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UPDATE
January 13, 2023
"I think about the way in which instruments have lives of their own —
Their boundaries are ambiguous and fragile."
—David Toop
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Essential Artists
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• Sakina Abdou
• Bishop/Karayorgis/Smith
• Daniel Carter/William Parker/Federico Ughi
• Henry Dagg/Evan Parker
• Devenir-Ensemble
• Garcia/Navas/Reviriego/Trilla
• Jean-Luc Guionnet/Rhodri Davies
• Isotope Ensemble
• Don Malfon
• E Millar/Christof Kurzmann
• Kyle Motl/Carlos Dominguez
• No Base Trio
• Philippe Petit
• Rodrigues/Santana/Buchinho/Parrinha
• Udo Schindler/Ardhi Engl
• Sun Ra & His Arkestra
• Tamarisk (Carter/Menestres/Weathers)
• TOC (Orins/Cruz/Ternoy)
• Toop/Cusack/Beresford/Day
• VO (Zethson/Hogberg /Berthling/Sander)
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Essential Labels
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Amgen Records
Aural Terrains
Creative Sources
Driff Records
False Walls
Modern Harmonic
Mystery & Wonder
Relative Pitch
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Rudi Records
Setola Di Maiale
Sub Rosa
thanatosis produktion
Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc
Tripticks Tapes
Waveform Alphabet
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This weekend we've partnered with Relative
Pitch to offer 135 albums from their catalog at $8.95 each, a savings of
$5 per title! This sale gives our customers a chance to fill in their
collection of these important and extraordinary albums of modern creative
improvisation from one of New York's most interesting labels. Take advantage of
this great price and explore albums from one of the most reliably fascinating
labels to emerge in this decade - but hurry, this sale ends Sunday, January
15th
Click here to see our Relative Pitch Records Sale!
Please note:Orders will ship approximately one week after the
Relative Pitch Records Sale ends;
we will send out email confirmation when your order ships.
Orders with non-sale items will be held until Relative Pitch Records Sale items are in stock.
Price shown is discounted price.
Orders must be placed through our shopping cart.
Discounted items will not receive Squidco Reward Points.
Relative Pitch Records Sale ends Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST.
Orders with Relative Pitch Sale items will ship approximately Friday, January 20th, 2023.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Abdou, Sakina: Goodbye Ground
(Relative Pitch)
An incredibly well-rounded musician on sax and flute, performing in both improvised and contemporary settings including Dedalus Ensemble and work with Etron Foun drummer Guigou Chenevier, here Sakina Abdou presents a series of solo saxophone improvisations recorded at her home in Lille, France, drawing on all of her influences in eight informed performances.
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Bishop / Karayorgis / Smith: Duals [3 CDs]
(Driff Records)
Three albums of three duos between three frequent Boston collaborators and improvisers -- Jeb Bishop on trombone, Pandelis Karayorgis on piano and Damon Smith on double bass -- each CD respectively a combination of trombone & bass, piano & bass and piano & trombone, each recorded during the last year of Jeb Bishop's residency in Boston between 2016-2022.
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Carter, Daniel / William Parker / Federico Ughi: Navajo Sunrise
(Rudi Records)
One of a pair of complementary CDs (Navajo Sunrise and Navajo Sunset) this 2010 trio recording of a live performance at Area Sismica, Ravaldino in Monte, Italy between Daniel Carter on alto sax & piano, William Parker on bass & shakuhachi and Federico Ughi on drums, is a solid example of the sensitivity and collaborative power of the Downtown NY creative jazz scene.
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Dagg, Henry / Evan Parker: Then Through Now
(False Walls)
Dublin sound inventor Henry Dagg joins soprano saxophonist Evan Parker for a live concert in Canterbury: fourteen vignettes of electro-acoustic interaction using Dagg's "Stage Cage"--valve test-oscillators, ring modulators, frequency shifter, chromatic zither, and a variable tape delay system--to both generate sound and to transform Parker's improvisations in incredible ways.
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Devenir-Ensemble : Resonances Manifestes
(Creative Sources)
A comprovised music piece based on a sound score composed of field recordings from autonomous demonstrations that shook the streets of Montreal in recent years, the 10-piece Montreal ensemble of performers and sound artist interacting with the ambient recordings as they aim to understand how sound and music contribute to the formation of affective communities.
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Garcia, Miguel A. / Garazi Navas / Alex Reviriego / Vasco Trilla : Les Capelles
(Tripticks Tapes)
The first meeting of the quartet of electronic artist Miguel A. Garcia, accordionist Garazi Navas, double bassist Alex Reviriego and percussionist Vasco Trilla is this live performance at Convent de Sant Agusti, in Barcelona, using the natural resonance of the chapel to influence their introspective interactions of deep bass, evolving tones and mysterious percussive punctuations.
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Isotope Ensemble: Uranium
(Creative Sources)
Continuing their exploration of isotopes, here focusing on the unstable element Uranium, the Portuguese Isotope Ensemble led by violist Ernesto Rodrigues presents two stunningly detailed concert performances from the 2021 CSFest XV at O'Culto da Ajuda in Lisbon, with some of Europe's leading improvisers taking on U92 in both "Electroacoustic" and "Acoustic" properties.
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Malfon, Don: Mutable
(Relative Pitch)
Using multiphonics, extended techniques and an intuitive sense of drama and narrative, Barcelona alto and baritone saxophonist Don Malfon takes his listeners on an 8-part journey of "Mutable" solo performances, using every inch of his horn (including inserting resonant objects), his body, tongue and breath to investigate the outer limits of his instruments.
