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Koch, Hans / Jacques Demierre: Incunabulum (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock A unique pairing of reeds, piano and spinet captured live at Le Singe Club in Biel, Switzerland in 2018 between multi-reedist Hans Koch and keyboardist Jacques Demierre, a wild ride from frenetic interaction to introspective experimental, both using unusual techniques and Demierre playing inside his keyboards, a truly excellent and thrilling concert. |
Fujii, Satoko / Ramon Lopez: Confluence (Libra -- Japan ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $15.25 In Stock Having played in trio settings before, pianist Satoko Fujii and Spanish drummer Ramon Lopez seized the opportunity to record as a duo in the studio in NY, bringing just two Fujii compositions to guide them, they began freely improvising, creating this stunning album of elegant interaction, peaceful yet detailed, intuitively beautiful and sophisticated music. |
Dalibert, Melaine : Cheminant (elsewhere -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock A diverse set of compositions from and performed by French composer Melaine Dalibert in his third solo piano album, presenting active rhythmic to introspective work, exploring harmonics and chord evolution; artwork by David Sylvian, and one piece composed for Sylvian, alongside pieces for elsewhere label leader Yuko Zama, Peter Garland and pianist Reinier van Houdt. |
Fernandez, Agusti : River Tiger Fire [4 CDs] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $44.95 In Stock Recorded at the 2014 Ad Libitum Festival in Warsaw, pianist and composer Agusti Fernandez was invited to perform four concerts in celebration of his 60th birthday, choosing his working trio Aurora for once concert, a solo performance of "El Laberint de la Memoria", his electroacoustic Thunder trio, and a large ensemble conduction: "River, Tiger Fire". |
Mazurek, Rob: Psychotropic Electric Eel Dreams IV (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $10.75 In Stock Recordings from the 4-channel sound composition for the ESS Florasonic installation series at Lincoln Park Conservatory in Chicago, of Rob Mazurek's work using recordings of electric eels from National Institute of Research and Technology in Manaus, Brazil, combined with analog/digital synthesis to create environments of beautiful undulating and radiant sonic textures. |
Feldman, Morton (Philip Thomas): Piano [5 CD BOX SET] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $40.45 In Stock Containing the majority of minimalist composer Morton Feldman's compositions for solo piano, 3 CDs of short works and 2 for the magnificent "For Bunita Marcus" and "Triadic Memories", performed by one of the foremost interpreters of Feldman's work, Philip Thomas, and presented in a sturdy 5-CD box set with a 52 page booklet of notes from the performer and artwork. |
Risser, Eve: Apres Un Reve (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock A remarkably varied and unique approach to prepared piano that French pianist Eve Risser refers to as "piano droit", heard in her performance at FGO Barbara, in Paris on an upright piano, chosen for its specific mechanical qualities that allow Risser to generate a surprising amount of rhythmic variety, as she performs a single work mixing composed and improvised elements. |
Schindler, Udo / Masako Ohta : Kaiyushiki Teien (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock SALON fur Klang + Kunst multi-reedist Udo Schindler met Japanese pianist Masako Ohta at Mohrvilla, Munchen/Freimann, Germany in 2017 to record this extended live improvisation, bringing Schindler's free jazz and non-idiomatic styles together with Ohta's contemporary classical background, in an intently educated and fascinating merging of styles and approaches. |
Toh-Kichi (Satoko Fujii / Tatsuya Yoshida): Baikamo (Libra -- Japan ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock The duo of Japanese improvisers, pianist Satoko Fujii and drummer Tatsuya Yoshida, continue their collaborations which includes many albums with the Satoko Fujii Quartet, their duo "Erans" record on Tzadik, and the original "Toh-Kichi" album on Victo, here in a new studio album of intricate, energetic and ebullient improvised dialogs, named for the aquatic flower "Baikamo". |
Berger, Karl / Jason Kao Hwang: Conjure (True Sound Recordings -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Subtle, beautiful, haunting, masterful and delicately commanding, the duo of pianist and vibraphonist Karl Berger and Jason Kao Hwang on violin and viola recorded these 8 dialogs in Berger's Woodstock studio, their familiarity from Hwang's participation in Berger's Creative Music Orchestra summoning lyrical and sensitive music, finding profundity in restraint. |
Graewe, Georg: Stills And Stories (Random Acoustics -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock German pianist and Euro Free Jazz stalwart Georg Graewe in a solo work, released a decade after his previous solo album, presenting a remarkable set of succinct compositions balancing astonishing technical skills with beautifully expressive playing, presented in several series of "stills" and "stories". |
