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![]() Remote Viewers, The: Let the City Sleep (Remote Viewers -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Restricted by pandemic, bassist John Edwards took compositions for Remote Viewers written by Dave Petts along with recordings from himself and saxophonists Caroline Kraabel, Sue Lynch, Adrian Northover & David Petts, using digital compositional methods to maintain Petts' concepts while manipulating and inverting each piece in wonderfully riotous and unexpected ways. |
![]() Bopp, Christiane / Jean-Marc Foussat / Emmanuelle Parrenin: Nature Still (Fou Records -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock An immersive record of free improvisation from the French trio of analog synth player Jean-Marc Foussat, trombonist Christiane Bopp, and vocalist Emmanuelle Parrenin, 4 works inspired by a still life painting by Duane Keiser, each an impressive evolution and transmutation of sound in dream-like environments that envelop then surprise its listeners. |
![]() Cundy, Chris: Mountains (Aural Terrains -- UK / EU ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.85 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bass clarinetist Chris Cundy, uses the studio as a performance tool for accompaniment along with pre-recorded tapes, as he contrasts two different composers--Cornelius Cardew & Ton de Leeuw and their compositions titled "Mountains", alongside a Cardew graphic score piece, and 2 work for 5 bass clarinets, from Thanos Chrysakis and John Cage, the latter from his Numbers series. |
![]() Muller, Matthias / Eric Normand / Petr Vrba: Triche! (Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A set of informed avant/abstract acoustic and electroacoustic improvisations recorded in the studio in Austria in 2019, from the transatlantic trio of Euro free jazz legend, trombonist Matthias Muller, Quebec bassist Eric Normand on electric bass, and innovative trumpeter Petr Vrba also deploying electronics, the trio's interaction focused on patient and inspired sonic detail. |
![]() Cymerman, Jeremiah / Charlie Looker: A Horizon Made of Canvas (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of ominous duos on the dark side from NY improviser Jeremiah Cymerman on clarinets & pedals, and Charlie Looker (Extra Life, Psalm Zero) on guitars & piano, each of the five pieces exploring murky caverns of warmly bleak environments rendered through Looker's deep piano & guitar work, perforated by cracks of light through Cymerman's riffs & exclamations. |
![]() Schnee (Christof Kurzmann / Burkhard Stangl) : Cher [VINYL] (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $21.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The fourth album in 20 years from the Schnee duo of guitarist Burkhard Stangl (efzeg, Polwechsel) and Christof Kurzmann performing on lloop, voice and "ruber bands", creating music for films that have not yet been created through intensely moody electroacoustic environments, Kurzmann's voice sometimes guiding the narrative of their visionary sound. |
![]() Instant Composers Pool: Incipient ICP, 1966-71 [2 CDs] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Founded in 1967 by pianist Misha Mengelberg, drummer Han Bennink, and saxophonist & clarinetist Willem Breuker, this double CD documents the earliest years of the ICP collective through live & studio recordings from 1966-71, with an impressive cast of jazz and contemporary compositional players creating a delightfully diverse set of approaches to improvisation. |
![]() Mori, Ikue / Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura: Prickly Pear Cactus (Libra -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Extending their previous collaborations during the time of pandemic, NY electronic improviser Ikue Mori and Japanese improvisers Natsuki Tamura on trumpet and Satoko Fujii on piano developed this extraordinary ea-improv album via file exchange, starting with Fujii's piano improvisations to which Mori & Tamura added their layers, with Mori mixing the final, startling results. |
![]() Klaxon Gueule: Entierement Unamies (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Perhaps one of the quirkiest releases from the Klaxon Gueule trio of Michel F Côté, Bernard Falaise and Alexandre St-Onge, performing respectively on drums, guitar and bass, and all on synthesizers and computer, recalling early electronic albums while adding a whimsical and alluring edge to their often darker and more experimental prior releases. |
![]() Hawkins, Alexander feat/ Evan Parker + Riot Ensemble: Togetherness Music (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pianist Alexander Hawkins' six movement composition is realized by the UK Riot Ensemble, known primarily for their work with notated contemporary music, adding Evan Parker's incredible soprano sax soloing, and filtered through Matthew Wright's live electronic processing, resulting in this amazing hybrid masterwork that bridges modern 21st Century forms. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Dorner, Axel / Toshimaru Nakamura: In Cotton and Wool (Ftarri -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Meeting in sound artist and vocalist Yan Jun's studio in Berlin in 2017, trumpeter Axel Dörner and no-input mixer artist Toshimaru Nakamura recorded these four active and bristling improvisations, Dörner using every inch of his instrument and treating it with electronics to create the controlled chaos and richly jarring recordings that make up this, their 2nd album together. |
