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SQUIDCO Email Update, February 21, 2025

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Essential Artists

• Brotzmann / Swell / Nilssen-Love
• Peter Brotzmann/Steve Swell/Paal Nilssen-Love
• Ellen Christi/Fiorenzo Sordini Quintet
• Ellen Christi/Yuko Fujiyama/Masahiko Kono/Mauro Orselli
• dustsceawung
• Expanse
• Fred Frith/Shelley Burgon
• Hobbs and Shanko
• Brandon Lopez Septet
• Machinefabriek
• Painkiller
• Helene Sage
• Simulacrum
• Un Drame Musical Instantane
• Mars Williams/Vasco Trilla
• John Zorn/Erik Friedlander/Michael Nicolas
• John Zorn/Mary Halvorson Quartet
• Rutger Zuydervelt

Essential Labels

Eh?
Evil Clown
Flag Day Recordings
GRRR
Machinefabriek

Network
Not Two
Relative Pitch
Splasc(h)
Tzadik

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Brotzmann / Swell / Nilssen-Love: Live in Copenhagen
(Not Two)

Captured live at Copenhagen's Jazzhouse in 2016, the explosive trio of Peter Brötzmann on saxophone & clarinet, Steve Swell on trombone, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums & percussion delivers a high-intensity set, opening with the fiery 30-minute "Copenhagen Maneuvers" and continuing through shorter pieces that demonstrate their raw power, deep improvisational synergy, and relentless momentum.

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Brotzmann, Peter / Steve Swell / Paal Nilssen-Love: Krakow Nights
(Not Two)

A powerhouse trio of free jazz titans — Peter Brötzmann on saxophone and clarinet, Steve Swell on trombone, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums — captured live at Krakow's Alchemia Club in 2015, delivering a high-energy set of unrelenting interplay, shifting dynamics, and deep improvisational synergy, from explosive full-throttle exchanges to nuanced explorations of timbre and structure.

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Christi, Ellen / Fiorenzo Sordini Quintet: A Piece of the Rock
(Splasc(h))

An engaging meeting recorded in the studio in New York in 1991, bringing together vocalist Ellen Christi, saxophonist & bass clarinetist Carlo Actis Dato, trombonist Masahiko Kono, bassist Enrico Fazio, drummer Fiorenzo Sordini, and text artist Michael Vecchio, blending adventurous contemporary jazz, spontaneous composition, and spoken word in a strikingly dynamic and generally lyrical session.

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Christi, Ellen / Yuko Fujiyama / Masahiko Kono / Mauro Orselli: Reconstruction Of Sound
(Network)

A compelling collaboration featuring improvising vocalist Ellen Christi alongside pianist Yuko Fujiyama, trombonist Masahiko Kono, and drummer Mauro Orselli, recorded in the studio in 1993 and live at Roulette in 1996, weaving dynamic free improvisation and exploratory soundscapes that showcase Christi�s innovative vocal techniques and deep engagement with spontaneous composition.

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Expanse: Attenuations
(Evil Clown)

David Peck leads an expansive sextet with Bob Moores, John Fugarino, Jiaxin Wan, Ziyi Gao, and Michael Knoblach, blending Western and Chinese instrumentation as clarinet, saxophones, & space trumpet intertwine with guzheng, pipa, electronics, & percussion, creating a richly textured, dynamic improvisation that reflects the ensemble's ongoing exploration of spontaneous composition.

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Frith, Fred / Shelley Burgon: The Life and Behavior
(Relative Pitch)

A compelling collaboration between guitarist Fred Frith and innovative harpist Shelley Burgon — known for her work with Anthony Braxton, Trevor Dunn, and Okkyung Lee — in a series of concise and precise improvisations recorded in Oakland, CA, in 2002 and 2005, as Burgon blends seamlessly with Frith's acoustic guitar to create seemingly telepathic synchronicity and an expansive sonic palette.

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Hobbs and Shanko: The Depression Tapes
(Relative Pitch)

Alto saxophonist Jim Hobbs and bassist Timo Shanko, co-founders of the Fully Celebrated Orchestra, present their first duo recording, nine improvisations recorded in the studio in Massachusetts, expressing their three-decade synergy through intimate, exploratory playing that blends passionate and deep-seated melodic interplay with free jazz elements and a strong sense of the blues.

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Lopez, Brandon Septet: nada sagrada
(Relative Pitch)

An intense performance led by bassist Brandon Lopez, recorded live at Roulette during the 2023 Vision Festival, blending deep listening and collective spirit in a dynamic, politically charged composition featuring Zeena Parkins (electric harp), Mat Maneri (viola), Cecilia Lopez (electronics), DoYeon Kim (gayageum), and drummers Gerald Cleaver &Tom Rainey, propelling intricate textures and ritualistic intensity.

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Painkiller: The Equinox
(Tzadik)

Following their acclaimed 2024 album Samsara, Painkiller returns with Mick Harris (beats, electronics), Bill Laswell (bass), and John Zorn (alto saxophone) delivering six intense and genre-blurring tracks that fuse jazz, grindcore, metal, noise, and techno into an exhilarating, multilayered sonic journey inspired by the magickal practices of Aleister Crowley.

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Simulacrum: Shadows
(Evil Clown)

An electrified vortex of shifting soundworlds from PEK's Simulacrum ensemble, recorded live at Evil Clown Headquarters, blending PEK's reeds and electro-acoustics with Bob Moores' space trumpet and synths, Eric Woods' analog synthesis, Robin Amos' hybrid synths, and Michael Caglianone's saxophones in an Arkestra-infused, kosmische exploration of entropy and sonic strangeness.

