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![]() GGRIL (Grand Groupe Regional d'Improvisation Liberee): Combines [VINYL] (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The GGRIL is a Canadian ensemble of musicians who experiment with various forms of interactions possible in an orchestra without a conductor, bringing together a dozen musicians from different backgrounds. |
![]() George (Hollenbeck / Webber / Nealand / Magic): Letters to George [VINYL] (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Derived from the name Georgios and its dual meaning of earth and work, drummer & composer John Hollenbeck (Claudia Quintet) developed these lyrical and sometimes pop-inspired compositions, along with arrangements of Sonny Bono's "Bang Bang" and Cyril Tawney's "Grey Funnel Line", performed with Anna Weber on sax & flute, Aurora Nealand on voice, keys & sax, and Chiquita Magic on keys & voice. |
![]() Gjerstad, Frode / Kent Carter / John Stevens: Detail-90 [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $21.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The second incarnation of the Detail trio of saxophonist Frode Gjerstad and drummer John Stevens with Kent Cart taking the role of double bass, is heard in this studio recording from 1990 at NRK-studio in Stavanger, Norway, a superb example of the nearly telepathic freedom four years of playing together afforded them, as heard in two extended, energetic improvisations. |
![]() Gorfinkel, Dale: Switches & Hose [VINYL] (Splitrec -- Australia ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Dale Gorfinkel is a multi-instrumentalist, improvisor, instrument creator and installation artist, creating unexpected aural environments exploring acoustic phenomena or creating acoustic sculptures using common materials like switches, balloons, hoses, cages, &c. |
![]() Gorilla Mask (Van Huffel / Fidezius / Fischerlehner): Brain Drain [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $22.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 4th album from German saxophonist Peter Van Huffel's Gorilla Mask, the 3rd on Clean Feed, is another powerful blending of jazz and rock forms in restless and profoundly determined music, energetic but intelligently structured, with great riffs and melodic grooves from Roland Fidezius (electric bass) and Rudi Fischerlehner (drums and percussion). |
![]() Green, Jaki Shelton : The River Speaks of Thirst [VINYL] (Soul City Sounds -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock A collection of poems written by and read by ninth Poet Laureate of North Carolina and the first African American and third woman to hold the title--Jaki Shelton GreenÐ-presenting 11 texts with experimental sound work arranged by Shirlette Ammons, a fascinating set of observations and an insightful selection of "political statement, cultural commentary, and an aesthetic milestone". |
![]() Gross, Jean-Philippe / Golden Oriole: Optical Cadillac / Golden Oriole [VINYL 10-inch] (BeCoq -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A split 10" vinyl album of two very different works: first French sound artist Jean-Philippe Gross in a sonic assault of garish rhythmic electronic persistence and noise; then the Golden Oriole instrumental rock duo of Kristoffer Riis on guitar and Thore Warland on drums in a compelling work of grooving structure with diverse percussive interaction. |
![]() Gryke Pyje: Collision And Coalescence [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Mappa -- Slovokia ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $21.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Composers and performers Jani Hirvonen and Johannes Schebler create a complex universe in sound & melody, a veritable forest of sound referencing global and spiritual environments, using warm instrumental sources, field recordings, world percussion and extended use of the studio in a satisfying series of journeys with a mysteriously transcendental and devotional feeling. |
![]() Gustafsson, Mats / Joachim Nordwall: Their Power Reached Across Space And Time-To Defy Them Was Death-Or Worse [JADE VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (Thrill Jockey -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $22.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Jade Vinyl - Expanding on their decade-long collaboration with albums on Astral Spirits, Bocian and Confront (Ensemble Var), and both members of Fire! Orchestra, sound artist Joachim Nordwall on analog synth and tapes and reed & wind player Mats Gustafsson use extended approaches to their instruments through effects and close mic-ing to create powerful and hallucinatory sound worlds. |