![]() Werckmeister (Eichenberger / Ludwig Hubsch / Nillesen / Zoubek): Musik (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock With "fragments of alien melodies, bizarre call-and-response activities, boiling liquids, airy perturbations, clusters", the electroacoustic improvising quartet of Markus Eichenberger on clarinet, Carl Ludwig Hubsch on tuba, Etienne Nillesen on extended snare drum and Philip Zoubek on synthesizer, focus their listeners on their remarkably turbulent and rich interactions. |
![]() Drasler / Pascolo / Novello: odboqpo (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock The electroacoustic improv trio of flutist Paolo Pascolo and electronics guru Alberto Novello (JesterN') on modular synthesizer, and Slovenian drummer Vid Drašler, for seven haunting improvisations of unfaltering patience, electronic tones commingling with atmospheric flutes and subtle percussive intervention, creating rich sonic environments or quirky conversation. |
![]() Miele, Lucio: Kalpa (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock A solo album from Italian percussionsit Lucio Miele, presenting six works of layered percussion with live electronics and, on three tracks, recitation from actor Simona Fredella, each piece sound-oriented with an incredibly diverse set of percussive variety, detailed atmospheric settings and diverse rhythmic foundation; a remarkable and sometimes hair-raising album. |
![]() Parrinha / Moimeme / Santos: A Silent Play In The Shadow Of Power (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock The trio of Bruno Parrinha on bass clarinet & alto sax, Abdul Moimeme on prepared electric guitar & objects, and Carlos Santos on electronics & objects performed this confrontational improvisation at the 2020 Small Formats Materials Festival, weaving acoustic and electronic expression with assertive confidence, affirming reductionist approaches as commanding statements. |
![]() Pesce, Vito / Walter Forestiere: Anthropolitan Chorale (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock A modern soundscape in three acts from Italian improvisers, drummer Walter Forestier (Death Roars, Angelo Mastronardi Trio) and guitarist Vito Pesce (Minus Tree, Pastel, Squieti), their 2nd album a dialog shifting between pensive introspection and aggressive evocation, a full range of expression that builds and releases suspense as the two unfold their narrative. |
![]() Isotope Ensemble: Helium (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock With an ensemble of adept improvisers including Luis Vicente on trumpet, Nuno Torres, Jose Lencastre and Bruno Parrinha on reeds, Luis Lopes on guitar, &c, Creative Sources leader and violist Ernesto Rodrigues' Isotope Ensemble examines the element "Helium" in a monumental 44-minute electroacoustic improvisation recorded live at O'Culto da Ajuda, in Lisbon. |
![]() Olsen, Lance Austin / Barry Chabala: A field of wildflowers for our lost souls (Roeba -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three connected journeys in drifting tones, unidentifiable and sometimes aberrant intersections and melodically abstract guitar work, composed by guitarist Lance Austin Olsen and performed with guitarist Barry Chabala, using layers of sound like an audio version of a colour field painting, emulating a field of seeds waiting for changing conditions to allow them to emerge. |
![]() Pellerin, Guy-Frank / Mattias Boss / Eugenio Sanna : Water Reflections (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three disparate improvisers--Guy-Frank Pellerin on soprano & tenor saxophones, Matthias Boss on violin & voice and Eugenio Sanna on amplified guitar plus small metallic layers, balloons & voice--present a non-idiomatic, fully improvised set of "sonorities, fragments, atmospheres seeming to constitute independent parts, but actually forming a unicum". |
![]() Shippy, Mark / Alex Cunningham : Ghost Note [VINYL] (Personal Archives -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first recorded collaboration between guitarist Mark Shippy (U.S. Maple) and improvising violinist Alex Cunningham (Apathist!, Claire Rousay, Cunningham/Cameron/Smith), together taking their instruments into strangely tumultuous and often quickly shifting territory; sometimes ethereal, sometimes cantankerous, always captivating. |
![]() OTONN : Two Crumbling Shapes [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The electroacoustic duo of singer Andrea Silvia Giordano and drummer Nicholas Remondino, working with Pierre Bastien, E-cor Ensemble, Gianluca Verlingieri, Maria Dybbroe and Torstein Lavik Larsen, create uniquely motioned works of decay, deconstruction and destruction, percussion and voice weaving amid unusual sonic sources both abstract and rhythmic. |
