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Essential Artists

• Ackerley/Prymek/Turner
• Peter Brotzmann/Heather Leigh
• Thanos Chrysakis
• Der Vierte Zustand
• Paul Dunmalll (Dunmall/Sanders/Bellatalla/Adams)
• Joe Fonda Quartet (w/ Wadada Leo Smith/Satoko Fujii/Tizano Tononi)
• Satoko Fujii Tokyo Trio
• Frode Gjerstad
• God Pussy
• Leap Of Faith
• Giovanni Maier/Alexander Hawkins
• Luke Martin
• David Lee Myers
• Ernesto Rodrigues/Carlos Santos/Miguel Mira
• Udo Schindler/Sandy Ewen/Damon Smith
• Transcendence (Bob Gluck/Christopher Dean Sullivan/Karl Latham)
• Turbulence Orchestra & Sub-Units
• Zilmrah

Essential Labels

Balance Point Acoustics
Creative Sources
Editions Verde
Eternal Music Projects
Evil Clown
FMR

Full Spectrum
Libra
Long Song Records
Love Earth Music
Not Two
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This weekend, from Friday, March 28th through Sunday, March 30th, all used CDs in our catalog are on sale at 20% off their listed price! Most items in our used collection are lightly used copies that we used to catalog the new albums listed on our site, and unless otherwise noted, are in near mint condition. So have a good look through our used CD category, where you'll find some great albums selling at 20% off of their pre-sale price!

View Our List of Used CDs

20% Discounts end Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 23:59 EST (UTC-4). Prices shown are discounted price. While quantities last, sold out items will disappear from the store. Customers must place orders using our shopping cart to receive discounted prices. Sale items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Brotzmann, Peter / Heather Leigh: Ears Are Filled With Wonder
(Not Two)

Brotzmann continued to surprise in eclectic pairings, here pitting his tenor saxophone, bass clarinet, tarogato, and clarinet against Heather Leigh's pedal steel guitar, recorded during a tour of Poland where the two paused from big bands, trios, quartets, and duos to record this gem.

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Der Vierte Zustand: Layers
(Creative Sources)

The Cologne-based free improvising trio Der Vierte Zustand — vocalist Hanna Schörken, guitarist Christina Zurhausen, and drummer Ramon Keck — om a compelling blend of experimental soundscapes, noise rock influences, and free jazz energy, driven by Schörken's acrobatic wordless vocals, Zurhausen's effects-laden guitar textures, and Keck's dynamic rhythms.

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Dunmalll, Paul (Dunmall / Sanders / Bellatalla / Adams): Jazz Suite Outcome Of Choice
(FMR)

Recorded at Birmingham's Custard Factory in 1999, tenor saxophonist Paul Dunmall leads drummer Mark Sanders, bassist Roberto Bellatalla, and guitarist John Adams through a set of Dunmall compositions, delivering lyrically expressive free jazz improvisations that blend dynamic interaction with inventive melodic exploration.

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Fonda, Joe Quartet (w/ Wadda Leo Smith / Satoko Fujii / Tizano Tononi): Eyes On The Horizon
(Long Song Records)

NY Bassist-composer Joe Fonda leads an exceptional quartet featuring trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, pianist Satoko Fujii, and drummer Tiziano Tononi in a profound tribute to his mentor Smith, skillfully blending compositional clarity with collective improvisation in a deeply resonant and lyrically intricate musical conversation that reflects inspiration, respect, and artistic integrity.

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Fujii, Satoko Tokyo Trio: Dream A Dream
(Libra)

Pianist Satoko Fujii's Tokyo Trio, featuring bassist Takashi Sugawa and drummer Ittetsu Takemura, expertly balances structured compositions with intuitive improvisation on their third album, recorded in Paris after touring the material across Japan and Europe, exploring shifting moods and intricate interplay through richly lyrical piano lines, subtle rhythmic dialogue, and inventive collective expression.

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Gjerstad, Frode: Stavanger 9 9 2024
(FMR)

A live 2024 performance at Spor 5 in Stavanger, Norway, uniting saxophonist Frode Gjerstad with pianist Margaux Oswald and drummer Ivar Myrset Asheim in an engaging set of collective free improvisation marked by dynamic interplay, impressive dialog from reserved introspection to expansive kinetic energy across shifting textures and intensities.

