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November 15, 2007

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Happy Holidays to our customers, and a hope for Happiness and Peace where ever you are!

The end of November and early December have brought another great set of new releases to us all, as you'll see in the lists below. You'll notice some small changes to our homepage that we hope will make it easier to find the kind of music(s) you're interested in. You'll also notice more reviews on The Squid's Ear as we welcome new writers to the site. Any writers interested in becoming paid reviewers for the 'Ear please contact us, we're looking for writers to cover improv and compositional releases. As always we're interested in comments and feedbacks about our site, mailing list, or any of the music we sell or ought to sell!




Improvisation:


$26.95  Buy 		Braxton Trio, Anthony: Glasgow 2005
(Leo)
Double CD of two extended Braxton compositions performed in trio with Taylor Ho Bynum and Tom Crean, recorded at the Glasgow's Centre for Contemporary Art in 2005.


$14.95  Buy 		Braxton, Anthony : Trio (Victoriaville) 2007
(Victo)
Braxton's Diamond Curtain Wall Trio with Mary Halvorson and Taylor Ho Bynum live using laptop and interactive electronics at the 24th Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville.


$13.95  Buy 		Buchbinder, David: Odessa/Havana
(Tzadik)
Trumpeter & long-time leader of the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band teams with pianist/composer Hilario Duran to explore the nexus of Cuban/Klezmer fusion.


$16.95  Buy 		Cline, Nels / Shoup, Wally / Campbell, Greg: Suite: Bittersweet [VINYL]
(Strange Attractors Audio House)
Frequent collaborators Shoup, Cline and Corsano in 'jaw-dropping interplay bursting with bombastic power' from Sonarchy Radio during the Earshot Jazz Festival 2005.


$17.95  Buy 		Denzler / Baron / Guionnet / Rives: Propagations
(Potlatch)
Four reed players of the European improv community in a series of compositions exploring drones, flutters, grainy tones, and powerfully radical approaches to the sax.


$15.95  Buy 		Depth of Emotion featuring Ed Saindon & Dave Liebman:
(World Improvised Music)
Delicate lyricism to intense, virtuosic displays in original compositions from this excellent quartet with Dave Liebman on soprano, and Ed Saindon on vibes & piano.


$14.95  Buy 		Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms, Jean : To Continue
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
4th Dangereux Zhoms 4th release, mixing scored music, improv, polyphony, polyrhythms, irregular meters, rich harmonies and polymodalism with humor and imagination.


$17.95  Buy 		Duval, Dominic : Songs for Krakow
(Not Two Records)
The incredibly prolific New York bassist Dominic Duval in a set of 7 original solo bass compositions, and performing Duke Ellington's "in a sentimental mood".


$12.95  Buy 		Edwards, Marc & Slipstream Time Travel : Star Flakes!
(Alphaphonics)
Drummer Edwards and his Slipstream Time Travel band with Sabir Mateen, Tor Snyder, Ernest Anderson live in Brooklyn, 2007, plus one piece with Jeffrey Shurdut.


$14.95  Buy 		Falaise, Bernard : Clic
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Guitarist Falaise (Klaxon Gueule, Les Projectionnistes) in pieces that reference Aksak Maboul, Braxton, Beefheart, Donatoni, Les Granules, Nancarrow, Stravinsky, & Wyatt.


$14.95  Buy 		Fitz-Gerald, G.F. / Coxhill, Lol : Echoes of Duneden: Three Family Dance Duets for Electric Guitar & Soprano Saxophone
(Reel Recordings)
Electric guitarist Fitz-Gerald, a contemporary of Fred Frith, Hans Reichel & Derek Baily, in three duos with saxophonist Lol Coxhill on soprano.


$16.95  Buy 		González NY Quartet, Dennis: Dance of the Soothsayer's Tonge (At Tonic)
(Clean Feed)
Dallas based Dennis Gonzalez with three stellar New York improvisers in an oustanding set including the 6 part Arikanu Suite, live at Tonic, NYC in 2003.