![]() Comes & Simonis: Regering [CD + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Regering" signifies "Government", the title and track names derived from the works of B. Traven, in the first meeting between sound artist and composer Matrijn Comes and guitarist Lukas Simonis (AA Kismet, Coolhaven), in a dark album of subtle innuendo and detail, running the spectrum from nightmarish environments to hopeful glimmers; an impressive collaboration. |
![]() Pek Solo: A Quartet of Peks - Unifications (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Boston free improviser, composer, reed player and multi-instrumentalist PEK (David Peck) quadruples himself on this album with four continuous tracks of one PEK each playing many instruments, using a broad palette comprised of woodwinds, percussion, electronics, and strings, each recorded pass filling in space and playing counterpoint to previously recorded tracks. |
![]() Eubanks, Bryan / Xavier Lopez: Natural Realms (Sacred Realism -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock These 2016 recording between Bryan Eubanks and Xavier Lopez demonstrate the analog networked sytem they developed, based on the harmonics of random feedback, using this information in real time to shape generative rhythms and other juxtapositions from soprano saxophone and percussion, in four recordings improvised live at Studio 8 bar in Berlin. |
![]() Machida, Yoshio / Cal Lyall: Premeditation [VINYL 2 10-inch records] (By the Bluest of Seas -- Japan ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Both members of the Tokyo band SuperDeluxe, drummer Yoshio Mashida performing on steelpan, gamelan and metal-slit drums, and 5-string banjo player Cal Lyall, performing largely on a tabletop guitar setup augmented with electronics, have developed a lovely and relaxed, compelling language of improvisational forms using structural ideas-based on minimal scalar patterns. |
![]() Fousatt, Jean-Marc: Les Vraies Richesses [VINYL + DVD] (Fou Records -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two concerts by improvising keyboardist and vocalist Jean-Marc Foussat, on the LP a recording at the Tout Rennes S'Emmerde event organized by From Town to Town, Capital Taboule, Consternation, L'Effroyable Association Western Soviets Satanist and Dream'in Noise, the 2nd a DVD of Foussat performing live on the beach as part of the 13th Farniente Festival. |
![]() Fousatt, Jean-Marc: Nouvelles [VINYL 2 LPs + DVD] (Fou Records -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A vinyl reissue of improvising synth, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Jean-Marc Foussat's 2001 Potlatch album, originally released as a CD-ROM and here with an accompanying DVD titled "Hope for Happiness" including 3 silent films, two of which relate to the album; performed with Pascal Bouscailloux, Jac Berrocal, Jean-Francois Pauvros, Roger Turner, &c. |
![]() Killing Popes, The (Steidle / Mobus / Nicholls / Downes / Donkin): Ego Kills (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock An incredibly inventive album of 21st century jazz incorporating a twisted wealth of rock and electronic elements, in the 2nd album from Killing Popes led by drummer Oli Steidle and keyboardist Dan Nicholls, with Frank Mobus (guitar) and Phil Donkin (bass), Philipp Gropper (saxophone), Jelena Kuljic (voice & sampler) plus Natalie Sandtorv & Liv Nicholls on voice. |
![]() Kuchen, Martin: Det Forsvunnas Namn [VINYL] (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $22.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using baritone and alto saxophones, speakers and an iPod, Swedish improviser Martin Kuchen (Angles, Exploding Customer, UNSK, Looper, &c) takes his listeners on a demented tour of extended technique and curiously unexpected sounds from the saxophone, focusing on textures and non-abrasive approaches to create an abundance of unexpected and oddly engaging, concise improvisations. |
![]() Chabala, Barry / Ann Coman: In And Out Of Focus (Roeba -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock This album of improvised music was born out of mutual appreciation and admiration for the respective art forms of Ann Coman and experimental sound artist Barry Chabala, who performed original guitar improvisations while Coman intuitively created visual artworks from those performances, then reversing the process where Chabala interpreted Coman's art as visual scores. |
![]() Ember (Urs Leimgruber / Christian Lillinger / Alexander Schubert / Oliver Schwerdt): Oullh d'baham` (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first album from 2006 of the Ember electro-acoustic improvising chamber jazz-oriented quartet of Urs Leimgruber on soprano & tenor saxophones, Alexander Schubert on guitar, electronics & percussion, Oliver Schwerdt on piano, percussion, guitar & electronics, and Christian Lillinger on drums & percussion; an album of insightful and meticulous interaction. |
![]() Forsgren, Joakim / Andreas Hiroui Larsson featuring David Lackner: Vending Machine (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sound and visual installation artists Joakim Forsgren and Andreas Hiroui Larsson use a multiplicity of approaches, both rhythmic and abstract, and a vast set of instruments (flutes, bass, drum machines, saxophone, maracas, sythesizer, &c) and objects (kitchenware, nails in a box, aluminum foil, &c) to create a universe of quirky and embraceable song-like structures. |