![]() Gustafsson, Mats / Joachim Nordwall: Their Power Reached Across Space And Time-To Defy Them Was Death-Or Worse [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (Thrill Jockey -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $22.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Black Vinyl - Expanding on their decade-long collaboration with albums on Astral Spirits, Bocian and Confront (Ensemble Var), and both members of Fire! Orchestra, sound artist Joachim Nordwall on analog synth and tapes and reed & wind player Mats Gustafsson use extended approaches to their instruments through effects and close mic-ing to create powerful and hallucinatory sound worlds. |
![]() Halvorson, Mary: Away With You [VINYL 2 LPs] (Firehouse 12 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $30.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Mary Halvorson continues her string of excellent modern jazz albums with this octet release with fellow guitarist Susan Alcorn, Jonathan Finlayson (trumpet), Jon Irabagon & Ingrid Laubrock (sax), Jacob Garchik (trombone), John Hebert (bass) and Ches Smith (drums). |
![]() Halvorson, Mary: Bending Bridges [2 VINYL LPs] (Firehouse 12 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $40.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Limited edition LP of Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson's second recording with her amazing working quintet of trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, saxophonist Jon Irabagon, bassist John Hebert, and drummer Ches Smith. |
![]() Harker, Nina: Nina Harker [VINYL] (BeCoq -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Unusual approaches to rock song and instrumentals from this French duo of Apolline Schöser & Nocola Henry in collaboration with Valentine Noiret, Daniel Dariel on Japanese vocals, Louis Claus on Indian flute and Marie-Laure Gucciardi for poetic writing in Italian, &c.; peculiar and compelling, somehow reminiscent of Etron Fou... |
![]() Hawkins, Chester: Natural Causes - Original Music For Pale Trees, A Film By Tim Ashby [VINYL] [Used Item] (Intangible Arts -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $8.10 ![]() ![]() In Stock Washington, DC based electronic experimenter Chester Hawkins (Blue Sausage Infant) was commissioned by director Tim Ashby to compose this work for the soundtrack to his feature-length film "Pale Trees", Hawkin's music illustrating the film's gradient of psychological colors from darkness, rage, and vengeance through a mix of kosmische drone in a Tangerine Dream vein. |
![]() Heaven (Henrik Pultz Melbye / Ole Mofjell): IAPOE [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Inspired by European improvisation, 60's NY-loft-avant-garde and Ethiopian jazz, Heaven, the Norwegian collaborative project of Danish saxophonist Henrik Pultz Melbye and Norwegian drummer Ole Mofjell, merge rhythmic and melodic realms, adding stretches of noise and non-idiomatic sounds, in fast-paced, highly-energetic, and highly-informed performances. |
![]() Hennies, Sarah (performed by Lenka Novosedlikova): Sisters [VINYL] (Mappa -- Slovokia ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $21.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock US Composer Sarah Hennies wrote these pieces for vibraphone for Lenka Novosedlíková to be performed at the church in Kyjatice, Slovokia, a medieval building the two discovered while traveling, and that they challenged each to bring life to the building while respecting it's contemplative character and using the psychoacoustic dimensions of space. |
![]() Herman, Gerard: Feta Justice (Kraak -- Belgium ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock Odd popster Gerard Herman in songs using a combination of poetry, canned beats, field recordings, home made instruments, excerpts from his radio shows and other musique concrete elements. |
![]() Herr Borelgrip (Pierre Borel / Joel Grip): The Great European Stool Sample [2LPS] (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $16.20 ![]() ![]() In Stock Sealed new copy damaged in the post, dinged corners and bends but the LPs are in mint shape. |
![]() Herr Borelgrip (Pierre Borel / Joel Grip): The Great European Stool Sample [Vinyl 2 LPs] (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $30.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first album from the amalgamated band name Herr Borrelgrip, a play on the names of alto saxophonist Pierre Borel and double bassist Joel Grip, developing their work in Stockholm, Berlin and Paris starting in 2008 as a performing duo, heard here in a beautiful gatefold double LP studio release with an extensive LP-sized booklet of text in French and images. |
![]() Hippie Diktat: Black Peplum [VINYL] (BeCoq -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using raw and primal rhythms, deep textures from amplified baritone saxophone and trance approaches to rock instrumental music balancing Steve Reich and Sunn O))), the French Hippie Diktat trio of Antoine Viard on baritone sax, Julien Chamla on drums and Richard Comte on guitar has toured Europe since 2011, here in recordings at l'Ecluse, in Reims from 2013. |
