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SQUIDCO/SQUID'S EAR NEWS

November 15, 2007

Thanks to the many NY area customers who stopped by our WFMU tables this year, the show was a fun success, even if we bought too many records for our own collections! Another great set of releases this time around, particularly a set of new Smalltown Superjazz CDs, the addition to our catalog of the excellent La Huit DVD documentaries, and Jesse Zubot's great Canadian Drip Audio label.

Improvisation:
$14.95 Buy	Akiyama, Tetuzi / Allport, Jeffrey: Live at the Western Front [VINYL] (Simple Geometry)
	Improvised duo of Japanese guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama with Canadian percussionist Jeffrey Allport, using every inch of their instruments in a fascinating collaboration.

$24.95 Buy	Bang, Billy: Sweet Space / Untitled Gift (Eighth Harmonic)
	Double reissues of violinist Billy Bang's live album from 1979 & studio album from 1982, playing with Frank Lowe and Don Cerry, including previously unrleased material.

$15.95 Buy	Biota: Half a True Day (Recommended Records)
	The eclectic, transformative and fascinating Biota (Mnemonists) in their 6th ReR CD of freeform sound, with video files and 13 images of paintings, drawing and woodcuts.

$14.95 Buy	Côté, Michel F.: (juste) Claudette (Ambiances Magnetiques)
	Unusual electronic improv that moves from light to dark with great grooves and unusual turns, from the core of Klaxon Gueule with Jesse Levine on organ.

$13.95 Buy	Carsick: Carsick (Drip Audio)
	Carsick (JP Carter and Dave Sikula of Inhabitants) in a set of quirky and beautiful improvisations that mix melodic jazz nuance with unusual sonic environments.

$13.95 Buy	Cline Singers, Nels : Draw Breath (Cryptogramophone)
	Guitarist Nels Cline's Singers 3rd trio release, showing their breadth of influences in a mix of free jazz and rock elements, with Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche guesting.

$14.95 Buy	Cline Singers, Nels : Instrumentals (Cryptogramophone)
	The Nels Cline Singers have no singers (hence the album title), presenting 9 tracks of Cline's mix of jazz, rock and electronics with his own amazing guitar work.

$14.95 Buy	Eisenbeil Sextet, Bruce : Inner Constellation, Volume One (Nemu Records)
	Guitarists Eisenbeil's sextet presents the 27 part "Inner Constellation", a composed-through piece recorded live in the studio without edits.

$14.95 Buy	Harnetty, Brian: American Winter (Atavistic)
	Reworkings of traditional Appalachian 'holler musics' woven with archival field & radio recordings to create fascinating and unusual modern compositions.

$13.95 Buy	La Mar Enfortuna: Conviviencia (Tzadik)
	NY Downtown band Elysian Fields' sephardic multi-genre project led by Jennifer Charles and Oren Bloedow, using exotic instruments in an exploration of Moorish moods.

$13.95 Buy	LaConnor: LaConnor (Drip Audio)
	Incredible hybrid of styles from Houle, Zubot & Co., incorporating electro-acoustic, improvisation, folk-inspired melodies, samples and odd dialogue.

$14.95 Buy	Ochs / Sax & Drumming Core, Larry: Out Trios Volume Five: Up From Under (Atavistic)
	5th installment in Atavistic's Out Trios series presents Larry Ochs (Rova), Scott Amendola (Nels Cline) and Don Robinson (Cecil Taylor) in hard hitting compositions.

$17.95 Buy	Rempis Percussion Quartet, The: Hunter-Gatherers (482 Music)
	Former Vandermark 5 saxophonist Rempis' two-disc live set is named after the Columbia, South Carolina venue where it was recorded in April 2006.

$16.95 Buy	Tamma (Cherry, Don / Blackwell, Ed): Tamma (Odin)
	Don Cherry and Ed Blackwell with Miki N'Doye's Afro-Nordic jazz quintet in a polyrhythmic and energetic outing recorded live at Molde Jazz Festival in 1984.

$13.95 Buy	ZMF Trio: Circle The Path (Drip Audio)
	Circle The Path straddles the line somewhere between old-school free jazz, contemporary improvisation, the blues, and standard composition.

$13.95 Buy	Zubot, Jesse: Dementia (Drip Audio)
	The perfect title for violinist Zubot's 1st solo improv release, a stunning blend of electronics and string meant to reflect the decline of a human's cognitive state.

Electro-Acoustic/Experimental:
$13.95 Buy	Chauveau, Sylvain: S. (Type)
	French composer Sylvain Chauveau in an album of prepared guitar and sculpted electronics composed for the dance show "Au nombre des choses" (Compagnie Mi-Octobre).