![]() Prettschnoder, Tibor / Neues Leipziger Streichquartett : The Largo And The Lame (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Ominous and dense with layers of strata intended for nighttime listening, the German quartet of Axel Dorner on trumpet & electronics, Matthias Lorenz on cello, and both Robert Landfermann and John Edwards on double bass recorded these four tremendous electroacoustic improvisations at their live performance at naTo in Leipzig, Germany in 2013. |
![]() EUPHORIUM_freakestra: Dal Ngai (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock An early EUPHORIUM_freakestra performance recording at naTo, in Leipzig, Germany, in 2002 and 2003, in an 11-piece electroacoustic band that includes electric guitar, a full brass and horn front end, synth, electric bass, drummers including Gunter Baby Sommer and a percussionist, in a great blend of funky electronics and powerful free improvisation. |
![]() EUPHORIUM_freakestra : Soundz Offfe Drzk Wahuh [2 CDs] (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock In many ways a prelude to the EUPHORIUM_freakestra to come, this double album of Oliver Schwerdt's open-minded ea-improv big band was recorded in Eisenach, Germany in 2000, in Bellers, Germany in 2001 and finally in Leipzig in 2001 & 2002; despite the vastly different band configuration the concepts of the Freakestra are clear in these spectacular recordings. |
![]() Rodrigues, Ernesto / Joana Sa / Luisa Goncalves / Carlos Santos: Melt (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bringing together Lisbon artists active in contemporary classical, electroacoustic soundscape and improvisation, the quartet of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Joana Sa on soprano saxophone, Luisa Goncalves on piano and Carlos Santos on electronics delicately "Melt" or merge these elements in a subtle and absorbing concert captured live at Lisboa Incomun. |
![]() PEK Solo : Semantic Notions [3 CDs] (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A mammoth undertaking by Boston multi-instrumentalist David Peck, 3 CDs of studio improvisations about language, one part per CD, performed on a vast array of reeds, percussive instruments and unusual sound sources, with drummer Yuri Zbitnoff joining for intermediate mixes, resulting in a multi-layered and unique sonic universe of depth and dexterity. |
![]() Metal Chaos Ensemble: Atomic Tuna (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Based around gongs, chimes, glockenspiel, Tibetan bowls and many other metallic sounds, plus reeds and horns, signal processing & synths, the Boston improvising core duo of Metal Chaos Ensemble is formed by percussionist Yuri Zbitnoff and multi-reedist David Peck, here joined by guest electric bass player Mike Gruen to create a power trio edition of the band. |
![]() Rodrigues / Carvalho / Rodrigues / Valinho: Eclipse (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Emulating a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse in two evolving improvised chamber works that take the quartet of Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Mariana Carvalho on piano, Joao Valinho on percussion and Ernesto Rodrigues (switching from viola to harp & deploying electronics) through mysterious soundwork that move from darkness to light in detailed and subtle ways. |
![]() Liuzzi / Massaro / La Volpe / Martusciello: Elica Multisensory Improvisation (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock A fascinating Italian project using improv techniques on voice, bass clarinet, prepared guitars & banjos and live electronics, allowing each musician to generate sounds by using their senses to listen and reflect on the world around them, from Elio Martusciello (live electronics), Chiara Liuzzi (voice), Francesco Massaro (reeds & electronics) & Adolfo La Volpe (guitars & objects). |
![]() I/O: Carlos Santos / Ilrich Mitzlaff: Studies on Colour Fields Modulation (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Electronic improviser Carlos Santos, whose sound work started with VITRIOL in 1989, a laboratory for experimental sound actions, also studied painting and works as a graphic designer; here he joins with cellist and sound artist Ulrich Mitzlaff for two extended works taking their cue from the visual arts as they study and sonically reflect subtle modulations in color fields. |
![]() PEK Solo: Complex and Real Dimensions (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Before initiating the live improvisation that makes up Complex & Real Dimensions, reedist and multi-instrumentalist David Peck built a foundation track including electro-acoustic instruments created by Tim Kaiser, particularly the loop-capable "Large Spring Box", creating tone, timbre and interludes over which PEK passionately performs. |