Perelman, Ivo / Matthew Shipp: Efflorescence Volume 1 [4 CDs] (Leo Records -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $44.95 In Stock "Efflorescence", to reach an optimum stage of development or blossom, as heard through four studio-recorded CDs, expanding on the warm and enduring duo of saxophonist Ivo Perelman and pianist Matthew Shipp in beautifully flowing, succinct improvisations with a lyrical inclination, allowing for exploration through the sophisticated support each brings; beautiful. |
Balanya, Josep-Maria / Ramon Lopez: Furious Yellow (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Two Spanish improvisers of distinction meet at DADA Studio, in Brussels, Belgium to record ten diverse and extraordinary dialogs, from percussionist Ramon Lopez and pianist Josep-Maria Balanya, balancing radical jazz with experimental approaches to free and contemporary improvisation, a tour-de-force of expression and innovation. |
Hannesson, Mark / Dante Boon / Anastassis Philippakopoulos : hannesson . boon . philippakopoulos (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Three solo piano works from three composers--Mark Hannesson, Dante Boon, and Anastassis Philippakopoulos--are performed by Dante Boon in this studio album recorded in Berlin; three extremely compatible works that prove to be quintessential examples of Wandelweiser minimalism finding melody, progression and abstraction in subtle and elusive ways; sublime. |
Schneider, Urs Peter : Klavierwerke 1971 - 2015 [2 CDs] (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Four compositions for solo piano from Swiss composer Urs Peter Schneider, founder of Ensemble Neue Horizonte Bern, with four accompanying prose pieces with text in German from Schneider himself, Martin Luther, and Ita Wegman; unusual words to accompany Schneider's minimalist works of clear progressions, thoughtful direction and interesting concepts. |
Singh, Rishin : Out From The Blinding White (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Two understated compositions for solo piano from Kuala Lumpur composer living in Berlin, Rishin Singh, both performed by pianist Dante Boon, with the first piece written for Boon himself, a minimal work of slowly rising and descending progressions; the other piece "For Eva-Maria Houben" dedicated to the Wandelweiser composer, using recurring yet distinctly varying patterns. |
Fine, Milo / Joseph Damman: Acceptance Of Sorrow (Aural Terrains -- UK / EU ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $16.15 In Stock An album off free improvisations culled from the long-running Minneapolis duo of amplified acoustic guitarist Joseph Damman and multi-instrumentalist Milo fine, recorded in concert at Studio Toile d'Angles in 2018, with Fine performing on percussion, a Bosendorfer imperial piano, B-flat clarinet & marimba, for 8 pieces of explorative and accomplished dialog. |
Dalibert, Melaine: Anastassis Philippakopoulos: Piano Works (elsewhere -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Wandelweiser member and composer Anastassis Philippakopoulos has twelve of her compositions for solo piano performed and realized by French composer/pianist Melaine Dalibert, each built around slow moving melodic progressions that resonate through patient performance, each fragment and note ringing beautifully, mysteriously, and dramatically. |
Reeder, Kory: Love Songs / Duets (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Four duets of gracefully moving music that focuses on tone without repeating melodies or rhythms, from composer Kory Reeder in his first release, performed by Erin Cameron & Luke Ellard both on bass clarinet; Jonathan Kierspe (saxophone) & Samuel Anderson (bass trombone); Alaina Clarice & Linda Jenkins, both on flute; and Mia Detwiler (violin) & Kory Reeder (piano). |
Falzone, J.P.A. / Morgan Evans-Weiler: Chordioid [2 CDs] (Another Timbre -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock 2 CDs of works for violin, piano & vibraphone, composed and performed by two young American composers and members of the ensemble Ordinary Affects, who have recorded music by the Jurg Frey, Magnus Granberg, Michael Pisaro, Eva Maria Houben, &c.; the 1st disc presents the Feldman-esque work of JPA Falzone, while the 2nd contains an exquisite new work by Morgan Evans-Weiler. |
Cremaster / Komora A: split [7-inch VINYL] [Used Item] (Monotype -- Poland ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $10.49 In Stock A split 7" release between Cremaster (Alfredo Costa Monteiro (electronics) and Ferran Fages (feedback mixing board and electroacoustic devices); and the Komora A trio of Karol Koszniec (electronics), Dominik Kowalczyk (laptop) and Jakub Mikolajczyk (modular synth). |
