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SQUIDCO Email Update November 17, 2023

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UPDATE
November 17, 2023

"I think the best thing you can teach a person is how to learn."
—Roscoe Mitchell


   Essential Artists

• Zoh Amba/Chris Corsano/Bill Orcutt
• Art Ensemble of Chicago
• Merche Blasco/Lucie Vitkova
• Butcher/Prevost
• Seamus Cater
• Charbin/Prevost
• Jean-Marc Foussat/Urs Leimgruber/Carlos "Zingaro"
• Jurg Frey/Apartment House
• Phillip Gayle
• Junji Hirose/Kazuo Imai/Darren Moore
• Jose Lencastre (Lencastre/Zingaro/Lai/Almeida/Sousa)
• Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet
• Toshimaru Nakamura/David Lee Myers
• No Nation Trio (Nuno/Faustino/Valinho)
• Jessica Pavone
• Eddie Prevost/NO Moore/Henry Kaiser/Binker Golding/Olie Brice
• Ernesto Rodrigues/Nuno Torres/Guilherme Rodrigues/Eric Bauer/Stephen Flinn
• Suspensao
• Maria Valencia
• ZYFT (Felixbrodt/Taubenfeld/Zwerver)
Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

577 Records
Another Timbre
Creative Sources
Fou Records
Matchless
Meenna
Org Music
Out Of Your Head Records

     
Palilalia
Phonogram Unit
Public Eyesore
Relative Pitch
RogueArt
Surface World
XI Records
    





   Jazz & Improvisation

Amba, Zoh / Chris Corsano / Bill Orcutt: The Flower School
(Palilalia)

An enthusiastic and well-balanced studio recording in San Francisco from the trio of Zoh Amba on tenor saxophone, Chris Corsano on drums and Bill Orcutt on electric guitar, following Amba & Corsano's duo tour of the West Coast; this is a first meeting between Amba & Orcutt, who perform as a duo on two tracks, including a guitar duo with Amba on acoustic.
 
Squidco Pick
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Art Ensemble of Chicago: Tutankhamun [VINYL]
(Org Music)

Reissuing and remastering this exceptional 1969 album from avant-garde jazz pioneers Art Ensemble of Chicago as Lester Bowie (trumpets, horns & bass drum), Joseph Jarman saxophones, reeds, winds keys), Roscoe Mitchell (saxophones, reeds, winds, sirens, bells & whistle), and Malachi Favors (bass, banjo & sitar), adding two bonus tracks: "Tthinitthedalen" Parts 1 & 2.
 
Squidco Pick
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Butcher / Prevost: High Laver Levitations Vol 1: Unearthed
(Matchless)

Long-time collaborators and iconoclastic improvisers, drummer Eddie Prévost and saxophonist John Butcher, met at All Hallows Church, in High Laver, Essex in 2023, using the natural ambience of the space to capture these three improvisations, Prévost playing primarily on a drum kit and both in a more jazz-oriented sax and drum duo, extended by both players' exceptional technique.
 
Squidco Pick
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Charbin / Prevost: The Cry of a Dove Announcing Rain (Two Afternoon Concerts at Cafe OTO)
(Matchless)

Two unfolding, extended sets from a 2022 concert at Cafe OTO by AMM legendary percussionist Eddie Prévost and French pianist based in London, Marjolain Charbin, the pianist playing inside and out her of instrument augmented by objects, Prévost creating sonic environments through cymbal bowing and scraping, as the duo evolve into high motion and withdraw into suspenseful beauty.
 
Squidco Pick
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Foussat, Jean-Marc / Urs Leimgruber / Carlos "Zingaro": L'Aile D'Icare
(Fou Records)

A remarkable journey in free improvisation and free form electroacoustic improv from the trio of Jean-Marc Foussat on synth & effected voice, Urs Leimgruber on soprano & tenor saxophones and Carlos Zingaro on violin, three masterful improvisers who employ unusual sonic palettes and remarkable technique in a carefully controlled conversation drawing on diverse styles.
   