![]() Machinefabriek: CM_30 (Music for a performance by Kolja Huneck) (Not On Label (Machinefabriek Self-released) -- Netherlands ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Music written to accompany a light & juggling performance by German contemporary circus artist Kolja Huneck, Rutger Zuydervelt developing the compositions of these works using only short looping structures that weave and develop into a tapestry of sound, inspired by the repetitive motions of Kolja's performance and the 30 centimeter round discs with which he performs. |
![]() Sung, You Jin / Vincent Laju: Kairos (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exotic improvisation from Korean musician based in Berlin, You Jin Sung, performing on the gayageum, a large traditional Korean plucked zither sometimes augmented with electronics, in a duo with French cellist Vincent Laju, both performers using tension and space contrasted with moments of intensity through six improvisations of cross-cultural, contemporary conversation. |
![]() Chrysakis, Thanos / Dawid Frydryk / Edward Lucas / Sue Lynch / Adrian Northover : Five Shards (Aural Terrains -- UK / EU ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The edges of electroacoustic improviser and composer Thanos Chrysakis' shards are sharpened by the quartet of Dawid Frydryk on trumpet & electronics, Edward Lucas on trombone, Sue Lynch on flute & tenor saxophone and Adrian Northover on soprano saxophone, as Chryaskis generates evocative sonic environments over which the four horns mysteriously interact. |
![]() Brainhack Musicbox (Bobrytsky / Lisovsky / Boldenko): Brownarium (Brainhack Musicbox -- Ukraine ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Each track named after a mythical Scottish character, the Ukrainian trio of Stanislav Bobrytsky on modular synth, Pavlo Lisovsky on tenor saxophone and Anton Boldenko on viola create a music merging free jazz principles with modular synthetic drone, creating an orchestral sound that still elucidates the detail of their uniquely orchestrated, rich sonic explorations. |
![]() Corcoran, Kevin / Giacomo Salis / Paolo Sanna: Sul Filo [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes -- Italy ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Initiating like a jet shaking the sky, the trio of Kevin Corcoran on percussion & objects, Giacomo Salis on percussion, objects & field recordings and Paolo Sanna on percussion & objects create otherworldly sonic environments that project collapsing and ringing events above often turbulent foundations, creating side-long journeys that engage through mysterious and surmisable sound. |
![]() Jacques, Anne-Francoise / Tim Olive: Bistre [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes -- Italy ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The fourth release from the long-standing sonic research duo of Montreal sound artist Anne-F Jacques, who uses "rotating devices" based around small amplified motors, and Montreal ex-patriot living in Kobe, Japan Tim Olive (845 Audio), using magnetic pickups on objects and self-built instruments, here in six richly detailed and sometimes curiously menacing recordings. |
![]() Olive, Tim / Kayu Nakada: Entenka [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes -- Italy ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Applying techniques similar to those of the prepared piano, Japanese experimental artist Kayu Nakada uses circuit bending--circuit boards from electronic instruments short circuited for new effects--joining forces with Japan-based Canadian electronic instrument maker Tim Olive (845 Audio) for four works of intriguingly interactive glitch, hum, static and sonic inexplicables. |
![]() CP Unit (Pitsiokis / Lisabeth / Fraser / Nazary): Riding Photon Time (Eleatic Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first live album from the CP Unit led by alto saxophonist Chris Pitsiokos and his quartet with Sam Lisabeth on electric guitar, Henry Fraser on electric bass and Jason Nazary on drums & electronics, captured live at the 2018 Moers Festival in Germany in 8 compositions drawn from previous studio tracks and two new pieces; thrilling and brilliant modern jazz! |
![]() Euphorium_freakestra: Free Electric Supergroup [2 CDs] (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $24.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Since 2002 this large ensemble electric supergroup or "freakestra" has performed uncompromising free improvisation that draws on the best of modern approaches in a staggering display of style and technique. |
![]() Archer / Keeffe / Pyne: Hi Res Heart (Discus -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Inspired by the 70's Leo Smith Trio and the AACM tradition, during pandemic lockdowns UK multi-reedist & wind player Martin Archer, Charlotte Keeffe on trumpet & electronics and Martin Pyne on drums, percussion, vibraphone & toy piano, developed these 12 pieces where each member recorded four ideas independently, the other two arranging and recording their own parts in response. |
![]() Subatin, Javier (w/ Demian Cabaud & Pedro Melo Alves plus guests): Mountains (Habitable Records -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock Led by Argentinian guitarist based in Lisbon, Javier Subatin, the core of his band is fellow Portugal-based Argentian bassist Demian Cabaud and drummer Pedro Melo Alves, with guests improvisers on a number of tracks, presenting a series of "Mountain" tracks interspersed with "Rocks", "Birds", "Cave", &c. in impressively advanced use of time, rhythm, structure and harmonics. |
