mind that drove the process behind this album, as well as its dreamy effect.
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Mollestad, Hedvig / Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat
(Rune Grammofon)
A large work composed and arranged by Norwegian guitarist Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen for the 12-piece Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, this album shows Mollestad's increasing range in expressive work that extends boundaries between composed, improvised and rock music, with authoritative playing balancing serious concepts from pandemic or motherhood with playfully whimsical moments.
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Compositional
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Orcutt, Bill: Music for Four Guitars
(Palilalia)
Using four guitars tracks, each assigned to a specific melody in counterpoint, Bill Orcutt presents an assertive set of fourteen compositions in a minimalist form--think Steve Reich--each part organized through controlled freneticism that tames the wild nature inherent in each piece; a downloadable 80 page score illustrates the complex madness of the guitarist's mind.
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Wolff, Christian / String Noise: A Complete Anthology of Solo and Duo Violin Pieces
(Black Truffle)
Following their album of compositions by Alvin Lucier, the New York violin duo String Noise of Conrad Harris and Pauline Kim Harris present a series of solo and duo compositions by American avant composer Christian Wolff, a peer of Brown, Cage, and Feldman from the New York School, works composed across the span of his career through a wealth of concepts and motives.
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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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Carl Kruger:
Top 2022 Album List
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Roue Libre (Lanau / Comte / Biardeau):
Titanomakhia
(nunc.)
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Tatsuya Nakatani / Donald Miller / Rob Cambre / Emmalee Sutton:
Moisant Stock Yards
(Nakatani-Kobo)
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RGG feat. Marta Grzywacz / Artur Majewski / Dominik Strycharski:
October Suite
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
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Philz:
Top 2022 Album List
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John Franek:
about the color of the moon
(Edition Wandelweiser)
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Reid / Kitamura / Bynum / Morris:
Geometry of Trees
(Relative Pitch)
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Derviche:
Murs Absurdes
(Ayler Records)
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Various Artists:
Amsterdam . Berlin . Moscow . Losoncy
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
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Anna Kaluza / Jan Roder:
Am Frankfurter Tor
(Relative Pitch)
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Guillaume Gargaud and Patrice Grente:
Intuition's Days
(Open Systems)
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Lucio Capece / Katie Porter:
Phase To Phase
(Ftarri)
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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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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!
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