What is Squidco?
Squidco is an online music store that sells improvised,
composed, experimental, unusual, and other music from
labels and artists around the globe. We sell physical media - CDs, LPs, DVDs, magazines, books -
cultural objects of significance and permanence that represent the efforts of
accomplished musicians.
Squidco's primary catalog revolves around improvised music: Jazz, Free Jazz, Electroacoustic-Improv,
Downtown New York, Musique Actuelle,
Rock in Opposition, improvised rock, free vocal improv, Musique Concrete, &c.
Squidco carries a catalog of compositional and avant music
including John Cage, Morton Feldman, Stockhausen, Harry Partch, Xenakis, &c.
We also carry an Experimental, Electronic and Sound section with artists ranging from
Oren Ambarchi to Z'ev.
Phil Zampino is the owner of Squidco,
which started its life in the year 2002 at 189 St. (Washington Heights) in Manhattan, NY.
In 2010 Squidco moved to Wilmington, NC to expand its warehouse, to open a retail outlet, and to present live music
drawn on artists represented in our catalog.
Our goals are to introduce and provide
interesting music at reasonable prices; to be a link between music enthusiasts and
dedicated artists & labels; and to provide excellent customer service while doing so.
Our catalog has about 7,000 items currently and continues to grow with our
never-ending discoveries of adventurous and creative music.
Click here to read what some of our customers have to say about Squidco...
Click here to visit our About page for more information about Squidco. You'll also find a brief guide explaining how the site works.
Detailed information about payment and shipping rates can be found by clicking here.
phil zampino @ Squidco.
because:
"a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"
-Don Van Vliet
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Squidco Customer Comments
• "I recieved my cd of the Convergence Quarter this afternoon and I am impressed with your service. Fast shipping and extremely well packed. Even a personal thank you from Kevin. Great work folks and the very best to all."-P.M. May 16, 2013
• "Quick delivery from an excellent vendor. Great selection of hard to find music. I have ordered from them in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Excellent seller in every way."-G.H. April 29, 2013
• "Good lawd you guys are fast! My order arrived almost exactly 48 hours after I placed it. And all three products are in excellent condition (as opposed to netflix disc that looks like its been through the laundry). Thanks ! "-P.F. April 4, 2013
• "As always, thanks so much for the careful packing!"-M.W. March 25, 2013
• "You guys are great. Thanks!!"-L.H. March 15, 2013
• "Thanks again for your courtesy and professionalism! Best regards"-E.Q. February 11, 2013
• ":) ...you folks are the best! Respect."-J.L. February 8, 2013
• "Order arrived today. Congratulations on 10 years in business. I appreciate
your commitment to distributing interesting and provocative music while
providing great service, regardless of the size of the order. Wishing you
continued success"-G.G., January 7, 2013
• "Just did first order w/ you. FAST. Having trouble w other online sellers of this backwards, noisy crap so look out for big order soon."-S.H., December 6, 2012
• "Just want to thank you for the quick delivery of my recent order. I just ordered Yatagarasu by Brotzmann, and received it yesterday."-G.R., November 30, 2012
• "Thank you for your response, it's appreciated. I'll take the time to say that you are the best place to shop avant garde music. And more over, your service is impeccable. Long live Squidco."-C.L., August 9, 2012
• "Just a quick note of thanks for getting out my order so quickly, ordered Tuesday, CDs playing in the machine Thursday, again thanks."-W.S., May 3, 2012
• "Gawd you people are some kinda fast down there! My order (Thurs. PM) was found in our mailbox at noon Saturday! Great music, great service-can't be beat! Take care til next month when I can do it again."-P.F., April 30, 2012
• "Thanks for the e-mail. I appreciate the update and also appreciate the nice sale that you had this past weekend. [...] It is really nice to get so much music for so few dollars. Thanks for running a great store."-K.C., April 23, 2012
• "Thank you very much..love all the music you list..very hard to find such material here in Toronto..will continue shopping."-J.K., February 14, 2012
• "These arrived UK today. You provide such a great service, great stock choice and such quick despatch."-M.B., January 26, 2012
• "It's always a pleasure dealing with you, Phil."-S.W., January 25, 2012
• "The CD arrived today in an immaculate condition. Thank you."-P.R. (Poland), January 3, 2012