Futterman, Joel: Silhouettes (Progressive Records -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock This '93 solo concert at Norfolk Academy in Virginia finds free jazz pianist Joel Futterman reflecting on standards and jazz repertoire by inference & reference, improvising over 7 original compositions and Coltrane's "Naima", with moments of lyrical delicacy, savvy swinging sections, and reflective Monk moods, all filtered through his Futteran's powerful creative drive. |
Nevai, Nandor: The Wooden Machine Music / 2001 (ugEXPLODE -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Mark Mothersbaugh records five compositions for the Player Piano Forte composed by Nandor Nevai, each an impossible performance for a human being, with each piece named for the number of hands theoretically performing, from "1 Hand" to "5 Hands", driving the Pianoforte into extreme territory of rapidity and complexity in a fascinating set of compositions. |
Fujii, Satoko / Natsuki Tamura: Pentas: Tribute to Eric and Chris Stern (Not Two -- Poland ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura (The NatSat Duo) launch their project Pentas with this album, their 7th as a duo, with compositions from each musician and dedicated as a tribute to Eric and Chris Stern, elder inspirational fans who spoke with the duo after the NY premiere of this music, upon learning that Eric passed away that very night. |
Bondi, Cyril / Pierre-Yves Martel / Christoph Schiller: Hyazo (Another Timbre -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock A beautiful, melancholic soundworld created by three musicians who have a rare rapport--Cyril Bondi on Indian harmonium, Pierre on Yves Martel on viola da Gamba, and Christoph Schiller on spinet--following their previous CDs tse and awire by moving on to new territory in 3 compositions allowing for freedom from each musician, two from Schiller and one from Bondi. |
Gerard, Pierre: Cavite Aerienne (Not On Label -- France ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Extremely patient compositions for electronics, cello, guitar and tenor sax from French sound and visual artist Pierre Gerard: "Air" using recordings from his duo partner of tenor saxophonist Bertrand De Lamalle with long sections of silence; "Cavity" employs previously recorded guitar improvisations that interact with Gerard's live electronic improvisations. |
Feldman, Morton (Judith Wegmann): Triadic Memories [2 CDs] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $17.95 In Stock The second of four connected solo piano works by Morton Feldman, Triadic Memories is about that reality, the acoustic space created by the piano's strings and soundboard, as Feldman attempted to expand the temporal frame of his music, heard here in Judith Wegmann's 2019 recording, where thThe second of four connected solo piano works by Morton Feldman, Triadic Memories is about the acoustic space created by the piano's strings and soundboard, as Feldman worked to expand the temporal frame of his music, heard her in Judith Wegmann's 2019 studio recording where that space is revealed by a magnificent Bosendorfer 280VC piano.at space is revealed by a magnificent Bosendorfer 280VC piano. |
Futterman, Joel: Remembering Dolphy (JDF Music -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Pianist Joel Futterman pays a tribute to late alto saxophonist Eric Dolphy through six Dolphy original compositions, plus one Mal Waldron track and two Futterman originals referencing Dolphy's well-known Blue Note record, "Out to Dinner" parts one & two, each track unedited with no overdubs and the album presented in the sequence in which it was recorded. |
Futterman, Joel / Ike Levin Duo: The Present Gift (IML Music -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock A meeting in the studio in 2001 between frequent collaborators, pianist Joel Futterman, also performing on curved soprano saxophone & wooden Indian flute, and Chicago tenor saxophonist Ike Levin, also on bass clarinet and Brazilian Kalimba, beautifully capturing the extraordinary conversation of strongly articulated dialog between the two improvisers; impressive! |
Futterman, Joel : The Fall (Creation Music -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock A three-part solo improvisation recorded in the studio and presented in complete unedited first takes with no overdubs, sequenced in the order recorded, from NY-area pianist Joel Futterman, performing "The Fall" in two parts, and "Recovery", each an epic journey through rapid technical virtuosity and nimble creativity, balanced with periods of deep reflection and introspection. |
Brown, Chris: Retrospectacles [2 CDs] (fo'c'sle -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock A fascinating 2-CD retrospective of the solo piano and computer work from 1990 to 2016 of San Francisco Bay Area experimental composer Chris Brown, whose work focuses on evolving paradigms of human-machine interaction through live signal processing, generative polyrhythmic textures, and a cohabitation of both formal control and indeterminacy. |
