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Squidco Email Update + Record Store Day Sale, April 12, 2019

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Saturday, April 13, 2019 is Record Store Day, a day to celebrate record stores like ours and the music they carry! This year we're putting all the albums in our store on sale, new and used, CD, LP, cassette, DVD, 7", USB, you name it - recorded music is the reason the day is celebrated, and from singles to full-length releases we're ready to celebrate!

We're offering the following discounted prices store-wide, which are available now (Friday) until Sunday at midnight:

• Buy any LP, CD, DVD, Cassette, USB, Used CD, Magazine or Book: Take 10% off the price of each item

• Buy 3 or more LPs, CDs, DVDs, Cassettes, Used CDs, Magazines or Books: Take 15% off the price of those items!

In addition, we're offering 20% off the price of more than 80 LPs and box sets:

Last, we only have a few official 2019 Record Store Releases that relate to our catalog. Those items will be listed on our home page around mid-morning on Saturday.

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Discounts apply to in-stock items only, orders must use our shopping cart. 2019 RSD releases, Insurance, shipping, and gift certificates items excluded. Discounted prices are shown on category pages and product listing. Adding items for progressive discounts will lower the price of all applicable items in shopping carts when discount quantities are met. Sale runs from Friday, April 12, 2019 until Sunday, April 14, 2019 at midnight EST (GMT-4). Discounted items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.

New for April 12, 2019

Jazz & Improvisation

Bica, Carlos / Daniel Erdmann / Dj Illvibe: I Am The Escaped One
(Clean Feed)

Portugese double bassist Carlos Bica joins forces with German saxophonist Daniel Erdmann and turntablist DJ Illvibe, the son of pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, for a unique album of improvisation blending experimental and jazz approaches with substantive layers of genre-blending from Illvibe's record arsenal, all handled with accessible control and lyrical sophistication.

$14.95

Fictive Five, The (Ochs / Wooley / Filiano / Niggenkemper / Eisenstadt): Anything Is Possible
(Clean Feed)

A tour-de-force of modern creative jazz from the quintet of Larry Ochs on tenor & sopranino saxophones, Nate Wooley on trumpet, Ken Filiano on bass & effects, Pascal Niggenkemper on bass & effects, and Harris Eisenstadt on drums, the familiar history of the musicians and the staggering skill of each bearing out the album's title, in 2 collective and 3 Ochs compositions.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Galao, Paulo / Guilherme Rodrigues / Nuno Morao: Hymn
(Creative Sources)

A suite in seven parts named in Latin with abstract spiritual connotations from the Portuguese free improvising trio of Paulo Galao on clarinet & bass clarinet, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, and Nuno Morao on percussion, each movement using subdued yet detailed and active motion, a confident and adept meditation of powerfully controlled communion.

$15.95

Gjerstad, Frode / Dag Magnus Narvesen : Live At Tou
(FMR)

The first proper tour for these two Norwegian musicians performing live at Stavenger's cultural center Tou Scene, Frode Gjerstad performing on alto & tenor sax, alto flute and clarinet, Dag Magnus Navesen (DAMANA octet, Von Schlippenbach) on drum set and percussion, as they approach free jazz with subtle but spirited control in an impressive set of five improvisations.

$14.95

Guillotine (Lopes / Ceccaldi / Wildhagen): Guillotine
(Clean Feed)

Recalling the French Revolution, Portuguese guitarist Luis Lopes joins forces with French cellist Valentin Ceccaldi and Norwegian drummer Andreas Wildhagen as they slice through complex electric improvisation in a triptych for Marie Antoinette, ending in a Robespierre-like reign of terror "Orgasmic Dance"; muscular, convoluted, unsettling and exultant.

$14.95

O'Gallagher, John / Liam Noble / Drew Gress / Jim Bashford: Meridians
(FMR)

NY Drummer Jim Bashford brought together the quartet of John O'Gallagher on alto saxophone, Drew Gress on bass, and Liam Noble on piano, writing these lyrical free jazz compositions that they brought on a tour of the UK, recording this album in the studio in Birmingham while touring, the band on fire as they work through Bashford's martial art's-influenced pieces.

$14.95

Rodrigues, Ernesto / Lauri Hyvarinen / Abdul Moimeme / Carlos Santos: Kuori
(Creative Sources)

Finnish guitarist Lauri Hyvarinen joins Portugues Creative Sources collective members Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Abdul Moimeme on electric guitar, and Carlos Santos on synthesizer, for a studio album whose title refers to the shell of an object, a mysterious reference peeled away by this quartet through subliminal playing of intense technique and concentration.

