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Through this weekend we're reducing the price of a great set of CDs and Vinyl records by 30% of their original retail price! That's big savings on a large number of very interesting releases, starting the sale with 385 CDs and 46 vinyl releases. Some of these items are being sold to reduce inventory, and some will be closed out of the store. When the last copy of each is sold they'll disappear from the store, so take a good look at these lists soon before they're gone!
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Angles 9 (Zethson / Stahl / Broo / Kajfes / Aleklint / Hegdal / Berthling / Werlin / Kuchen): Disappeared Behind the Sun
(Clean Feed)
Saxophonist Martin Kuchen's amazing 9-piece Angles ensemble returns for an album titled for the grief of those who disappear due to war, crime and oppression, music that celebrates the tense balance in the challenge to confront and lead away from darkness and tyranny.
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Ballrogg (Ellerhusen Holm / Arntzen / Grydeland): Abaft the Beam
(Clean Feed)
The Ballrog duo of multi-reedist Klaus Ellerhusen Holm and double bassist Roger Arntzen is expanded with pedal steel guitarist Ivar Grydeland as they explore jazz influenced at the intersection of Jimmy Giufree and Eric Dolphy with Morton Feldman-esque non-linear structures.
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CP Unit (Pitsiokos / Seabrook / Dahl / Walter): Before the Heat Death
(Clean Feed)
Chris Pitsiokos' Unit with electric guitarist Brandon Seabrook, electric bassist Tim Dahl, and drummer Weasel Walter turn in a fiery and demanding album of compelling free jazz, using traditional jazz structures but turning them on their head in joyfully unconventional ways.
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Durio Zibethinus (Quentin Biardeau / Valentin Ceccaldi): Poissons Frais
(BeCoq)
Saxophonist Quentin Biardeau and cellist Valentin Ceccalid, also on percussion, are Durio Zibethinus, a duo from Orleans, France using traditional and unusual instruments to present unique free improvisations balancing powerful technique and just plain creative fun.
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Ease: Klaus Filip / Noid: No No No, No
(Mikroton Recordings)
An anniversary release for the 10 year collaboration of Ease, the duo of Klaus Filip and Noid, using Filip's ppooll software (formerly lloopp) to tailor both pure electronic sound and modified field recordings into subtle and mysterious sound environments.
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Gama, Joana / Luis Fernandes / Ricardo Jacinto: Harmonies
(Shhpuma)
The duo of Joana Gama on piano and Luis Fernandes on electronics is expanded with Ricardo Jacinto on cello to create rich, mysterious works inspired by Erik Satie's score for the ballet "Relache", graced with the image of the double cross he used when he founded his 1-member church in 1892.
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Godet, Jean-Brice (Godet / Niggenkemper / Darrifourcq): Lignes de Cretes
(Clean Feed)
French clarinetist Jean-Brice Godet leads the trio of bassist Pascal Niggenkemper and drummer Sylvain Darrifourcq in a live album of abstract free improvisation using tools like radios, dictaphones, object, and zithers, creating powerfully unique sound worlds.
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Gorilla Mask (Van Huffel / Fidezius / Fischerlehner): Iron Lung
(Clean Feed)
Hard-edged and tightly controlled free jazz from the trio of Peter Van Huffel on alto sax, Roland Fidezius on electric bass, and Rudi Fischerlehner on drums, blending jazz & punk sensibilities in works with great technical twists and turns over savagely lyrical music.
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Gourdon, Yann / Maxime Petit / Jean-Luc Guionnet: Soli - Fanzine [3 CD + BOOK]
(BeCoq)
A strange and bizarrely beautiful "fanzine" of three CDs, one each from hurdy gurdy drone artist Yann Gourdon, bass guitarist Maxime Petite, and Jean Luc Guionnet on organ, with illustration by artists Fredox, Celine Guichard, and 38Fillette; an odd and absorbing package.
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Hauf / Jackson / Stein / Rosaly / Hess / Hartman: Next Delusion [VINYL]
(Shameless)
A powerful band fueled by three woodwind players (Boris Hauf, Keefe Jackson, Jason Stein) and three drummers (Frank Rosaly, Steven Hess, and Michael Hartman), capable of both rage and introspection in collective improvisation that's one part joy, one part catharsis.
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Kosi: Ghosts Appearing through the Sound: an Abbey Lincoln tribute
(Self Released)
NY vocalist Kosi (Akosua Gyebi) recorded this album to accompany a theater production called Ghosts Appearing through the Sound: a tribute to Abbey Lincoln, paying homage to the great vocalist with a 4-piece band performing works by Lincoln, Coltrane, Monk, &c.
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Kosi: I Know Who I Am
(Self Released)
NY jazz vocalist Kosi (Akosua Gyebi) in her 4th solo album which she describes as a "concept album telling the story of guilt, absolution, love and self-actualization through original jazz and negro spirituals." through original songs and covers including Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah".
