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UPDATE
May 10, 2024
"Music is essentially a social activity —
A good band is a microcosm of how our society can operate."
—Dave Douglas
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Essential Artists
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• Goncalo Almeida/Rutger Zuydervelt
• Dave Douglas
• Bruno Duplant/Rutger Zuydervelt
• Eventless Plot
• Garcia/Moimeme/Reviriego/Rodrigues/Santos
• Ghost Trees
• Griffure
• Karin Johansson/Lisen Rylander Love
• Matt Mitchell
• Sean Ono Lennon
• Quintans/Rogers/Lopez
• Steph Richards (w/ White/Takeishi/Cleaver/Jaffee)
• TGB (Carolino/Frazao/Delgado)
• Ruben Turba/Minami Saeki
• Peter Van Huffel's Callisto
• Liba Villavecchia Trio (Reviriego/Trilla) + Luis Vicente
• John Zorn
• Rutger Zuydervelt
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Essential Labels
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Clean Feed
Creative Sources
Edition Wandelweiser Records
Future Recordings
Greenleaf Music
gusstaff records
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Havtorn Records
Machinefabriek
Northern Spy
Obliquity
Tzadik
Umlaut Records
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Douglas, Dave: Gifts
(Greenleaf Music)
A new book of compositions and four interesting interpretations of Billy Strayhorn songs from trumpeter Dave Douglas' premier of a new quartet with tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and two members of the post-rock trio Son Lux — guitarist Rafiq Bhatia and drummer Ian Chang — in a lyrically embraceable and sophisticated album dedicated to the gifts of life and music we all share.
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Eventless Plot: Structures
(Creative Sources)
Three configurations of delicately detailed, reductionist electroacoustic improv from the Greek Eventless Plot trio of Vasilis Liolios (inside piano, e-bow piano, objects & psaltiri), Yiannis Tsirikoglou (objects, guitar, MAX/MSP) and Aris Giatas (piano), in one piece as a trio, then with guest Chris Cundy on bass clarinet, and a third with Louis Portal on percussion.
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Garcia / Moimeme / Reviriego / Rodrigues / Santos: Mars Reveri
(Creative Sources)
An intense album of pyschedelic and subliminally detailed electroacoustic improvisation from the Portuguese quintet of Miguel A. Garcia on electronics, Abdul Moimeme on guitar & metals, Alex Reviriego on double bass, Ernesto Rodrigues on piano harp & viola and Carlos Santos on electronics, a powerful live set recorded in 2018 at Le Larraskito Kluba in Rekalde, Bilbao.
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Ghost Trees: Intercept Method [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Future Recordings)
Appropriately recording in New Jersey in the Van Gelder Studios, the North Carolina sax & drum duo of Brent Bagwell and Seth Nanaa stand in the shadows of Coltrane & Ali or McHenry & Cyrlle on their fourth release, a 2-LP, 180gm red-vinyl album of swinging, structured free jazz with a lyrically inclined outside attitude; twelve tracks of concise and compelling dialogs.
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Johansson, Karin / Lisen Rylander Love: Arter [VINYL]
(Havtorn Records)
The Swedish title translating to "Species", the contemplatively elegant interactions between pianist Karin Johansson and tenor saxophonist Lisen Rylander are named for extinct species of animals and plants, as the two improvise over the loss of species that disappear from the earth every year, their wistful music augmented through preparations, kalimbas, live electronics and percussion.
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Mitchell, Matt: Illimitable [2 CDs]
(Obliquity)
"100% improvised, one take, no edits" from New York pianist Matt Mitchell's solo album in four extended improvisations of impressive detail and creative direction, eschewing any particular style while crossing many, Mitchell's technical skills making complex passages clear even when he names them as abstruse, an impressive accomplishment and an absorbing album of solo piano improv.
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Ono Lennon, Sean: Asterisms
(Tzadik)
The chameleonic styles of Sean Ono Lennon are in full force on this instrumental record, merging rock, jazz, experimental and cinematic styles in captivating ways, performed with the spectacular ensemble of Devon Hoff (bass), Yuka Honda (electronics), Johnny Mathar (drums), João Nogueira (Wurlitzer), Ches Smith (drums), Michael Leonhart (trumpet) & Mauro Refosco (percussion).
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Quintans / Rogers / Lopez: Future Folk
(Creative Sources)
With artwork gracing the cover from percussionist Ramón López as part of his Jazz Paintings series, the trio of López, double bassist Paul Rogers and electric guitarist Santiago Quintans are heard in eleven succinct, highly interactive and energetic collective improvisations of dexterous interweaving and confident conversation.
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Richards, Steph (w/ White / Takeishi / Cleaver / Jaffee) : Power Vibe
(Northern Spy)
Using a democratic compositional concept of cues that any of the musicians can employ to redirect all players into new structures, leading to exemplary improv from the core quintet of Steph Richards on trumpet & flugelhorn, Joshua White on piano, Stomu Takeishi on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drumset, plus Max Jaffe replacing Cleaver on drums & sensory electronics for one live track.
