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SQUIDCO Email Update July 22, 2022

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July 22, 2022

"If you think about what you're supposed to play,
You're not into the music."
—Joëlle Léandre


   Creative Artists

• Rodrigo Amado / This Is Our Language Quartet
• Jim Baker/Brandon Lopez/Bill Harris
• Alan Bjorklund's Amygdala
• Peter Brotzmann/Misha Mengelberg/Han Bennink
• Richard Comte/Sebastien Lespinasse
• Flak (w/ Amado/Alves/Rebelo/Rodrigues/Lopes)
• Globe Unity Orchestra & The Choir Of The NDR-Broadcast
• Bill Harris
• LAMIEE ./Drolo Ensemble
• Travis Laplante
• Joelle Leandre/Pauline Oliveros/George Lewis
• Leap Of Faith
• Lisbeth Quartett (Greve/Schmiedel/Muellbauer/Baumgartner)
• Machinefabriek w/ Anne Bakker
• Metal Chaos Ensemble
• Jim O'Rourke/Mats Gustafsson
• Lee Ranaldo/Jim Jarmusch/Marc Urselli/Balazs Pandi
• Roue Libre
• David Schnug Trio
• Juhani Silvola
• Gunter Baby Sommer/The Lucaciu 3
• Pedro Sousa Alves (w/ Simoes/Silva/Abras/Ferrandini)
• Matt Weston
Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

577 Records
7272music
Amalgam
Cien Fuegos
Evil Clown
Intakt

     
Not On Label (Machinefabriek Self-released)
nunc.
Out Of Your Head Records
Shhpuma
Trost Records
    





   Jazz & Improvisation

Amado, Rodrigo / This Is Our Language Quartet: Let The Free Be Men [VINYL]
(Trost Records)

Referencing Ornette Coleman in the group name, Portuguese tenor saxophonist engages three US free jazz players--legendary saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee, double bassist Kent Kessler and drummer Chris Corsano--for this 2017 concert at Jazzhouse in Copenhagen, Denmark, capturing four exemplary, at times explosive, and always tightly interactive collective improvisations.
 
Squidco Pick
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Baker, Jim / Brandon Lopez / Bill Harris: Dura
(Amalgam)

Recorded while double bassist Brandon Lopez was in Chicago, frequent collaborators from two generations--keyboardist Jim Baker on piano and Arp Synth and drummer/percussionist Bill Harris--joined together to record this live-in-the-studio album of highly interactive, explorative, propulsive and often cathartic free improvisation.
 
Squidco Pick
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Bjorklund's, Alan Amygdala: History Lesson
(577 Records)

One of three albums in a series curated by saxophonist David Schnug and released by 577 Records, trumpeter Alan Bjorklund's Amygdala presents an inventive and adventurous set of compositions, from a succinct 16 seconds to more than 7 minutes on the title track, in a mix of composed and improvised approaches using modern syntax and compositional strategies to compelling effect.
   
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Brotzmann, Peter / Misha Mengelberg / Han Bennink: 3 Points And A Mountain [VINYL]
(Cien Fuegos)

A wonderfully idiosyncratic and masterful live recording from the Akademie der Kunste in Berlin, 1979, in this reissue of the 1979 FMP LP from the trio of Peter Brotzmann on alto & tenor saxophones, E flat & A clarinets & bass clarinet, Misha Mengelberg on piano and Han Bennink on drums, with a bit of free bop, some free insanity, and passages of stark beauty.
   
     Buy      $34.95      Listen          

 
Flak (w/ Amado / Alves / Rebelo / Rodrigues / Lopes): Magpie Live
(Shhpuma)

Portuguese legendary rocker and experimenter Flak (Rádio Macau, Maquina do Almoco Da Pancadas) invited an ensemble of rock, free improvisors and electronic musicians--Rodrigo Amado, José Lencastre, Luís Lopes, Guilherme Rodrigues, Francisco Rebelo and Rui Alves--for this improvised live performance in Lisbon, merging genres in inventive and intriguing ways.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Globe Unity Orchestra & The Choir Of The NDR-Broadcast: Hamburg '74 [VINYL]
(Cien Fuegos)

A tremendous concert from the 1974, 105th NDR Jazzworkshop at the Funkhaus Hamburg from the influential free jazz ensemble Globe Unity Orchestra with a who's who of European Free Jazz players (Brotzmann, schoof, Parker, Rutherford, Bailey, Kowald, Bennink, Lovens, Schlippenbach, &c) in a Satirical Oratorio in seven parts with the NDR Choir, plus Schoof's "Kontraste Und Synthesen".
 
