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SQUIDCO Email Update, November 22, 2024

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Essential Artists

• Baker, Duck
• Falter Bramnk
• Johnathan Deasy
• Elephant9
• Peter Evans (Evans/Eldh/Black)
• Francisco Mela and Shinya Lin
• Barry Guy/Ken Vandermark
• Philip Jeck
• Thollem McDonas
• Joe McPhee
• Alfredo Monteiro Costa
• Moons (Berkson/Cetilia/Porter/Tavolacci)
• Novoa/Carter/Mela Trio
• Rasmus Persson/Lee Noyes
• Perturbations
• Colin Sheffield Andrew
• Simulacrum
• Turbulence

Essential Labels

577 Records
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Editions Verde
ESP
Evil Clown
Idealstate Recordings

Not Two
Rune Grammofon
Sublime Retreat
Touch
We Jazz

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Baker, Duck: Breakdown Lane: Free Solos & Duos 1976-1998
(ESP)

A collection of fourteen solo guitar pieces and two duos with Eugene Chadbourne, this album features works by Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington (Take the 'A' Train), Thelonious Monk (Straight, No Chaser), and Ornette Coleman (Peace), drawn from live performances and demo sessions recorded between 1976 and 1998, showcasing Baker's impressive range, unique fingerstyle, and mastery of diverse moods and styles.

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Evans, Peter (Evans / Eldh / Black): Extra [VINYL]
(We Jazz)

An exhilarating trio with bassist Petter Eldh and drummer Jim Black, recorded in Lisbon in 2023, capturing inventive synergy across eight original compositions by Peter Evans, ranging from the fiery intensity of "Freaks" and "Boom" to the surprising twists of "The Lighthouse", as their close-knit rapport fuels rhythmic depth and jaw-dropping improvisation.

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Francisco Mela and Shinya Lin: Motions Vol. 2
(577 Records)

The second volume from extraordinary New York drummer Francisco Mela and Taiwan-born pianist Shinya Lin, now based in NY, presents Parts 3 & 4 of their extended collective improvisations, showcasing joyful interplay and complex interweaving of keys and drums, enhanced by Lin's percussive preparations and Mela's vocal exclamations, delivering an upbeat and intricately exuberant encounter.

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Guy, Barry / Ken Vandermark: Occasional Poems [2 CDs]
(Not Two)

Capturing an exciting and cohesive live performance at Krakow's Alchemia club, documenting the first duo encounter between Chicago reedist Ken Vandermark and UK bassist Barry Guy, in nine spontaneous duets and soliloquies; Guy's dynamic bass explorations and Vandermark's versatility converge in an inspired interplay of rhythmic energy, textural innovation, and lyrical intensity.

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McDonas, Thollem : Infinite-Sum Game
(ESP)

Recording live in Palermo, Sicilia at Sala Perriera, Thollem McDonas' performance reflects a lifelong, genre-bending exploration of music, influenced by classical training, cultural diversity, and global experiences, blending classical, jazz, and punk into an omni-idiomatic dialogue; honoring the revolutionary spirit of the past while responding to the dynamics of our time.

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McPhee, Joe: Straight Up, Without Wings [BOOK]
(Corbett vs. Dempsey)

Joe McPhee recounts his journey from his formative years and time in the army to his evolution as a creative free jazz saxophonist and trumpeter, sharing experiences and encounters with artists such as Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Peter Brötzmann, and Pauline Oliveros; featuring a foreword by Fred Moten and an afterword by Moor Mother.

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Novoa / Carter / Mela Trio: Vol.1
(577 Records)

Brooklyn-based Eva Novoa's new trio with sax legend Daniel Carter and drummer Francisco Mela debuts with their first volume, featuring compositions inspired by the four elements — earth, wind, fire, and water — and a Cuban piece, blending Novoa's piano, Fender Rhodes, electric harpsichord, and gongs with Carter's sax and Mela's rhythms for vibrant, free-flowing interplay.

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Novoa / Carter / Mela Trio: Vol.1 [VINYL]
(577 Records)

Brooklyn-based Eva Novoa's new trio with sax legend Daniel Carter and drummer Francisco Mela debuts with their first volume, featuring compositions inspired by the four elements — earth, wind, fire, and water — and a Cuban piece, blending Novoa's piano, Fender Rhodes, electric harpsichord, and gongs with Carter's sax and Mela's rhythms for vibrant, free-flowing interplay.

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Perturbations: Asymptotic Series
(Evil Clown)

Evil Clown's most recent ensemble led by PEK and Joel Simches focuses on trio configurations to highlight Simches' real-time signal processing; this session features PEK, Michael Caglianone, and John Fugarino on horns, auxiliary percussion, and electronics, delivering dynamic transformations across sonorities under the influence of Simches' manipulations.

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Simulacrum: Replacing Reality with Representation
(Evil Clown)

A Metal Chaos Ensemble offshoot featuring PEK, Eric Woods, and Bob Moores, focuses on heightened electronic elements while omitting drums, typically expanding to larger groups; this quintet session included a rhythm section using extensive instrumental doubling across brass, reeds, percussion, and electronics, resulting in a slower-moving yet richly textured exploration.

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Turbulence: Principles of Complementarity
(Evil Clown)

Extending the horn section of the Leap of Faith Orchestra and operating independently with varied ensembles under the name Turbulence when horn players dominate, this session saw a planned 9-member Turbulence Orchestra reduced to seven, blending a large horn section, jazz-leaning bass and diverse percussion, delivering a dynamic set exemplifying Evil Clown's broad improvisational palette.

