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UPDATE
February 24, 2023
"I just make music for being myself.
It is the others who make you an artist.
—Bruno Duplant
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Essential Artists
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• Sergio Armaroli (Armaroli/Minton/Schiaffini/Turner)
• Chris Burn/Matt Hutchinson
• Gerald Cleaver/Brandon Lopez/Hprizm
• Coultrain
• Miles Davis w/ Tadd Dameron
• dis/con/tent (Petzold/Rodrigues/Rodrigues/Bauer)
• Bruno Duplant/Seth Nehil
• Frode Gjerstad/Kalle Moberg/Paal Nilssen-Love
• Frank Gratkowski/Simon Nabatov
• Growlers Choir
• Koch/Loriot/Kocher
• Marilyn Lerner/Nicole Rampersaud
• Light.Box + Emil Karlsen
• Christian Marclay
• O Carro de Fogo de Sei Miguel
• Rodrigues/Stawicki/Parrinha/Madeira
• Keith Tippett/Julie Tippett
• David Vales
• Zenial
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Essential Labels
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Ambiances Magnetiques
Bead
Bruit Editions + Neither / Nor Records
Clean Feed
Creative Sources
Discus
ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd
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Les Disques Victo
PNL
Positive Elevation
RP EDITIONS
Shhpuma
Sublime Retreat
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New Braxton House 30% Sale
This weekend the Tri-Centric Foundation and New Braxton House Records has
authorized us to reduce the price by 30% for 6 box sets and their DVD. This
includes the two Trillium box sets, the 12-CD box set of Braxton duos, the
7-CD set of Lennie Tristano and related compositions, and the DVD of Braxton's duo with
Taylor Ho Bynum. Check out these incredible releases from one of the most
fascinating jazz composers and performers, but hurry! This sale ends Sunday, February 26!
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Braxton, Anthony and the Tri-Centric Orchestra: Trillium E [4 CDs]
(New Braxton House)
Newly Distributed in 2021: Trillium E is the first-ever studio recording of an Anthony Braxton opera, a deluxe 4-disc set of this surreal and witty installment in Braxton's ongoing Trillium cycle, and includes a booklet with libretto, photos, and critical essays.
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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.
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Braxton, Anthony : Quintet (Tristano) 2014 [7 CDs]
(New Braxton House)
Newly Distributed in 2021: Composer and jazz master Anthony Braxton performing on piano in a septet with saxophonists Jackson Moore and Andre Vida, bassist Eivind Opsvik and drummer Mike Szekely, exploring the compositions of Lennie Tristano plus peers Billy Bauer, Connie Crothers, Warne Marsh, Sal Mosca, &c.
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Braxton, Anthony: Trillium J [4 CDs + Blu Ray]
(New Braxton House)
Newly Distributed in 2021: A multimedia box set of Anthony Braxton's opera work "Trillium J", containing live performance video on Blu-ray disc of a 2014 performance at Roulette in NY, and studio recording on 4-CD set, with 12 vocalists, 12 instrumental soloists and a full orchestra.
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Braxton, Anthony: GTM (Syntax) 2017 [12 CD BOX SET]
(New Braxton House)
A 12-hour collection over 12 CDs of composer Anthony Braxton's Ghost Trance Music (GTM), a compositional system he developed with his superlative Tri-Centric Vocal Ensemble, GTM allowing the ensemble to generate a performance in real time in a mix of sung, spoken, and non-verbal utterances, with unpredictable and surprising results that reveal fascinating layers with each listen.
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Braxton, Anthony: 12 Duets (DCWM) 2012 [12 CD Box Set]
(New Braxton House)
Newly Distributed in 2021: A 12-CD set presenting Braxton in dialogue with three distinctive duet partners: violinist Erica Dicker, vocalist Kyoko Kitamura and bassoonist Katherine Young, recorded in the summer of 2012 over two sessions with each player, a remarkable and expansive set of innovative and creative improvisation.
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Sold out Braxton Sale items will disappear from store.
Orders must be placed through our shopping cart.
Sale ends Sunday, February 26, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. While quantities last.