Squidco Pick
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Harris, Bill: ONOMAT
(Amalgam)

A diverse and confident set of solo drums improvisations, acoustic or in tandem with metal and wooden objects, microphone amplification, drum feedback manipulation and close-microphone use on a detuned floor tom, in the first solo release from Chicago drummer and Amalgam label leader Bill Harris recording live at the Music Garage, in Chicago.
   
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LAMIEE . / Drolo Ensemble: The Deafening Moment Of The Whistle After The Noise
(Shhpuma)

A truly fascinating and seamless hybrid of improvised and composed music, alongside an exploration of feedback and "its acoustic double, a harmonic noise", from the merging of two projects--LAMIEE and Dròlo Ensemble--plus Italian poli-instrumentalists Nicholas Remondino and Andrea Giordano (OTONN), yielding wonderfully complex and enveloping sound worlds.
 
Squidco Pick
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Laplante, Travis: Wild Tapestry
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Inspired by Miles Davis, particularly his album On The Corner and Davis' respect and interest in the work Karlheinz Stockhausen, LaPlante wrote Wild Tapestry as a commission from Seth Knopp of Vermont's The Yellow Barn Music Festival in 2021, exploring how direct inspiration between musicians is translated into musical composition and strategy.
 
Squidco Pick
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Leandre, Joelle / Pauline Oliveros / George Lewis: Play As You Go
(Trost Records)

An incredible concert of free jazz legends from long-time collaborators Pauline Oliveros on electric accordion, Joëlle Léandre on contrabass & voice, George Lewis on trombone, laptop & electronics, recorded by the national Czech radio station during the festival VS. Interpretation in Prague in July 2014 in a masterful 8-part collective improvisation.
 
Squidco Pick
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Leap Of Faith: Coherence Disturbed
(Evil Clown)

A new quartet lineup for the Boston-based Evil Clown Collective group Leap of Faith, expanding the core duet of David Peck (PEK) on clarinets, saxophones, clarinets & flutes, and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice with multi-reedists Melanie Howell and Todd Brunel, all four employing their extensive arsenal of percussive instruments.
   
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Lisbeth Quartett (Greve / Schmiedel / Muellbauer / Baumgartner): Release
(Intakt)

Founded in 2008, the Berlin-based Lisbeth Quartett under the direction of saxophonist and composer Charlotte Greve with core members Manuel Schmiedel on piano, Marc Muellbauer on bass and Moritz Baumgartner on drums, present nine lyrically cultured and beautifully fluid pieces through Greve's clever and sophisticated compositions of creative modern jazz.
 
Squidco Pick
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Metal Chaos Ensemble: Inferno
(Evil Clown)

A working project to explore chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments, improvising with a rock-leaning edge and exploiting a large part of the Boston Evil Clown collective's percussion arsenal, along with analog synth, drum & Chos kit, reeds & winds and bass, manipulated in real-time through signal processing, with occasional narration from Dante's Inferno.
   
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O'Rourke, Jim / Mats Gustafsson: Xylophonen Virtuosen
(Trost Records)

Dedicated to Derek Bailey, these long out of print, subtle and delicate duo recordings captured in Chicago between Mats Gustafsson on tenor sax, fluteophone, flute & "junk" and Jim O'Rourke on guitar, accordeon and also on "junk", were originally released in 1999 on the Incus label, here remastered, in some cases remixed, and adding previously unreleased material.
   
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O'Rourke, Jim / Mats Gustafsson: Xylophonen Virtuosen [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Trost Records)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
   
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Schnug, David Trio: David Schnug Trio
(577 Records)

Inspired by the work of Lennie Tristano, Brooklyn-based saxophonist and wind player David Schnug steps out as a leader in the first of three albums (along with Aella and Alan Bjorklund's Amygdala) in a trio with bassist Chris Tordini and drummer Max Goldman, each of the 7 amusingly titled pieces employing a different compositional concept.
   
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Silvola, Juhani: Wolf Hour Roundelay
(Shhpuma)

Finnish/Norwegian guitarist Juhani Silvola describes the music on this fascinating solo album, performed on acoustic and prepared acoustic guitars (using objects below and above the strings) and augmenting his playing with electronics & amplifiers, as "speculative sonic archaeology" or "ritual music made by a civilisation that could have stepped off the pages of a Jorge Luis Borges story.
   
