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January 25, 2008

Another fine set of releases this month, with many more on the horizon! Also at the bottom of this mailing find new reviews from our companion magazine, The Squid's Ear, where you'll also find an archive of our latest weekly Squidco Radio broadcast. Check back this coming week for new Mode releases, and the latest Clean Feed titles, Libra back-catalog, and many more amazing releases!

Improvisation:
$15.95 Buy	Adler, Gunter: Live In Asien (Meta Records)
	Vandermark sideman bass clarinetist Rudi Mahall in his own Gunter Andler quartet on their second Meta Records release of 'sleek freebop with laced with humour.'

$16.95 Buy	Agnel, Sophie / Minton, Phil: Tasting (Another Timbre)
	Six mysterious soundscapes from Sophie Agnel's bowed, plucked, strummed and struck prepared piano timbres in duo with Minton's grunts, gurgles and growls.

$12.95 Buy	Arnal, Jeff / Dugan, Dugan: Dog Day (C3R)
	New York percussionist Jeff Arnal in duo with Philadelphia guitarist Aaron Dugan for 14 inventive, fun and masterful improvisatory dialogs.

$13.95 Buy	Bernstein, Steven : Diaspora Suite (Tzadik)
	Steven Bernstein's fourth installment in his Diaspora series, exploring Jewish tradition through original compositions performed with Ben Goldberg, Peter Apfelbaum, &c.

$12.95 Buy	Borgo, David : Initial Conditions (Circumvention)
	Saxophonist/flautist Borgin in a collaborative trio playing bop to free music resonating the trio music of Coltrane, Rollins, and Coleman.

$16.95 Buy	Box: Studio 1 (Rune Grammofon)
	International supergroup Box with members from Fantomas, Supersilent, Mr. Bungle and Scorch Trio brought together for the art/film project "[box]".

$15.95 Buy	Braxton, Anthony : 12+1tet (Victoriaville) 2007 (Victo)
	Braxton's Composition 361 is a staggeringly detailed 70 minute tour-de-force for his 12-tet, a work of shifting layers, counter-structures, quiet tensions and scorching explosions.

$13.95 Buy	Butcher / Muller / van der Schyff: Way Out Northwest (Drip Audio)
	British saxophone phenomenon John Butcher meets Vancouver's premiere bassist Torsten Müller and drummer Dylan van der Schyff for an amazing live set at the Western Front.

$12.95 Buy	Chadbourne, Eugene: Sacred Insects of Ancient Egypt (Chadula)
	Recordings from Doc Chad's monthlong Chad Fest at The Stone, NYC in 2007, improvising with Barry Mitterhof, Jessica pavone, Evan Gallagher & Stephanie Rearick.

$13.95 Buy	Cohran And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble, Philip: On The Beach (Katalyst Entertainment)
	Chicago cornetist and frankiphonist Cohran was a part of Sun Ra's band in the 50's, and helped create the AACM; this is a compilation of his 60's Artistic Heritage Ensemble.

$16.95 Buy	Cohran, Philip And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble: Malcolm X Memorial [VINYL] (Mississippi Records)
	Former Sun Ra trumpeter Philip Cohran in a 1968 recording at the Afro-Arts Theater in Chicago of his tribute to the life of Malcolm X in four sections.

$13.95 Buy	Coleman, Anthony : Lapidation (New World Records)
	All around amazing pianist and composer Anthony Coleman in original works using a strong set of collaborative partners from his many years on the Downtown scene.

$16.95 Buy	Davies, Rhodri / Davis, Matt / Rebello, Samantha / Saade, Bechir: Hum (Another Timbre)
	Fascinating electro-acoustic improvisation from harpist Rhodri Davies with an open-minded and experimental quartet creating dynamic and unexpected music.

$16.95 Buy	Denyer, Frank: Music for Shakuhachi (Another Timbre)
	Unprecedented music for Shakuhachi by Frank Denyer (releases on Tzadik, Mode) with Yoshikazu Iwamoto on shakuhachi and Paul Hiley joining Denyer on percussion.

$14.95 Buy	Detail: Less More (Circulasione)
	Norwegian saxophonist Frode Gjerstad with SME drummer/founder John Stevens in 1990 recording of their Detail group, here with Billy Bang on violin.

$20.95 Buy	Fujii Quartet, Satoko : Bacchus (Muzak)
	Pianist Fujii's 5th quartet album with husband Tamura on trumpet and Ruins/Magaibutsu drummer Yoshida Tatsuya blending straight jazz with avant conventions.

$14.95 Buy	Gjerstad, Frode : Ism (Circulasione)
	Solo work from saxophonist Gjerstad using extended techniques of overblowing, multiphonics, reed distortions, &c., using sound itself as a musical structure.

$14.95 Buy	Gjerstad, Frode / Parker, William / Drake, Hamid: Remember To Forget (Circulasione)
	1997 live recordings of Norwegian saxophonist Gjerstad with New Yorkers William Parker on bass and Hamid Drake on drums on Gerjstad's own Circulasion Totale label.

