SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
July 29, 2010
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psi leads this newsletter with 4 new releases including Evan Parker/Sten Sandell, Tony Marsh,
John Russell, and Pat Thomas/Clayton Thomas/Raymond Strid;
bassist Kent Carter selects the Riviere Composers' Pool;
Anthony Braxton & Gerry Hemingway team up on Mode Records;
Christian Marclay interprets Germany's Grafitti;
Liebman/Abercrombie/Copland/Gress/Hart go Five On One;
Soleilmoon reissues Randy Greif's complete Alice in Wonderland in a 5 CD box with cards;
Alvin Curran's Fig Tree is released on LP;
Nurse With Wound further subverts the 50's on a 3-sided LP;
Daphne Oram's Oramics is released on 4 LPs;
Pan Sonic and Haino Keiji go to the studio in 2 LPs;
Rune Grammofon releases Bushman's Revenge, Puma, and Stian Westerhus;
Wergo puts out John Cage's "Etudes Boreales" and "Harmonies";
Mode issues Roger Reynolds complete piano works;
Ligeti, Bowdery and Furukawa fall under the influence of Conlon Nancarrow;
and we add the Summer 2010 issue of Musicworks (with a CD) and the August 2010 issue of The Wire to read while listening!
New Tzadik releases will be on the site by the beginning of next week.
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After the store listings are links to 6 new reviews on our online companion magazine,
The Squid's Ear.
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Improvisation & Jazz:
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Abushanab, Branden:
The Dust Improvisations
(no label)
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Solo bass improvisations from Charleston improviser Branden Abushanab, 5 tracks using the strings, case, bridge and bow of the instrument for tempestuous and technical excursions. |
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Braxton, Anthony & Gerry Hemingway:
Old Dogs (2007) [4 CD Box] - $44.95
(Mode Records)
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Jazz legends Anthony Braxton & Gerry Hemingway are reunited after many years in this 4-CD boxed set of duo improvisations for saxes with drums, various percussion, and electronics. |
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Contact (Liebman / Abercrombie / Copland / Gress / Hart):
Five On One
(Pirouet)
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Five great players who have been playing jazz about four decades each come together for this album of modern jazz played with a sense of musical kinship and attitude. |
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Landolf, Domenic:
New Brighton
(Pirouet)
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Saxophonist, clarinetist & flutist Domenic Landolf in a trio with bassist Patrice Moret & drummer Dejan Terzic on original compositions with an undercurrent of intensity and intuition. |
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Marclay, Christian:
Graffiti Composition
(Dog w/a Bone)
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Live recordings from NYC with guitaritst Melvin Gibbs, Mary Halvorson, Lee Ranaldo, Vernon Reid, & Elliot Sharp on Marclay's score based on grafitti from blank sheet music hung throughout Berlin in 1996. |
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Marsh, Tony:
Stops
(psi)
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Percussionist Tony Marsh in four percussion solos and eleven duos with Veryan Weston on church organ performed live at St. Peter's church in Whistable, England. |
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Parker, Evan & Sten Sandell:
Psalms
(psi)
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A sequence of six duo improvisations from Evan Parker on tenor saxophone & Sten Sandell on church organ recorded at Evan Parker's recording studio of choice, St Peter's in Whitstable, UK, 2009. |
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Riviere Composers' Pool:
Summer Works 2009 [3 CDs]
(Emanem)
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Bassist Kent Carter chose the ensemble of two string and two wind players from amongst the most experienced musicians in Europe to record the studio and live compositions in this exceptional 3 CD set. |
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Russell, John:
Hyste
(psi)
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A sequence of three solo acoustic guitar improvisations from prominent Euro/UK Free Improv guitarist John Russell, recorded at St Peter's, Whitstable 2009. |
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Sanguedolce, Lorenzo & Michael Bisio:
Live at the Yippie
(NoBusiness)
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Part of a performance by tenor saxophonist Lorenzo Sanguedolce and bassist Michael Bisio, two extended and adventurous jazz works composed by Sanguedolc.