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Levin, Daniel Quartet (Levin / Maneri / Moran / Zetterberg): Live at Firehouse 12
(Clean Feed)
Cellist Daniel Levin's sophisticated jazz quartet with Mat Maneri (viola), Matt Moran (vibes), and Torbjorn Zetterberg (double bass) are captured live at Connecticut's Firehouse 12 for a superb album of modern improv with great skill, depth and style.
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Lewis, George & Splitter Ochester: Creative Construction Set
(Mikroton Recordings)
An amazing album of advanced techniques and sonic possibilities from the Berlin based Splitter Orchester, bringing together 25 superlative players from the "Echtzeitmusik" electroacoustic improvisation, here performing George Lewis's composition "Creative Construction Set".
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Mats Gustafsson / Craig Taborn: Ljubljana [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)
Celebrating the 400th release of Clean Feed Records, Swedish free jazz phenomenon, saxophonist Mats Gustafsson meets with NY jazz pianist Craig Taborn for an unlikely yet highly satisfying encounter that pushes each improviser into unfamiliar, edge-of-their seats, territory.
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Mayhall, Matt : Tropes
(Skirl)
Drummer Mayhall brings together a great set of improvisers, including guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Paul Bryan, keyboardist Jeff Babko and tenor saxophonist Chris Speed, for electric, lyrical and sonically powerful compositions founded on compelling textures and rhythms.
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Mezzacappa, Lisa (Bennett / Finkbeiner / Winant / Mezzacappa / Perkis / Glenn): avantNOIR
(Clean Feed)
Influenced by noir crime novels from the 20s set in the Bay Area, bassist Mezacappa wrote these sophisticated and lyrical compositions for selected scenes or characters, performed by the superb sextet of William Winant, Tim Perkis, Aaron Benett, John Finkbeiner, & Jordan Glenn.
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MKM (Jason Kahn / Gunter Muller / Norbert Moslang): Instants // Paris
(Mikroton Recordings)
The 2nd release from the electroacoustic improvising trio of Jason Kahn (analog synthesizer), Gunter Muller (percussion-based samples and electronics) and Norbert Moslang (cracked everyday electronics), performing live at Les Instants Chavires in Paris, France.
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Nadzharov / Chichilin / Stolyar: NaChiSto
(Creative Sources)
Spontaneous compositions of freely improvised music performed on piano, synth, whistles, electroacoustic guitar, percussion, live electronics and effects from this trio who hail from Moscow and Siberia, recording their unique and adventurous dialog in the studio.
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Paul, Leah: We Will Do The Worrying
(Skirl)
LA flutist Leah Paul began these works as through-composed chamber pieces, with lyrical content evolving as each song took shape, performed in a hybrid band of improvisers and chamber players with Afton Hefley singing about meditation of dreams and childhood memories.
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Royston, Rudy Trio: Rise of Orion
(Greenleaf Music)
Frequent side-man to Bill Frisell, Dave Douglas, &c., drummer Rudy Royston leads a "chord-less" trio of Mostly Other People Do the Killing/Talibam! saxophonist Jon Irabagon and bassist Yasushi Nakamura through a strong, lyrical set of 13 original jazz compositions.
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Sleep Talk (Steinbach / Grollman): Sleep Talk [CASSETTE]
(Wee Space Tapes)
Stream of consciousness improvisation in voice, violin harmonics, and unidentifiable percussive sounds, all over a NY neighborhood traffic drone, from the duo of violinist Natalia Steinbach and drummer/percussionist David Grollman, reporting from a strange dream.
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Sun Ra & His Solar Arkestra: I Roam The Cosmos [VINYL]
(Art Yard)
An unreleased, previously unheard live session of Sun Ra with his 18 piece Solar Arkestra recorded at Slug's Saloon in New York in 1972, performing the title track along with "Discipline 27-II", a large work and a "poetic journey to the outer limits of planetary awareness".
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Tilbury, John / John Lely / Dirar Kalash & Christian Wolff: Seaside
(Another Timbre)
1st recordings of John Tilbury playing clavichord, recorded on his own instrument at his home, combined with improvised trios for clavichord, oud (played by Dirar Kalash) and John Lely's distinctive low-key electronics, plus compositions by Christian Wolff & John Lely.
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Velkro (Simon / Meidell / Candeias): Too Lazy to Panic
(Clean Feed)
Hazy free jazz in an hallucinatory blend of passionate music influenced as much by experimental and rock forms as traditional improv, from the trio of Bostjan Simon on sax & electronics, Stephan Meidell on guitar, bass, percussion & electronics and Luis Candeias on drums.
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Webber's, Anna Simple Trio (Matt Mitchell / John Hollenbeck): Binary
(Skirl)
Using internet sources to fuel compositions, including YouTube test channels, memes, and her own IP adress, saxophonist Anna Webber wrote these compositions for her trio with drummer John Hollenbeck and pianist Matt Mitchell to blur the line between composition and improvisation.