$15.95 Buy	Golia, Vinny : Music for Like Instruments; the Bb Saxophones (Nine Winds)
	The next in Golia's continuing exploration of the wind instruments, here taking on the venerable Bb Saxophone.

$10.95 Buy	Jewell / Radding / Wooley: Rift (Smeraldina-Rima)
	Deep, creeking, minimal improv from this New York trio of Nate Wooley on trumpet, Reuben Radding on double bass and Ryan Jewell on percussion & analog sine wave.

$19.95 Buy	Jorgensmann, Theo / Oles Brothers: Alchemia (Hatology)
	Theo Jorgensmann's Trio recorded live at the Klub Alchemia in Cracow, Poland in 2006 playing a set of original compositions with 'ecstatic and elastic freedom.'

$19.95 Buy	Lantner Trio, Steve : What You Can Throw (Hatology)
	New York area pianist Lantner in a trio setting playing original numbers and work by Joe Morris, Ornette Coleman, and Anthony Braxton's "Composition 23J".

$19.95 Buy	Levin Quartet, Daniel : Blurry (Hatology)
	Cellist Levin's 2nd hatOlogy CD, a quartet of NY players using extended technique in Levin compositions and unusual readings of Ornette Coleman and Charlier Parker pieces.

$14.95 Buy	McDonas / Rivera: I'll Meet You Halfway Out In The Middle Of It All (Thollem)
	Distinctly far ranging work from technical/conceptual phenomenon pianist McDonas and drummer Rivera, a mix of composed & spontaneous works, eclectic and amazing.

$12.95 Buy	McDonas / Ricci: Sono contento di stare qua (Edgetone Records)
	Incredibly intense to sensitive and expansive, the improvising duo of McDonas and Ricci use their incredible technical skills in a vivid and unusual conversation.

$12.95 Buy	McDonas, Thollem : SoMuchHeaven SoMuchHell (Saravah)
	A live recording of San Francisco based Thollem McDonas' incredible avant-improvisational solo piano from Nantes, France in 2007.

$15.95 Buy	McPhee, Joe / Duval, Dominic: The Open Door (CIMPOL)
	Live recordings of this NY duo and 2/3 of Trio X from the Suoni Per Il Popolo Festival in Montreal, Canada in 2006 playing original collaborative work.

$19.95 Buy	Mezei Ensemble, Szilard: Bot (Gyorfree)
	Hungarian violinist Szilárd's Ensemble, an extension of his trio, perform Szilárd's fascinating blend of jazz, classical, and traditional ethnic folk musics.

$15.95 Buy	Platz, Jeff / Demos, Kit / McLellan, John: Oh Pulsar (Skycap Records)
	Guitarist Jeff Platz (Skull Session, Platz Quartett) 4th release on Skycap is a trio with Kit Demos on bass and John McLellan on guitar playing Platz compositions.

$15.95 Buy	Pope, Odean: Serenity (CIMPOL)
	Solo tenor saxophone captured outdoors in upstate NY, a personal encounter between this tenor master and his spiritual references.

$12.95 Buy	Robinson, Jason : Fingerprint (Circumvention)
	West Coast saxophonist Robinson's 3rd album as a leader in Gil Evans & Ellington/Strayhorn influenced compositions; Anthony Davis joins for 2 tracks.

$17.95 Buy	Schlippenbach Globe Unity Orchestra, Alex von: Globe Unity - 40 Years (Intakt)
	This concert at JazzFest Berlin in 2006 shows that one of Europe's earliest large-group free jazz ensembles is still a vital and creative organization after 40 years!

$21.95 Buy	Sun Ra & His Omniverse Jet-Set Arkestra: Beyond the Purple Star Zone [VINYL] (Art Yard)
	Excellent quality repress of this original Saturn LP from a 1 week Sun Ra residency at the Detroit Jazz Center in December, 1980.

$22.95 Buy	Sun Ra All Stars Band: Hiroshima / Stars That Shine Darkly [VINYL] (Art Yard)
	"Hirsohima" was released as a B side on Sun Ra's Saturn label, Hiroshima is a pipe organ jam with Egyptian space overtones recorded by Sun Ra in a theater in Atlanta, 1985. Distant percussion including a bird wistle, castanets, tambourine, cymbals and drums cam be heard in the mix. "Stars that Sine Darkly" was recorded live at Montreux, Switzerland as part of Sun Ra's All Star Band tour in early November, 1983. All Star is an accurate term here, with Don Cherry, Archie Shepp, Lester Bowie, and Philly Joe Jones in the band.

$16.95 Buy	The Contest of Pleasures - Bucher / Charles / Dorner: Tempestuous (Another Timbre)
	Live recordings of this incredible improvising trio as influenced by a 'tempestuous' storm buffeting & rattling the windows of the church in which the performance took place.

$15.95 Buy	Trio X: AIR: Above and Beyond (CIMPOL)
	Trio X with Joe McPhee on tenor for the Suoni Per il Popolo Music Festival in Montreal, Canada 2006 playing a mix of standards and original compositions.