Borg, Rasmus: Improvisations (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Seven improvisations for solo piano from Swedish composer and pianist Rasmus Borg, recording in Stockholm in a contemplative contemporary mode, as evidenced by titles like "Nocturne", "Waltz", "Toccata", &c, referencing established forms through instant compositions, a reflection of his statement that Borg likes "melody, harmony, going in circles, canons". |
Blum, John / Jackson Krall: Duplexity (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock A dynamic and red-hot album of free improvisation from two New York legends--pianist John Blum and drummer/percussionist Jackson Krall--both in jaw-dropping form as they present two extended improvisations, "Blood and Bone" and "Wind and Wing", appropriate for the energy and intense and seemingly physically-defying technical skill each brings to their playing. |
Yannatou, Savina / Joana Sa: Ways of Not Seeing (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock A gorgeous and sinuous album of piano and voice from Portuguese pianist Joana Sá, using preparations and props to accompany the incredibly illustrative voice of Greek vocalist Savina Yannatou, whose profound skills create a sense of mystery and narrative that surpasses language and intent, creating something uniquely fragile yet fiercely alluring. |
Goncalves, Luisa: Unno (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock A rich and lyrical album of solo piano improvisation from Lisbon-based Portuguese pianist Luísa Gonçalves, improvised yet merging elements of contemporary compositional music into beautiful and graceful forms that she reveals in a contemplative and pensive mood, savoring her notes and progressions while allowing melody to come forward in sophisticated ways. |
Bopp, Christiane / Jean-Marc Foussat / Emmanuelle Parrenin: Nature Still (Fou Records -- France ) Squidco RSD 2024 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. |
Klaxon Gueule: Entierement Unamies (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 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. |
Futterman, Joel: Transition One (Creation Music -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock A remarkable tour de force of solo piano improvisation on this self-released album from Virginia-based but New York-associated pianist Joel Futterman, recording in the studio in 2009 for a three-part series of exploratory and profoundly masterful improvisations, captivating with intense and technical passages that yield to lyrically beautiful and expansive playing. |
Futterman, Joel / Ike Levin: Live In Chicago (JDF/CLM -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock An almost hour long "Rhizome" of free improvisation and a brief "Renewal" from the duo of Joel Futterman on piano and Ike Levin on tenor sax & bass clarinet, performing live at Constellation in Chicago in 2017, for a wonderfully evolving work of suspense, release, technical brilliance and exuberant expression, a dialog that only two such frequent collaborators can evoke. |
Good, Kevin: Slow, Silent, Singing (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock The centerpiece of composer Kevin Good's "Slow" series is this evening-length glockenspiel solo, performed by San Diego based glockenspiel player Michael Jones, the composition of slow, melodic fragments that are increasingly permeated by swathes of silence of increasing length, exploring how the expressivity of the melodies are perceived and framed by these silences. |
Bober, Max: Somos (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Four works by Argentinian composer Max Bober living in Warsaw, Poland, performed in solo, duo and trio configurations by pianist Alejandro Peña Gutiérrez, flutists Francisco Rojas and Clara Peláez Hidalgo, and soprano Natalia Jarosiewicz; fragile works of depth and beauty that unfold gracefully. |
suzueri (Elico Suzuki): Fata Morgana (Ftarri / Hitorri -- Japan ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Tokyo sound artist Elico Suzuki attached or arranged "gadgets" including a small electric fan, a motor and a radio, to an upright piano whose upper and lower panels were removed and insides exposed, using their inherent sounds and those created by touching them to the piano strings to generate overlapping and evolving sound, ending each piece with force through the keyboard. |
Thollem (w/ Alex Cline / Susan Alcorn): Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $10.75 In Stock In 2019 pianist Thollem McDonas toured the US -- 12 months and 25 albums worth of recordings -- joining collaborators from a vast spectrum of improvisers and performers, this album presenting two such recordings: one a duo with drummer/percussionist Alex Cline from a live concert in Santa Monica; the other a duo with guitarist Susan Alcorn recorded in Baltimore. |
Welcome To Silkeborg (Varela / Trinite): Alba (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock A live recording without an audience and the start of the Welcome To Silkeborg project between Lisbon improvisers Tiago Varela (Equinox Quartet, Isotope Ensemble) on melodicas & voice, and Monsieur Trinité (Equinox Quartet, IKB, Potlatch, Variable Geometry Orchestra) on percussive objects, their first encounter finding the two in a relaxed dialog of creative conversation. |