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Yes Deer: Get Your Glitter Jacket
(BeCoq)
The Norwegian & Danish freejazz-noise-rock trio Yes Deer of Anders Vestergaard on drums, Karl Bjora on guitar and Signe Dahlgreen on sax, in their second album of high energy, cacophonous and brutally joyful (they say "enthusiastic despair") collective improvisation.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Amalgamated: Amalgamated
(Aubjects)
An album of hallucinogenic and melodic rhythhm and sound from the Amalgamated collective, who take their influence from 80's industrial / cassette culture, as heard in these 8 tracks, balancing modern electronics with lo-fi/home taper instruments and sensibilities.
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Amalgamated: Solve et Coagula [CASSETTE + ART BOOK]
(Aubjects)
The Amalgamated collective in a two cassette package including an extensive booklet of fractal images and a folding card with images; the music presents dark and detailed industrial sound, a mix of drone and collage that engulfs the listener into their alchemical world.
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Dog Hallucination : call aesthetics [3-inch CD]
(Aubjects)
D. Petri and Doggy P. Lips create rich sonic environments of processed guitars layered with strong tribal percussion, here in a followup to the 2015 release "Mitzi" is the 23 minute 3" CD EP named after various permuations of the equation 1-3.
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Odd Person / Miguel A. Garcia: NOOSPHERTILIZER V [CASSETTE + ART BOOKLET]
(Aubjects)
A split cassette and art booklet from US sound artists August Traeger performing as Odd Person, and Spanish sound artist Miguel A. Garcia, presenting works of experimental electronic sound, both diverse and extensive journeys through unusual sonic worlds.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Mendoza, Ava / Maxime Petit / Will Guthrie: [7-inch VINYL]
(BeCoq)
An excellent instrumental 7-inch from the trio of Ava Mendoza on guitar, Maxime Petit on bass and Will Guthrie on drums, recording in the studio in France, four rocking pieces showing the band's chops, quirky asides, and aggressive yet clean playing style.
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Compositional
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Boon, Dante / Jurg Frey: clarinet (and piano)
(Another Timbre)
Three beautifully delicate works for Jurg Frey's clarinet, composed by the Amsterdam-based Wandelweiser composer/pianist Dante Boon, who has collaborated with Frey for several years and who accompanies Jurg on two of the pieces.
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Cremaschi, George / Irene Kepl / Petr Vrba: Resonators
(Another Timbre)
Acoustic instruments and feedback devices in old stone spaces, rich multi-layered music recorded during a residency in the Czech Republic by the trio of George Cremaschi (double bass and electronics), Irene Kepl (violin and electronics) and Petr Vrba (trumpet, clarinet and electronics).
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d'Angiolini, Giuliano : Cantilena
(Another Timbre)
Six chamber works by the Paris-based Italian composer Giuliano d Angiolini, following his Edition Rz release by presenting more examples of Giuliano's careful and particular use of indeterminate elements in a series of compositions that are musically exquisite.
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d'incise / Cristian Alvear: Appalachian Anatolia (14th Century)
(Another Timbre)
A composition for solo 'modified guitar' from Swiss composer d'incise peformed by guitarist Cristian Alvear, music "at the confluence of sound, melody and rhythm. Something quiet but somehow driven by a pulse, existing somewhere between the electroacoustic and the tonal conceptions of music."
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Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Dedalus: Distances Ouies Dites
(Potlatch)
Composer Jean-Luc Guionnet wrote "Distances ouies Dites" ("Distances: Hearsay") for the 7-piece Dedalus Ensemble, who are positioned in separate rooms at Le Consortium, each having to use the features of the room and distance from each other to confer liked musical ideas.
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Nitsch, Hermann: 25. Aktion (wiederaufgefuhrt) [VINYL]
(Cien Fuegos)
Viennese Actionism founding artist Hermann Nitsch, an Austrian painter, performance-artist, and composer, in an audio recording of a work of sound and drone premiered in NYC in 1968, and recreated in a performance at gallery Pakesch, Vienna in 1982.
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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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Anthony Burr/Anthony Pateras:
The Long Exhale
(Immediata)
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Nate Wooley:
Seven Storey Mountain V
(Pleasure of the Text Records)
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Phillip Wilson:
Esoteric
(Corbett vs Dempsey)
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Michael Bisio and Kirk Knuffke:
Row for William O.
(Relative Pitch)
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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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.
• Ask to have us email you when Upcoming Releases are in stock.
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Squidco Storefront
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Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2002.
In 2010 we opened a storefront in downtown Wilmington, NC, giving customers access to our catalog
of more than 7,000 new items, plus hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items
not listed on our website. We're open Mon-Fri, 12:00-6:00 PM, and other times by appointment,
so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region make sure to stop by and say hello,
we'd love to play some music for you!
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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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