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![]() AMM: Sounding Music (Matchless -- Great Britain ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock AMM's performance at the 2009 Freedom of the City Festival with AMM regular members Eddie Prevost and John Tilbury extended with John Butcher, Chritian Wolff and Ute Kanngiesser. |
![]() AMM w/ John Butcher: Trinity (Matchless -- Great Britain ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock New 2008 recordings from AMM - Eddie Prevost & John Tilbury with John Butcher - performing at Trinity College of Music in Greenwich, England. |
![]() Butcher / Charles / Dorner - The Contest of Pleasures: Tempestuous (Another Timbre -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Live recordings of this incredible improvising trio as influenced by a 'tempestuous' storm buffeting & rattling the windows of the church in which the performance took place. |
![]() Butcher / Muller / van der Schyff: Way Out Northwest (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock British saxophone phenomenon John Butcher meets Vancouver's premiere bassist Torsten Müller and drummer Dylan van der Schyff for an amazing live set at the Western Front. |
Contest of (More) Pleasures, The (Dorner / Pallandre / Butcher / Sassi / Charles): Ulrichsberg (Confront -- Great Britain ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The forward-thinking trio The Contest of Pleasure of Axel Dorner on trumpet, John Butcher on saxophone and Xavier Charles on clarinet, is extended with (More) from Laurent Sassi and Jean-Leon Pallandre on phonographies, mixing and microphones, performing live in Ulrichsberg. |
![]() Weightless (Butcher / Edwards / Spera / Braida): A Brush with Dignity (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Music inspired and fascinated by Italian cultural history, art, poetry, &c., from the collective quartet of John Butcher, John Edwards, Fabrizio Spera and Alberto Braida. |
![]() Butcher, John: 13 Friendly Numbers (Unsounds -- The Netherlands ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Clinamen Trio (Marion / Di Donato / Berger): Decline (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Roman philosopher Titus Lucretius Carus named "Clinamen" the unpredictable (in time and space) swerve of atoms falling in the void, which aptly describes the unexpected directions taken in subtle free improvisation from this French trio, led by bassist Louis-Michel Marion, with Jacques Di Donato on clarinet, and Philippe Berger on viola. |
![]() Butcher, John / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: Last Dream Of The Morning (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A studio album between three UK master improvisers -- John Butcher on sax, John Edwards on double bass, and Mark Sanders on drums -- the trio pushing the envelope in technique and dialog in nearly telepathic playing that transports the listener into their environment, as the music builds and releases in effortless ways that are stunning and exulant; highly recommended. |
![]() Butcher, John / Eddie Prevost : Interworks (Matchless -- Great Britain ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock |
![]() Butcher, John / Eddie Prevost: Visionary Fantasies (Matchless -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of inspired solo and duo performances from AMM founder, percussionist Eddie Prevost and free improvising saxophonist John Butcher, captured live at London's Iklectik in 2018, splitting the album between solo and duo work as the two morph their instruments into incredible sonic devices, with intense concentration and dialog nothing short of fantastic. |
![]() Branche / Chrysakis / Soloveitzik / O'Sullivan / Vidal / Wigens: Magnetic River (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Electroacoustic improvisation with unusual techniques from the sextet of saxophonist Sebastian Branche, laptop electronicist Thanos Chrysakis, saxophonist Tom Soloeitzik, guitarist James O'Sullivan, saxophonist Artut Vidal and clarinetist Jery Wigens. |
![]() GGRIL [feat John Butcher / Isaiah Ceccarelli / Xavier Charles]: Facon [2 CDs] (Circum-Disc -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Quebec ensemble GGRIL of eclectic instrumentation, acoustic and electronic, with an open-minded approach to developing large-scale works bringing together approaches to improvisation and contemporary composition, here presenting three works from residencies with John Butcher, Isaiah Ceccarelli and Xavier Charles recorded from 2016 through 2018. |
![]() RED trio and Celebration Band: Suite 10 Years Anniversary [2 CDs] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Red Trio of pianist Rodrigo Pinheiro, bassist Hernâni Faustino and drummer Gabriel Ferrandini mark their 10th anniversary as a trio on this 2-CD set of an outstanding concert in Lisboa, PT, joining forces with the 13-member Celebration Band, whose members include John Butcher, Ernesto Rodrigues, Luis Vicente, Sei Miguel, Rodrigo Amado, Mattias Stahl, Carlos Santos, &c. |