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Hirose, Junji / Kazuo Imai / Darren Moore: Be Quiet!!!
(Meenna)

The catalyst for this album is Australian drummer based in Singapore Darren Moore, whose 2022 tour of Japan took him to Tokyo where he performed with legendary Japanese free improvisers, Kazuo Imai on electric guitar and Junji Hirose on tenor saxophone, this album recorded in GOK Studio, the session anything but Quiet!!!, but definitely energetically charged and assertive.
   
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Lencastre, Jose (Lencastre / Zingaro / Lai / Almeida / Sousa): Common Ground
(Phonogram Unit)

An exquisite album of chamber-oriented free improvisation that naturally merges contemporary and jazz forms while underpinned by swinging grooves, each player expressing passion and abstraction to create unique sonic combinations, from Jose Lencastre on alto saxophone, Carlos Zingaro on violin, Clara Lai on piano, Goncalo Almeida on double bass and Joao Sousa on drums.
   
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Melford's, Myra Fire And Water Quintet: Hear The Light Singing High
(RogueArt)

Drawing inspiration from the same set of Cy Twombly drawings as her previous release, For The Love Of Fire And Water, and with nearly the same ensemble — Myra Melford on piano, Mary Halvorson on guitar, Ingrid Laubrock on tenor saxophones, Tomeka Reid on cello and here Lesley Mok on drums — Melford presents five brightly original and sophisticated compositions.
 
Squidco Pick
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No Nation Trio (Nuno / Faustino / Valinho): Habitation
(Phonogram Unit)

Presenting concentrative and contemplative free improvisation from the Portuguese trio of Jorge Nuno on acoustic guitar, Hernâni Faustino on double bass and João Valinho on drums & percussion, recording in the studio for a 4-part and cohevise set of improvisation through muscular plucking, rich bowing, abstracted string progressions and mysterious drums & percussion; fascinating.
   
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Pavone, Jessica: Clamor
(Out Of Your Head Records)

With a septet of women improvisers and contemporary performers, composer and violinist Jessica Pavone's long-form collective improv compositions are titled after innovations made by women throughout history to circumvent obstructions to their freedoms, revealed through string and bassoon orchestration that balances harmony, dissonance, drone and disruptive experimentation.
 
Squidco Pick
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Prevost, Eddie / NO Moore / Henry Kaiser / Binker Golding / Olie Brice: The Secret Handshake with Danger Volume Two
(577 Records)

The 2nd volume of the UK/US West Coast quintet of legendary AMM drummer Eddie Prévost, guitarist Henry Kaiser, N.O. Moore on "guitarisism", Blinker Golding on saxophone and Olie Brice on double bass, merging free jazz and free improvisation in a rollicking album of electric jazz recorded in London, adding two more exhilarating "Doors" of quick shifting improv.
 
Squidco Pick
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Rodrigues, Ernesto / Nuno Torres / Guilherme Rodrigues / Eric Bauer / Stephen Flinn: Letters to Milena
(Creative Sources)

Referencing the book Letters to Milena (Briefe an Milena) by Franz Kafka of his intense love affair with Czech journalist & writer Milena Jesenská, through four lettered parts of a subtly sophisticated set of improvisations by Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Nuno Torres (alto sax), Guilherme Rodrigues (cello), Eric Bauer (electronics) and Stephen Flinn (percussion).
   
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Suspensao: Teufelmuzik
(Creative Sources)

Portugal's suspenseful reductionist improvising ensemble, blending acoustic and electronic instruments in delicately detailed motion, heard in this live recording at SMUP in Parede from Ernesto Rodrigues (viola), Nuno Torres (sax), Bruno Parrinha (bass clarinet), Luisa Goncalves (piano), Flak (electric gutiar), Joao Madeira (bass), Carlos Santos (analog synth) and Jose Oliveira (percussion).
   