Davis, Greg: Throughline (Autumn Records -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $9.00 In Stock Taking modular synths into unusual territory, Autumn Records label leader and relentless audio explorer Greg Davis spent years using a computer controlled modular synthesizer system to generate an obsessive set of synthetic and electronic sounds -- swooping, burbling, chattering, &c. -- assembled into this quick witted and energetic set of compositions. |
Granberg, Magnus (w/ Miki Maruta / Ko Ishikawa / Toshimaru Nakamura): Come Down to Earth Where Sorrow Dwelleth (Meenna -- Japan ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Stockholm composer Magnus Granberg's first visit to Japan was to perform at the 2019 Ftarri Festival, adapting his extended and subtle work "Come Down to Earth Where Sorrow Dwelleth", originally composed for the Boston ensemble Ordinary Affects, here reworked for sho, koto, prepared piano and electronics performed by Ko Ishikawa, Miki Maruta and Toshimaru Nakamura. |
Merce, Sergio: En Lugar De Pensar (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock One circular and one continuous composition from Argentinian composer Sergio Merce, using rich tones like clouds of sound generated by a microtonal saxophone, synthesizer and wind synth, the title referring to his sense of music a channel to see, to reveal, a channel that opens through intuition, observation and attention but not through thinking; beautiful. |
Strieff, Peter: Chronos-Kairos (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Exploring the difference between the two Greek concepts of time--chronos (measurable) and kairos (qualitative moments)--Bern composer Urs Peter Schneider's 1973 composition uses synthesizers to measure, divide, experience, forget, free from, and embody time; plus a 1968 composition with Ensemble Nueue Horizon Bern, and two recent works with Ensemble Montaigne. |
Futterman, Joel: Perception (Creation Music -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock A three part solo improvisation from pianist and composer Joel Futterman, also performing on Indian flute and curved soprano saxophone, each track a complete unedited first take with no overdubs, presented in the order performed, the first part a nearly 53 minute epic of powerful and consequential playing, from vigorous technical runs to beautifully languid moments; stunning. |
Harnik, Elisabeth / Michael Zerang: Dream Disobedience (Not Two -- Poland ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock The extended and absorbing live performance between Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik and Chicago drummer Michael Zerang at Španski Borci,in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2019 begins in restful interaction, Harnik often inside the piano and Zerang scraping and coaxing sound, building to a disruptive dream of intense interaction that ends in a turbulent awakening. |
Innanen / Pasborg / Piromalli: This Is It (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock The Hammond organ takes the lead sound on this straight-up, melodically grooving and fast-paced album, with compositions coming mostly from Finnish saxophonist Mikko Innanen, performed in this trio with French organist Cedric Piromalli and Danish drummer Stefan Pasborg; an album that puts one foot in the history of 60's jazz and one foot firmly in the creative present. |
Frond: Always There, Somewhere [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Frond, aka Richard Bultitude, is a UK sound artist who creates rich soundscapes of guitar, synthetics, field recordings and other ethereal elements, the mix of live instrumentation over drone and ambient environments adding warmth and personality to beautifully crafted works, each exuding a sense of inner calm through innately melodic music replete with detail. |
Gintas K: Variations in a - moll for a granular synthesis [CD + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Six variations in Lithuanian sound artist and composer Gintas K's work composed during an art residency in MoKS (moks.ee), Estonia, each variation between 8 to 12 minutes long evolving interactions between granulated and continuously shifting computer generated sounds, thick electronics that leaves space amidst the synthetics to create digestible and intriguingly compelling works. |
Fousatt, Jean-Marc: Les Vraies Richesses [VINYL + DVD] (Fou Records -- France ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $24.26 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 RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $24.26 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. |
Comes & Simonis: Regering [CD + DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Squidco RSD 2024 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. |
