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UPDATE
March 3, 2023
"There is something I need to hear, and it does not exist.
This is easily the greatest motivation for me."
—David Lee Myers
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Essential Artists
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• Amba/Parker/Mela
• Arcane Device
• Cherry/Redman/Haden/Blackwell
• Gerald Cleaver/Brandon Lopez/Hprizm
• David Myers
• Frank Denyer
• Bob Drake
• Moss Freed/Union Division
• Koenjihyakkei
• Massimo Magee
• Minton/Thomas/Tucker/Turner
• The Necks
• Nichunimu (Vergara/Carrasco/Mardones)
• Afonso Pais/Tomas Marques
• Ivo Perelman/Matthew Shipp
• Eliane Radigue
• Lauritz Skeidsvoll/Isach Skeidsvoll
• Eri Yamamoto Trio (w/ Ambrosio/Takeuchi)
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Alga Marghen
Another Timbre
Black Saint
Clean Feed
Discus
Mahakala Music
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Northern Spy
Orbit577
Positive Elevation / 577 Records
pulsewidth
Recommended Records
Skin Graft Records
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Amba, Zoh / William Parker / Francisco Mela: O Life, O Light Vol. 1 [VINYL]
(577 Records)
New generation New York tenor saxophonist Zoe Amba, a Tennesse transplant whose spirit is illuminated with free styles that harken back to Ayler, recording in the studio with a trio of luminary players--William Parker on bass and Francisco Mela on drums--performing three Amba compositions, one featuring Amba on flute; the CD edition contains one bonus improvisation.
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Cherry / Redman / Haden / Blackwell: Old and New Dreams [VINYL]
(Black Saint)
Keeping the momentum going from Ornette Coleman's 60s quartet, the 1st "Old and New Dreams" from 1977 with Don Cherry on pocket trumpet, Dewey Redman on tenor sax & musette, Charlie Haden on bass and Eddie Blackwell on drums & gong, performed new compositions of burning free jazz from each of Cherry, Redman and Haden, alongside Coleman's "Handwoven".
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Cleaver, Gerald / Brandon Lopez / Hprizm: In The Wilderness [VINYL]
(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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Freed, Moss / Union Division: Micromotives [2 CDs]
(Discus)
Seeking new methods of performing real-time collective composition through improvisation, composer & guitarist Moss Freed developed a language of hand signals that could be used among a large ensemble with instructions to guide players towards particular activities, heard in this spectacular set of seven improvisations, each named for an iconic improviser or composer.
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Magee, Massimo: Live In the Metaverse
(Orbit577)
A virtual live performance from the UK at The OctoBar in this solo clarinet performance from multi-reedist Massimo Magee, starting with a short introduction titled "The Way In", leading to a 43 minute extended and accomplished improvisation dedicated to the playing of iconic reedists Evan Parker and John Coltrane, complemented by unexpected digital glitches and reverb.
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Minton, Phil / Pat Thomas / Dave Tucker / Roger Turner: Scatter: On A Clear Day Like This
(577 Records)
Formed in 1992 by UK keyboardist Pat Thomas, originally with the intention of exploring the energy of rock forms within non-idiomatic ea improv, this 2017 album with Dave Tucker on acoustic & electric guitars, Roger Turner on drums & percussion and Phil Minton on voice, was captured live at Cafe OTO in London for two extended, sometimes perplexing, but consistently amazing improvisations.
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Necks, The: Travel
(Northern Spy)
Starting each day in the Australian studio with a 20-minute improvisation, The Necks trio of Chris Abrahams on piano & keyboards, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass developed this, their 21st album, as a collection of "shorter" and varied improvisations, released with minimal overdubs to present their music closer to their exceptional live performances.
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Necks, The: Travel [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]
(Northern Spy)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Nichunimu (Vergara / Carrasco / Mardones): Un Cacho de Metal, Un Resto de Vaiven [VINYL]
(577 Records)
Experimental improvisation that moves in and out of jazz territory from the Chilean trio of Benjamin Vergara on trumpet, Nicolas Carrasco on synthesizer and Matias Mardones on percussion, recording in the studio the day after their performance at the 2019 Relincha Festival in Ciudad de Valdivia, focusing on patterns of circularity and repetition to inform their playing.