Discounted items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Armaroli, Sergio (Armaroli / Minton / Schiaffini / Turner): I Dream I Was An Earopean
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Two percussionists--vibraphonist Sergio Armaroli and drummer/percussionist Roger Turner-- and two brass players--trombonist Giancarlo Schiaffini and trumpeter Phil Minton, who doubles on voice improvisation--are heard in these studio recordings from Udine, Italy for nine "Dreams" that turn introspective slumber into restless visions through profoundly paced playing.
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Burn, Chris / Matt Hutchinson: Untuning The Sky
(Bead)
Developing their dialog and language during the 90s through mutual work with organizations including King Ubu Orchestra and Chris Burn's Ensemble, the unique approach to free improv between keyboard & electronic artist Matt Hutchinson and trumpeter Chris Burn are heard in these three UK concerts from 2005 & 2006 at Red Rose Club, the White House and The Music Room.
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Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm: In The Wilderness
(Positive Elevation / 577 Records)
Drawn from an experimental improv performance by drummer Gerald Cleaver and bassist Brandon Lopez at 577 Records' 2019 Forward Festival, electronic artist and producer Hprizm of the Antipop Consortium took those recording to reconstruct twelve works of illusory and often surreal music, from active beat-based electronica to hazy dreamlike ambience.
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Davis, Miles w/ Tadd Dameron: Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Between his work with Charlie Parker and before his own personal success, trumpeter Miles Davis joined the influential ensemble of pianist, composer and arranger Tadd Dameron, heard in six large ensemble pieces at New York's Royal Roost in 1949, and then in a quintet at the Paris Festival International De Jazz the same year, in both hearing a unique and confident facet to Miles' playing.
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dis/con/tent (Petzold / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Bauer): Ulrichsberg
(Creative Sources)
Four string improviser convene at Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon, in Germany in 2021, two of them from Germany--Dietrich Petzold on violin, viola, clavichord & bowed metal, Matthias Bauer on double bass--and the Portuguese father/son complement of improvisers--Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello--for three works of delicately sinewy intersection & counterpoint.
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Gjerstad, Frode / Kalle Moberg / Paal Nilssen-Love: Time Sound Shape
(PNL)
A surprising trio for percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love and wind player Frode Gjerstad, who more typically play assertive free jazz of enthusiastic character and technical skill, but here joined by fellow Norwegian, accordionist Kalle Moberg, they instead turn in a beautifully reflective set with Paal primarily playing gongs, using the resonance of Oslo's Gamle Aker Kirke.
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Gratkowski, Frank / Simon Nabatov: Tender Mercies
(Clean Feed)
Long-time collaborators, German reed & wind player Frank Gratkowski and pianist Simon Nabatov release their third collaboration as a duo, concentrating their playing from large bands including the Simon Nabatov Quartet to the essence of their personal and impressive dialog, here performing at the LOFT, in Cologne for the celebration of Nabatov's birthday.
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Koch / Loriot / Kocher: Stranger Becoming
(Bruit Editions + Neither / Nor Records)
Singular but not strange improvisational intersections from this Swiss trio of open-minded and masterful musicians--Hans Koch on clarinet, Frantz Loriot on viola and Jonas Kocher on accordion--highly compatible collaborators who have developed a unique language of chamber-oriented free improvisation that experiments at the convergence of compositional and chamber jazz forms.
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Lerner, Marilyn / Nicole Rampersaud: Brass Knuckle Sandwich
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
An assertive duo of piano and trumpet from Canadian improvisers Marilyn Lerner playing inside and out of the piano, and trumpeter Nicole Rampersaud performing with powerful and unusually expressive technique, this the first meeting between the two in a set of seven studio recordings, creative interactions of wide-ranging and cohesive approaches to their dialogs.
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Light.Box + Emil Karlsen: The Undanced Dance
(Bead)
The improvising duo light.box of Alex Bonney (trumpet) and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay (bass), using expansive electronic processing at the intersection of dark ambient, gestural improv and electronic environment, is expanded through the drums and percussion of Norwegian improviser Emil Karlsen, heard in these 2021 recordings at University of Huddersfield, UK.
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Marclay, Christian: Christian Marclay Book
(RP EDITIONS)
Published on the occasion of Christian Marclay's major survey at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, this extensively illustrated volume of images and writing explores in depth Marclay's popular and influential multimedia art, from performances in the 1970s to his iconic Guitar Drag (2000) and large-scale video installations such as All Together (2018).