Smith, Linda Catlin / Apartment House: Ballad (Another Timbre -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Two works from Canadian composer Linda Catlin Smith and performed by cellist Anton Lukoszevieze and pianist Kerry Yong: "Through the Low Hills" a piece for constrained variations like an object viewed from different angles as it is turned over; and "Ballad" a major work intended for performance that unfolds slowly, allowing for delicate melodic interaction. |
Attias, Michael / Simon Nabatov: Brooklyn Mischiefs (Leo Records -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $15.25 In Stock On their first concert as a duo in 2014, alto saxophonist Michael Attias and pianist Simon Nabatov recorded these five creatively lyrical improvisations at iBeam in Brooklyn, Nabatov on the keys and inside the piano and both using tremendous technique in a mix of perky and introspective free expression, including an extended work that melds into Herbie Nichol's "Spinning Song". |
Schwerdt, Oliver / Baby Sommer / Barry Guy: One For My Baby And One More For The Bass [2 CDs] (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $15.25 In Stock A trio sounding much larger than its three contributors--Oliver Schwerdt on grand piano, percussion & little instruments, Baby Sommer on drums, cymbals & percussion and Barry Guy on double bass--captured in concert at naTo, in Leipzig, Germany in 2019 for a joyful and assertive album of collective free improv that merges contemporary, free and jazz idioms seamlessly. |
Schwerdt, Oliver: Storming Bauhaus [2 CDs] (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $15.25 In Stock Eschewing his many monikers (Birg Borgenthal, Elan Pauer and Ra Ra da Boff) pianist Oliver Schwerdt steps away from EUPHORIUM_freakestra, uses his given name, and takes the stage of the Bauhaus building in Dessau where such legends as Fred van Hove and Alexander von Schlippenbach have played, to record these four exemplary and extended, kinetic & free solo piano improvisations. |
Schwerdt, Oliver: Prestige / No Smoking [2CDs] (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $15.25 In Stock A double CD of pianist, Euphorium label-leader and EUPHORIUM_freakestra leader Oliver Schwerdt in a double CD of solo recordings in the studio in Leipzig, 3 extended improvisations and 1 concise piece titled "Prestige" I & II and "No Smoking" I & II, remarkably concentrative work displaying an acute and extraordinarily inventive approach to improvisation. |
Schwerdt, Oliver / Gunter Sommer : Dry Swing / Tandem Spaces (Euphorium -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Three duos--"Tandem Spaces"--and two solos--"Dry Swing"(s)-between drummer Gunter Baby Sommer, who was celebrating his 70th birthday the year of this recording, and younger generation pianist and Euphorium label-leader Oliver Schwerdt, the duos an exciting set of exchanges often building to high speed, with Schwerdt's solo work engrossingly intricate and quick-witted. |
Friedrichsschwerdt (Kettlitz / Schwerdt): Gay - Wir Saunawirt (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock The curious album of Friedrich Kettlitz, co-founder of Euphorium_Freakestra, reciting his poems (in German) set in 25 miniature recordings, also performing on english worker's flute, pling, metal kettle, felt head mallet, temple bell, in a duo with Oliver Schwerdt on piano, as well as small percussive devices, voice, slide whistles, a zither, and little cubic cardbox. |
Freakestra: Das Besuchte Getrank (Eine Suite Fur Zwei Unendliche Parallelen. Sie Treffen Sich.) (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $8.95 In Stock After the earliest versions of the Euphorium_freakestra toured in Weimar, Leipzig, Dresden, Krakow & Gottingen in 2000, pianist Oliver Schwerdt and guitarist Friedrich Kettlitz came together to develop a suite for grand piano, acoustic guitar and free vocals, a prelude to the album Gay - Saunawirt ten years later, and the start of the professional recording history of the EUPHORIUM ensembles. |
Branciforte, Joseph / Theo Bleckmann : LP1 [VINYL] (Greyfade -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $20.65 In Stock Like a blanket of twilight sound and insidiously fragile detail, the results of two days of uninterrupted sonic exploration between New York multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound artist & recording engineer Joseph Branciforte and German vocal innovator & electronic artist Theo Bleckmann are heard in four compositions from their collaboration: gorgeous, lulling and edgy. |
ForM: ForM (Aubjects -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $20.65 In Stock An album of electronic rhythmical work, glitch, soundscape experimentation and hallucinatory sound from Robert Newell, a member of Amalgamated, with fellow Amalgamated member Phillip Klampe assisting in contribution and production; 14 concise and diverse examples of twisted conceptual sound following a concept of life forming from the brine. |