![]() Hippie Diktat: Gran Sasso [VINYL] (nunc. -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 3rd album from the French Hippie Diktat trio of Antoine Viard on baritone sax, Julien Chamla on drums and Richard Comte on guitar, drawing parallels to Sunn O))) and the raw power of Peter Brötzmann, here in a four-part work of primal rhythms and powerful textures, applying the use of space and timing around repetition to create a bedrock of brawny sound. |
![]() Hoffman, Christopher: Asp Nimbus [VINYL] (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock With many parallels to and collaborative work with Henry Threadgill, cellist Christopher Hoffman pens eight dynamic compositions for his superb quintet of Bryan Carrott on vibraphone, Rashaan Carter on bass, Craig Weinrib on drums and David Virelles on piano, merging melodic approaches to creative jazz with interesting structures and virtuosic soloing from all performers. |
![]() Holy Mountain, The: Toad Of Light [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Cinematic aesthetics and themes from the Norwegian Holy Mountain duo, performing on the uncommon pairing of two instruments--accordion played by Andreas Angell, and drums with acoustic and electronic parts and vintage synthesizer played by Aleksander Tidemann--in their 3rd release inspired by the dystopian sci-fi visions of John Carpenter, Philip Glass and Daft Punk. |
![]() Honsinger's, Tristan Hopscotch: Cloud Reading Society [VINYL] (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An idiosyncratic and wonderfully wild improvisational music theater group revolving around composer & cellist Tristan Honsinger, using spoken word and song through eclectic and active free improvisation including strings, reeds, trumpet, toy piano, tap dance, bass & drums, a truly unique and joyfully quirky album that fulfills Honsinger's goal of uniting music, theater & poetry. |
![]() Humcrush (Storlokken / Stronen): Enter Humcrush [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock After a six year break, the Humcrush duo of Stale Storlokken on keys and Thomas Stronen on drums & electronics return with this studio album of rhythmic angularities and experimental sound worlds, drawing on their experiences with bands including Supersilent, Food, Elephant9, Time is a blind guide, Meadow and Motorpsycho. |
![]() Ich B!n Nintendo (Winther / Nergaard / Johansen): Lykke [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock The Ich Bin Nintendo trio of Christian Skar Winther (guitar & voice), Magnus Skavhaug Nergaard (bass) and Joakim Heibo Johansen (drums) take their improvised noise music into the post-punk world with demanding and energetic music that voices it's power and exultation. |
![]() Illusion Of Safety & Z'ev : Illusion Of Safety & Z'ev [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tribe Tapes -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock After the collaboration of Illusion of Safety and Z'EV which culminated in a performance at Enemy in Chicago in 2007, Z'EV approached IOS member Daniel Burke to collaborate on an album, providing Burke with a number of short acoustic recordings which Burke developed into these compositions merging his own field recordings, sampling, electro-acoustics, and Eurorack modular synth. |
![]() J/L Duo + Adrian Knight and Frew Elfineh Taha: Ismalfa [VINYL] (thanatosis produktion -- Sweden ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $22.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock A cohesive suite in eight parts on dynamics, tone and vocal narration in acoustic jazz from the joining of the 20+ year Swedish duo project J/L Duo of saxophonist Johan Jutterstrom and drummer/percussionist Andreas Hiroui Larsson, Brooklyn-based pianist Adrian Knight and vocalist/lyricist Frew Elfineh Taha (also known under the moniker Black Fist). |
![]() Jackson, Keefe / Jason Adasiewicz: Rows And Rows [VINYL] (Delmark -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock An inventive and lyrical set of duos between Chicago tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist Keefe Jackson and vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, nine concise pieces that blend free improvisation with compositions seamlessly in a really delightful duo. |
![]() Jon Doe One (d'Hoine / De Backer): Sol Invictus [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock An album celebrating the unconquerable sun, imagined through rhythm, reeds, bass and sonic landscape, composed by Antwerp double bassist Hannes d'Hoine with multi-reedist Hanne De Backer on bass clarinet & baritone saxophone, slowly unfolding in light and dark tones and steady momentum, neither ambient nor excessive but richly building arrangements through which light emerges. |
![]() Judge Schreber's Avian Choir: Bleed [VINYL] (Cort -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Saxophonist and composer Crowmeat Bob's ensemble, Judge Schreber's Avian Choir, is a project name he's used to present his large ensemble pieces involving composition, improvisation, and conduction, here in a conducted collaboration with 15 bowed string players, a heavy metal rhythm section and Bob's own overdubs on reeds and guitar. |