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Valencia, Maria: Compendio de Alofonias Abisales
(Relative Pitch)

Part of Relative Pitch's extraordinary solo series, fascinatingly creative improviser from Bogota, Colombia, multi-reedist Maria Valencia, was inspired by old naturalist manuals, imagining these 16 succinct improvisations where each piece reveals moments of nature in locations between the town of Sutatausa (Colombia) and the mountains of Banff (Canada).
   
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ZYFT (Felixbrodt / Taubenfeld / Zwerver): Triangle Moments
(Creative Sources)

The sophomore release for the acoustic free improvising Amsterdam trio of Ziv Taubenfeld on bass clarinet, Henk Zwerver on guitar, and Maya Felixbrodt on viola, upping the intensity in a set of abstract improvisations of an active nature using unorthodox and extended techniques; upbeat and often exciting collective discourse that leads to great moments of individual expression.
   
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   Experimental/Electronic

Blasco, Merche / Lucie Vitkova: Anette [2 CDs]
(XI Records)

An unusual pairing of effected accordion and a 3D printer from Czech accordionist living in NY, Lucie Vitkova, also performing on harmonica, Korg Volca Bass and Moog, and NY multimedia artist Merch Blasco, the album titled for the name of Blasco's 3D printer "Anette", which also printed the thimble-microphones she wears on her fingers to capture parts of this performance.
   
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Gayle, Phillip: Mammoth Flower
(Public Eyesore)

A psychedelic set of recordings based around the guitar work of Philip Gayle, improvised, recorded, and layered into diverse experiments in sound and performed on banjo, bass, cello, door, guitars, mandolin, percussion, piano, toy piano, voice, ukulele and waterphone, with guests including saxophonist Shogo Ohshima and vocalists Shizka Ueda, Omusubisan and Fuuchan.
   
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Nakamura, Toshimaru / David Lee Myers: Elements
(Surface World)

Two like-minded electronic sound & feedback artists, David Lee Myers, aka Arcane Device from NYC and Toshimaru Nakamura from Japan, use feedback matrices & modular electronics (Myers) and No-input Mixing Board (Nakamura) in a remote collaboration of alien overlays, sonic extensions and disruptive digressions through 12 complex and varying compositions.
 
Squidco Pick
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   Compositional

Cater, Seamus: A History of Musical Pitch
(Another Timbre)

Investigating the experimental legacy of Victorian polymath Alexander J. Ellis, author of the 1880 paper, The History of Musical Pitch, composer Seamus Cater uses 74 tuning forks tuned to represent Elliss research of just ratios of 480Hz, in three compositions focusing on the most consonant tones of the system, and balancing them through minimalist chamber work from a 7-piece ensemble.
   
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Frey, Jurg / Apartment House: String Trio
(Another Timbre)

Reworking a piece for string trio originally commissioned by the Concertgebouw Brugge and premiered by the Goeyvaerts Trio as part of the 2019 SLOW Festival, this new version expands on the original composition to bring elegant calmness and clarity to the work, performed by UK's Apartment House members Mira Benjamin on violin, Bridget Carey on viola and Anton Lukoszevieze on cello.
 
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Armonicord (Querlier / Minor / Houari / Traindl):
Libres (Festival de Massy 26 Octobre 1975)
(Fou Records)

Albert Ayler (incl. Milford Graves, Cecil Taylor, Jimmy Lyons, Sunny Murray, &c):
More Lost Performances, Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Bechegas / Rodrigues / Rodrigues:
Secrets Under Trees
(Creative Sources)


Calcanhar (Mortagua / Azevedo):
Jump
(Clean Feed)

Claman / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Tallone:
Three Shadows
(Creative Sources)

Crossland / Frangenheim:
Basic Tracks Baltimore New York
(Concepts of Doing)


Paul Dunmalll (Dunmall / Kinch / Cole / Mwamba / Kane / Drake):
Bright Light A Joyous Celebration
(Discus)

Mia Dyberg Trio (w / Thomsen / Forchhammer):
Timestretch
(Clean Feed)

Eclectic Maybe Band:
Bars Without Measures
(Discus)