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Millar, E / Christof Kurzmann: Rare Entertainment
(Mystery & Wonder)
The first meeting of Austrian improviser Christof Kurzmann (The Magic I.D., Schee) and Montreal sound artist Elizabeth Millar (Sound of the Mountain, Ensemble Supermusique) in two tremendous multi-part performances live at the 2019 Suoni Per il Popolo Festival in Montreal, works of mysteriously vibratory backdrop, insinuating narrative voice and unsettling sonic interaction.
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No Base Trio: NBT II [2 CDs]
(Setola Di Maiale)
Evolving from a standards-based jazz band formed in 2010 into a collective free improv band of great depth and complex rhythmical approach, with an innate lyrical sense garnered from their roots, the Puerto Rican trio of alto saxophonist Jonathan Suazo, guitarist Gabriel Vicéns, and drummer Leonardo Osuna present a double album of spontaneous composition and sophisticated conversation.
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Rodrigues, Ernesto / Carla Santana / Emedio Buchinho / Bruno Parrinha: Distilling Silence
(Creative Sources)
An immersive album of understated but incredibly detailed free improvisation from the quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet, Emidio Buchinho on electric guitar and Carla Santana on electronics, performing live at Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema, in Amadora, Portugal for a four part concentration on silence through sound.
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Schindler, Udo / Ardhi Engl: Basis_B(r)uchstucke
(Creative Sources)
Performing on clarinets and theremin, Udo Schindler follows up his series Salon für Klang+Kunst after 99 events with this new series at BASIS_Klangraum in Munich's historic BASIS Booksalon at MUCCA, in a concert with instrument maker Ardhi Engle performing on a diverse set of acoustic and electronic inventions for nine concise collective conversations.
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Sun Ra & His Arkestra: Prophet
(Modern Harmonic)
Perhaps the only recordings on the Sequential Circuits "Prophet" analog synthesizer by Sun Ra, starting with an extended solo performance that bridges jazz tradition and future spacewaves, followed by full Arkestra performances on a set of concepts around "The Prophet", with both Marshall Allen and John Gilmore at the helm above a cosmically percussive heavy ensemble.
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Tamarisk (Carter / Menestres / Weathers): Plays a Word for Sun
(Waveform Alphabet)
(Tama)Risky free improvisation with a free folk core of cathartic and unpredictable direction from the trio of guitarist Andrew Weather, bassist David Menestres and Charalambides co-founder Christina Carter on vocals, captured live at CO-OPt Research + Projects, in Lubbock, Texas in 2022 for an extended performance of unique expression and utterance.
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TOC (Orins / Cruz / Ternoy): Did It Again [4 CDs]
(Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc)
TOC, the trio of Ternoy, Cruz & Orins respectively on keyboards, drums and electric guitar, celebrate fifteen years of free improvisation with this expansive 4-CD set of recordings from the 2021 Spontaneous Music Festival in Poland; Lumen in Budapest in 2021; the 2021 Festival la malterie in Lille, France; and reissuing their 2008 CD on the Circum-Disc label, Le Gorille.
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Toop, David / Peter Cusack / Steve Beresford / Terry Day: Alterations [VINYL]
(Sub Rosa)
Formed in 1977, the freely improvising group of David Toop, Peter Cusack, Terry Day & Steve Beresford approached their performances with an extensive collection of instruments spread across the floor, allowing a vast range of expression both conventional and bewildering, collective and combative, as the group reveled in a concept of "production friction", here in never-released live recordings.
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VO (Zethson / Hogberg / Berthling / Sander): The Sounds Of VO [2 CDS]
(thanatosis produktion)
A rare mix of collective and chamber approaches to free improvisation from the Swedish sextet VÖ of Eva Lindal on violin, Anna Hogberg on alto saxophone, Johan Berthling on double bass, Leo Svensson Sander on cello, Alexander Zethson on piano & pump organ and Giannis Arapis on acoustic guitar, performing deeply introspective conversations that explore modernity and tradition.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Motl, Kyle / Carlos Dominguez : Field of Fried Umbrellas [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)
An apt title for this collection of improvised works for double bass and feedback mixer between long-time collaborators Kyle Motl and Carlos Domínguez Reinhardt, both members of the band Not the Circus and having previously released the duo album Artabotrys Hexapetalus, this album recorded in 2020 at Rat's Mouth in Florida for five diverse and often abrasive interactions.
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Petit, Philippe: In A State of Weightlessness
(Aural Terrains)
Four distinct compositions from French electroacoustic composer Philippe Petit, each using analog synthesizers including Buchla Easel K & Buchla 200 synthesizers, EMS Synthi and a Landscape Stereofield analog synthesizer, interestingly layered and captivatingly paced against processed voices, percussion, insider piano work, broken glass, samplers and turntables.
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Compositional
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Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Rhodri Davies: Dyslexic Harp (Deciphered In The Dark)
(Amgen Records)
Recording in Brussels, Rhodri Davies performs a composition for pedal harp written for and dedicated to him by composer and saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet, using liberal periods of space that creates hanging anticipation amidst beautiful moments of fragmented string sequence and percussive response using the frame of the harp, leaving the listener in a state of fascinated expectancy.
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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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Craig Shepard:
Trumpet City
(Inexhaustible Editions)
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Eddie Prevost:
Collider: Or, Whose Drum is it, Anyway?
(Matchless)
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Dominic Lash / Pat Thomas:
New Oxford Brevity
(Spoonhunt)
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Arcane Device:
Mechanismos
(Pulsewidth)
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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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Stay Current With Squidco
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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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