![]() Kahn, Jason / Christian Wolfarth: Spirits [VINYL] (Editions -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $22.16 ![]() ![]() In Stock The 2nd release from Jason Kahn, here on voice and resonator guitar, with Christian Wolfarth on Chinese Cymbal, an antique marching snare and objects, recorded after a series of concerts across Europe in the fall of 2019, Kahn applying a percussionist's perspective to his guitar by playing it as a lap slide, as the two invoke an unusual incantatory spirit from their improvisations. |
![]() Kahn, Jason: Songline [VINYL 2 LPs] [Used Item] (Editions -- Switzerland ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.19 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swiss improviser Jason Kahn continues his forays into vocal experimentation with this solo album, recorded in the rooms of a former Swisscom telephone relay station in Zurich, recorded in a single take, pushing himself over the edge in these unique vocal compositions that are stark examples of his creative and confrontational skills. |
![]() Kalman, Egil / Fredrik Rasten: Weaving a Fabric of Winds [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Swedish bass player Egil Kalman, here on modular syntheizer, joins Norwegian guitarist Fredrik Rasten, for a lovely album of drifting electronics and beautifully entwining acoustic guitar, unhurriedly developing environments of warm, slowly evolving chord structures that show influences from players like Catherine Lamb or the Wandelweiser collective. |
![]() Kam Hassah: This forest [VINYL] (Dokuro -- Italy ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock "This Forest" is a single sided LP from Italian noise artist Kam Hassah, dense stratas of sounds moving in hypnagocic ways, a gloomy forest of sounds. |
![]() Kid Millions / Sarah Bernstein: Broken Fall (VINYL) (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Pulling inspiration from disparate influences such as early liturgical music, Ornette Coleman, Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono, Milford Graves, and composers Morton Feldman and Lou Harrison, Kid Millions and Sarah Bernstein create a cyclical form of spontaneous thematic music through powerful electronics, wild vocalizations, and unrelenting drum textures. |
![]() Killick: Stay-At-Home Monk [VINYL] (H(i)nds(i)ght -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Varying the instrument and proportions of acoustic or electric presentation straddling the foreground/background dynamic for each track, Appalachian Trance Metal guitarist Killick presents his first vinyl LP to extend his vast CD discography; a worthy and curious album of solo guitar, acoustic and electroacoustic work that belongs in any guitar enthusiast's collection. |
![]() Kirchner, Quin: The Shadows and The Light [VINYL 2 LPs] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recorded over 2 days in a Chicago studio in configurations from duos to an octet, drummer Quin Kirchner provides the compositions on this double LP for 11 pieces, alongside works by Frank Foster, Phil Cohran, Sun Ra & Carla Bley, presented as a story or a journey of differing styles and forms, made cohesive by Kirchner's remarkable drumming and coherently diverse interests. |
![]() Kriwet, Ferdinand : Hortexte Radio Texts Zwei [VINYL 2 LP Picture Discs] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $40.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock A beautiful 2 picture disc LP and booklet of radio plays (Horspiele) from sound artist and poet Ferdinand Kriwet, presenting 6 works including Hortext (radiotext) I, and Rotoradios I & II. |
![]() Kriwet, Ferdinand: Hortexte - Radiotexts [3 VINYL LP BOX SET] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $62.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock Six radio texts by multimedia artist and poet Ferdinand Kriwet in a beautifully designed 3 LP picture discs luxury box with a 20 page 12"x12" book of text and images. |
![]() Kuchen, Martin Kuchen / Michaela Antalova: Thunder Before Lightning [VINYL] [Used Item] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.70 ![]() ![]() In Stock dinged sleeve |
![]() Kuchen, Martin Kuchen / Michaela Antalova: Thunder Before Lightning [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Borrowing elements from a vast spectrum of improvisatory styles, fueled by a variety of saxophones, tanpura, drums, prepared cymbals and voice, Swedish improviser Martin Küchen (Angles) joins with Slovak percussionist living in Oslo, Michaela Antalová, taking their listeners on a meteorological journey through a remarkable tempest of sound. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Kwang, Goh Lee / Christian Meaas Svendsen: Gibberish, Balderdash and Drivel [VINYL] (Nakama Records -- Norway ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three "nonsensical" musical conversations between Malaysian experimental musician and Herbal International label founder Goh Lee Kwang, and Norwegian bass player and Nakama label leader Christian Meeas Svendsen; a first encounter between two different mindsets, nationalities and generations, packaged with a pencil to let you draw your own cover. |