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Experimental/Electronic

Deasy, Johnathan: Le Sacre
(Sublime Retreat)

Unfolding as a deep listening experience with slowly oscillating sine waves created through SuperCollider, Jonathan Deasy's hour-long drone composition blends digital artistry with warmth, evoking orchestral textures reminiscent of processed cello or trombone with ascending and descending notes, creating a dramatic yet slow-moving, dark and spacious soundscape.

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Jeck, Philip: rpm [2 CDs]
(Touch)

Collecting work from Philip Jeck's life and collaborations, including projects with Fennesz, Jah Wobble, Faith Coloccia, Gavin Bryars and Chris Watson, including Oxmardyke completed from Watson's recordings, Jana Winderen's pilot whale track, and reflections on Jeck's groundbreaking audiovisual work Vinyl Requiem (1993), showcasing his legacy of innovation in sound and performance.

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Monteiro, Alfredo Costa : Transient Spaces as Impermanent Lines
(Sublime Retreat)

Unfolding as a sonic drift through varied sound atmospheres, Alfredo Costa Monteiro's large sonic canvas creates a narrative akin to a psychogeographical wander that evokes emotional states of disorientation; inspired by found footage techniques in cinema, it serves as a "cinema for the ear," where found sounds stripped of context form an immersive, unpredictable auditory journey.

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Persson, Rasmus / Lee Noyes : Ratios
(Idealstate Recordings)

The collaboration between sound artists Lee Noyes and Rasmus initiated during their 2021 residency at Elementstudion in G�teborg, blending feedback electronics to explore balance, restraint, and precision; navigating the unpredictability of their instruments, they use improvisation, negative space and perceptual phenomena to develop these fascinating compositions.

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Sheffield, Colin Andrew : Moments Lost
(Sublime Retreat)

Debuting at the Molten Plains Festival 2023, Colin Andrew Sheffield's work blends manipulated samples from vintage soundtrack LPs into an abstract plunderphonic symphony; using layered loops, ambient drones, and vinyl surface noise, creating a haunting sonic collage of deconstructed melodies and textures, fusing past and present in a dream-like exploration of hidden secrets and lost moments.

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Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Elephant9 : Mythical River [VINYL]
(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.

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Composed & Contemporary

Bramnk, Falter: Music for Luminous Background
(Sublime Retreat)

A new solo project from French composer and improviser Falter Bramnk, exploring glass and crystal as exclusive sound sources, following his "Glassical Music" series; originally conceived for six Muzzix collective musicians, Bramnk reworked and expanded the compositions featuring glass struck, rubbed, blown, and shaken, on select tracks with contributions from Sam Bodart on Crystal Baschet.

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Moons (Berkson / Cetilia / Porter / Tavolacci): Moons
(Editions Verde)

Moons' debut album features long-time collaborators Judith Berkson, Laura Cetilia, Katie Porter, and Christine Tavolacci, each contributing a composition blending accordion, voice, cello, clarinets, and flutes, with works exploring memory through tunings, divine visions, impermanent graphic scores, and micro-intervals to create dynamic, shifting sonorities and felt-time improvisation.

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The Flame (Robert Mitchell / Neil Charles / Mark Sanders): Towards The Flame, Vol. 2 (577 Records)

Rempis / Adasiewicz / Abrams / Damon: Propulsion (Aerophonic)

Daniel Levin / Fala Mariam / Sei Miguel: Panorama (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

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

Jason Stein / Marilyn Crispell / Damon Smith / Adam Shead: Spi-raling Horn (Balance Point Acoustics / Irritable Mystic)

Danya Pilchen: Two Songs. Anne, Germaine, Koen, Seamus, Danya (Edition Wandelweiser Records)

Maria Bertel: Monophonic (Relative Pitch)

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

Simon Nabatov: Raging Bulgakov (Fundacja Sluchaj Records)

The Remote Viewers: Inside The Blizzard / Trivia (Remote Viewers)

Booker Little: Out Front to And Friend Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Paul Dunmall / Simon Thoumire / John Edwards / Phillip Gibbs: Brothers in Music (FMR)

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.

Abdou / Gouband / Warelis: Hammer, Roll and Leaf (Relative Pitch)	Ben Bennett / Michael Foster / Jacob Wick: Carne Vale (Relative Pitch)	Dan Blacksberg: The PsychicBody Sound System (Relative Pitch)
Karen Borca / Paul Murphy: Entwined (Relative Pitch)	Innovative Landscapes Laboratory: Spontaneous Dimensions (Sublime Retreat)	The Jazzmen w/ Joe McPhee: Nineteen Sixty-Six (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
K. Lyle Curtis / Jaap Blonk / Alex Cunningham / Damon Smith / Kevin Cheli: A Radio Of The Body 7 Neutrino Broadcasts Searching For 8 (Balance Point Acoustics)	Modelbau: Extricate (Sublime Retreat)	Ra Moses Kalam Bob / Jerome Bryerton: The Jugglerdrum (Balance Point Acoustics)
Ornella Noulet: Promise Of Faithfulness (Relative Pitch)	Ryoko Ono: The Days (Relative Pitch)	Zeena Parkins: Dam Against the Spring Tide (Relative Pitch)
Room 31: Crazy Town (Positive Elevation / 577 Records)	Matt Weston: Communism Has Appeared On The Scene [VINYL 2 LPs] (7272music)

Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2003. In 2010, we moved to Wilmington, NC, providing regional and visiting customers access to our catalog of over 9,000 items, including hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items not listed on our website. We're open for visits by appointment during weekday afternoons, so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region, please email us to set up a time — we'd love to play some music for you!

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