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September 18, 2026

"I just want the music to be more than the music.
I want the energy of it and the sound of it to create a space,
In which you can have a deep experience."
— Myra Melford

 Essential Artists

• Albert Ayler Quartet
• Sofia Borges/Rieko Okuda/Peter Van Huffel
• Bryan Eubanks/Gert-Jan Prins/Tetuzi Akiyama/Toshimaru Nakamura
• Keiji Haino/Steve Noble
• Junji Hirose
• Doyeon Kim (w/ Sorey/Maneri/Fraser)
• Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet
• Orchestre National De Jazz
• Eliane Radigue
• Sonny Rollins
• Alexander Schlippenbach Von
• Threadgill Zooid, Henry
• Christian Vasseur/Steve Gibbs/Nicolo Vivi
• Christian Wolfarth

 Essential Labels

4DaRecord
ALAY
Cold Spring Records
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Enlightenment
Hiddenbell Records
Hitorri

Important
Meenna
ONJ Records
Pi Recordings
RogueArt
Tao Forms

Squidco VICTO 40th Anniversary Sale

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the remarkable Canadian label Les Disques VICTO, we've partnered with the label to offer 50 albums from the VICTO catalog at just $10.00 each, a savings of $5 or 37% off! For four decades, VICTO has documented some of the most adventurous music in contemporary improvisation, free jazz, experimental composition, electronics and beyond, preserving extraordinary performances by major international artists while also introducing listeners to musicians working well outside the mainstream. The catalog is particularly rich in live recordings, capturing one-of-a-kind collaborations and first meetings that might otherwise have existed only for the people in the room. This sale is a great opportunity to revisit some of those historic sessions, discover lesser-known corners of the label, and pick up titles that have become increasingly difficult to find.


Click to see the VICTO 40th Anniversary Sale

The sale runs from September 18 to Thursday September 24th, and orders will ship approximately two weeks after the sale is completed and Les Disques VICTO has sent us the inventory for the sale. So take advantage of these great prices and explore one of the globe's greatest labels of live improvisation and much much more!



Orders must be placed through our shopping cart. VICTO Sale ends Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 11:59 PM EST. Orders will ship approximately two weeks after the VICTO Sale ends; we will send out email confirmation when your order ships. Orders with non-sale items will be held until VICTO Sale items are in stock.





 New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation
Ayler, Albert Quartet: Reference: Goin' Home 1964
(ALAY)


A strikingly restrained side of Albert Ayler emerges on this 1964 session of spirituals and devotional songs, with his tenor and soprano saxophones joined by Call Cobbs Jr. on piano, Henry Grimes on double bass and Sunny Murray on drums, emphasizing melody, blues-inflected tone and deep vibrato while revealing the gospel and New Orleans roots underlying his more radical later language.

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Borges, Sofia / Rieko Okuda / Peter Van Huffel: Lagrangian Points
(4DaRecord)


A constantly shifting electroacoustic balance of percussion, piano, saxophones and electronics, as Sofia Borges (drums & percussion), Rieko Okuda (piano & keys) and Peter Van Huffel (saxophones) shape three extended live improvisations through changes in density, resonance and momentum, moving between sparse acoustic detail and richly layered electronic texture.

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Squidco Pick
Haino, Keiji / Steve Noble: Cafe OTO
(Cold Spring Records)


Legendary Japanese guitarist Keiji Haino and London drummer/percussionist Steve Noble meet live at Cafe OTO in 2012 for a volatile duo performance moving between near-silence, blues-tinged reflection, dense feedback and explosive free improvisation, with Haino on electric guitar, electronics and wooden flute against Noble's expansive percussion setup, balancing raw intensity with spacious, highly responsive interplay.

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Hirose, Junji: SSI Solo 2024
(Hitorri)


Japanese improviser Junji Hirose documents two 2024 solo sessions at Tokyo's Pool using his evolving self-made SSI sound instruments � including bicycle-wheel and metal-tray constructions � plus a final piece directing compressed air onto microphones, producing five works that move between metallic resonance, white noise, subtle textures and explosive acoustic force.

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Squidco Pick
Kim, Doyeon (w / Sorey / Maneri / Fraser): Wellspring
(Tao Forms)


Seoul-born gayageum virtuoso and vocalist DoYeon Kim makes a striking bandleader debut with a quartet of Tyshawn Sorey on drums, Mat Maneri on viola and Henry Fraser on bass, merging Korean string and storytelling traditions with contemporary improvisation in a forceful, deeply expressive set of compositions and group interactions that move from bristling acoustic intensity to communal, humanist resonance.

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Squidco Pick
Kim, Doyeon (w/ Sorey / Maneri / Fraser): Wellspring [VINYL]
(Tao Forms)


Seoul-born gayageum virtuoso and vocalist DoYeon Kim makes a striking bandleader debut with a quartet of Tyshawn Sorey on drums, Mat Maneri on viola and Henry Fraser on bass, merging Korean string and storytelling traditions with contemporary improvisation in a forceful, deeply expressive set of compositions and group interactions that move from bristling acoustic intensity to communal, humanist resonance.