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O Carro de Fogo de Sei Miguel: Um Um Um, E Nao Ha Forma De Morrer
(Shhpuma)
Trumpeter & composer Sei Miguel's second O Carro De Fogo De Sei Migue continues his merging of electric jazz with ea-overtones, in three live recordings with Fala Mariam on trombone & Rings, Nuno Torres on saxophone & Rings, Bruno Silva on electric guitar, Pedro Lourenco on electric bass, Andre Goncalves on organs & ATMOS and Luis Desirat & Raphael Soares on percussion.
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Rodrigues, Ernesto / Michel Stawicki / Bruno Parrinha / Joao Madeira: D'improvviso
(Creative Sources)
An 8-part studio improvisation in Lisbon, 2022 from Portuguese musicians Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Bruno Parrinha on flute & bass clarinet and Joao Madeira on double bass in a quartet with French tenor saxophonist Michel Stawicki, sometimes introspective and moody through highly detailed playing but building to periods of tumultuous and exciting activity.
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Tippett, Keith / Julie Tippett: Couple In Spirit: Sound on Sound
(Discus)
Planning a duo album since 2019, this was to be pianist Keith Tippett & vocalist Julie Tippett first new studio album in 30 years, but tragically pandemic and Keith Tippett's passing prevented that, Julie instead turning to unreleased live solo piano recordings from 1979 through 1996 to which she added new vocal performances in the studio, creating eight impressive virtual duos.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Duplant, Bruno / Seth Nehil: The Memory Of Things
(Sublime Retreat)
An immersive and often explosive set of dark compositions from Seth Nehil & Bruno Duplant, blending field recordings, electronics, percussion and percussive objects into a controlled chaos of inexplicably murky and uncategorizable sounds, at times like a surreal firework display, or inserted into a complex machine on the verge of collapse, all imbued with a consistent resonant hue.
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Vales, David: Beta Vulgaris
(Sublime Retreat)
Working with sound and the relationship to food, crops, and the culinary identity of communities, Beta Vulgaris, (the latin name of the common beet) was composed by Bogota, Columbia born David Velez, a PhD graduate in Sound Art from the University of Huddersfield, who used these specific tones to stimulate the growth of beetroot in the garden of the Modern Art Museum in Medellin.
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Zenial: Lancelot's Delusions
(Sublime Retreat)
The music project of Polish sound explorer Lukasz Szaankiewicz is Zenial, merging minimal ambient and micro-sounds with field recordings and a sense of skewed motion, creating long-form virtual journeys through strange environments, or in rich textures of a dark night accompanied by slowly moving tones, his years of experience heard through exceptional sonic qualities.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Coultrain: Mundus [VINYL]
(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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Growlers Choir: LIVE au FIMAV
(Les Disques Victo)
A unique concert even by the standards of Victoriaville from The Growlers, a vocal ensemble who interpret heavy metal, known for their epic work "Hate.Machine" and "The Dayking" with participation from poet Fortner Anderson, performed here along with a comprovisation backed by an electronic track originated from electric guitar recordings.
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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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Anastassis Philippakopoulos:
piano1 piano 2 piano 3
(Edition Wandelweiser)
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Didier Lasserre:
Silence was Pleased
(Ayler Records)
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Miles Davis Quintet (w/ Coltrane / Kelly / Chambers / Cobb):
Live Europe 1960 Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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The Chicago Plan (Swell / Ullmann / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang):
For New Zealand
(Not Two)
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Ab Baars / Terrie Ex / Kaja Draksler:
When The Hills Run Across The Fields - Live In Nickelsdorf
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
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Lionel Hampton:
1958: The Mess is Here Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Allison Cameron:
Somatic Refrain
(Another Timbre)
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Ches Smith:
Interpret it Well
(Pyroclastic Records)
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Michael Foster:
The Industrious Tongue Of Michael Foster
(Relative Pitch)
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Miles Davis Quintet:
2nd Session 1956 Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Jeff Arnal / Curt Cloninger:
Drum Major Instinct
(Mahakala Music)
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Bootstrappers (Elliott Sharp / Melvin Gibbs / Don McKenzie):
Xenolith
(Klanggalerie)
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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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