$14.95  Buy 		Hobbs Fully Celebrated Orchestra, Jim : Peace & Pig Grease
(Silkheart)
Jim Hobbs piano-less trio in an "emboldened program of muscular angularity Ornette-ish harmolodic lullaby and punk-rock deviousness."


$14.95  Buy 		Hyder's Talisker, Ken : Dreaming of Glenisla
(Reel Recordings)
Ken Hyder (K-Space, and Wyatt's replacement in Amazing Band) with his own Talisker quintet in spontaneous improvised music with a unique instrumentation.


$13.95  Buy 		Inhabitants: The Furniture Moves Underneath
(Drip Audio)
Vancouver 4-piece with members from Fond of Tigers, Tony Wilson 6Tet, Carsick, &c, merging jazz, noise rock and free improv into music with few sonic boundaries.


$15.95  Buy 		Kihlstedt, Carla / Fujii, Satoko : Minamo
(Henceforth)
Pianist Satoko Fujii and violinist Kilhstedt in two live encounters from Rova's 25th anniversary season in SF and the 2005 Music Unlimited Festival in Austria.


$15.95  Buy 		Kondo, Toshinori: Silent Melodies
(Off)
Japanese trumpeter Toshinori Kondo in a release of 12 songs of solo, 'silent' and atmospheric improvisations for the electric trumpet.


$21.95  Buy 		Lacy, Steve : Master of the Soprano Sax
(Eforfilms)
Documentary on soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy with footage from an '83 quintet concert and discussions about artists he admired : Bechet, Evans, Monk, Taylor, & Coltrane.


$12.95  Buy 		Mambo Mantis: Live at Goodbye Blue Monday Volume 1
(W.O.O. Music)
Downtown New York sax and reedists Bonnie Kane and Blaise Siwula in the W.O.O. Presents Mambo Mambis quintet Live @ Goodbye Blue Monday, Volume 1.


$16.95  Buy 		Mezei International Ensemble, Szilárd: Draught
(Leo)
Hungarian born Serbia-Montenegro violist in an 8-piece jazz group of powerful music influenced by Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Sun Ra and Anthony Braxton.


$16.95  Buy 		My Cat Is An Alien / Keiji Haino: Cosmic Debris, Vol.III
(Opax)
3rd installment in the My Cat Is an Alien "Cosmic Debris" split ART-LP series, this time with Japanese cult musician and dark shaman Keiji Haino.


$99.95  Buy 		My Cat Is An Alien / Keiji Haino: Cosmic Debris, Vol.III [VINYL]
(Opax)
3rd installment in the My Cat Is an Alien "Cosmic Debris" split ART-LP series, this time with Japanese cult musician and dark shaman Keiji Haino.


$16.95  Buy 		My Cat Is An Alien / Steve Roden: Cosmic Debris, Vol.II split CD
(Opax)
CD edition of the 2nd installent of the Italian My Cat Is an Alien split LP "Cosmic Debris" series with Californi sound and visual artist Steve Roden.


$16.95  Buy 		Nabatov, Simon / Wogram, Nils : Jazz Limbo
(Leo)
An open dialog between 15 year collaborators pianist Nabatov and trombonist Wogram, both members of Wogram's Quartet and the NDR Big Band.


$14.95  Buy 		Nakatani, Tatsuya : Primal Comminication
(H&H Production)
One long straight take of New York percussionist Nakatani in a building set of primal energy in bowed, rubbed and struck cymbals, gongs, bowls and drums.


$23.95  Buy 		Other Dimensions in Music: Live At The Sunset
(Marge)
All star NY band with Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, William Parker and Hamid Drake, performing since the 80's, in a double live CD from The Sunset, Paris France.