![]() Remote Viewers, The : The Remote Code [3 CDs] (Remote Viewers -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $19.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three CDs of three concerts at London's Iklecktik Club, presenting primarily compositions by David Petts plus collective improvisations, from Adrian Northover, David Petts, Caroline Kraabel and Sue Lynch on saxophones, John Edwards on bass and Rosa Theodora on piano, with Northover, Edwards & Petts adding percussion and electronics to their cryptically rich music. |
![]() Grdina, Gordon / Jim Black: Martian Kitties [CASSETTE W/ DOWNLOAD] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Thirteen succinct improvisations pitting Gordon Grdina's swinging middle-eastern flavors on the oud offset by gritty, experimental guitar work against drummer Jim Black's well-chosen and rock-solid grooves, an engaging album that shifts and explores a tremendous range of ideas and adventurous attitudes that span jazz, rock and experimental genres with ease. |
![]() Lussier / D'Orion / Kuster / Tetreault : Printemps 2021 (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock This mercurial and impressive 2021 Victoriaville Festival concert brought together improvisers from three duos as a quartet: guitarist Rene Lussier, who has a long running duo with turntablist Martin Tetreault; Erick d'Orion on computer and electronics, who also has a experimental sound duo with Tetrault; and frequently collaborator with Lussier, drummer Robbie Kuster. |
![]() Noyes, Charles K. / Elliott Sharp: Besotted (zOaR Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of collaborative electracoustic improvisations recorded remotely during the pandemic by long-time associates, electric guitarist Charles K. Noyes and multi-instrumentalist Elliott Sharp, here performing on arches h line (a 9-string double neck instrument), violinoid, triple course bass pantar, analog synthesizers, sax & bass clarinet. |
![]() Alves, Pedro Melo Omniae Large Ensemble: Lumina (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three expansive and stunning performances at Centro Cultural de Vila Flor as part of the Guimaraes Jazz 2020 festival by drummer and percussionist Pedro Melo Alves' expanded 23-piece Omniae Ensemble directed by Pedro Carneiro, adding electronics, voice and a diverse orchestration that gives his band both power but also flexibility to express an astonishing array of moods. |
![]() Lencastre, Joao Communion (Lencastre / Cirera / Toscano / Lackner / Fernrandes / Branco / Hasselberg / Cascais): Unlimited Dreams (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Exploring dream-like instrumental states in electrified modern creative jazz, drummer and composer João Lencastre leads an octet featuring saxophonists Albert Cirera & Ricard Toscano, guitarists André Fernandes & Pedro Branco, pianist Benny Lackner and bassists João Hasselberg & Nelson Cascais through six original compositions of fascinating free-flowing forms. |
![]() Ritual Habitual (Marogna / Almeida / Ernsting): Pagan Chant (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Presented as a a tribute to past jazz masters John Coltrane, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry and Charlie Haden, Rotterdam's Ritual Habitual trio led by double bassist Gonçalo Almeida with drummer Philipp Ernsting and Riccardo Maronga on tenor sax, bass clarinet & synthesizers, create a sense of ritual through deep repetition of modern creative jazz rooted in free jazz tradition. |
![]() Rite Of Trio, The (Silva / Louro / Alves): Free Development Of Delirium (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drawing on genres blurring avant jazz, compositional forms, experimental rock and their uniquely twisted sense of humor, the Portuguese trio of guitarist Andre Silva, bassist Filipe Louro, and drummer Pedro Alves (also credited for screams!) present their sophomore album, a strange and compelling set of delirious improvisations in three Parts organized across 13 tracks. |
![]() Allbee, Liz: Rille (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Berlin trumpeter Liz Allbee's solo work focuses on the interaction of voice, extended approaches to her instruments, which includes her self-designed quadrophonic trumpet, electronics and acoustic homemade instruments, on Rille presenting four enigmatic works of dramatic pacing--environmental and rhythmic--guided by impressionistic spoken words and moments of tonal clarity. |
![]() Turbulence: Information Paradox (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock Turbulence, the extended horn section for the Boston-based free improvising ensemble Leap of Faith Orchestra, here with leader PEK, plus Michael Caglianone, Zack Bartolomei, Bob Moores, and Eric Dahlman, all playing instruments from their arsenal of percussive instruments and devices, including recently added electroacoustic devices expanding the band's sound. |