PLASMA 8 (Reuter / Krennerich): Porphyr (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Active since 2008, the PLASMA 8 duo of German pianist & vocalist Thomas Reuter and saxophonist Andreas Krennerich explore the geological deposits of porphyr, a hard igneous rock containing crystals, through free improvisation, expressed here in 20 concise interactions of piano keys & strings, soprano & baritone saxophones plus unusual vocal utterance. |
Zethson, Alexander: Pole Of Inaccessibility [2 CDs] (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $20.65 In Stock Darkly meditative and somber compositions for the lower registers of the grand piano accompanied by synthesizer, in two extended pieces by Je Suis! and Angles 9 pianist Alexander Zethson, using the interactions between the deep piano keys and synth more as a sound source than as a distinct instrument, each reshaping the other to create a cloud of sound. |
Futterman, Joel: Creation Series [5CD BOX SET] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $44.95 In Stock Five major works in a Creation Series concept from pianist Joel Futterman, each disc presenting from 2 to 4 parts in an ambitious and accomplished set of solo improvisations that start simply with monophonics and evolve into increasingly complex and inspired works of incredible creative control; a masterful release reflecting a lifetime of innovation and inventiveness. |
Ongon: Exuvia [WHITE VINYL] (Loup editions -- Italy ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $16.15 In Stock String player Antonio Bertoni (Leo Records, Astral Sprits) in his solo Ongon project seeks to bring back the shamanic elements of Moroccan Gnawa Music, particularly using the trance-inducing bass instrument guimbri, his hypnotic and exotic music set into a rich weaving of electronics, samples and concrete synthesis built ad hoc by Bertoni himself. |
Ongon: In Dispersione [VINYL] (Loup editions -- Italy ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $18.85 In Stock Antonio Bertoni's solo Ongon project, trying to remove the mistreatment that the Moroccan Gnawa Music suffers due to the heavy western productions, as he performs on the trance-inducing bass instrument guimbri, his hypnotic and exotic music set into a rich weaving of electronics, samples and concrete synthesis built ad hoc by Bertoni himself; reference Natural Information Society. |
Ronn, Christian / Bob Bellerue : Intoku Inversions (Anarchy Moon Recordings/Nishe -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $10.75 In Stock Beautiful long-form drones and harmonic interactions develop and are then shaken up with sonic deformations and collisions, returning to beautiful environments and then reversed once again, from the duo of sonic explorers Bob Bellerue and Christian Ronn, recording in Copenhagen using organs, electronics, winds, and feedback to create these wonderfully alien domains. |
Taylor, Cecil / Sunny Murray: Corona (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 Out of Stock Beginning with an 8-member vocal incantation led by Taylor himself, this incredible reunion concert between pianist Cecil Taylor and drummer Sunny Murray was recorded by the FMP label in 1996 at the Total Music Meeting in Podewil, Berlin, an incredible display of pyrotechnical playing with an exultant excitement through three "sector" improvisations; extraordinary! |
Johansson, Sven-Ake / Alexander Von Schlippenbach : Schraubenlieder [VINYL] (Trost Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $20.65 In Stock Drummer Sven-Ake Johansson is also a poet, writer and visual artist; here he joined forced with Alexander von Schlippenbach in 1988 to record these songs, never previously released, sung in German and English, for a set of 9 fascinating narrations that engage the listener independent of language, as von Schlippenbach improvises with prodigious technique. |
Perelman, Ivo (Duos w/ Burrell / Crispell / Ortiz / Parks / Courvoisie / Fernandez / Taborn / Sanchez / Iyer): Brass And Ivory Tales [9-CD BOX SET] (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!) -- Poland ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $94.45 In Stock Referring to the brass saxophone and the piano's ivory keys, Brazilian saxophonist based in New York City Ivo Perelman celebrates his 60th birthday with this 9-CD set of diverse approaches to sax & piano duos, performed with some of world's finest improvising pianists: Dave Burrell, Marilyn Crispell, Aaron Parks, Augusti Fernandez, Craig Taborn, Angelica Sanchez and Vijay Iyer. |
Feldman, Morton (Judith Wegmann / Andreas Kunz): For John Cage [2 CDs] (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd -- Switzerland ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $17.95 In Stock First performed in 1982, Morton Feldmans' monumental composition for piano and violin dedicated to peer John Cage creates a distinctive environment of instrumental interaction where patterns are subtly varied in a virtual suspension of time as the music drifts and reflects, beautifully rendered in this 2021 recording by pianist Judith Wegmann and violinist Andreas Kunz. |
