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Squidco Email Update, July 7, 2023

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     Squidco & The Squid's Ear
 
UPDATE
July 7, 2023

"It's the innovators I have always been most inspired by:
Their amazing determination
Is what makes life on this planet so worthwhile."
—Gerry Hemingway

   Essential Artists

• Tim Berne Trio
• Bi Ba Doom (Pitsiokos/Stewart/Nazary)
• Bucher/Tan/Countryman
• Jack Cooper
    (feat. Alexander Hawkins & Apartment House
• Frode Gjerstad with Matthew Shipp
• Gerry Hemingway
• Jeph Jerman/Ted Byrnes
• Musicworks
• OM (Leimgruber/Doran/Burri/Studer)
• William Parker
• Peter Soderberg
• Sun Ra And His Arkestra
• Katharina Weber
• Rutger Zuydervelt
Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Astral Spirits
Auricle
FMR
Intakt
Machinefabriek
Musicworks

     
Presspop
Relative Pitch
RogueArt
thanatosis produktion
Tsss Tapes
    

 





   Jazz & Improvisation

Berne, Tim Trio: Oceans and
(Intakt)

A new trio setting from New York alto saxophonist Tim Berne with accordionist & multi-instrumentalist Aurora Nealand and long-time associate, cellist Hank Roberts, a warmly orchestrated band that allows fluid and relaxed approaches to their playing, Berne's compositions evoking exquisite tonal color and diverse conversations from pacific to tempestuous.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Bi Ba Doom (Pitsiokos / Stewart / Nazary): Graceful Collision [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)

A New York trio of musical friends from Chris Pitsiokos on alto saxophone, Luke Stewart on electric & acoustic basses and Jason Nazary on drums, an elegantly impactful album of organic free jazz expanded through electronic textures from all three members as they enthusiastically explore new approaches to energetic, creative, contemporary improvisation; extraordinary!
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Bucher / Tan / Countryman: Old Drains New Stains
(FMR)

The collaboration between Swiss drummer Christian Bucher, Filipino bassist Simon Tan and American ex-patriate living in the Phillipines, saxophonist Rick Countryman, continues with this exceptional collective free jazz album, their fourth on FMR, captured in the studio in Quezon City, Philippines in 2022 for nine exuberant and astute improvisations.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Gjerstad, Frode with Matthew Shipp : We Speak
(Relative Pitch)

Meeting in the Park West Studios in Brooklyn in 2022, acclaimed Norwegian free jazz multi-reedist Frode Gjerstad, here performing on alto saxophone & Bb clarinet, joins with New York pianist Matthew Shipp to record eight discerning and warmly paced improvised dialogs, each titled through a wide range of topics, including "about music"; "about equality"; "about Conspiracies"; "about peace".
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
OM (Urs Leimgruber / Christy Doran / Bobby Burri / Fredy Studer): 50
(Intakt)

Formed in 1972 and releasing their first album in 1975, the enduring quartet OM of Urs Leimgruber on soprano saxophone, Christy Doran on electric guitar, Bobby Burri on double bass and Fredy Studer on drums & percussion, celebrate 50 years of intense genre-blurring creative jazz leveraging rock music's energy with this exhilarating album of structured collective improv.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Soderberg, Peter: String Dialogues
(thanatosis produktion)

A collection of six duo recordings from musician, composer, and improviser Peter Soderberg, investigating different tuning systems and the idea of hybrid instruments, recording with Katt Hernandez (violin), Stina Hellberg Agback (harp), Mats Persson (clavichord), Sten Sandell (piano), My Hellgren (cello) and Vilhelm Bromander (contrabass).
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Sun Ra And His Arkestra: Saturn XIII [10-inch VINYL]
(Presspop)

A collection of Sun Ra recordings from the 1970s to 80s, from a small pressings on Sun Ra's own Saturn label and now public for the first time - "Just Friends" live (alongside an unreleased, intimate living room solo recordings of the same), plus "Under the Spell of Love" from the Just Friends album, and a previously unissued and Sun Ra's only known recording of "Cherokee".
   
     Buy      $23.95          

 
Weber, Katharina: In Marta's Garden
(Intakt)

Magnificent and succinct compositions merging contemporary and improvised approaches in powerfully elegant ways from Swiss pianist Katharina Weber, performing solo in the studio in 2022, presenting seventeen original compositions and two by György Kurtág, including pieces dedicated to Kurtág and Marta Kurtág, along with dedications to Heinz Holliger, Roland Moser, Gertrud Schneider, &c.
   
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 




   Experimental/Electronic

Jerman, Jeph / Ted Byrnes: Passenger [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)

Two western-US, like-minded sound artists and improviser who started their musical lives as drummer/percussionists, Jeph Jerman and Ted Byrnes present nine relatively succinct tracks of unusual and unidentifiable sources, typically formed around a rhythmic center and always actively engaging, finding logic in curious or even chaotic interaction.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 
Zuydervelt, Rutger: Kadans [3'' CD]
(Machinefabriek)

Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, returns to rhythmic electronic solo work with his fourth mini-CD release after Hinkelstap (2022), Tuimelval (2022) and Haast (2023), in this seven-part work Kadans (translating to "Cadence"), each track using a unique rhythmic foundation under warm electronics, plus a violin sample from collaborator Anne Bakker.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 




   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Hemingway, Gerry: Afterlife
(Auricle)

