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SQUIDCO Email Update + Vinyl Buy 3 Take 20% Sale - June 7, 2024

     Squidco & The Squid's Ear
 
UPDATE
June 7, 2024

"I don't live my life by the moniker
That there's nothing new under the sun—
I'm not interested in that kind of sun.
There's always more to be discovered."
—James Brandon Lewis

   Essential Artists

• Kirsten Carey/Aaron Edgcomb
• Barry Chabala/Clara Byom/David Forlano
• Elephant9
• Miha Gantar
• Gratkowski/Uchihashi/Heather/Sundland
• Houle/Gentile/Hawkins
• Izumi Kimura/Barry Guy/Gerry Hemingway
• Leap Of Faith
• James Lewis Brandon Quartet
• Samara Lubelski/Marcia Bassett
• Magda Mayas Filamental
    (Mayas/Abdelnour/Caddy/Davies/Davies/Mayaas/Parks/Theriot-Ramos/Thieke)
• MNHRS (Mikawa/Numata/Nishimura/Fujikake)
• Ernesto Rodrigues/Bruno Parrinha/Johannes von Buttlar
• Schindler/Eriksson/Engl/Neuser
• Matthew Shipp Trio (Shipp/Bisio/Baker)
• Matthew Shipp solo
• Chloe Sobek/Tim Berne
• Turbulence Orchestra



Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

Clean Feed
Creative Sources
Doubtmusic
ESP
Evil Clown
Intakt
Klanggalerie

    
Les Disques Victo
Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Relative Pitch
Roeba
RogueArt
Rune Grammofon

    

     Squidco

This weekend we're offering a discount on all new vinyl releases, where if you buy 3 or more vinyl releases, we'll reduce the price on those releases by 20% off their retail price! Vinyl has had a great return as a format, in all sizes and colors, from 7" singles to long playing LPs, so have a good look at Squidco's vinyl collection, which includes some of our most important artists in improvised, composed, rock, and indescribable genres.

Click Here to See Our Vinyl Catalog



In stock items only, while quantities last - sale items will disappear from the sale when sold out. Discounted prices will show on category page and detailed product listing when vinyl order quantity is 3 or more. Sale ends Sunday, June 9, 2024 at midnight EST (GMT-5). Discounted items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.

    





   Jazz & Improvisation

Chabala, Barry / Clara Byom / David Forlano: Morning Music
(Roeba)


The second studio session for the freely improvising electroacoustic trio of Clara Byom, a contemporary classical and improvising clarinetist and accordionist, improvising guitarist Barry Chabala on acoustic, and multi-disciplinary artist David Forlano on electronics, in 11 succinct works to accompany a beautifully unconventional morning of open-ended conversations.
   
     Buy      $10.95      Listen          

 
Gantar, Miha: New York City [5 CDs]
(Clean Feed)


The 3rd box set from Slovenian pianist & composer residing in Amsterdam, Miha Gantar, in five CDs collaborating with NYC improvisors and contemporary players performing Gantar compositions and collective improv, in configurations from a quintet, two trios including one with bassist John Hebert & drummer Eric McPherson, a duo with tenor saxophonist Zoh Amba, ending with Gantar solo.
 
Squidco Pick

     Buy      $23.95      Listen          

 
Gratkowski / Uchihashi / Heather / Sundland: Frank Gratkowski's Entrainment
(Klanggalerie)


A stunningly powerful quartet of electric jazz captured live at the 2022 Freejazz Festival in Saarbrucken, Germany between German alto saxophonist Frank Gratkowski (Skein), Japanese guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi (Ground Zero, Altered States), electric bassist Dan Peter Sundland and drummer Steve Heather, performing four assertive, charged and cathartic collective improvisations.
 
Squidco Pick

     Buy      $18.95      Listen          

 
Houle / Gentile / Hawkins: Fatrasies
(Les Disques Victo)


The transatlantic trio of UK pianist Alexander Hawkins, NY drummer Kate Gentile and Canadian reedist Francois Houle are heard in four masterful spontaneous improvisations in their live performance at the 39th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville, Houle performing on clarinets (sometimes two at a time) including the early, deep-note basset clarinet.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Kimura, Izumi / Barry Guy / Gerry Hemingway: Six Hands Open As One
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))


Five years after their extraordinary debut album Illuminated Silence, the trio of pianist Izumi Kimura, bassist Barry Guy and drummer Gerry Hemingway present four compositions for free improv, two pieces reflecting on the current state of warfare, with two from pieces Kimura and one each from Guy and Hemingway, the liner notes from each artist explaining the impetus for their work.
 