Noyes, Charles K. / Elliott Sharp: Besotted (zOaR Records -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $10.75 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. |
Sandell, Sten / Lisa Ullen: Double Music (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock The first duo album by pianists Sten Sandell and Lisa Ullén, recorded in their home country of Sweden, performing eight freely improvised piano works which include the two-part "Double Music" and two-part "Onyx", each recording contrasting complex interplay of discord and harmony with beautiful passages of introspection and intellectual depth; a remarkable merging of masterful talent. |
Richards, Steph / Joshua White: Zephyr (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Exploring the sonic and visual territory of water, centering on concepts of metamorphoses and breathing underwater, pianist Joshua White and trumpeter & flugelhorn player Steph Richards also employ resonating water vessels and percussion as they present three fluid and introspectively fathomed works in multiple movements: "Sacred Sea"; "Sequoia"; and "Northern Lights". |
Gratkowski, Frank / Elisabeth Harnik: Bullungga (Klanggalerie -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $16.15 In Stock Recordings from two European jazz festivals in 2020--Klangspuren festival in Austria and Moers Festival in Germany--from the duo of pianist Elisabeth Harnik and multi-wind & reedist Frank Gratkowski performing on alto & soprano saxophones, clarinet & bass flute, both of whom bring classical training to their spirited, diverse and far-ranging improvisations. |
Shipp, Matthew: Codebreaker (Tao Forms -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock An unusually contemplative solo record from New York pianist Matthew Shipp, belying the intricately subtle density of his inventive approach to solo piano improvisation, with an innate lyricism through unusual motive and direction; perhaps one of the most succinct and concise albums Shipp has released, and a beautiful reflection of his creative intentions. |
New Old Luten Quintet: Big Pauer (Euphorium -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $8.95 In Stock Opening with a powerful solo set from pianist Elan Pauer, this album was released on the occasion of Pauer's 80th birthday, revealing itself to be the incredible free jazz quintet of of Pauer, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky on clarinet & shepherds' flutes, both John Edwards & Robert Landfermann on double bass, and Christian Lillinger on drums & percussion. |
Dykstra, Jordan / Koen Nutters: In Better Shape Than You Found Me (elsewhere -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock The first album from the duo of American composer & violinist Jordan Dykstra and Dutch composer Koen Nutters, developed by exchanging material of ambient & spacious nature using slow chord development, field recordings, viola, pitch pipe, crotales, piano EBow and electronic programming, the resulting work diverse and constantly evolving through fascinating details. |
Vandromme, Guy / Bruno Duplant: l'infini des possibles (12 etudes pour piano) [2 CDs] (elsewhere -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $19.75 In Stock Twelve etudes for solo piano by French composer Bruno Duplant and interpreted by pianist Guy Vandromme, each etude consisting of eight lines of lowercase letters a-g representing white keys, with accents, uppercase shifts, apostrophes, &c. affecting those letters, the performer given an "infinity of possibilities" through choices of combinations and repetions of the score. |
Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part I) [VINYL - SLIGHTLY DAMAGED] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $17.09 In Stock Dinged Sleeve corners from rough postal handling |
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Taylor, Cecil (w/ Lyons / Dixon / Grimes / Silva / Cyrille): With (Exit) To Student Studies, Revisit
Feldman, Morton (Judith Wegmann): Triadic Memories [2 CDs]
Feldman, Morton (Judith Wegmann / Andreas Kunz): For John Cage [2 CDs]
Taylor, Cecil / Sunny Murray: Corona
Feldman, Morton (Philip Thomas): Piano [5 CD BOX SET]
Van Hove, Fred / Roger Turner: The Corner
Feldman, Morton : Piano, Violin, Viola, Cello
Schwerdt, Oliver / Baby Sommer / Barry Guy: One For My Baby And One More For The Bass [2 CDs]
Shipp, Matthew Trio: Root Of Things
Fujii, Satoko / Otomo Yoshihide: Perpetual Motion
Feldman, Morton played by John Tilbury & Philip Thomas: Two Pianos And Other Pieces 1953-1969 [2 CDs
Fujii, Satoko / Ramon Lopez: Confluence
Mitchell, Matt plays Tim Berne: Forage
Wegmann, Judith / Marlies Debacker / Lukas Biner / Nicolas Wolf: Things In Between
Smith, Wadada Leo: The Emerald Duets [5 CD BOX SET]
Toh-Kichi (Satoko Fujii / Tatsuya Yoshida): Baikamo
Riley, Terry played by John Tilbury: Keyboard Studies
Frey, Jurg: Circles and Landscapes - works for solo piano played by Philip Thomas
Risser, Eve: Apres Un Reve
Evans, Bill (Evans, Hall, Peacock, Motian, Israels, Bunker): Duos With Jim Hall & Trios '64 & '65, R