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The Squid's Ear Magazine
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Jancis, Rainer / Elliott Sharp

Uhhuu

Jancis, Rainer / Elliott Sharp: Uhhuu (zOaR Records)

"Uhhuu is Estonian for "owl" and in that country's culture, the owl possesses many qualities as expressed so beautifully in the famous line from Twin Peaks: "Owls are not what they seem." On its surface this experimental guitar work of ...
 

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Elliott Sharp-electric guitar, baritone guitar, 12 string guitar, drum programming

Rainer Jancis-electric guitar, fretless 7 string, drums, electronica, programming

Rob Heth-drums

Tuulikki Bartosik-accordion

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UPC: 6417138715050

Label: zOaR Records
Catalog ID: ZCD 193
Squidco Product Code: 36993

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2025
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded at U-Duur, by Rainer Jancis.

Recorded at Studio zOaR, in NYC, by Elliot Sharp.
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Artist Biographies

"Elliott Sharp is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer.

A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City for over 30 years, Elliott Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from orchestral music to blues, jazz, noise, no wave rock, and techno music. He leads the projects Carbon and Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics, and Terraplane and has pioneered ways of applying fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors to musical composition and interaction.

His collaborators have included Radio-Sinfonie Frankfurt; pop singer Debbie Harry; Ensemble Modern; Qawwali singer Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; Kronos String Quartet; Ensemble Resonanz; cello innovator Frances Marie Uitti; blues legends Hubert Sumlin and Pops Staples; pipa virtuoso Min-Xiao Feng; jazz greats Jack deJohnette, Oliver Lake, and Sonny Sharrock; multimedia artists Christian Marclay and Pierre Huyghe; and Bachir Attar, leader of the Master Musicians Of Jajouka.

Sharp is a 2014 Guggenheim Fellow, and a 2014 Fellow at Parson's Center for Transformative Media. He received the 2015 Berlin Prize in Musical Composition from the American Academy in Berlin. He has composed scores for feature films and documentaries; created sound-design for interstitials on The Sundance Channel, MTV and Bravo networks; and has presented numerous sound installations in art galleries and museums. He is the subject of a new documentary "Doing The Don't" by filmmaker Bert Shapiro."-Elliott Sharp

-Elliott Sharp website (http://www.elliottsharp.com/bio.html)
1/22/2026

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Rainer Jancis is an Estonian, Tallinn-based guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, songwriter, and current vocalist and guitarist of the Estonian alternative rock band Metro Luminal.

-Salt Peanuts (https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/rainer-jancis-elliot-sharp/)
1/22/2026

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"Tuulikki Bartosik, hailing from Sweden and Estonia, is a versatile multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer. Her music has been compared to neoclassical icons like Philip Glass and minimalist artists such as Ólafur Arnalds. She is particularly renowned for her innovative approach to the accordion.

Bartosik's latest album, PLAYSCAPES, created in collaboration with Sander Mölder, has been praised by critics and audiences alike for its groundbreaking compositions, soundscapes, and instrumentation.

Playscapes was shortlisted by Bandcamp and in Songlines Music Awards. Recognized by Swedish music magazine Lira as the folktronica album of the year and Beehype Magazine as one of the best albums in 2023, it also earned a nomination in Swedens Manifestgalan's experimental music category."

-Tuulikki Bartosik Website (https://tuulikkibartosik.com/biography)
1/22/2026

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