![]() Bosshard, Patricia: Onceim-CoO (Potlatch -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two major works of evolving acoustic soundscape from Swiss violinist & composer Patricia Bosshard realized by the 27-member Orchestra des Nouvelles Creations, which includes Bosshard, Stephane Rives, Bertrand Denzler, &c.; "Sillon" employs a percussive pulse over 27 independently transforming grooves; "Reflets" a harmonic composition for bowed strings, including three double basses. |
![]() Zabelka, Mia / Glen Hall: The Quantum Violin (FMR -- UK ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock The intersection of Austrian violinist, vocalist and sound artist Mia Zabelka and Canadian sound artist and multi-instrumentalist Glen Hall, using recordings of live improvisations, electronics and unusual applications of software to structure fourteen compositions of accomplished playing and startlingly unpredictable sound, a magnificent and often breathtaking journey. |
![]() McPhee, Joe: Route 84 Quarantine Blues (Black Cross Solo Sessions 2) (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock One of Corbett vs. Dempsey's Black Cross Solo Sessions, Joe McPhees approaches his album recorded during pandemic lockdown in his home through tenor sax, voice, water, objects and field recordings, the center of the album a cycle of compositions by Charles Mingus, alongside works by Carla Bley and influences by Joni Mitchell, and a virtual symphony of saxes on the title track. |
![]() Crazy Doberman: "Everyone Is Rolling Down A Hill" ... [VINYL] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Indiana collective Crazy Doberman in a 15-performer configuration including core members Tim Gick and Drew Davis, merging jazz and indescribable approaches to free improvisation with a mix of acoustic & electronic instruments, building their pieces from mysteriously cantankerous rumination to ecstatic grooves and much in-between. |
![]() IKB: Titanus Giganteus (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Post-pandemic, the electroacoustic IKB ensemble returned to the stage in 2021 at O'Culto da Ajuda in Lisbon with some of Portugal's finest improvisers performing under the direction of violist Ernetso Rodrigues, to express in sound the large rainforest beetle Titanus Giganteus, represented in an extended collective improvisation of restraint fueled by masterful and creative skill. |
![]() Jorge's Orbe (Marti / Arrizabalaga / Amakawa): Playas (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded live in 2019 at Burgbachkeller in Zug, Switzerland, the international trio Jorge's Orbe creates tapestries of sound, bringing together free improvisers from three different parts of the world: Switzerland through trombonist George Francis Marti, Japan through pianist Tsukiko Amakawa, and Spain through Pelayo Fernandez Arrizabalaga on turntables and voice. |
![]() Lonberg-Holm / Moimeme / Santos: Transition Zone (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a history of collaboration in the Lisbon improvisation scene through bands including Variable Geometry Orchestra, IKB, Isotope Ensemble, &c., guitarist Abdul Moimême (performing on two guitars simultaneously) and electronics artist Carlos Santos join with Chicago cellist & electronic improviser Fred Lonberg-Holm for five elaborate alien soundscapes of impressive detail and skill. |
![]() Gadt, Anna / Zbigniew Chojnacki / Krzysztof Gradziuk: Renaissance Gesualdo [2 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $21.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock An epic journey in free vocal improvised music from the trio of vocalist Anna Gadt with Zbigniew Chojnacki on accordion & live electronics and Krzysztof Gradziuk on drums, performing live in the studio in Nieport, Poland, with arrangements, deconstructions and original music by Anna Gadt, along with the theme from "Monumentum pro Gesualdo" by Igor Stravinski. |
![]() Killick!: Imbricate (Habitable Records -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock A series of real-time improvised performances from Athens, Georgia guitarist Killick Hinds, made with strings and occasional computer augmentation, an album he describes as to date his fullest expression of the Appalachian Trance Metal/Piedmont Shaman Rock concept that he has been developing for years, these works inspired by Zaila Avant-garde, Paolo Angeli and Bali. |
![]() Olive, Tim: Ribbon [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] (Notice Recordings -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sonic exploration and studio composition from Kobe, Japan-based, Canadian sound artist Tim Olive, using amplified objects, cast-off electronics and home made instruments including metal teeth, tuning forks, clockwork motors, electromagnets, cassette playback heads and magnetic pickups, recording each and layering them in the studio to create corrosively captivating aural journeys. |
![]() Lee, Robbie: Prismatist (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a history of both improvisation and rock, NY saxophonist and sound artist (Creature Automatic, Love As Laughter) concentrates on the sopranino saxophone in this solo album, performing acoustic feats of impressive technical skill, and on many tracks performing with tuning forks and live electronics, sequenced in a compelling journey of contrasts and wonder. |