$12.95 Buy	Fankbonner, Loy: El Pabellón (Azul Discográfica)
	Fascinating compositions weaving field recordings from Frankbonner's Washington Heights, NYC, apartment window.

$15.95 Buy	Friedman, Burnt: First Night Forever (Nonplace)
	Atom Heart and David Sylvian collaborator Friedman creates electronic kraut-funk, intricate and tactile electronic music, on his 4th full length for his own Nonplace label.

$15.95 Buy	Mashayekhi, Alireza / Ebtekar (Sote), Ata: Persian Electronic Music: Yesterday and Today 1966-2006 (Sub Rosa)
	Double CD of mostly unknown electronic music from Persia (Iran), focusing on avant-garde and electronic composers Alireza Mashayekhi and Ata Ebtekar aka Sote.

$12.95 Buy	Staiano, Moe!: The Absolute Tradition of No Traditions (PsychForm Records)
	3rd solo album from Sleepytime Gorilla Museum's drummer Staiano, 11 tracks recorded on guitar, loops, drums, and percussion without overdubs.

$12.95 Buy	Starving Weirdos: Father Guru (Azul Discográfica)
	Freeform extended soundscapes with a slow psychedelic pace using unexpected instrumentation, field recordings and an otherwise unidentifiable sound palate.

$15.95 Buy	Various Artists: Proibidão C.V: Forbidden Gang Funk from Rio de Janeiro (Sublime Frequencies)
	Prohibited electronic funk music from Brazil, a mix of live funk vocals and Miami bass structures, spread illegaly by DJs and gang sponsored parties.

Rock/RIO/Prog:
$13.95 Buy	Dark Blue World: Dark Blue World (Drip Audio)
	Fronted by the poetry and voice of Elizabeth Fischer, DarkBlueWorld creates dark disturbing songs using rich, harmonically complex, melodic rock.

$14.95 Buy	Fabbro, Guido Del : Agrégats (Ambiances Magnetiques)
	Violinist Del Fabbro (Fanfare Pourpour, Rouge Ciel) present 13 pieces for up to ten players with Jean Derome, Pierre Tanguay in a melting pot of avant-rock & compositional forms.

$14.95 Buy	Fiery Furnaces, The: Widow City (Thrill Jockey)
	Pop-rockers Fiery Furnaces in their 6th release, a refreshingly clean and unusual set that turns melodic and rhythmic corners frequently over complex songs structures.

$13.95 Buy	Fond of Tigers: A Thing To Live With (Drip Audio)
	Vancouver's 7 piece double-drum led Fond Of Tigers plays eclectic avant-rock, complex music that incorporates exended technique with exhilarating results.

$17.95 Buy	Ghost: Overture: Live in Nippon Yusen Soki 2006 (Drag City)
	Ghost, Japan's improvising rock collective, in a 2 disc set, a slowly evolving and mysterious work from a 2006 performance; the DVD presents the unedited show.

$12.95 Buy	Howlin' Magic: Howlin' Magic (Azul Discográfica)
	Utra-fuzz searing acid blues guitar in the mold of Keiji Haino, The Dead C, or High Rise.

$12.95 Buy	Magik Markers: BOSS (Ecstatic Peace)
	The free-ranging rock/folk/drone duo of Magik Markers in their best release to date, produced and with collaboration of Sonic Youth's Lee Ranaldo.

$12.95 Buy	Mattin: Songbook Vol. 4 (Azul Discográfica)
	Mattin's quartet in the 4th of his "Songbook" series, a concert from Tokyo, where the musicians create "songs" on the spot with bizarre and unexpected results.

$12.95 Buy	MV & EE With The Golden Road: Gettin' Gone (Ecstatic Peace)
	New York's duo of Matt Valentine and Erika Elder create organic and gritty rock in the Sonic Youth / Dinosaur Jr. vein.

$39.95 Buy	Neokarma Jooklo Octet: Infinity [VINYL] (QBICO)
	Double LP from a session organized after QBICO's U-Nite VIII expanding percussionist David Vanzan's trio into a septet with Acid Mother Temple's Kawabata Makoto.

$14.95 Buy	Nowottny, Marianne: What Is She Doing? (Abaton)
	Unique song-stylist Nowottny's 1st full-length in over 5 years is packed with primitive electro beats, low budget keyboards, spacy electronics and her own unique voice.

$13.95 Buy	School Of Seven Bells: Face to Face on High Places [VINYL] (Table of the Elements)
	Debut 12" release on clear laser etched vinyl for this guitar and keyboard rock trio using "celestial" vocal arrangements in transcendent psychomagical music.