Squidco Pick

     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Leap Of Faith: Scrying
(Evil Clown)


Deploying David Peck's broad palette concept facilitating radical transformations and varied sonorities through the length of their extended performance in this 2023 recording from the Boson collective core band, with Glyis Lomon on cello & aquasonic Michael Caglianone on winds & reeds, Albey onBass on bass, Michael Knoblach on chimes & objects.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Lewis, James Brandon Quartet: Molecular Systematic Music: Live [2 CDs]
(Intakt)


The first live recordings from 2021 in Switzerland of NY saxophonist James Brandon Lewis' Molecular concept of composition, inspired by molecular biology and yielding lyrical and sophisticated structures for his players, heard in nine compositions performed with the exemplary quartet of Brad Jones on bass, Chad Taylor on drums, Aruán Ortiz on piano and Lewis on tenor sax.
 
Squidco Pick

     Buy      $29.95      Listen          

 
Lubelski, Samara / Marcia Bassett: Indexical/Rhizome
(Relative Pitch)


Following their recordings of improvisations for the abstract film "Triangulated Waves", the long-running collaboration of guitarist Marcia Bassette (Yew Recordings, Heavy Conversation, Heavy Blossom) and violinist Samara Lubelski (Fiery Furnaces, White Magic, Thurston Moore, God Is My Co-Pilot) join for two extended sonic adventures of intertwining, effected strings.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Mayas, Magda Filamental (Mayas / Abdelnour / Caddy / Davies / Davies / Mayaas / Parks / Theriot-Ramos / Thieke): Ritual Mechanics
(Relative Pitch)


The 2nd release from Magda Mayas' Filamental octet of Mayas, Zeena Parkins, Michel Thieke, Christine Abdelnour, Angharad Davies, Rhodri Davies, Aimée Theriot and Anthea Caddy, is a fascinating studio composition developed from individual recordings provided by each musician, assembled into two detailed and cohesive works of impressive contours and almost ceremonial beauty.
 
Squidco Pick

     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Rodrigues, Ernesto / Bruno Parrinha / Johannes von Buttlar: Whispers And Reveries
(Creative Sources)


The title an apt description of the furtive intercourse between these three Portuguese improvisors -- Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box (an electronic sound generator), Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet & alto saxophone, Johannes von Buttlar on percussion -- recording in the studio for 10 improvisations of understated but highly detailed free improvisation.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Schindler / Eriksson / Engl / Neuser: ImproX #1_Sound Poems to the Risk
(Creative Sources)


Quoting Danish painter & sculptor Asgar Jorn--"To get anywhere, one must choose one's mistakes. I chose experimental acts."--the quartet of Udo Schindler on alto sax, bass & double bass clarinets & cornet, Eric Zwang Eriksson on drums, Ardhi Engl on self-invented instruments and Nikolaus Neuser on trumpet, are heard live at Munich's FMZ for 3 masterfully risk-taking sound poems.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Shipp Trio, Matthew (Shipp / Bisio / Baker): New Concepts in Piano Trio Jazz
(ESP)


The evolution of NY pianist Matthew Shipp's trio with bassist Michael Bisio and drummer Newman Taylor Baker reaches new heights in this implicitly lyrical album of spontaneous collective playing, eight improvisations warmly captured in the Park West Studios, showing the deep connection that years of collaboration brings to their thoughtfully astute and imaginative playing.
 
Squidco Pick

     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Shipp, Matthew: The Data [2 CDs]
(RogueArt)


Recording in the Merkin Concert Hall on a Steinway Grand Piano, New York pianist Matthew Shipp's seventeen numbered tracks of "The Data" takes listeners through a virtual history of jazz and contemporary improvisation, from beautifully lyrical moments to rapidly complex matrices of expression, balancing his approaches into an absorbing and rewarding album.
 