![]() Left Exit (Feat Michael Duch / Klaus Holm): Mr. K [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock This progressive/folk/jazz/improv/experimental/psych quartet from Norway covers a diverse set of approaches to improvisation, from textural, minimalistic and radically abstract, like something AMM would play, using graphic and written notation. |
![]() Liederkreis (Judith Berkson): Liederkreis [VINYL] [Used Item] (B. Walter Recordings -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.96 ![]() ![]() In Stock NYC vocalist, composer and keyboardist Judith Berkson in the debut album for her one-woman band Liederkreis (translating to "song-cycle", a reference to Schumann), taking a sharp turn from previous work through experimental synth, voice and effects in unique and often aberrant ways. |
![]() Lingens, Hannes: Nachthund [VINYL + CD] (Umlaut Records -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $19.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock Three recordings from percussionist Hans Lingens in his 2nd solo album on Umlaut, working at the intersection between improvised and composed forms of experimental music: "Nacht", a montage of prerecorded layers of mostly rolls and brush sounds; and two recordings in one take using close miking as he performs on a single cymbal with mallets ("Hund") and a bass bow ("Manatee"). |
![]() Lingens, Hannes: Pieces For Percussion [VINYL] (Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.05 ![]() ![]() In Stock Compositions for percussion from Berlin drummer and accordionist Hannes Lingens (Musaeum Clausum, Antoine Beuger, Lucio Capece, &c), composed over six years, each using a restricted set of materials, instrument or instrument type, Lingens performing solo, and as a duo and quartet using overdubs, employing microphone techniques for detail and ambiance. |
![]() Listening Group (feat. Daniel Carter / Patrick Holmes / Jeff Snyder / Stelios Mihas / Federico Ughi): Live at the Forward Festival 2016 [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A live performance at Forward Festival 2016, in Brooklyn, NY, merging chamber music, free improvisation, free and avant jazz and other forms in a an ensemble with Daniel Carter (sax & trumpet), Claire de Brunner (bassoon), Patrick Holmes (clarinet), Nick Lyons (sax), Jeff Snyder (electronics), Stelios Mihas (guitar), Jonah Rosenberg (piano), Zach Swanson (bass), and Federico Ughi (drums). |
![]() London Experimental Ensemble: Child Ballads [VINYL] (Split Rock Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drawn from 305 traditional ballads from England and Scotland alongside their American variants, anthologised by Francis James Child during the second half of the nineteenth century, are here sung by Ed Pettersen in the fascinating intersection of traditional lyrics and experimental interpretations of melodies, performed by the 11-piece London Experimental Ensemble. |
![]() Lopes, Luis: Love Song [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Solo work from Portuguese guitarist Luis Lopes, showing a different side to his work with Humanization 4tet or his Noise Solo project, instead presenting a gentler and more romantic music marked by seductive playing with an unexpectedly tender appeal. |
![]() Loriot, Frantz / Christian Wolfarth: The Call [VINYL] (Shhpuma -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two unconventional and experimenting improvisers--French-Japanese violist Frantz Loriot and Swiss percussionist Christian Wolfarth--in a deceptive album of acoustic improvisation that elusively takes on electric qualities in the hands of these two innovators, seducing the listener through unusual twists and turns of perfectly paced interactions. |
![]() MKM (Norbert Moslang / Jason Kahn / Gunter Muller): Bangalore [VINYL] (Mikroton Recordings -- Russia ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $21.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock A stunning album of electroacoustic improv that truly pushes the envelope, from the MKM trio of Gunter Muller on iPods & electronics, Jason Kahn on modular synthesizer, mixer & radio, and Norbert Moslang on cracked everyday electronics, three masters of the form in their 5th Mikroton release after decades working together in configurations on labels like For4Ears. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Machinefabriek: As Much As It Is Worth [7-inch VINYL] (Machinefabriek -- Netherlands ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Rutger Zuydervelt, aka Machinefabriek, in a 7" release of two tracks developed for a piece commissioned by Marta Alstadsaeter and Kim-Jomi Fischer for their dance piece "as much as it is worth" in 2017, the first an edited version of the final music used for the piece, a complex yet upbeat and bouncy work, the second side expanding and darkening the music. |