$25.95  Buy 		Robertson NY Downtown Allstars, Herb: Real Aberration
(Clean Feed)
Trumpeter Herb Robertson in a double disc of live material with his truly allstar NY band including Tim Berne, Sylvie Courvoisier, Mark Dress & Tom Rainey


$14.95  Buy 		Russell, Ray: Secret Asylum
(Reel Recordings)
Composer guitarist Ray Russell in a set from 1973 with the amazing trumpeter Harry Becket and the late tenor saxophonist & flautist Gary Windo.


$13.95  Buy 		Shurdut, Jeffrey / Siwula, Blaise: Silent Night
(NO LABEL)
NY guitarist Shurdut's Coft Effective Orchestra with Blaise Siwula for the American Way of Life, live at the FMA, NYC 2004-2006.


$13.95  Buy 		Shurdut, Jeffrey Hayden / Rechtern, Mario: A Cry Before Healing
(NO LABEL)
NY Guitarist Jeffrey Shurdut with saxophonist and instrument builder Mario Rechtern live at The FMA, NYC, February 10 & 11, 2007.


$13.95  Buy 		Shurdut, Jefrey Hayden / Mr. Dorgon: Mr. Dorgon Vs. Shurdut
(NO LABEL)
NY guitarist Shurdut and SF transplant DJ/mixer/tape artist Dorgon, who last worked together in THIS IS THE MUSIC OF LIFE (2003), in a set of Sleeping Vampire duos.


$13.95  Buy 		Stowe, Nobu / Pembleton, Lee Project: Hommage an Klaus Kinski
(Soul Note)
Japanese pianist Nobu Stowe and Sound Sculptor Lee Pembleton in several configurations of Duos, Trios, Quartets and Quintets incl. Perry Robinson and Blaise Siwula.


$12.95  Buy 		Tiktaalik Roseae (Kane / Shurdut): Out at the Edges (Parts 1 - 4)
(W.O.O. Music)
The duo of downtown New Yorks sax, flute and electronic artists Bonnie Kane with guitarist Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut (No Labels) in a 4 part series of free improvisations.


$26.95  Buy 		Various Artists: Leo Records 25th Anniversary - Loft, Koln
(Leo)
Limited edition 2-CD set documenting the highlights of the 2004 3 day festival at The Loft in Koln, Germany celebrating Leo Records' 25th anniversary.


$14.95  Buy 		Ware Quartet, David S. : Oblations and Blessings
(Silkheart)
Studio recordings from 1995 of tenor saxophonist David S. Ware's all-star quartet with Matthew Shipp, William Parker and Whit Dickey playing Ware compositions.


$13.95  Buy 		Wilson 6tet, Tont: Pearls Before Swine
(Drip Audio)
Powerful debut from Vancouver guitarist Wilson's 6Tet after 4 years of musical investigations into collective improvisation, melody & noise, meter shifts, African Rhythms, &c.


$10.95  Buy 		Trio X: The Train And The River: A Musical Odyssey [DVD in NTSC format]
(CIMPVIEW)
DVD documentary of the great jazz trio of Joe McPhee, Dominic Duval and Jay Rosen, recorded in March of 2006 in Vilnius, Lithuania.


$13.95  Buy 		Wilson, Tony / Lee, Peggy / Bentley, Jon: Escondido Dreams
(Drip Audio)
Vancouver veterans Wilson, Lee & Bentley in a percussion-less improvisational trio that balances introspective beauty with adventurous technical ability.


$13.95  Buy 		Wilson, Tony: Horse's Dream
(Drip Audio)
Vancouver guitarist Tony Wilson in his 1st solo release recorded in an island cabin, showing his influences from Leadbelly, Fahey, Coltrane, and Ribot.


$14.95  Buy 		Windo, Pam & Gary: Avant Gardeners
(Reel Recordings)
The late Gary Windo in duets with wife Pam Windo, in quarter with the Brotherhood of Breath rhythm section, and a home trio session with Frank Perry on percussion.