$15.95

Selva, The (Jacinto / Almeida / Morao): Canicula Rosa
(Clean Feed)

The 2nd album from the Portuguese trio of cellist Ricardo Jacinto, double bassist Goncalo Almeida, and drummer Nuno Morao, blending free jazz and freely improvised music using effect pedals and electronic devices to expand their collective improvisations, textured playing influenced by folk melodies and an experimental post-rock bent; mesmerizing and passionate.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Spillmann, Matthias Trio (Spillmann / Lang / Baumgartner): Live At The Bird's Eye Jazz Club
(Clean Feed)

Matthias' Spillmann's Trio with the leader on trumpet and flugelhorn, Swiss drummer Mortiz Baumgartner and Danish Bassist Andreas Lang are caught live at Bird's Eye Jazz Club, in Basel Switzerland in 2017 for a lyrical and informed album of hard bop, seminal free jazz and jazz standards, including pieces by Ornette Coleman, Billy Strayhorn, Joe Lavano, and William C. Handy.

$14.95

Spring Roll (Helary / Mayot / Rayon / Lemetre / Davis): Episodes
(Clean Feed)

Picking up from flutist Sylvaine Helary's 2015 Ayler release "Spring Roll/Printemps", this evolved album of chamber jazz performed with Hugues Mayot on saxophone & clarinet, Antonin Rayon on piano & Moog, Sylvain Lemetre on vibes & percussions, and Kris Davis on piano, presents sophisticated compositions from Helary, Davis, Rayon Dan Blake, and Matt Mitchell.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Steidle, Oli & The Killing Popes (Steidle / Mobus / Nicholls / Downes / Donkin): Ego Pills
(Shhpuma)

Rapid fire playing and a wicked humor fuels drummer Olie Steidle's album with guitarist Frank Mobus, keyboardists Kit Downes and Dan Nicholls, and bassist Phil Donkin, mashing together electro-jazz, art rock, hardcore and club music into upbeat and twisted music, building up to a narrative "Speed Junky on Funny Human Darts"; insanely embraceable and stunning.

$12.95

Steidle, Oli & The Killing Popes (Steidle / Mobus / Nicholls / Downes / Donkin): Ego Pills [VINYL]
(Shhpuma)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.

$22.95

TGB: Tuba, Guitarra & Bateria
(Clean Feed)

The first album from the trio of Portuguese musicians Sergio Carolino on tuba, Mario Delgado on guitar, and Alexandre Frazao on drums, turns jazz on its ear in an unusual format where the tuba functions less as a bass but instead like a lead instrument, on par with the guitar and drums, as the perform works by the likes of Monk, Carlos Barretto, Led Zeppelin, Bud Powell, &c.

$13.95

Vicente, Luis / Vasco Trilla: A Brighter Side Of Darkness
(Clean Feed)

Starting from silence, the improvisations on this collective and fully spontaneous album from trumpeter Luis Vicente and percussionist Vasco Trilla never reaches cathartic crescendo, but as only skilled innovators such as they can do, they captivate the listener in other-worldly environments of advanced technique and profound intention; engrossing and ineffable.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Experimental/Electronic

Hein, Nicola L. : The Oxymothastic Objectar
(Shhpuma)

Using an electric guitar, preparations, and objects as a tool of reflection, Nicola L. Hein presents an album of philosophical bent, about the question of skepticism in music, or a skeptical form of improvisation, through tumultuous playing of impressive technique caught live at Spectrum in NYC, as each track title presents observations or questions that Hein seeks to resolve.

$12.95

NAO (Vaz / Silva / Marques): Arcana
(Shhpuma)

With sections of dark grooves, wild free improv, seething electronics, and even moments of "Set the Controls..." surrealism, the trio of Alexandre Vaz on keys, guitar & saxophone, Joao Silva on synths & drum machine, and Vasco Marques on bass & synth, take their listeners on an unexpected and wide-ranging journey of uneasy and informed, rich exploration.

$12.95

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Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2002. In 2010 we moved to Wilmington, NC, giving regional and visiting customers access to our catalog of more than 7,000 items, which includes hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items not listed on our website. We're open for you to visit by appointment during weekday afternoons, so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region please email us to set up a time to stop by and say hello, we'd love to play some music for you!

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