![]() 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. |
![]() Made to Break: Lacerba [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock The electroacoustic quartet of Christof Kurzmann (electronics), Devin Hoff (bass), Ken Vandermark (reeds) and Tim Daisy (drums) performing live in Lisbon, an innovative and significant band developing new languages for improvisation. |
![]() Mahall, Rudi / Michael Griener: Jazzpreis [VINYL] (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Bringing together two acclaimed German improvisers who met in Nuremberg in 1982 as teens--reedist Rudi Mahall and drummer/vibraphonist Michael Griener, "bumbling" around to learn free jazz together, heard now 40 years later as authoritative players recording as a duo in 2020 & 21 in Kotzlin and Berlin for eight energetically creative and buoyantly upbeat dialogs. |
![]() Marhaug, Lasse: Void [7" VINYL] (BeCoq -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $12.55 ![]() ![]() In Stock Two dark works of sound creating a mysterious chasm of drones, pulsations, electronic stretches, and mysterious percussive engines, a strange pair of recordings that definitely fit the title of this 7" record from Norwegian sound experimenter Lasse Marhaug. |
![]() Marteau Rouge (Pauvros / Sato / Foussat): ... Un Jour Se Leve [VINYL] (Fou Records -- France ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $10.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock The free improvising trio of Makoto Sato on drums, Jean-Francois Pauvros on guitar and Jean-Marc Foussat on synthesizer & voice in a studio album of unique electro-acoustic dialog recorded in Paris in 2013. |
![]() Master Oogway: The Concert Koan [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Powerful electric jazz roots from the Norwegian quartet of Lauritz Lyster Skeidsvoll on saxophone, Havard Nordberg Funderud on guitar, Karl Erik E. Horndalsveen on double bass, and Martin Mellem on drums, shredding inspirations from 60s electric Miles and Ornette, with a rock influenced rhythm section and electric guitar work driving great soloing. |
![]() Mateen, Sabir (w/ Steve Swell / Matt Lavelle / Matthew Heyner / Michael Thompson): Prophecies Come To Pass [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Saxophonist Sabir Mateen's NY based Shapes, Textures, and Sound Ensemble with Steve Swell on trombone, Matt Lavelle on trumpet, Matthew Heyner on bass and Michael T.A. Thompson on drums, run though a gamut of post-bop and collective, creative jazz forms with energy, incredible dexterity, and tremendous group interplay, a great example of the modern spirit of jazz. |
![]() Mateen, Sabir / Patrick Holmes / Federico Ughi : Survival Situation [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Having played together in a variety of settings, but never as a trio, saxophonist Sabir Mateen, clarinetist Patrick Holmes and drummer Federico Ughi met in a recording studio in Tuscany, Italy to record this album of wide-ranging free improvisation, Mateen's Farfisa playing and vocal declamations bringing a Sun Ra element to the vehement and profound dialog. |
![]() Mathisen / Svendsen / Wildhagen: Momentum [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a list of projects including Shagma, The Core, Zanussi 5 and Mopti, the trio of Jorgen Mathisen (sax), Christian Meaas Svendsen (bass) and Andreas Wildhagen (drums), "Momentum" is an apt name for their uniquely building, unpredictable and atypical improvisations. |
![]() Mattin : Songbook #5 [VINYL] [Used Item] (Disembraining Machine -- Australia ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.39 ![]() ![]() In Stock Mattin takes 5 spontaneous 5-minute songs from 5 musicians, and a 25 minute concert structured by 5 instructions based on those song titles, then records vocals for the 5 songs as a singing lecture, then superimposes all 3 to create the five 5-minutes songs on this album. |
![]() Mattin : Songbook #5 [VINYL] [Used Item] (Disembraining Machine -- Australia ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $13.50 ![]() ![]() In Stock Mattin takes 5 spontaneous 5-minute songs from 5 musicians, and a 25 minute concert structured by 5 instructions based on those song titles, then records vocals for the 5 songs as a singing lecture, then superimposes all 3 to create the five 5-minutes songs on this album. |
![]() McKenzie II, Donald Sturge Anthony (feat. Elliot Sharp, Bill Laswell, Vernon Reid): Silenced II - Views from the Auction Block [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock Drummer Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie II trades off duos with a set of masterful musicians in the second volume of his "Silenced" project, here with guitarist Elliott Sharp for a complex and inspired dialog; with bassist Bill Laswell for a rich and moody soundscape; and with guitarist Vernon Reid in a piece for McKenzie's daughter; plus one solo drum piece. |