$16.95  Buy 		Zach, Ingar / Grydeland, Ivor : Visiting Ants
(Sofa)
2000 CD of Sofa label founders drummer Ingar Zach and guitarist Ivar Grydeland, recorded in the studio, 2 10 minute solos for each artists and 20 minutes of duo dialog.


Electro-Acoustic/Electronic:


$13.95  Buy 		Didkovsky, Nick: Ice Cream Time
(New World Records)
Nick Didkovsky (Dr. Nerve) in works that balance rigorous conceptions using complex harmonic ideas with spontaneous input, working with Thomas Dimuzio and the ARTE Quartett.


$15.95  Buy 		Einstürzende Neubauten: Alles Wieder Offen
(Potomak)
Einstürzende Neubauten's 10th studio album, ranging from percussive exuberance to melodic restraint, a welcome addition to their 27 year discography.


$12.95  Buy 		Heasley, Tom / Panos, Toss: Passages
(Full Bleed Music)
Tonal tuba player Heasley's 4th CD, an atmopsheric duo with drummer Toss Panos recorded livat at Tossimo's, North Hollywood in 2006.


$13.95  Buy 		Kubisch, Christina: Invisible/Inaudible: Five Electrical Walks
(Important Records)
Christina Kubisch in a public walk with custom-made sensitive wireless headphones by which electromagnetic fields are detected, amplified and made audible.


$13.95  Buy 		Kubisch, Christina: Night Flights
(Important Records)
Reissue of Kubisch's 1987 album of three massive sound collage pieces, remastered and with new liner notes.


$13.95  Buy 		Neumeier, Mani : Sketches
(Important Records)
Guru Guru band leader Mani Neumeier in an album 20 years in the making of collages of rare field recordings, tribal music, heavy drumming, & dreamlike nature sounds.


$14.95  Buy 		Sachiko M: Salon de Sachiko
(Hitorri)
IMJ offshoot label Hitorri presents Sachiko M's minial solo work of dual oscillator eruptions.


$13.95  Buy 		Sachiko: Kunado
(Utech Records)
Japanese vocalist and instrumentalist Sachiko (not Sachiko M) in an atmospheric mix of "Taj Mahal Travellers, wispy oscillations and lysergic vocals".


$16.95  Buy 		Schmickler, Marcus: Altars of Science
(Editions Mego)
2-sided release (Stereo CD/5.1 DVD Audio) from electronic and computer artist Schmickler, balancing active experimental sound and noise, glitch, and disruptive minimalism.


$13.95  Buy 		Stone, Carl: Al-Noor
(In Tone)
Hailed by the Village Voice as 'the king of sampling" Stone is a pioneer of live computer music, transforming beats, measures and sonic landscapes into liquid journeys.


$14.95  Buy 		Sun: I'll Be The Same [VINYL]
(Important Records)
LP ed. of the 2nd release from the Australian experimental pop duo of Sun (Oren Ambarchi & Chris Townend), a mix of melodic electronics with experimental shades.


$14.95  Buy 		Tétreault, Martin / Kid Koala: Phon-O-Victo
(Victo)
Two turntablists with very different backgrounds - actuelle improv and radical hip-hop - meet in energetic duos fill with humor and instrumental acrobatics.


$13.95  Buy 		The League of Automatic Music Composers : The League of Automatic Music Composers 1978-1983
(New World Records)
An historic compilation of American experimental music from the SF Bay area collective including John Bischoff, Jim Horton, Tim Perkis and David Behrman.


$15.95  Buy 		Twink: Ice Cream Truckin
(Mulatta Records)
19 scoops of toy piano tunes from Twink and associates, quoting through technopop, experimental electro, industrial, glitchy drum 'n' bass, shuffle, ambient, silly fun, &c.


Rock/RIO/Prog:


$13.95  Buy 		Axa Hour Of Dora Bleu: Clones of Eros
(Fire Museum)
Axa Hour of Dora Bleu brings together Dorothy Geller of Quagmire with Laconic Chamber of Camera Obscure, Brooke Crouser of Jackie-O Motherfucker and Alexander Ste-Onge.