![]() Pettersen, Ed: The Problem With Livia (Orbit577 -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Given the chance to perform in the dark fresco-covered room of the Emmanuel Vigeland Mausoleum and museum in Oslo, Norway, guitarist Ed Petterson brought his 8-string Weissenborn guitar, various keyboards and a modular synth, using the pensive atmosphere of the location to trace spacious and exploratory works through 15 varied and succinct improvisations. |
![]() PEK Solo: Decision Boundary (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock With exotic instrumentation including clariphone, tarota, nadaswaram, mussette, flutes, clarinets, English horn, medieval pipe, whistles, concertina and gongs, Boston improviser David Peck performs over elements captured on a loop station, all decisions made in real time as he evolves this extended improvisation, creating a diverse and unusual recording. |
![]() Battus, Pascal / Michel Doneda: Miracle (Potlatch -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Dovetailing and combining the rich harmonics of Michel Doneda's soprano and sopranino saxophone with Pascal Battus' rotating surfaces--mechanisms from small consumer electronics and their like put in motion and in contact with resonators and vibrators--this French improvising duo create fascinatingly shifting, unusual textures and sonic environments. |
![]() Leimgruber / Turner / Dorner / da Boff / Flesh: London / Leipzig / Luzern (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A powerful concert of free and electroacoustic improvisation from Urs Leimgruber on tenor saxophone, Axel Dorner on trumpet, Roger Turner on percussion, and Ra Ra da Boff (aka Oliver Schwerdt) & Ribo Flesh on electric organs, performing live at NuR in Leipzig, Germany in 2015 for two extended performances; see all Axel Dörner-Untitled (Berlin) & Urs Leimgruber-Untitled (Luzern). |
![]() Simulacrum: Hyperreality (Evil Clown -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock An offshoot of the Boston-area collective Metal Chaos Ensemble featuring multi-reedist PEK, also on percussion & electronics, Eric Woods on analog synth and Bob Moores on space trumpet, guitar and electronics, with guests Grant Beale on guitar & electronics and William Middlemiss Jr on guitar and electronics, in an electronic and clamorous extended improvisation. |
![]() Center For Whatever: Boogie Spiderland [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Huvudbry Recordings -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first collaboration between Brooklyn-based experimental improvising drummer Hampus Ohman-Frolund (Apuh!) and guitarist John Lindaman (True Love Always), blurring rock forms and experimental electronics into a hybrid space rock that takes unexpected twists and turns, with the goal to produce compelling psychedelic inspired sound; headphones recommended! |
![]() Center For Whatever: Ensorcelled [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Huvudbry Recordings -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $7.15 ![]() ![]() In Stock An intensely experimental journey in sound through guitars, electronics and percussion from the Brooklyn-based duo of John Lindaman and Hampus Ohman, a diverse set of pieces improvised using sound sculpting, noise and melodic elements, creating a great balance between darkness and light amidst solid conceptual and technical approaches to their instruments. |
![]() Kahn, Jason / Jon Mueller / Greg Davis: Green Door (Autumn Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $11.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded on the 7th of 8 concerts in a tour with the electroacoustic-improvising trio of Jason Kahn on percussion & electronics, Greg Davis on percussion & electronics and Jon Mueller on percussion & tape, an exemplary performance of close listening, highly textured and evolving ea-improv, each motion subtle and contributing to a richly diverse journey. |
![]() Pavone, Jessica : When No One Around You is There but Nowhere to be Found (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Extending her interest in new forms for the solo viola, augmented by effects and voice, New York composer and improviser Jessica Pavone's fourth solo album of composed viola pieces is the result of years of concentrated long tone practice and an interest in repetition, song form and sympathetic vibration, a uniquely, sometimes quirky, and compelling album. |
![]() Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Lunar Error: Plafond De Verre (BeCoq -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The French Lunar Error Ensemble employ acoustic and electric instruments including reeds, piano, percussion, electric guitars, synth & computers to create complex drone and sonic environments, here performing Jean-Luc Guionnet's work for micro-variations and harmonic interference, a slowly building and massive work recorded in the resonance of the Protestant temple, in Reims. |
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