![]() Butcher, John / Rhodri Davies: Carliol (Ftarri -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Dark and beautiful improvisation from saxophonist and electronics artist John Butcher and harpist Rhodri Davies, an incredible display of timbre, technique, and pacing. |
![]() Phillips / Butcher / Solberg: We met - and then (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The debut of the advanced and innovative collaboration between improviser and prominent double bassist Barre Phillips, British saxophonist John Butcher and Norwegian drummer, percussionist and improviser, Stale Liavik Solberg, recording at the Blow out Festival in Oslo, Norway in 2019, and at Offene Ohren, Einstein Kultur, in Munchen, Germany in 2018. |
![]() Allum, Jennifer / John Butcher / Ute Kanngiesser / Eddie Prevost: Sounds of Assembly (Meenna -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Assembled in London to improvise music for Stewart Morgan's film Eddie Prevost's Blood, this release adds much more material beyond the soundtrack, in a superb example of free and charged creative improvisation seeking unique combinations of expression, from Jennifer Allum on violin, John Butcher on saxophones, Ute Kanngiesser on cello and Eddie Prevost on percussion. |
![]() Russell, John / John Butcher / Dominic Lash: But everything now left before it arrived (Meenna -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live performance at the 2010 GIO Fest III in Glasgow, UK, from three of the UK's leading free improvisers--late guitarist John Russell, John Butcher on saxophones and Dominic Lash on double bass--a superb concert in five improvisations of incredible technical skill through both energetic and restrained passages, a brilliant example reminding us of the loss of the great guitarist. |
![]() Butcher / Prevost / Viltard: Iklectik Live One (Matchless -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Part of the Iklectic club's "Meetings With Remarkable Saxophonists" programmed by drummer Eddie Prévost and double bassist Guillaume Viltard, here meeting John Butcher performing on tenor and soprano saxophone for a masterful concert of free improvisations, energetically turning the "Electric", "Light", "On", "Click" through 4 extended and remarkable converstations. |
![]() Butcher, John / Philippe Lauzier / Eric Normand: How Does This Happen? (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Montreal free improvising, experimenting duo "Not The Music" of bassist Eric Norman & bass clarinetist Philippe Lauzier invited UK saxophonist John Butcher for concerts in Ottawa and Montreal, recording the two impressive 5-part series heard on this album--"en consequence" (consequently) and "par irruption" (by bursting), of masterful and profoundly pensive prowess. |
![]() Davies, Rhodri / Nikos Velitotis: Hotel Art Head [BOOK] (gwasg amgen -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A curious book of images from artists including Rhodri Davies, John Butcher, Angharad Davies, Richard Dawson, &c. photographed in a location familiar to a touring musician--a budget hotel room--pictured laying on the bed with each artist's head covered by that room's hotel wall painting, from typically insipid to perplexingly unexpected. |
![]() IST (Davies / Fell / Wastell) + John Butcher / Phil Durrant: A More Attractive Way [5 CD BOX SET + 20 page booklet] (Confront -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $40.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock A comprehensive album of live performances from IST (Rhodri Davies: harp, preparations; Simon H. Fell: double bass, preparations; Mark Wastell: violoncello, preparations) between 1996 and 2000, beginning with their concert at Club Orange in London and including concerts in London, Billericay, Norwich and Cambridge, with a 20 page booklet of photos and text from the band & collaborators. |
![]() Butcher, John / Dominic Lash / Emil Karlsen: Here and How (Bead -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Impeccably recorded in the studio, the long-running and varied collaborations of saxophonist John Butcher, double bassist Dominic Lash and drummer Emil Karlsen come together for the first time as a trio, recording eight succinct improvisations of remarkable technique and nearly telepathic dialog, allowing space for each player to display their masterful skill. |
![]() Butcher, John / Pat Thomas / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble: Fathom (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.40 ![]() ![]() In Stock The debut for UK saxophonist John Butcher on 577 Records is this exemplary 2021 live recording at Cafe OTO in London by the quartet of Butcher on tenor and soprano saxophones, Pat Thomas on piano, Dominic Lash on double bass and Steve Noble on drums, four of the UK's leading free improvisers demonstrating their prodigious abilities in concentrated conversation. |