![]() McKenzie II, Donald Sturge Anthony (feat. Nels Cline / Arnold Lee / Melvin Gibbs / David Hofstra / Vernon Reid / CX Kidtronik): Silenced [VINYL] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock A six track album from drummer Donald Sturge Anthony McKenzie II written about the abuse of force from those charged to protect us, in a series of duos with amazing performances from guitarist Nels Cline, saxophonist Arnold Lee, bassist Melvin Gibbs, bassist Dave Hofstra, guitarist Vernon Reid, and drummer/keyboardist CX KIDTRONIX; disturbing and important work. |
![]() Mela, Francisco / Zoh Amba: Causa y Efecto Vol. 1 [VINYL] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock The first volume of powerful free playing and intimate conversation bringing together two New York-based improvisers, Cuban native drummer/percussionist Francisco Mela and Tennessee native reed & wind player Zoh Amba, both sharing a mountain region upbringing that brings a uniquely reflective quality to their playing, fortified by the exploratory NY improv scene. |
![]() Mezei, Szilard Tubass Quintet: Canons - 2nd Hoisting [VINYL] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $22.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Four extended compositions from the Tubass Quintet led by Szilard Mezei (performing on double bass instead of his usual viola) performing with a heavy group of 4 double bassists and tuba. |
![]() Miguel, Sei: O Carro De Fogo De Sei Miguel [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Recording live in the Namouche Studios in Lisbon in 2018, trumpeter Sei Miguel's octet performs a large work translating to "Fire Car", inspired by William Blake's "Jerusalem" (Chariot of Fire), reminding of early 70's Miles/fusion work as organist Andre Goncalves creates an atmospheric backbone over which the band introduces repetition and variation; mysterious and singular. |
![]() Miller, Ben: In the Moment [VINYL] (Two Rooms -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Destroy All Monsters and Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra guitarist Ben Miller in an album of experimental solo guitar works, augmenting his guitar with effects, synthesizer, bass, tapes and radio to create seven fascinating works that reflect on his rock background through solid rhythmic and melodic hooks, but also captivates through unusual and suprising sonic elements. |
![]() Mitelli, Gabriele / Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $20.65 ![]() ![]() In Stock Referencing the poem "Star-splitter" by Robert Frost, Italian improviser Gabriele Mitelli on cornet, soprano sax & alto flugelhorn, and Chicago improviser Rob Mazurek on piccolo trumpet, both using electronics, object & voice, create a spiritually rich and warm series, "gazing" at four planets through immersive, unique and authoritative performance; exceptional. |
![]() Mockunas, Liudas : Hydro [VINYL] [Used Item] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $15.30 ![]() ![]() In Stock Lithuanian reedist Liudas Mockunas in an unusual record of clarinet and saxophone improvisations, from solo work of powerful technique to pieces using water prepared instruments to create a wealth of bubbling and aberrant sound on the instrument, side A presenting the 7 part "Hydration Suite", Side B the 3 part "Rehydration", and "Dehydration". |
![]() Mohanna, Nickolas: Sight Drawings [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD] (Run/Off Editions -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $22.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Using sources from the world about him--field recordings, sampled orchestral noises, and voice recorders--New York composer and sound artist Nickolas Mohanna explores the spatial impressions of sound within a delicate acousmatic language, weaving inexplicable sounds into reorganized, recognizable components, creating a solid and compelling structural language. |
![]() Mollestad, Hedvig / Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat [VINYL 2 LPs] (Rune Grammofon -- Norway ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $28.75 ![]() ![]() In Stock Working again with the 12-piece, expressive Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Norwegian guitarist and composer Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen recorded this double LP in the studio in Halden in 2021, for 9 long form epics that bridge and merge rock and jazz genres, in both instrumental work and songs that explore the nature of family and issues of social justice. |
![]() Morsanek / Vinekeeper: Split LP [VINYL] (Kazemat -- The Netherlands ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Morsanek (aka Mark Morse) in a edited piece, 181 "tracks" of varied instrumentation; and the mysterious Vinekeeper in a complex organized sound work. |