Squidco Pick

     Buy      $26.95      Listen          

 
Sobek, Chloe / Tim Berne: Burning Up
(Relative Pitch)


The first meeting between New York alto saxophonist Tim Berner and Australian string player Chloë Sobek, performing on the violone, a precursor to the modern double bass, in five improvisations recorded outside of the studio to create an intimate space for their spontaneous, articulate and well-balanced dialogs, from rapt introspection to blazing intensity.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Turbulence Orchestrea: Jet Stream
(Evil Clown)


One of the largest ensembles in the Boston collective roster, this exotic Turbulence Orchestra set is orchestrated with 4 brass horns--Bob Moores, Eric Dahlman & John Fugarino on trumpets, Duane Reed on double bell euphonium; two winds--David Peck on clarinets, saxophones & flute and Dennis Livingston on flute & recorders-- plus the rhythm section of Scott Samenfeld on bass & Michael Knoblach on drums.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 




   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Carey, Kirsten / Aaron Edgcomb: Mature Defense Mechanism
(Relative Pitch)


Known best for the guitar work on clipping's Rick and Morty song "Stab Him in the Throat", Chicago guitarist Kirsten Carey joins with drummer Aaron Edgcomb (Trigger) for this set of mischievous improvised experiments that explore the relationships between rock, jazz and experimental sound through eleven assertive dialogs of quirky, skronky, and inspired playing.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Elephant9 : Mythical River
(Rune Grammofon)


Wearing the cloak of 60's pyschedelic organ trios modernized in approach and maturity, this is the 8th album from the Swedish improvising, prog-oriented rock band Elephant9, presenting six new compositions from keyboardist Stale Storlokken (Supersilent, Hedvig Mollestad Weejuns) performed with Nikolai Haengsle on electric bass and Torstein Lofthus on drums.
 
Squidco Pick

     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
MNHRS (Mikawa / Numata / Nishimura / Fujikake): MNHRS
(Doubtmusic)


A burning album of improvised rock and noise with members from Incapacitants, Keiji Haino + Masataka Fujikake Duo, Zeni Geva, &c., part of a free improv series organized by Doubtmusic and recorded at Tokyo's Knuttle House in 2023, from the quartet of Toshiji Mikawa on electronics, Jun Numata on guitar& electronics, Yusuke Nishimura on bass and Masataka Fujikake on drums.
   
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
 

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 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.


 


Adena Quartet ( Kazuhisa Uchihashi / Keisuk Ohta / Shinobu Kawai / Akira Sotoyama):
Adena Quartet
(Doubtmusic)


Maria Bertel:
Monophonic
(Relative Pitch)


Barry Chabala / Clara Byom / Muni Kulasinghe:
Kit & Caboodle
(Roeba)


Jerome Deupree / Joe Morris / Matthew Shipp:
Travelogue
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))


Feichtmair / Kolibri / Krist / Novotny / Proll / Winter / Winter:
Adschi
(Creative Sources)


Rosanna Gunnarson / Karin Johansson:
I grunda vikar ar bottnarna mjuka
(OUTERDISK)


Jason Kahn / Alice Hui-Sheng Chang:
I Smile When The Sound Is Singing Through The Space
(Editions)


Jason Kahn / Ulrich Krieger:
Eternal City
(Editions)


Simon Nabatov Quartet feat. Ralph Alessi:
Lovely Music
(Clean Feed)


Han-earl Park / Yorgos Dimitriadis / Camila Nebbia:
Gonggong 225088
(Waveform Alphabet)


Kamil Piotrowicz / Erik Kimestad / Simon Albertsen:
The President
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))


Maria Reich:
Interdependenzen
(Relative Pitch)


Dave Rempis / Tashi Dorji Duo:
Gnash
(Aerophonic)


Ernesto Rodrigues / Nuno Torres / Johannes von Buttlar:
Cosmic Collision
(Creative Sources)


Rotor (Rodrigues / Torres / Santos):
Impulses And Signals
(Creative Sources)


Sofia Salvo:
ROTAROTA
(Relative Pitch)


Christelle Sery / Jerome Descamps:
Te Ti'ama
(Clean Feed)


Harri Sjostrom / Floros Floridis / Guilherme Rodrigues / Lawrence Casserley:
Fields
(Creative Sources)


Symbolist (Flinn / Rodrigues / Carroll):
The Age Of Bronze
(Creative Sources)


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