![]() Bennardo, Maya / Erik Blennow Calaly / Kristofer Svensson: Two Skies (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first recording of an ongoing collaboration between violinist Maya Bennardo, bass clarinetist Erik Blennow Calälv, and kacapi (similar to a Japanese koto) musician Kristofer Svensson, presenting two restrained and lovely compositions bringing together contemporary classical, free improvisation and Sundanese music in a unique chamber format. |
![]() Butcher / Hemingway: Buffalo Pearl (Auricle -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Percussionist Hemingway with John Butcher on tenor and soprano sax performing live in 2005, demonstrating their extended language in a brilliant and eccentric dialog. |
![]() Funf (Babin, Cornell, Crispo, Jacques...): La Regle [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.80 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sporadic sonic exchanges exploring guidelines, graphic scores, or completely improvised, with an expansive instrumentorium from the sextet of Magali Babin, Andrea-Jane Cornell, Martine H Crispo, Anne-Francoise Jacques, Emilie Mouchous, and Erin Sexton. |
![]() Machinefabriek: With Drums [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabriek) invited 41 drummer/percussionists including Tony Buck, Vasco Trilla, Tim Barnes, Greg Stuart, Cyril Bondi, &c. to take part in a project by recording a few short fills or phrases, which Zuydervelt used as "Lego Bricks" to build a series of short rhythmical collages, the results being 24 diverse and fascinating compositions. |
![]() Moondoc, Jemeel: The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet) (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of exceptional compositions by saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc plus one by Alice Coltrane, performed in a variety of group settings, from duos to quintet, with sidemen Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Steve Swell, Hilliard Greene, and Newman Taylor Baker. |
![]() Stoffner, Florian / John Butcher / Chris Corsano: Braids (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock With incredible skill and nuance, using extended and stunning technique, and through intent listening of nearly telepathic communication, the trio of Florian Stoffner on guitar, John Butcher on tenor & soprano saxophones and Chris Corsano on drums & half clarinet, perform seven subtle and detailed improvisations live at Le Singe, in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland in 2022. |
![]() Butcher, John / Pat Thomas / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble: Fathom [COLORED VINYL] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The debut for UK saxophonist John Butcher on 577 Records is this exemplary 2021 live recording at Cafe OTO in London by the quartet of Butcher on tenor and soprano saxophones, Pat Thomas on piano, Dominic Lash on double bass and Steve Noble on drums, four of the UK's leading free improvisers demonstrating their prodigious abilities in concentrated conversation. |
![]() Lash, Dominic / Stale Liavik Solberg: Hey Kye (Confront -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.64 ![]() ![]() In Stock John Butcher mastered this live recording immaculately captured by Alex Ward at the Vortex in London in 2022 between two exceptional free improvisers, Dominic Lash on electric guitar and Ståle Liavik Solberg on drums & percussion, their three-part dialog sliding in and out of jazz, non-idiomatic and experimental modes in quick-witted and masterful exchanges. |
![]() Butcher, John / Magda Mayas / Tony Buck : Glints [VINYL] (NI-VU-NI-CONNU -- Luxembourg ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $31.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 5th of NI-VU-NI-CONNU's 5-LP John Butcher series and part of a 2 night residency at ausland in Berlin coinciding with his 65th birthday, tenor & soprano saxophonist John Butcher is joined by the long-running duo Spill of pianist Magda Mayas and drummer Tony Buck (The Necks) for two extended works of evolving, absorbing introspection and eruption. |
![]() Butcher, John / Thomas Lehn / John Tilbury: Lights (Fataka -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.64 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded for the release concert of their 2013 album Exta, the trio of John Butcher on saxophones, Thomas Lehn on analog synthesizer and John Tilbury on piano captured this extraordinary live concert at Cafe Oto in London, only the second time the group had performed together, recording in two extended sets but segmented into four exceptional and dramatic improvisations. |