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Sommer, Gunter Baby / The Lucaciu 3: Karawane
(Intakt)

The Lucaciu 3--Antonio Lucaciu (sax), Simon Lucaciu (piano) and Rober Lucaciu (bass)--are joined at Studio Loft in Koln, Germany by legendary Euro Free Jazz drummer Gunter Baby Sommer to record this exceptionally joyful and sophisticated album of creative jazz, with distinctive compositions from band members, alongside text from Hugo Ball and an adaptation of a Béla Bartók motiv.
 
Squidco Pick
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Sousa, Pedro Alves (w/ Simoes / Silva / Abras / Ferrandini): Ma Estrela
(Shhpuma)

Saxophonist & electroacoustic improviser Pedro Sousa (Pao, Lisbon Freedom Unit, Sousa / Berthling / Ferrandini) was commissioned by Lisbon's Jazz in the Park to create this hybrid work of jazz, electronica and dub, performed with collaborators, drummer Gabriel Ferrandini (PeterGabriel, Red Trio), Simão Simões (electronics), Bruno Silva (electronics), and Miguel Abras (bass).
   
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   Experimental/Electronic

Comte, Richard / Sebastien Lespinasse: Traverser Noir
(nunc.)

Translating to "Cross Black", French guitarist Richard Comte provides a set of four diverse soundtracks, from deep turbulent darkness and sonic decay to crisply ringing guitar resonance, over which sound poet Sébastien Lespinasse intones with solemn import his dark words of imagery and observation.
   
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Machinefabriek w/ Anne Bakker: Wisps
(Not On Label (Machinefabriek Self-released))

The followup to their album Oehoe, electroacoustic composer Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek) developed this set of 10 tracks from improvised recordings on violin, viola and voice by Anne Bakker, creating a fascinating and succinct set of compositions through the deconstruction of her virtuosic playing and Zuydervelt's electronic additions.
 
Squidco Pick
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Ranaldo, Lee / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balazs Pandi: Churning of the Ocean [VINYL]
(Trost Records)

Dark, often unsettling and rich in detail and innuendo, bassist Marc Urselli brings together this quartet with Lee Ranaldo on guitar, pedals & bells, Jim Jarmusch on guitars, pedals & synth, and Balazs Pandi on drums for their second album of sublimely tension-filled improvisation, patiently building to stealthy momentum and retreating back into night.
   
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Weston, Matt: Sparky 4 [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(7272music)

The 4th installment in percussionist & composer Matt Weston's serialized opera for percussion ensemble + electronics, a set of narratives and counter-narratives that explore mental health struggles as they develop over time in varying circumstances, realized through a combination of site-specific graphic, multidimensional and instantaneous scores.
   
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   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Roue Libre: Titanomakhia [CD EP]
(nunc.)

This assertive French rock trio's first EP takes on provocative subjects with urgency and an acerbic humor through dark and driving grooves and tight interaction, from the trio of Theo Lanau on drums, Richard Comte on guitar, bass, & voice and Quentin Biardeau on saxophone & keyboards, from studio treated live recordings at Astrolab, in Orleans, France.
   
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AAVD Trio (Alexander Adams / Danny Andrade / Daniel Van Duerm):
Anti Glow
(Amalgam)

Abhorrent Expanse (Polipnick / Fratzke / Courage / Glenn):
Gateways To Resplendence
(Amalgam)

Ali / Foster / Lopez / Wallace:
The Inflatable Leviathan [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)


Axioms:
Discourse
(Evil Clown)

Nat Baldwin:
Autonomia II: Recombinations [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLAOD]
(Traced Objects)

Nat Baldwin :
The Red Barn [CASSETEE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)


Bauer / Graewe / Lindberg:
Sottobosco
(Random Acoustics)

Maya Bennardo / Erik Blennow Calaly / Kristofer Svensson:
Two Skies
(thanatosis produktion)

Samuel Blaser / Consort In Motion:
A Mirror To Machaut
(Songlines)


Peter Brotzmann / Fred Van Hove / Han Bennink:
Jazz in der Kammer Nr.71
(Trost Records)

Lucio Capece / Katie Porter:
Phase To Phase
(Ftarri)

Daniel Carter / Jim Clouse:
Playing Retention
(Mahakala Music)


Richard Comte:
Derive de la base et du sommet
(nunc.)

Richard Comte:
Endless Tapes [CASSETTE]
(nunc.)

Richard Comte:
Travel Patterns [EP]
(nunc.)


Richard Comte / Julien Pontvianne:
Sunken Music
(nunc.)