$14.95  Buy 		Ayers, Kevin and the Whole World: Hyde Park Free Concert 1970
(Reel Recordings)
Kevin Ayers' Whole World with David Bedford, Lol Coxhill, Mike Oldfield and Robert Wyatt in a 1970 summer concert at Hyde Park. Historic and classic!


$13.95  Buy 		Birchville Cat Motel: Seventh Ruined Hex
(Important Records)
Drone and noise rockers Birchville Cat Motel in a strangely emotive release similar to their previous Chi Vampires album.


$12.95  Buy 		Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band: Mirror Man [VINYL]
(Buddah)
Exact reproduction of Captain Beefheart's 1971 Buddah release of 4 extended live tracks from a 1967 performance in LA, including the essential title track "Mirror Man".


$13.95  Buy 		Crutchfield, Robin: For Our Friends in the Enchanted Otherworld
(Hand/Eye)
DNA co-founder Robin Crutchfield in an album of hypnotic harp compositions, glissando, glass tones, drones and soundscape.


$14.95  Buy 		Dust Dive, The : Claws of Light
(Own Records)
The Brooklyn-based Dust Dive returns with another excellent set of songs conveying a western and urban mix of avant rock, or as they say "experimental campfire music."


$21.95  Buy 		Faust: Od Serca Do Duszy
(Lumberton)
Double CD of Faust captured live in Krakow's Loch Ness Club, November 2006, drawing on new material and classics such as "Sunshine Girl".


$13.95  Buy 		Fond of Tigers: Release The Saviours
(Drip Audio)
Since 2003 this Vancouver septet has merged jazz, improv, electro-acoustic, and progressive/avant musics into an exhilarating ordered chaos of highly listenable music.


$12.95  Buy 		H•E•R: Songs About the Mysteries of Housework and Nature
(Persian Cardinal Recordings)
The trio of Peter Zummo, Yvette Perez (both members of Birdbrain) and Danny Tunick in a set of delicate and sophisticated songs about housework and nature.


$14.95  Buy 		Jandek: Austin Sunday
(Corwood Industries)
DVD version of the CD of the same name, Jandek with 3 young local musicians recorded live at the Scottish Rite Theatre, Austin, Texas, August 28, 2005.


$16.95  Buy 		Marble Sheep: Tokyo 1988
(Dirter Productions)
Re-mastered and expanded edition of the 1995 issue of Marble Sheep's classic original lineup including members of Zeni Geva, Incapacitants and Hijokaidan.


$17.95  Buy 		Moore, Thurston: Trees Outside The Academy (Picture Disc) [VINYL]
(Ecstatic Peace)
Picture disc version of Sonic Youth guitarist and improviser Moore's first solo outing since his 1995 Psychic Hearts.


$14.95  Buy 		Six Organs Of Admittance: Shelter From The Ash
(Drag City)
Psychedelic folk rock Six Organs of Admitance led by Ben Chasny in a collection of 8 new tracks showing their exceptional approach to song-writing.


$14.95  Buy 		Valerie Project, The : The Valerie Project
(Drag City)
New soundtrack for Jires' 1970 Czech New Wave classic Valerie and Her Week of Wonders, conceived by Greg Week and joined by members of Espers, Fursaxa, &c.


$13.95  Buy 		Zaimph: La Nuit Electrique
(Utech Records)
Marcia Bassett of Double Leopards & Hototogisu in her Zaimph guise creating dark, delicate works of 'acrid feedback, voice modulation, blackened guitar and dark rivers of current.'


Compositional:


$13.95  Buy 		Crandell, Richard: Spring Steel
(Tzadik)
Composer Richard Crandell on mbira with Cyro Baptista on percussion in works creating hypnotic minimalism through the use of repetition, variation and phasing.