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Leap Of Faith: Decoding the Evolution of Meaning
(Evil Clown)

Boston-based improvisational ensemble Leap of Faith, led by multi-instrumentalist David Peck (PEK) and cellist Glynis Lomon, presents a drummerless seven-piece configuration recorded live at Evil Clown Headquarters, navigating expansive free improvisation with horns, strings, electronics, and unconventional percussion in an explorative chamber-like performance of subtle dynamics and spontaneous interplay

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Maier, Giovanni / Alexander Hawkins: Two For Keith
(Long Song Records)

Recorded live in the studio in Trieste, Italy, bassist Giovanni Maier and pianist Alexander Hawkins deliver a deeply expressive and adventurous duo session dedicated to the late, great Keith Tippett, weaving spontaneous improvisations and dynamic interplay in a heartfelt homage that reflects Tippett's profound influence and creative spirit.

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Rodrigues, Ernesto / Carlos Santos / Miguel Mira: The Knowledge That Our Time Is Limited Can Inspire Us
(Creative Sources)

Recorded live during the 2024 Creative Sources Cycle, violist Ernesto Rodrigues, cellist Miguel Mira, and analog synthesist Carlos Santos deliver a nuanced and exploratory collective improvisation, drawing on Rodrigues's delicate textural approach, Mira's lyrical sensitivity, and Santos's ethereal synth interactions, evoking an urgent reflection on the fleeting nature of time.

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Schindler, Udo / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith: Munich Sound Studies Vols. 4, 5 & 6 [3 CDs]
(Balance Point Acoustics)

An expansive 3-CD document recorded live across three Munich venues in May 2023, featuring Udo Schindler (clarinets, saxophones, brass), Sandy Ewen (electric guitar), and Damon Smith (double bass), each session enhanced by collaborators Karina Erhard, Jaap Blonk, and Sebastiano Tramontana, in an inventive series of improvisations of dynamic interplay and innovative sonic experiments.

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Transcendence (Bob Gluck / Christopher Dean Sullivan / Karl Latham): Music Of Pat Metheny
(FMR)

Inspired by the compositions of Pat Metheny, the Transcendence trio of pianist Bob Gluck, bassist Christopher Dean Sullivan, and drummer Karl Latham blends intent listening and explorative improvisational mastery into an expressive and dynamic performance, recorded in parallel with Gluck's book Pat Metheny: Stories Beyond Words in a heart-felt and sincere tribute to the guitarist's work.

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Turbulence Orchestra & Sub-Units: Smear Out the Difficulties (Double Live) [2 CDs]
(Evil Clown)

Bringing together a powerful 20-member ensemble, Turbulence Orchestra — led by David Peck and featuring Bonnie Kane, John Loggia, Glynis Lomon, and a diverse array of improvisers — unleashes an expansive and dynamic improvisational journey, combining dense textures, radical instrumentation, and structured spontaneity through novel conducting techniques for a set of unique sonic narratives.

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Experimental/Electronic

Ackerley / Prymek / Turner: All Hope With Sleeping Minds [CASSETTE]
(Full Spectrum)

Born from remote exchanges between Jessica Ackerley (guitar, voice, synth), Nick Turner (guitar, mellotron, synth), and Chaz Prymek (guitar, lap steel), this debut album emerges as an evocative imaginary soundtrack, blending improvisational noise with Americana-inflected ambience in an expansive meditation on post-apocalyptic contemplation.

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Chrysakis, Thanos: Psyche
(Eternal Music Projects)

Exploring the depths and boundaries of the psyche through seven compelling electroacoustic compositions, Greek composer Thanos Chrysakis delivers a deeply psychedelic, mysterious, and immersive sonic journey, masterfully blending electronic textures and acousmatic elements that resonate within the listener's consciousness, psyche, and imagination — a vivid reflection on complex inner landscapes.

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God Pussy: Rudimentar Desejo De Liberdade
(Love Earth Music)

Brazilian noise artist Jhones Silva, aka God Pussy, delivers a brutal, uncompromising conglomerate of harsh electronic textures, abstract noise, and aggressive sonic distortion, employing pedals, synths, radios & noise generators in an intense DIY exploration of social chaos, urban corruption, and humanity's unfulfilled desire for freedom through confrontational electroacoustic compositions.

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Myers, David Lee : Tin Drop Tear [BOOK w/ DOWNLOAD]
(pulsewidth)

Experimental composer and feedback artist David Lee Myers (Arcane Device) ventures into literary territory with a limited-edition book of fifty "Plunder-Lit" poetic pieces, complemented by fifteen spoken-word audio readings set to experimental soundscapes, evoking Tristan Tzara's work, William S. Burroughs' cutups, and the sensibilities of Captain Beefheart.