![]() Moser, Michael: Antiphon Stein [2 Vinyl LPs] (Edition Rz -- Austria ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $26.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock A site-specific sound installation in the nave and choir of Minoritenkirche in Krems/Stein that engages with the architecture and sound of this church space from composer Michael Moser working with Berndt Thurner, Klaus Lang, Hannah Schwegler and Nik Hummer. |
![]() Musson, Rachel / Pat Thomas / Mark Sanders: Shifa: Live at Cafe Oto [VINYL + DOWNLOAD] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock "Shifa", or "Healing", is the London-based trio of saxophonist Rachel Musson, pianist Pat Thomas, and drummer Mark Sanders, here in a live concert at Cafe Oto in 2018 of two collective improvisations of arching sax lines, rolling and potent drumming, powerful block chords and intricate lines, from dark to joyful moments, an intoxicating tonic for the ears. |
![]() My Cat Is An Alien: Robert Opalio/Maurizio Opalio [VINYL] [Used Item] (Important Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $19.44 ![]() ![]() In Stock A split LP with each side featuring a 20 minute solo track from both brotherly halves of the acclaimed space guitar improvising band My Cat Is An Alien. |
![]() N/UM: Ravens [VINYL EP] (577 Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $18.00 ![]() ![]() In Stock With a combined history of dj production, engineering, writing and arranging in a variety of settings from small and large ensembles, electronic music, experimental rock, classical orchestration &c, the N/UM trio of Elias Meister, Jeremy Loucas and Emil Bovbjerg (VAVAV) release their fourth album of innovative live electronics developed through a carefully conceived collective creativity. |
![]() Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen): Firehouse [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $22.45 ![]() ![]() In Stock Norwegian drummer Gard Nilssen (Zanussi 5, Bushman's Revenge, Puma, &c.) leads his new Acoustic Unity trio of Petter Eldh on double bass and Andre Roligheten (Albatrosh) on sax through 8 tightly conceived original jazz compositions with contributions from all 3 players. |
![]() Nobuka (Michel van Collenburg): Reiko [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD & BOOKLET] (esc.rec. -- Netherlands ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $24.25 ![]() ![]() In Stock The pre-apocalyptic intertwining story of a woman named Reiko, living in a city scarred by climate change and burdened with the imminent threat of viruses, wandering the streets haunted by demons, abstractly envisioned in sound through stunningly effective electronics, field recordings, and developed in parts with Michel Banabila and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek). |
![]() Nono, Luigi: A Carlo Scarpa; A Pierre Dell'Azzurro Silenzio, Inquietum; Guai ai Gelidi Mostri [VINYL] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $14.35 ![]() ![]() In Stock 3 works by composer Luigi Nono: "A Carlo Scarpa" for orchestra; "A Pierre..." for bass flute, bass clarinet and live elektronics; and "Guai ai Gelidi Mostri" for ensemble, voices and live elektronics. |
![]() Obomsawin, Mali (Harris / Elhajli / Burik / Campbell / Ho Bynum): Sweet Tooth [VINYL] (Out Of Your Head Records -- USA ) Squidco Freedom Sale Price was Price: $17.95 ![]() ![]() In Stock Wabanaki bassist, composer and songwriter Mali Obomsawin presents a compositional suite that highlights the art and culture of her people, binding together blues, jazz, hymns and folk songs with an ensemble of exceptional NY improvisers: Savannah Harris (drums), Miriam Elhajli (guitars, voice), Allison Burik (reeds), Noah Campbell (sax) and Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet & flugelhorn). |
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Steve Swell Quintet (Swell / Moondoc / Burrell / W. Parker / Cleaver): Soul Travelers [VINYL + DOWNL
Mahall, Rudi / Alexander von Schlippenbach: So Far
Gjerstad, Frode / Kent Carter / John Stevens: Detail-90 [VINYL]
Mela, Francisco / Zoh Amba: Causa y Efecto Vol. 1 [VINYL]
Toyozumi / Countryman / Tan: Chasing The Sun [VINYL]
Sorey, Tyshawn : Pillars IV [VINYL 2 LPs 180g with DOWNLOAD]
Berman / Lytton / Roebke: Trio Discrepancies [VINYL]
Tsahar, Assif / William Parker / Hamid Drake: In Between The Tumbling A Stillness [VINYL]
Amba, Zoh / William Parker / Francisco Mela: O Life, O Light Vol. 1 [VINYL]
Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen): Firehouse [VINYL]
Survival Unit III (McPhee / Lonberg-Holm / Zerang): The Art of Flight: For Alvin Fielder [VINYL + DO
Brotzmann, Peter Chicago Tentet: Ultraman vs. Alien Metron [SINGLE SIDED VINYL]
Oyauchi / Deku Duo: Now's The Time? [VINYL]
Mitelli, Gabriele / Rob Mazurek: Star Splitter [VINYL]
Honsinger's, Tristan Hopscotch: Cloud Reading Society [VINYL]
Cortex: Live! [VINYL 2 LPs]
Evans, Peter Ensemble (w/ Swift / Stabinsky / Lorenzo): Horizons [VINYL]
Bailey, Derek / Simon H. Fell: At Sound 323 [VINYL 180gm WHITE 2 LPs]
Radulescu, Horatiu: Clepsydra / Astray [VINYL]
Bynum, Taylor Ho : Enter the Plustet [VINYL]