$15.95  Buy 		De Alvear, Maria: Asking
(Mode Records)
A large-scale work for solo piano from composer de Alvear, a meditation and reflection on all of the meanings of the word "Asking".


$19.95  Buy 		Eötvös, Peter / Alois Zimmermann, Bernd / Smolka, Martin : Musica Viva 15
(NEOS Music)
Compositions by composer, conductor and teacher Peter Eötvös, Bernd Alois Zimmermann & Martin Smolka.


$18.95  Buy 		Glass, Philip / Wilson, Robert: Monsters of Grace
(Orange Mountain Music)
Composers/performers Robert Wilson & Philip Glass' 1997 Monsters of Grace - A digital opera in three dimensions for ensemble and soloists.


$18.95  Buy 		Harrison, Michael: Revelation
(Cantaloupe)
Composer and pianist Michael Harrison in a hypnotic 70 minute work using just intonation and harmonic resonance of jaw-dropping virtuosity and pulsating walls of sound.


$13.95  Buy 		Kang, Eyvind: The Yelm Sessions
(Tzadik)
A studio project from the elusive violinist Eyvind Kang, featuring many of his musical associates as well as several orchestral ensembles from around the world.


$13.95  Buy 		LeBaron, Anne : Pope Joan, Transfiguration
(New World Records)
Composer Anne LeBaron combines the Avant-Garde with popular music forms, here presenting two theatrical works for soprano and chamber ensemble.


$13.95  Buy 		Maceda, Jose: Drone and Melody
(Tzadik)
Presenting an ambitious large scale work from the under-appreciated late Philippines composer Jose Maceda, and two pieces for western instruments.


$13.95  Buy 		Moondog: Snaketime Series [VINYL]
(Moondog Records)
New York's late great street artist and composer in a grey area reproduction of his first LP, integrating the sounds of NY into his eclectic and wonderful music.


$21.95  Buy 		Nancarrow, Conlon: Quartets and Studies - Arditti Quartet
(Wergo)
Player piano composer Colin Nancarrow also wrote some of the most technically difficult modern compositions, here handled adeptly by the Arditti string quartet.


$17.95  Buy 		Rota, Nino : Fellini Masterpieces: La Strada / Nights of Cabiria
(El Records)
Reissue of Nino Rota's long out of print original '52 & '56 mono soundtracks for Fellini's La Strada and Nights of Cabiria.


$19.95  Buy 		Sharp, Elliott / Orchestra Carbon: Larynx
(NEOS Music)
Sharp's amazing orchestra of NY performers playing compositions based on natural overtone series, ratios derived from Fibonacci series, fractal geometry, &c.


$19.95  Buy 		Spahlinger, Mathias: Farben der Frühe
(NEOS Music)
A 2007 multichannel recording of composer Spahlinger's "Farben der Frühe" for 7 pianos, revealing something between pure tonal and sound and noise.


$17.95  Buy 		Varese, Edgard: The Complete Works of Edgard Varese Volume 1
(El Records)
Reissue of the first edition of these seminal and influential modern composer Varèse's early works, originally self-issued on LP in 1950.


Book:


$7.95  Buy 		The Wire: #286 December 2007
The Wire December 2007, Issue #286: Pram, Michael Gira, Burial, Harry Partch, Bruo Pronsato, Amir ElSaffar, Lionel Marchetti, David Ellis


World:


$14.95  Buy 		Various Artists: Choubi Choubi! Folk & Pop Sounds from Iraq
(Sublime Frequencies)
2005 repress of this unique collection of folk and pop styles meticulously culled from Iraq cassettes and LP found in Syria, Europe and Iraqi neighborhoods of Detroit.


$15.45  Buy 		Various Artists: Melodii Tuvi: Throat Songs and Folk Tunes from Tuva
(Dust-to-Digital)
ecordings of Tuvan folk music and throat-singing from 1969 with liner notes by noted world music scholar Dr. Pekka Gronow of the University of Helsinki.



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