Nataniel Edelman Trio (feat. Michael Formanek / Michael Attias):
Un Ruido de Agua
(Clean Feed)

Bill Evans (Evans, Hall, Peacock, Motian, Israels, Bunker):
Duos With Jim Hall & Trios '64 & '65, Revisited [2CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Hernani Faustino :
Twelve Bass Tunes
(Phonogram Unit)


Felice Furioso / Jorge Nuno / Felipe Zenicola :
Sameer
(Phonogram Unit)

Vasco Furtado / Salome Amend / Luise Volkmann:
Aforismos
(Phonogram Unit)

Miha Gantar:
Amsterdam [5 CD BOX SET]
(Clean Feed)


Phillip Greenlief / Scott Amendola:
Stay with it
(Clean Feed)

Elisabeth Harnik / Zlatko Kaucic:
One Foot in the Air
(Not Two)

Fritz Hauser / Pedro Carneiro:
Pas de Deux
(Clean Feed)


Hyper.object:
Inter​.​independence
(Phonogram Unit)

Innanen / Pasborg / Piromalli:
Can You Hear It?
(Clean Feed)

Kim / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Cholet:
Taedong
(Creative Sources)


Clara Lai (Lai / Reviriego / Roca):
Corpos
(Phonogram Unit)

Catherine Lamb / Kristofer Svensson:
Translucent Harmonies - two duos for violin and viola, performed by andPlay
(Another Timbre)

Joelle Leandre / Vinicius Cajado:
Storm Dance
(Not Two)


Jose Lencastre (Lencastre / Zingaro / Lai / Alemida / Sousa):
Safe In Your Own World
(Phonogram Unit)

Jose Lencastre / Hernani Faustino / Vasco Furtado :
Forces In Motion
(Phonogram Unit)

Jose Lencastre / Hernani Faustino / Vasco Furtado :
Vento
(Phonogram Unit)


Jose Lencastre Nau Quartet + Pedro Carneiro:
Thoughts Are Things
(Phonogram Unit)

Made Of Bones (Fonesca / Clemente / Dias / Sousa):
Handgun
(Phonogram Unit)

Mercury (Caloia / Freedman):
Skin
(Clean Feed)


Simon Nabatov 3+2 (w/ Huhn / Philip Zoubek / Stefan Schonegg / Mahnig):
Verbs
(Clean Feed)

Okura / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Buder:
Your Dramatic Joy
(Creative Sources)

Aruan Ortiz (Ortiz / Byron / akLaff + St. Louis, Dhar, Gant):
Pastor's Paradox
(Clean Feed)


Tony Oxley / Stefan Holker:
The New World
(Discus)

Rodrigo Pinheiro / Pedro Carneiro:
Kinetic Etudes
(Phonogram Unit)

Nicolas Remondino / Ocra Rosa:
Each Falling Stick Is A Necessary Gesture, Every Sonic Action Being Perfectly Voluntary And With Its Own Dignity
(Shhpuma)


Ned Rothenberg (w / Courvoisier / Halvorson / Fujiwara):
Crossings Four
(Clean Feed)

Pedro Sousa Alves / Rodrigo Pinheiro / Gabriel Ferrandini :
Cloud At Rest
(Phonogram Unit)

Suspensao:
Frottage
(Creative Sources)


Suspensao:
Serendipity
(Creative Sources)

Sheldon Suter:
Berceuses & Nocturnes
(Shhpuma)

Sheldon Suter:
Berceuses & Nocturnes [VINYL]
(Shhpuma)


Steve Swell:
Dances with Questions [3-CD SET]
(Not Two)

Grzegorz Tarwid Trio ( w/ Mucha / Karch):
Flowers
(Clean Feed)

Trespass Trio feat. Susana Santos Silva (w / Zanussi / Strid / Kuchen):
Live in Oslo
(Clean Feed)


Voltaic Trio (Guerrreiro / Nuno / Valinho):
290421
(Phonogram Unit)

Mars Williams / Vasco Trilla:
Critical Mass
(Not Two)


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