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Zilmrah: Hallucinatory X-Ray Visions
(Love Earth Music)

The debut full-length from Lawry Romani's noise/drone project Zilmrah blends manipulated samples, modular synths, and handcrafted electroacoustic instruments into intriguingly distorted yet spacious soundscapes, balancing hypnotic rhythms with dadaist absurdity and dense sonic experimentation in a captivating journey of cut-up electronics and immersive drones.

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Composed & Contemporary

Martin, Luke: To Be Worthy of Pessoa
(Editions Verde)

Drawing inspiration from Fernando Pessoa's "The Book of Disquiet," composer Luke Martin leads the ensemble Ordinary Affects — Morgan Evans-Weiler & Francesca Caruso (violin), Jordan Dykstra (viola), Laura Cetilia (cello), J.P.A. Falzone (vibes) and Luke Damrosch (farfisa organ) — through two introspective, quietly evolving compositions of minimalistic beauty creating thoughtful sonic dialogues.

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Tadd Dameron: Fountainbleau & Magic Touch Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Szilard Mezei Quartet: Jaguar-Flower (FMR Records)

AMM: Aura (Matchless Recordings)

Don Ellis: How Time Passes To Essence, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Rasmus Persson & Lee Noyes: Ratios (Idealstate Recordings)

Tony Oxley Quintet: Angular Apron (Corbett vs Dempsey)

AALY Trio (Gustafsson / Nordeson / Janson): Sustain (Silkheart)

Akira Sakata / Rie Nakajima: Roughly Random (Ftarri)

Michael Foster / Ben Bennett / Jacob Wick: Carne Vale (Relative Pitch)

Creiriau y Delyn Rawn (Various): Relics of the Horsehair Harp (AMGEN)

Bucher / Tan / Countryman: Unanimity (FMR)

Dominik Dolega: Everything Is True (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

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.

TJ Borden / Steve Flato: In the Garden of Eating (Full Spectrum)	Caleb Chase: Looking At Bugs Under A Log (Love Earth Music)	Matteo Cimnari: Mental Core Drilling (FMR)
+DOG+: Our Beloved..... (Love Earth Music)	+DOG+: Peace (Love Earth Music)	+Dog+: The Family Music Book Vol. 5 (2 CDRs) (Love Earth Music)
+DOG+: The Light Of Our Lives (2CDRs) (Love Earth Music)	E.O.C. (Engineering Of Consent): Dreams (Love Earth Music)	Elka Bong: Without Walls (Love Earth Music)
+Felladog+: +Felladog+ (Love Earth Music)	Hemispheres : II (FMR)	Joe Henderson / Kenny Dorham / Andrew Hill / McCoy Tyner: Our Thing to In �N Out Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Illusion Of Safety: Float (Full Spectrum)	Christopher Kunz / Florian Fischer: Die Unwucht, Disperation And Focus First Visit (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)	La Noed (w/ Carlos Mascolo): De la liberte (FMR)
Magical: The Gift Of Today (Love Earth Music)	Joe Maneri / Tyson Rogers / Jacob Braverman: In The Shadow, First Visit (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)	MNE (Mikawa / Numata / Escalante): MNE Is Not NME (Love Earth Music)
Money : Money 2 (2CDs) (Love Earth Music)	MouthWind: Corps Et Biens (Creative Sources)	Nil by Nose: Pictures On Trains Repainted (Love Earth Music)
Bruno Parrinha / Andrew Levine / Ernesto Rodrigues : Sensor Out Of Service (Creative Sources)	Ernesto Rodrigues / Jung-Jae Kim / Alvaro Rosso : Meari: Instant Waves (Creative Sources)	Ernesto Rodrigues / Nuno Torres / Guilherme Rodrigues: Whispers In The Moonlight - In Seven Movements [2CDs] (Creative Sources)
Thee Checkered Shoed Dude: A 'Lil Test Of That (Love Earth Music)	Sabu Toyozumi / Richard Allan Bates / Rick Countryman: The Separation of Sound and Space (FMR)	Tret Trio (Ron Hall / Tobias Weindorf / Phillipp Van Endert): Crow Jam (FMR)
Unredeemable (Tracy Lisk / Andrea Pensado): Preverbal (Love Earth Music)	Unsub: Ambitious Victim (Love Earth Music)	Unsub: Suffer Apathy (Love Earth Music)
Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg / Nuno Torres / Ernesto Rodrigues / Joao Madeira / Carlos Santos : La Rambarde Des Songes, Les Congruences Des Soupirs (Creative Sources)	Liang Yiyuan / Li Daiguo: Sonic Talismans [VINYL] (Full Spectrum)	Zero Point (Rick Countryman / German Bringas / Itzam Cano / Gabriel Lauber): Determinism (FMR)

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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