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Un Drame Musical Instantane: Trop D'Adrenaline Nuit
(GRRR)

The groundbreaking 1977 debut of Un Drame Musical Instantané is a fully improvised yet strikingly structured work blending synthesizer, trumpet, guitar, film dialogue, and radio broadcasts into a dynamic sonic collage, here reissued in 2004 with a new master and the bonus track "Sancta Papaverina", the album captures the trio's bold fusion of avant-garde improvisation and experimental composition.

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Williams, Mars / Vasco Trilla: Awakening Nature From Her Dream (Live In Barcelona)
(Not Two)

A powerful 2019 live performance from Barcelona between legendary multi-reedist Mars Williams and boundary-pushing percussionist Vasco Trilla, unfolding from introspective explorations into bursts of intricate and energetic free jazz, as Williams' array of saxophones and toys meets Trilla's rich palette of percussion in an electrifying exchange.

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Zorn, John / Erik Friedlander / Michael Nicolas: The Bagatelles Vol. 2
(Tzadik)

An intimate exploration of John Zorn's Bagatelles, featuring the seemingly telepathic cello duo of Erik Friedlander and Michael Nicolas in deeply expressive and intricately woven performances that reveal the emotional depth, sensitivity, and Zorn's adventurous compositional spirit, bridging composed forms with spontaneous improvisation for a nuanced and exciting chamber setting.

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Zorn, John / Mary Halvorson Quartet: The Bagatelles Vol. 1
(Tzadik)

Originally part of the Bagatelles 4-CD box set, this standalone release presents John Zorn's tightly constructed compositions interpreted by the Mary Halvorson Quartet, where Halvorson's microtonal guitar meets Miles Okazaki's rhythmic fluidity, propelled by bassist Drew Gress and drummer Tomas Fujiwara in an explosive and intricately woven set of high-energy, avant-garde jazz explorations.

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Experimental/Electronic

dustsceawung: dustsceawung [CASSETTE w/ Download]
(Eh?)

Minneapolis trio Dustsceawung — Miri Karraker (viola), Noah Ophoven-Baldwin (cornet), and Mitch Stahlmann (flute) — explore lowercase improvisation and instrumental abstraction in two 20-minute pieces, "Firn" (2018) and "Fold" (2022), blending scraping textures, breathy timbres, and hushed dynamics, as they create an intimate, shifting soundscape of subtle tension and ephemeral beauty.

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Machinefabriek: Omval
(Flag Day Recordings)

Inspired by a live performance with serpent player Berlinde Deman, Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) recreated his live setup from that show to record this intricate sonic collage, blending hardware improvisations, field recordings, and an array of electronic and acoustic sources into an organic, layered work that merges performative immediacy with studio precision.

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Zuydervelt, Rutger: Microtopia (Original Game Score)
(Machinefabriek)

An immersive and atmospheric soundtrack from composer Rutger Zuydervelt, known for his work as Machinefabriek, scoring the video game Microtopia with intricate electronic textures and evocative soundscapes that enhance the game's robotic ant colony simulation, blending ambient, rhythmic, and experimental elements to create a rich sonic environment praised for its depth and integration with gameplay.

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Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Sage, Helene : Les Araignees
(GRRR)

An imaginative and genre-defying return from Hélène Sage in an eclectic blend of songs, jazz-inflected fanfares, and humorous yet critical texts performed in multiple languages, featuring a striking ensemble of avant-garde musicians whose voices, instruments, and unconventional approaches craft a surreal and adventurous sonic world; of interest to RIO fans.

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Fujii, Satoko Quartet (w/ Tamura / Takeharu / Yoshida): Dog Days of Summer (Libra)

Borca / R. Brown / W. Parker / Workman / Nicholson / Murphy / Ibarra / Taylor-Baker: Good News Blues (NoBusiness Records)

Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues: Intenso Como O Mar (Creative Sources)

Leo Genovese: Forward (577 Records)

Rhodri Davies / Pierre Gerard: la montagne change le paysage (Ftarri)

John Coltrane Quartet: Impressions From Graz 1962, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Brad Barrett / Taylor Ho Bynum / Joe Morris: Geologic Time (Fundacja Sluchaj Records)

Colin Andrew Sheffield: Moments Lost (Sublime Retreat)

Luc Houtkamp / Alex Maguire: At Khoen's (FMR)

John Butcher / Florian Stoffner / Chris Corsano: The Glass Changes Shape (Relative Pitch)

John Butcher / Thomas Lehn / John Tilbury: Lights (Fataka)

Jean-Marc Foussat / Daunik Lazro: Trente-Cinq Minutes & Vingt-Trois Secondes (Fou Records)

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.

Alientstalk (Ellen Christi / Claudio Lodati / Jan Schlegel / Luigi Archetti): Alientstalk (Sargasso)	Jean-Jacques Birge : Pique-nique Au Labo 3 (GRRR)	Ellen Christi / Claudio Lodati: Vocal Desires (C.M.C. Records)
Tim Daisy / Ken Vandermark: Fourth Atlas (Not Two)	Iancu Dumitrescu : Ansamblul Hyperion (Corbett vs. Dempsey)	Michel Houellebecq / Jean-Jacques Birge : Etablissement D'Un Ciel D'Alternance (GRRR)
Jacqueline Kerrod / Joe Morris: Morpeth Contemporary 2024 (Relative Pitch)	Helene Sage: Echappee Belle (GRRR)	Tamura / Fujii / Lopez: Yama Kawa Umi (Not Two)
Un Drame Musical Instantane: Machiavel (GRRR)

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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