Taking what he describes as a road he's never been on, percussionist and improviser Gerry Hemingway turns in an astute album of original songs, Hemingway's voice expressive on work he explains was originally influenced by Dylan, Geeshie Wiley, Lou Reed or Monroe Brothers, the album developed over four years with a cast of collaborators including Ralph Alessi, Earl Howard, Michael Moore, &c.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Hemingway, Gerry: Afterlife [VINYL]
(Auricle)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $27.95      Listen          

 




   Compositional

Cooper, Jack (feat. Alexander Hawkins & members of Apartment House: Arrival [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)

A delicate work of experimental chamber music from UK composer Jack Oliver Cooper (Modern Nature) performed by pianist Alexander Hawkins, cellist Anton Lukoszevieze and clarinetist Heather Roche, Arrival is delineated into twelve dovetailed parts that explore minimalism, patience and restraint; thoughtful music that rewards in close contemplation.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 




   Books & Magazines

Musicworks: #145 Summer 2023 [MAGAZINE + CD]
(Musicworks)

The Summer 2023 issue of Canada's finest music magazine covering contemporary improvised, composed and experimental music, with Simone Schmidt's Audible Songs of Defiant Meaning on the cover, plus features on Nicole Mitchell and Coco Elysses, Levy Lorenzo, Wayne Lavallee, along with recorded & live reviews, and a 10-track CD with pieces from the artist within.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Parker, William: Conversations IV [BOOK]
(RogueArt)

The fourth book in New York improvising bassist William Parker's interview with other improvisers, here with 29 interviews, and 24 works of art by Jeff Schlangler; interviews include Peter Brötzmann, Darius Jones, Ava Mendoza, Zeena Parkins, Tom Rainey, Bobby Zankel, Evan Parker, James Brandon Lewis, Micheal Bisio, Mario Pavone, Taylor Ho Bynum, &c.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $44.95          

 
 

The Squid's Ear The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.


 Some Interesting Reviews on The Squid's Ear


Because of the short holiday week and philz abdications of duties (aka, some days off) there were no new reviews on The Squid's Ear this week. Instead we list a set of interesting reviews from past publications that you might find fascinating!




Denzler / Rodrigues / Moimeme:
Immobility and Movement
(Creative Sources)
Derviche (Borchard / Favriou):
Murs Absurdes
(Ayler Records)

Double-Basse (Petit / Duboc):
This is Not Art
(Clean Feed)
Heather Frasch / Ryoko Akama:
Linking
(Ftarri / Meenna)

Cornell, Funf (Babin Crispo, Jacques...):
La Regle
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Jauniaux / Charles / Mariage :
L'amour
(Ayler Records)

Joker (Joane Hetu):
Ou Est-il Donc Ce Reve?
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Eric La Casa:
Everyday Unknown 4 & 5
(Swarming)

Ava Mendoza:
New Spells [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)
David Myers Lee:
Intervals / Interludes
(pulsewidth)

Cath Roberts / Olie Brice:
Conduits
(Relative Pitch)
Strom (Gaudenz Badrutt / Christian Muller):
X
(Mikroton Recordings)





 Stay Current With Squidco

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.


 


Anthropology Band:
Scald - Live 2022 [3 CDS]
(Discus)

Aspyrian:
To Explore (Vol. 1)
(Hidden Threads)

bBb (Martin Kuchen / Ola Rubin):
Animal Quotes
(Relative Pitch)


Ron Caines / Martin Archer Axis:
Blutopia
(Discus)

Das Rad:
Veer
(Discus)

Deli Kuvveti:
In the Summer Dusk
(Sublime Retreat)


Doneda / Frangenheim / Turner:
NAIL in Ulrichsberg
(Concepts of Doing)

Karl Evangelista's Apura (w/ Wong / Scampavia / Mezzacappa / Andrew Cyrille):
Ngayon
(Astral Spirits)

Drew Gardner:
The Return [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)


Alexander Hawkins Trio (w/ Neil Charles / Stephen Davis):
Carnival Celestial
(Intakt)

Machinefabriek w/ Monika Bugajny:
Recytle
(Machinefabriek)

MUC_ChamberArtTrio (Schindler / Geisse / Gramms):
Dachao Polyphonic
(FMR)


Officer!:
Bandagen
(Klanggalerie)

Aruan Ortiz Trio (w/ Brad Jones / John Betsch) :
Serranias (Sketchbook For Piano Trio)
(Intakt)

Ashley Paul / Jeffrey Alexander:
Between The Surface And Tomorrow [VINYL 7'' w/DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Editions)


Andres Roysum / Christian Meaas Svendsen / Kresten Osgood:
Music Improvised on September 23rd, 2021 [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)

Schindler / Eric Zwang Eriksson / Sebastiano Tramontana:
Canto Senza
(FMR)

Chris Speed Trio (w/ Chris Tordini / Dave King):
Despite Obstacles
(Intakt)


Elias Stemeseder / Christian Lillinger (+ Peter Evans / Russell Hall / DoYeon Kim / Brandon Seabrook):
Umbra
(Intakt)

Vasco Trilla / Ra Kalam Bob Moses:
Singing Icons [DOUBLE CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)

David Virelles (Virelles / Street / McPherson):
Carta
(Intakt)


Dorian Wood / Thor Harris (w/ Carla Bozulich / Jarboe / Patrick Shiroishi / Heather Trost):
You Are Clearly In Perversion [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Editions)


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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 10,000 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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