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TGB (Carolino / Frazao / Delgado): ROOM 4
(Clean Feed)
Twenty years of activity and advancement is heard in this fourth album from the dynamic tuba power trio of tubist Sergio Carolino, guitarist Mario Delgado & drummer Alexandre Frazao, an electric jazz unit of deep power and drive, on this album leaving behind cover tunes that included Deep Purple and Thelonious Monk to focus on compositions from each band member.
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Van Huffel's, Peter Callisto: Meandering Demons
(Clean Feed)
A step into a darker world than Gorilla Mask from the debut of baritone saxophonist Peter Van Huffel's bass-less quartet Callisto with Lina Allemano on trumpet, Antonis Anissegos on piano & electronics and Joe Hertenstein on drums, a solid jazz quartet that shies from cliché in devilishly deep collective interplay fostered by Van Huffel's inventive compositions.
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Villavecchia, Liba Trio (Reviriego / Trilla) + Luis Vicente: Muracik
(Clean Feed)
Trumpeter Luís Vicente joins the Spanish saxophonist Liba Villavechia's Trio with double bassist Alex Reveriego and drummer Vasco Trilla for a studio album of four Villavecchia compositions, and one each from Reviriego and Vicente, propelling the band into hard swinging free improv balanced with introspective abstraction and sonic extensions; masterful.
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Zorn, John: The Hermetic Organ Volume 12 - The Bosch Requiem
(Tzadik)
Part of composer, saxophonist and organ improviser John Zorn's 70th birthday celebration, this 12th volume in his The Hermetic Organ series finds Zorn performing on the two organs at the Grote Kerk (Great Church) in Den Bosch, The Netherlands, first solo and then with John Medeski, in a tribute to the 15th century proto-Surrealist painter Hieronymus Bosch.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Almeida, Goncalo / Rutger Zuydervelt: Eventual
(gusstaff records)
The first full-length collaboration between Portuguese double bassist Gonçalo Almeida and Netherlands sound artist Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, born from the soundtrack to Lex Reitsma's documentary about photographer Koos Breukel, including additional recordings to create this beautiful long-form drone merging rich electronics with Gonçalo's powerfully textured harmonics.
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Duplant, Bruno / Rutger Zuydervelt: Edge Of Oblivion
(Machinefabriek)
The third collaboration between sound and electronic artists Bruno Duplant and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) is a darkly heavy and dramatic work of subtle motion that slowly unfolds and shifts through vast sonic environments, fueled by acousmatic sources that take the listener to the edge of darkness and then pulls them back in warm waves or rich ambiance.
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Turba, Ruben / Minami Saeki: The Gift
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Thirteen realizations of sound artist Rubén Turba and violist Minami Saeki's concept for two musicians or more, where each performer chooses five sounds as a "gift" to one of the others, played up to three times during the realization before moving to the next sound; these recordings were made independently in Tokyo & Madrid and then combined without editing.
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Zuydervelt, Rutger: Kites (music for a performance by Roshanak Morrowatian)
(Machinefabriek)
Music for a solo dance piece performed by Roshanak Morrowatian and composed by Netherland electronic artist Rutger Zuydervelt, the subject of the dance reflecting on the experience of young asylum seekers forced from their native countries to grow up somewhere unfamiliar, the music in seven parts weaving fragments of Iranian popular music into Zuydervelt's abstract electronics.
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Compositional
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Griffure: Paratonnerre
(Umlaut Records)
The French duo Griffure of cellist & vocalist Leonore Grollemund and violinist & vocalist Amaryllis Billet are transformed into a string quintet enhanced by electroacoustic instrumentation, with violinist Chloe Julian, violist Alix Gauthier and double bassist Lea Yeche, all three providing vocals, in 15 evocative works that shift between composition, improv and text.
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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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Void Patrol (Sharp / Stetson / Martin / MacDonald):
Live @ Victo
(Victo)
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Junji Hirose / Kazuo Imai / Darren Moore:
Be Quiet!!!
(Meenna)
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Jackie McLean:
One Step Beyond To New And Old Gospel Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd.)
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Guionnet / La Casa / Samartzis / Warburton:
Parking
(Swarming Collection Paris)
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Akira Sakata / Toshimaru Nakamura / Raiga Hayashi:
Kinjo no Tabibito
(Meenna)
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Friends & Neighbors (Roligheten / Johansson / Gronberg / Strom / Ostvang):
Circles
(Clean Feed)
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Anais Tuerlinckx / Jonas Gerigk / Burkhard Beins:
Au Crepuscule
(Confront)
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Kim / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Cholet:
Taedong
(Creative Sources)
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Alan Shorter:
Mephistopheles To Orgasm — Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Shaking the Squid Entries September 28, 2022 - December 29, 2023
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Niels Lyhne Lokkegaard / Quatuor Bozzini:
Colliding Bubbles (Surface Tension and Release)
(Important Records)
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Scott Clark:
Dawn & Dusk
(Out of Your Head Records)
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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 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,
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"a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"
-Don Van Vliet
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