Cordoba (Brianna Tong / Eric Novak / Cam Cunningham / Zach Bain-Selbo / Khalyle Hagood / Zach Upton-Davis):
Specter
(Amalgam)

Gareth Davis / Machinefabriek:
Standards (of Sorts)
(Sublime Retreat)


Dredd Foole & The Din:
Songs In Heat (1982)
(Corbett vs. Dempsey)

Fade In (Calcagno / Barcelona / Luparia):
Live Fast, Die A Legend
(Clean Feed)

Chad Fowler / WC Anderson:
Lacrimosa
(Mahakala Music)


Miha Gantar:
Introducing [5 CD Box]
(Clean Feed)

Elisabeth Harnik :
Superstructure - Holding Up A Bridge
(Trost Records)

Bill Harris:
Blinking Glue
(Amalgam)


Hippie Diktat:
Gran Sasso
(nunc.)

Hippie Diktat:
Gran Sasso [VINYL]
(nunc.)

Kelley Hurt / Chad Fowler / Christopher Parker / Bernard Santacruz / Anders Griffen:
Nothing But Love, the Music of Frank Lowe
(Mahakala Music)


Hydra Ensemble (Almeida / Hitz / Gregov / Zuydervelt):
Vistas
(A New Wave of Jazz)

Edward Jordan 'Kidd' / Joel Futterman / William Parker / Hamid Drake:
A Tribute to Alvin Fielder (Live at Vision Festival XXIV)
(Mahakala Music)

Amirtha Kidambi / Luke Stewart:
Zenith/Nadir [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)


Kirk Knuffke Trio (w/ Bisio / Shipp):
Gravity Without Airs [2 CDs]
(Tao Forms)

Landaeus Trio (Nilsson / Landaeus / Aman):
A Crisis Of Perception
(Clean Feed)

Leap Of Faith:
Revealing The Essence
(Evil Clown)


Yaroslav Likhachev Quartet:
Occasional Sketches
(Clean Feed)

Wills McKenna / Norman W. Long / Ishmael Ali / Bill Harris:
Anemoi [2 CDs]
(Amalgam)

Joe McPhee / Evan Parker:
Sweet Nothings (For Milford Graves)
(Corbett vs. Dempsey)


Allen Moore / Ishmael Ali / Bill Harris:
Hearsay
(Amalgam)

Hermann Nitsch:
Weinviertel Sinfonie
(Trost Records)

Christopher Parker / Kelley Hurt:
No Tears Suite
(Mahakala Music)


Physique (Sam Scranton / Neil Quigley):
Curve Tote
(Amalgam)

Eddie Prevost:
Collider-Scope: Or, Whose Drum is it, Anyway?
(Matchless)

Quatuor Umlaut (Karl Naegelen / Morton Feldman):
Calques
(Umlaut Records)


Akira Sakata / Takeo Moriyama:
Mitochondria [2 CDs]
(Trost Records)

Craig Shepard:
Broken Silence
(Music For Contemplation, Inc.)

Craig Shepard:
Trumpet City [2 CDs]
(Inexhaustible Editions)


Torben Snekkestad / Soren Kjaergaard:
Another Way Of The Heart
(Trost Records)

Space Quartet (Toral / Antunes / Morao / Torres):
Freedom of Tomorrow
(Clean Feed)

Steamboat Switzerland (Blume / Pliakas / Niggli):
Terrifying Sunset [VINYL]
(Trost Records)


Success Pistols (Finer / Bevins / Davidovici / Hong):
First Shot
(Amalgam)

Tarbaby feat. Oliver Lake:
Dance Of The Evil Toys
(Clean Feed)

Ziv Taubenfeld's Full Sun:
Out Of The Beast Came Honey
(Clean Feed)


Stefan Thut:
Among
(Inexhaustible Editions)

Brianna Tong / Johanna Brock / Andrew Scott Young / Ishmael Ali:
Akjai
(Amalgam)

Turbulence:
Roughness Of Surfaces
(Evil Clown)


Federico Ughi:
The Space Within
(Slam Productions)

Uruk (Duthoit / Hautzinger / Drake / Zerang):
Ame: Live at Artacts
(Trost Records)

Uruk (Duthoit / Hautzinger / Drake / Zerang):
Ame: Live at Artacts [VINYL]
(Trost Records)


Fabrice Villard / Pierre-Stephane Meuge:
Musique Logique
(nunc.)

Rutger Zuydervelt / Bruno Duplant:
Synchronicite
(Sublime Retreat)


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