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The Ames Room (Clayton Thomas, Will Guthrie, Jean-Luc Guionnet) :
IN [VINYL]
(Monotype)
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Intense free jazz from alto saxophonist Jean-Luc Guionnet, bassist Clayton Thomas and drummer Will Guthrie performing live at Festival NPAI, 2008 and at Dragon 4, 2009. |
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Thomas / Strid / Thomas:
Wazifa
(psi)
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Live recordings from the 2009 Perspectives Festival in Vasteras, Sweden by the trio of Pat Thomas on piano & synth, Clayton Thomas on double bass and Raymond Strid on percussion. |
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Electronic/Experimental:
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Busratch:
Tokei Nikki [VINYL]
(RRR)
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Japanese turntable project probably best known for their work with Otomo Yoshihide and Hijokaidan, in their final LP, 2 compositions and 99 locked gooves. |
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Curran, Alvin:
Under The Fig Tree [VINYL]
(Die Schachtel)
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Using VCS3 live electronics and environmental sounds, Alvin Curran created a hypnotic and meditative transcendency of minimalist beauty, presented here in a limited deluxe vinyl LP edition. |
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English, Lawrence:
Incongruous Harmonies [7" VINYL]
(Touch)
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Sound artist Lawrence English composed these pieces for Circa's "Regarding The Joy Of Others" performance installation, recorded and produced at 158, Brisbane. |
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Greif, Randy:
Alice In Wonderland [5 CDs]
(Soleilmoon)
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Alice In Wonderland, by Los Angeles, California composer and musician Randy Greif, is a gripping and imaginative electronic telling of Lewis Carroll's classic story. |
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Merzbow:
Graft [VINYL]
(Cold Spring Records)
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Limited edition Merzbow (Masami Akita) pressed on lime green vinyl, a work inspired by the plant illustrations in the Voynich manuscript, in a bootleg style cover. |
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Nurse With Wound:
Huffin' Rag Blues [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Dirter Productions)
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A 3-sided gatefold LP with a Steve Stapleton etching on side 4 and glossy insert from Nurse With Wound in their continuing subversion of 1950's auditory iconography. |
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Oram, Daphne:
Oramics [4 LPs]
(Young Americans)
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Daphne Oram, founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, in a remarkable 44-track collection shows - 155 minutes/8 sides of vinyl in a heavyweight 300 gram gatefold sleeve with rare archival material. |
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Pan Sonic / Haino Keiji:
Synergy between mercy and self-annihilation overturned [2 VINYL LPs]
(Blast First Petite)
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A 2 LP studio collaboration between Finnish electronic technicians Pan sonic (Mika Vainio and Ilpo Vaisanen) and Japanese guitar shaman, Haino Keiji recorded after their Berlin performance. |
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Rock & Related:
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All Over Everywhere:
Inner Firmaments Decay
(Emkog)
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Symphonic progressive chamber folk in an album of moody, atmospheric songs from Baltimore's Dan Britton (Deluge Grande/Birds and Buildings) and Trinna Kesner. |
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Birds and Buildings:
Bantam to Behemoth
(Emkog)
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Intense and intricate jazz-rock, with some Zeuhl, avant-garde, fusion, and symphonic moments, including great saxophone soloing and percussion work. |
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Bushman's Revenge:
Jitterbug
(Rune Grammofon)
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Third album from Norway's excellent rock instrumental band, mixing rock drive with free jazz principles in ways similar to Elephant9, Scorch Trio, or King Crimson. |
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Bushman's Revenge:
Jitterbug [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
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Vinyl LP edition. |
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Cerebus Effect:
Acts of Deception
(Emkog)
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Third release and first full length album by Baltimore heavy fusion group Cerebus Effect, with odd time signatures, plenty of soloing, and occassional forays into the other realms. |
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Deluge Grander:
August in the Urals
(Emkog)
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Symphonic prog with a European and retro flair, using rich mellotron sections in long instrumental-oriented songs that take plenty of twists and turns with dark overtones. |
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Deluge Grander:
The Form of the Good
(Emkog)
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Deluge Grander's 2nd album refines their approach further, adding a more classical approach in densely arranged and progressive forays into sophisticated rock music. |
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Gurumaniax:
Psy Valley Hill
(Bureau B)
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Guru Guru drummer/vocalist Mani Neumeier in collusion with Guru Guru guitarist Ax Genrich and Univers Zero founder Guy Segers for these superlative psychedelic rock jams. |
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Kala:
After Quintessence: Complete Kala Recordings 1973
(Hux)
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Remastered by Ron Geesin, Hux reissues the complete works of Kala, a popular British rock act from 1969-1972, with a 16-page full-color booklet and extensive liner notes by Colin Harper. |
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Pan Sonic:
Gravitoni
(Blast First Petite)
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Pan Sonic's (Mika Vainio/Ilpo Vaisanen) last blast after 15 years, eleven tracks of their trademark warm, deep, muscular sound that acts as a personal trainer to your speaker cones. |
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Puma:
Half Nelson Courtship
(Rune Grammofon)
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Part of the Norwegian experimental scene, this electronic trio, relatives to Supersilent, present their 3rd album mixing improvisation, jazz, electronics and free rock. |
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Puma:
Half Nelson Courtship [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
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Vinyl LP edition. |
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Westerhus, Stian:
Pitch Black Star Spangled
(Rune Grammofon)
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Guitarist Stian Westerhus, part of the Norwegian experimental music scene, in a solo album balancing raw expressiveness against virtuosity and melodic instinct. |
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Westerhus, Stian:
Pitch Black Star Spangled [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
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Vinly LP edition. |
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Compositional:
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Cage, John:
Etudes Boreales, Harmonies
(Wergo)
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Cage's 1962 "Etudes Boreales" in 12 parts for a percussionist using a piano, and for cello solo and piano solo, plus the works 10'40.3", and the multi-part work, "Harmony". |
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Reynolds, Roger:
Complete Piano Works
(Mode Records)
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Solo piano and other piano works from composer Roger Reynolds, taken from various points in his evolving creative life, as performed by Yuji Takahashi, Eric Huebner, and Marilyn Nonken. |
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Various Artists:
Player Piano 10: Piano Music Without Limits
(MDG Scene)
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Featuring composers inspired by the master of the player piano, Conlon Nancarrow, these are remarkable works for the instrument from Gyorgy Ligeti, Francis Bowdery, and Kisyoshi Furukawa. |
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THE SQUID'S EAR
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The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers. |
The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.
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Abiogenesis
(H&H Production)
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Portraits
(Kadima Collective)
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Rostbestandige Zeit
(Doubtmusic)
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Soft Machine:
NDR Jazz Workshop, May 17, 1973 [CD + DVD]
(Cuneiform)
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Ulrich Gumpert / Gunter Baby Sommer:
Das Donnernde Leben
(Intakt)
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Deluxe
(Clean Feed)
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The Angle of Repose
(no label)
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