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Squidco Pick
Melford's, Myra Fire and Water Quintet: Sure Grand Out
(RogueArt)


Pianist Myra Melford's Fire and Water Quintet with Mary Halvorson on guitar, Ingrid Laubrock on tenor and soprano saxophones, Tomeka Reid on cello, and Lesley Mok on drums, continuing Melford's Cy Twombly-inspired balance of cellular composition, collective improvisation, lyricism, counterpoint, and rhythmic momentum in a richly interactive studio recording.

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Squidco Pick
Orchestre National De Jazz: With Carla [2 CDs]
(ONJ Records)


Launching Sylvaine Helary's tenure as artistic director of the Orchestre National de Jazz, this expansive 17-piece ensemble revisits twelve Carla Bley compositions through Remi Sciuto's inventive arrangements, blending brass, reeds, strings, rhythm section and improvising soloists in a vivid orchestral tribute that preserves Bley's wit, formal daring and stylistic breadth through new contemporary perspectives.

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Squidco Pick
Rollins, Sonny : The Early Years [4 CDs]
(Enlightenment)


A four-CD survey of Sonny Rollins' formative Prestige years, collecting eight albums recorded from 1951-1956, with Rollins' tenor saxophone joined by Miles Davis on piano, Clifford Brown and Kenny Dorham on trumpet, John Coltrane on tenor, Thelonious Monk, Red Garland and Tommy Flanagan on piano, and rhythm sections featuring Max Roach, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones and others, tracing Rollins' rapid emergence as one of modern jazz's defining improvisers.

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Squidco Pick
Schlippenbach, Alexander Von: Main Lines/1967
(Corbett vs. Dempsey)


A remarkable 1967 Radio Bremen session uniting leading figures of emerging European free improvisation, with Alexander von Schlippenbach, Irène Schweizer and Fred van Hove on piano; Peter Brötzmann and Gerd Dudek on saxophones; Manfred Schoof and Manfred Miller on brass; three bassists; and Sven-Åke Johansson, Jaki Liebezeit and Mani Neumeier on drums and percussion.

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Squidco Pick
Threadgill Zooid, Henry: Cut You Where You Was
(Pi Recordings)


Composer and reedist Henry Threadgill reconvenes his long-running Zooid quintet with Liberty Ellman on acoustic guitar, Jose Davila on tuba and trombone, Christopher Hoffman on cello, and Elliot Humberto Kavee on drums, extending his interval-based language through shifting meters, compact forms, and non-hierarchical interplay in music that balances structural rigor with elastic, conversational improvisation.

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Vasseur, Christian / Steve Gibbs / Nicolo Vivi : FWWU+ Duos Trios [2 CDs]
(4DaRecord)


Expanding the Fire Walk With Us project from duo to trio, guitarists Christian Vasseur, Steve Gibbs and Nicolo Vivi explore extended-range classical guitars, quarter-tone tuning and a custom four-way piezo system that brings otherwise inaudible fretboard, contact and string-fragment sounds into the acoustic field, creating finely detailed duos and spatialized trio improvisations across two discs.

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Experimental/Electronic
Eubanks, Bryan / Gert-Jan Prins / Tetuzi Akiyama / Toshimaru Nakamura: Spring
(Meenna)


Four major electroacoustic improvisers — Bryan Eubanks on soprano saxophone, electronics and modular synthesizer, Gert-Jan Prins on electronics and percussion, Tetuzi Akiyama on guitar, and Toshimaru Nakamura on no-input mixing board — each recorded separate solo performances, assembled by Prins, Eubanks and Nakamura into four distinct collective works of shifting textures and sonic interplay.

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Squidco Pick
Radigue, Eliane: Triptych [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Important)


French electronic music pioneer Eliane Radigue performs her three-part composition Triptych, recorded in her Paris studio and inspired by Tibetan Buddhism and the elemental forces of water, air, fire, and earth, presenting a patient, immersive work of sustained electronic tones and subtle transformation, here issued as a double LP with the complete pieces preserved without editing or cuts.

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Composed & Contemporary
Squidco Pick
Wolfarth, Christian : 39 / Part VII - IX
(Hiddenbell Records)


Closing Christian Wolfarth's three-part 39 cycle, this solo work for percussion and field recordings transforms numerical constraints, repetition and chance into a spare study of resonance, texture and silence, where skin, metal and environmental sound gradually blur the line between composed structure and pure sonic perception.

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The Squid Note Records Catalog
Ivo Perelman and Damon Smith: Duologue 6: Core of Existence

Ivo Perelman / Damon Smith — Duologue 6: Core of Existence
Searching tenor saxophone and commanding double bass in an intensely focused, freely improvised dialogue.