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Pais, Afonso / Tomas Marques: The Inner Colours of Boglins Outline
(Clean Feed)
A relaxed and informed dialog between young generation Portuguese improvisers Tomás Marques on alto saxophone and Afonso Pais on guitar, demonstrating their experience from bands like L.U.M.E. and Joao Hasselberg / Pedro Branco, these five expressive and intuitively melodic improvisations were recorded by the artists in 2022 and are presented without edits.
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Perelman, Ivo / Matthew Shipp: Amalgam
(Mahakala Music)
A series of succint conversations between long-time collaborators, saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp, each of twelve parts of their improvisation connecting through a shared approach and language, an unhurried but far-reaching set of dialogs from reflective to quick-witted exchanges in discourse that only two such masterful players could maintain.
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Skeidsvoll, Lauritz / Isach Skeidsvoll: Chanting Moon, Dancing Sun - Live at Molde International Jazz Festival
(Clean Feed)
Developing their language together since childhood, Norwegian brothers Lauritz Heitmann Skeidsvoll on saxophone and Isach Skeidsvoll on piano & melodica converse in a way that only two family members can, using their knowledge of each other's playing as a confident foundation for remarkable flights of technically challenging yet innately lyrical improvisations.
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Yamamoto, Eri Trio ( w/ Ambrosio / Takeuchi): A Woman With A Purple Wig
(Mahakala Music)
Confronted and assaulted by Asian bigotry in NYC shortly after the start of the pandemic, pianist Eri Yamamoto adopted a wig, mask and sunglasses to hide her ethnicity, about which she sings in the title track of her album, a mix of the sophisticated jazz instrumentals with bassist David Ambrosio and drummer Ikuo Takeuchi punctuated with songs of Yamamoto's pandemic experience.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Arcane Device: N28: Ohmniscient
(pulsewidth)
The second of NY electronic explorer David Lee Myers', aka Arcane Device, N28 series, an album of excited electronics, field recordings, inexplicable sound and rotating, splintering and otherwise lovingly mangled sound, not so much a noise collection as instead a controlled chaos with moments of cavernous beauty in a journey of mercurial rummaging.
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David Myers: Ceremonial Fires
(pulsewidth)
A journey through an uncharted jungle island from NY electronic composer David Lee Myers, aka Arcane Device, using field recordings in rhythmic environments with synthetic sounds buzzing and whirling around and electronic tones and textures rising and falling, composing detailed song structures that are embraceable and awe-inspiring at the same time.
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Radigue, Eliane: In Memoriam-Ostinato / Danse des Dakinis [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)
The last chapter in Alga Marghen's archival series of Éliane Radigue's Feedback Works, unreleased tape and feedback compositions of rich hypnotic electronics, noise and drone: "In Memoriam-Ostinato" from 1969 recorded at the Centre Artistique de Verderonne in France; and "Danse Des Dakinis (Pour Marion)" from 1998 recorded at Mills College in Oakland.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Drake, Bob : Legendary Lore Of The Holy Wells Of England
(Recommended Records)
A unique exposition of an 1893 text by Robert Charles Hope exploring the legends of England's "holy wells", the water of which was purported to have healing properties, adapted to atmospheric songs by Drake and performed on a 1940 Hammond model BC organ and a Challen upright piano; delicate and descriptive songs that detail the legends and the hope they inspired.
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Koenjihyakkei: Nivraym Revisted
(Skin Graft Records)
Originally released in 2001 on the Magaibutsu label, the 3rd studio album from Japan's Koenjihyakkei led by drummer/vocalist Yoshida Tatsuya energetically blends progressive rock, chamber rock, fusion and composed forms, here revisited for the 2nd time with the 2009 expanded reissue remixed again with new additions, plus three bonus tracks from a 2020 concert.
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Koenjihyakkei: Nivraym Revisted [VINYL COLORED 2 LPs]
(Skin Graft Records)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Compositional
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Denyer, Frank: Melodies [2 CDs]
(Another Timbre)
First recordings of composer Frank Denyer's "Melodies" series from the mid-1970s, arising from his ethnomusicological studies that explored the concept of what makes up a melody, or a note, creating a series of compositions with melodies of one note, then two, building up to a final work of 14- and 15-note melodies; includes a 24 page booklet by Denyer detailing the concept.
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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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Yamazaki / Ino / Hayashi:
Tryangle
(Doubtmusic)
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Ingrid Laubrock / Tom Rainey:
Counterfeit Mars
(Relative Pitch)
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Transmap+ (Evan Parker/Matt Wright/Robert Jarvis):
Grounded Abstraction
(FMR)
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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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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,
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