![]() Durrant, Phil / Daniel Thompson: Live / Studio [Used Item] (Bead -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $9.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The improvising string duo of stalwart London improvisers, Daniel Thompson on acoustic guitar and Phil Durrant on the octave mandola, are heard in two settings of texturally rich, intricate interactions, first at Cafe OTO in 2022 for an extended improvisation, then at Cable Street Studios two months later for six succint, impressively diverse dialogs. |
![]() Butcher, John / Luigi Marino / Mark Wastell: Parallel Streams (Confront -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock An impressive live performance at Exploratorium Berlin in 2024 as part of the international symposium Musicians' Perspectives on Improvisation, which explores the practices, ideas, visions and theories of improvising musicians, from the trio of John Butcher on saxophones, Luigi Marino on cymbals, zarb, zarb e zurkhaneh & feedback devices, and Mark Wastell on percussion. |
![]() Butcher, John / Florian Stoffner / Chris Corsano: The Glass Changes Shape (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A remarkable concert in 2023 at The Loft in Cologne, Germany, a superb example of collective free improvisation using extraordinary and masterful technique between UK saxophonist John Butcher, Swiss guitarist Florian Stoffner and NY drummer Chris Corsano, also performing on half clarinet; nine conversations of sophisticated and astute communication. |
![]() Fictional Souvenirs (Thomas / Butcher / Solberg): Volatile Object (Trost Records -- Austria ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock Following their 2019 Astral Spirits album Fictional Souvenirs , the trio of Pat Thomas on piano & electronics, John Butcher on saxophones and Stale Liavik Solberg on drums take that album's title as their trio's moniker, releasing this exceptional second album of four insightful collective conversations captured live at Cafe Oto, in London in 2023. |
![]() Butcher / Davies / Sanders / Thomas: Unlockings [VINYL] (NI-VU-NI-CONNU -- Luxembourg ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $31.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded live at Iklectik in London, saxophonist John Butcher on soprano and tenor leads an ensemble of Angharad Davies on violin, Mark Sanders on percussion, and Pat Thomas on electronics, iPad, and samples in four open, exploratory electroacoustic improvisations that reflect a post-lockdown freedom and Butcher's ethos of spontaneity and personal expression in creative music-making. |
![]() Butcher / Davies / Sanders / Thomas: Lower Marsh [VINYL] (NI-VU-NI-CONNU -- Luxembourg ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $31.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded across two sessions at LondonÕs now-closed Iklectik, named for its Lambeth Marsh location, saxophonist John Butcher performs in duos and small groups with Angharad Davies on violin, Mark Sanders on percussion, Pat Thomas on electronics, and John Edwards on double bass, crafting remarkable acoustic and electroacoustic improvisations that honor the venueÕs legacy. |
![]() Beins, Burkhard / John Butcher / Werner Dafeldecker: induction [VINYL] (NI-VU-NI-CONNU -- Luxembourg ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $31.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first of NI-VU-NI-CONNU's 5-LP John Butcher series, presenting concerts from 2019 in Berlin and Leipzig of acoustic free improvisation fueled by incredible technique, extreme concentration and open-minded approaches to free interaction, from the trio of Burkhard Beins on percussion, John Butcher on tenor & soprano saxophones and Werner Dafeldecker on double bass. |
Butcher, John / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: Last Dream Of The Morning
Stoffner, Florian / John Butcher / Chris Corsano: Braids
Moondoc, Jemeel: The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet)
Butcher, John / Eddie Prevost: Visionary Fantasies
Phillips / Butcher / Solberg: We met - and then
Allum, Jennifer / John Butcher / Ute Kanngiesser / Eddie Prevost: Sounds of Assembly
Butcher, John / Thomas Lehn / John Tilbury: Lights
Russell, John / John Butcher / Dominic Lash: But everything now left before it arrived
RED trio and Celebration Band: Suite 10 Years Anniversary [2 CDs]
Butcher, John / Dominic Lash / Emil Karlsen: Here and How
Butcher, John / Pat Thomas / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble: Fathom
Butcher, John / Florian Stoffner / Chris Corsano: The Glass Changes Shape
Fictional Souvenirs (Thomas / Butcher / Solberg): Volatile Object
AMM: Sounding Music
AMM w/ John Butcher: Trinity
Contest of (More) Pleasures, The (Dorner / Pallandre / Butcher / Sassi / Charles): Ulrichsberg
Butcher, John / Luigi Marino / Mark Wastell: Parallel Streams
Butcher / Charles / Dorner - The Contest of Pleasures: Tempestuous
GGRIL [feat John Butcher / Isaiah Ceccarelli / Xavier Charles]: Facon [2 CDs]
Butcher, John / Pat Thomas / Dominic Lash / Steve Noble: Fathom [COLORED VINYL]