Listen / Buy

Remergency: Wave Benders

Remergency — Wave Benders
Avant-rock intensity meets free-jazz interplay in a dynamic trio setting.

Listen / Buy

Daniel Levin: At Dropa House

Daniel Levin — At Dropa House
Solo cello exploring extended techniques, theatrical gesture and resonant physicality.

Listen / Buy

Joel Futterman: Reflective

Joel Futterman — Reflective
Nineteen concise vignettes of sustain, staccato and shifting harmonic mirrors.

Listen / Buy

Joel Futterman: Absorb

Joel Futterman — Absorb
Solo piano shaped through deep-flowing narrative arcs and resonant detail.

Listen / Buy

Barry Chabala and Clara Byom: Bella's Ghost

Barry Chabala & Clara Byom — Bella's Ghost
Acoustic guitars, clarinets, accordion, voice and found objects in a raw yet lyrical free improvisation duo.

Listen / Buy


Coming to Squid Note Records in October:
Duologues 7: Distillation
A new duo album from Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp!

Perelman Shipp Distillation






The Squid's Ear

The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine,
featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.



Amanda Irarrazabal: Imprimiendo (Relative Pitch)
Amanda Irarrazabal: Imprimiendo (Relative Pitch)

Sylvia Lim: Flare (Another Timbre)
Sylvia Lim: Flare (Another Timbre)

Tom Challenger & Evan Parker: May Spring Last a Lifetime (False Walls)
Tom Challenger & Evan Parker: May Spring Last a Lifetime (False Walls)

Louis Armstrong: Reference: Louis Armstrong Hot Five & Hot Seven At 100 (ALAY)
Louis Armstrong: Reference: Louis Armstrong Hot Five & Hot Seven At 100 (ALAY)

John Tilbury: At Home [4 CD BOX] (Another Timbre)
John Tilbury: At Home [4 CD BOX] (Another Timbre)

LDL (Leimgruber/Demierre/Lehn): The Eerie Glow Of Jellyfish (Relative Pitch)
LDL (Leimgruber/Demierre/Lehn): The Eerie Glow Of Jellyfish (Relative Pitch)

Magda Mayas' Filamental: Murmur (Relative Pitch)
Magda Mayas' Filamental: Murmur (Relative Pitch)

Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres / Schlippenbach / Kellers: Nickelsdorf (Creative Sources)
Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Torres / Schlippenbach / Kellers: Nickelsdorf (Creative Sources)

Parkins / Rasmussen / Sawyer: Glass Triangle (Relative Pitch)
Parkins / Rasmussen / Sawyer: Glass Triangle (Relative Pitch)

Gerry Hemingway / Izumi Kimura / Frank Gratkowski / Christian Weber: Live at Bau 4 (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
Gerry Hemingway / Izumi Kimura / Frank Gratkowski / Christian Weber: Live at Bau 4 (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Christoph Gallio: XOXO, Birds & Dogs (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut, Ltd)
Christoph Gallio: XOXO, Birds & Dogs (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut, Ltd)

Ryoji Ikeda: Supercodex (Raster-Norton)
Ryoji Ikeda: Supercodex (Raster-Norton)



 Stay Current With Squidco

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.

• You can ask to have us email you when Upcoming Releases are in stock.





Julia Bilat:
Selva Oscura
(Relative Pitch)


Chris Corsano / Tashi Dorji:
Live at Ritual Botanica [VINYL]
(Feeding Tube Records)


FEN (Yoshihide / Hankil / Wai / Jun):
4 � 4
(Meenna)


Ken Ikeda / Roger Turner:
An Asura In Spring
(Ftarri)


Le Vice Anglais:
allons-y
(4DaRecord)


My Face Is Dancing (Federico Ughi / Alberto Ughi / Martino Ughi / Benjamin Ughi):
My Face Is Dancing [VINYL]
(Positive Elevation / 577 Records)


Camila Nebbia's The Hanged One:
Limbo
(Relative Pitch)


Weston Olencki / Bascaille:
The Mortgage Burn
(Relative Pitch)


Jessica Pavone (Pavone / Frith / Lally):
...Is In the Air
(Relative Pitch)


Jon Rose:
Rosenberg Museum [5 CDs]
(Relative Pitch)


Maria Valencia / Leonel Kaplan:
Translucidas Criaturas Pulsantes
(Relative Pitch)


Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg / Pascal Marzan / Bill Young / Noel Taylor / Rodrigo Brandao / Joao Madeira:
Hands & Tongues (3 Meta-Dialogues)
(4DaRecord)


Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2003. In 2010, we moved to Wilmington, NC, providing regional and visiting customers access to our catalog of over 9,000 items, including hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items not listed on our website. We're open for visits by appointment during weekday afternoons, so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region, please email us to set up a time — we'd love to play some music for you!

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