$15.95 Buy	Sun City Girls: Jack's Creek (Abduction)
	1995 LP reissued, a stomping slab of extended rock, hobo humor and liquor inspired rock as only the Sun City Girls could do it.

$15.95 Buy	Sun City Girls: Juggernaut (Original Soundtrack Recording) - A Film By Mark Roman Bodnar and Kyrill Kazemirovitch Protesenko (Abduction)
	CD Reissue of the out of print Sun City Girls LP from 1994, an origial soundtrack for the unreleased film by Mark Roman Bodner set in Eastern Europe.

$15.95 Buy	Sun City Girls: Piasa...Devourer of Men: A Picture by Antonio Pomola (Abduction)
	CD reissue of Sun City Girls' 1994 vinyl soundtrack LP for Antonio Pomola's film, contains a series of short, folk-based tracks of raw beauty and intense moods.

$16.95 Buy	Sunburned Hand Of The Man: Fire Escape (Smalltown Supersound)
	All-star version of the collective Sunburned Hand of the Man, the group improv rock band centered around John Moloney, produced by Four Tet.

Compositional/Avant:
$24.95 Buy	Ashley, Robert: Now Eleanor's Idea (Lovely Music)
	Ashley's complete Now Eleanor's Idea 4 operas completed and on one CD with a complete libretto and photos of Chimayo, NM, the town that inspired the story.

$15.95 Buy	Bryars, Gavin : The Marvellous Aphorisms of Gavin Bryars: The Early Years (Mode Records)
	Early 70's works from composer Gavin Bryars, including pieces originally released on Brian Eno's Obscure label, and a piece written for Derek Bailey.

$13.95 Buy	Klucevsek, Guy: Song of Remembrance (Tzadik)
	Composer & accordionist Guy Klucevsek presents 4 new works including a dance score for 2 pianos, a solo accorion work, and a chamber work for voice & ensemble.

$11.95 Buy	Pavone, Jessica: Quotidian (Peacock)
	Jessica Pavone's Quotidian is a suite for violin, viola, cello, bassoon, and piano composed in 4 movements, exploring the effect of the balance between light and dark.

$11.95 Buy	Siegel Ensemble, Aaron: Every Morning, A History (Peacock)
	Brooklyn-based Braxton alumni Siegel explores transition-less composition in a work for solo piano and one for ensemble including Matt Bauder and Jessica Pavone.

$16.95 Buy	Various Artists: Futurism & Dada Reviewed (LTM)
	A great historic compilation of music and audio recordings from the Futurists and Dada conceptualists, including a recording of Russolo's "Art of Noise" machine orchestra.

DVD:
$29.95 Buy	4Walls: A film by Jerome de Missolz (La Huite)
	A visual documentary of the unruly and incredibly creative world of 4Walls - Phil Minton, Luc Ex, Michael Vatcher and Veryan Weston, from 2004 by Jerome de Missolz.

$29.95 Buy	Breuker Kollektief, Willem : Amsterdamned Jazz (La Huite)
	Double DVD, first a documentary of the remarkably creative Breuker and his many collaborations, second a concert from 2000 filmed by Daniel Jouanisson.

$29.95 Buy	ICP (Instant Composers Pool Orchestra): A film by Guy Girard (La Huite)
	Guy Girard's 2004 film of the ICP Orchestra, using visual distortions and contortions to focus on the music of this amazing Dutch band.

$29.95 Buy	Ribot, Marc: La Corde Perdue (The Lost String) (La Huite)
	Documentary of NY guitarist and composer Marc Ribot by Anais Prosaic, with archive material and excerpts from 4 concerts recorded in NY's Lower East Side and in Europe.

$29.95 Buy	Smith, Wadada Leo / Golden Quartet: Eclipse (La Huite)
	Double DVD, first black & White close camera live recordings of trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and his amazing Golden Quartet, second a disc of interviews.

$22.9.5 Buy	Supersilent: 7 DVD (Rune Grammofon)
	The uncategorizable Norwegian improvising group Supersilent in nearly two hours of black and white concert footage from Oslo, August 2004.

$29.95 Buy	Takase, Aki: Plays Fats Waller (La Huite)
	Japanese pianist Takase goes beyond homage in reinventing and presenting Fats Waller, winning the prestigious German Record Critics Award for the project.

$29.95 Buy	Yoshihide, Otomo : Music(S) (La Huite)
	Double DVD portrait of Japanese composer Otomo Yoshihide by Guillaume Dero, with live footage and interviews.

Book:
$59.95 Buy	Partch, Harry : Enclosure 3 (Innova)
	Amazingly thorough and enlightening bio & scrapbook told through Partch's writings, images, scores, documents, newspaper clippings, &c. A remarkable and elegant book.

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