$13.95 Buy	Wooley, Nate / Lytton, Paul: [VINYL] (brokenresearch)
	European percussionist Paul Lytton and NY trumpeter Nate Wooley share an interest in sound, as this limited edition studio LP presents in four interesting improvised dialogs.

$13.95 Buy	Zorn, John : Filmworks XIX: Dimitri Geller's The Rain Horse (Tzadik)
	This installment of Zorn's Filmwork series presents a charming and lyrical score created for renowned Russian animator Dimitri Geller�s delightful animated parable The Rain Horse.

Electro-Acoustic/Electronic:
$12.95 Buy	Ambarchi, Oren: Stacte Motors [VINYL] (Western Vinyl)
	Guitarist Ambarchi's latest Western Vinyl portrait series, dreamy and unusual minimalist drones made using motorized instruments with strings attached.

$20.95 Buy	Cusack, Peter: Favourite Beijing Sounds (KwanYin Records)
	During 2005 Beijingers were asked what their favorite sound was, which Cusak recorded in his continuing effort to discover the positive in their city's soundscape.

$15.95 Buy	Drumm, Kevin: Sheer Hellish Miasma (Editions Mego)
	Newly remastered and expanded edition of Drumm's 2002 analogue sound work, 'an intense journey of storming feedback, open audio onslaught and somewhat savaged sonics.'

$11.95 Buy	Fessenden: v1.1 (Other Electricities)
	The Fessenden trio, also heard on Utech Records, blur the margins of electroacoustic improvised music in puzzling and illuminating ways.

$16.95 Buy	Food: Molecular Gastronomy (Rune Grammofon)
	Norway's Food, on their 5th album and now the duo of Iain Ballamy and Thomas Strønen, in mostly improvised numbers of drums, electronics and sax.

$15.95 Buy	Friedl, Reinhold / Vorfeld, Michael: Pech (Room40)
	Engaging electro-acoustic music of a minimal nature using unconventional methods performed inside the piano and with textural percussion.

$13.95 Buy	Howard, Earl: Clepton (New World Records)
	Using the imagery of particle physics as a reference for quartet improvisations of synth, piano, cello and drummer Gerry Hemingway, with whom Howard also duos.

$14.95 Buy	Jerman, Jeph / Mueller, Jon : Nodes and Anti-Nodes [DVD & mp3] (Crouton)
	A DVD and audio file from Jeph Jerman and Jon Mueller, exploring the relationship between visual & sound movement & vibration, both mechanical and natural.

$14.95 Buy	Osso Exotico / Z'EV: Osso Exotico + Z'EV (Crouton)
	The Portugese avant-garde ensemble Osso Exótico meet drummer and sound experminter Z'EV in a gritty and behemoth explosion of tribal minimalism.

$10.95 Buy	Radio Ruido: False Rosetta [2x7" VINYL] (free103.9)
	Radio Ruido's second 7" single project is a double 7" homage to shortwave numbers stations, the same kinds of stations featured in the Conet Project.

$15.95 Buy	Silver Apples: Silver Apples (Phoenix Records)
	This unprecedented and unusual 1968 electronic pop record from the original DIY electronics duo of Simeon and Dave Taylor stayed in Billboard's Top 100 for 10 weeks!

$14.95 Buy	Tietchens, Asmus: η-Menge (Line)
	Asmus Tietchens's final installment of his acclaimed Mengen series, based strictly on sine tones and white noise.

$19.95 Buy	Toral, Rafael : Space [VINYL] (TAIGA)
	Limited edition double LP edition with a 17:00 bonus track of guitar/electronic artists Toral's vast and ambitious Staubgold release of the same name.

$17.95 Buy	Various Artists: An Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music Volume 5 (Sub Rosa)
	The 5th volume of this essential series documenting historical high points of electro-acoustic and sound music, v5 explores work from the 60's through the 2000s.

$9.95 Buy	Various Artists: Runeology 3 (Rune Grammofon)
	An inexpensive way to familiarize yourself with the current and upcoming improvising & electronic artists on Norway's great Rune Grammofon label.

Rock/RIO/Prog:
$16.95 Buy	Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: Power House of Holy (Acid Mothers Temple)
	Limited edition CD of AMT live at a great show at Spaceland, Los Angeles in June 2004 from their US tour, and at Guildhall, Gloucester in October of the same year.

$15.95 Buy	Acid Mothers Temple & The Pink Ladies Blues: The Soul of a Mountain Wolf (Fractal)
	2nd Fractal release by AMT & Pink Lady Blues led by Fractal label owner Magic Aum GiGi (Jerome Genin), a concept album dominated by wild fuzz psychedelic guitar.

$19.95 Buy	Ahousen: (PSF)
	Tokyo underground psychedelic quartet using dramatic vocals, agitated sax and guitar in what's been described as idiot-savant psychedelic rock.

$45.95 Buy	Boredoms: Live at Sun Flancisco (Commons)
	Gorgeous bright orange double pack of one DVD from a 2005 live Boredoms show in San Francisco, and a CD with two short tracks: U-Bus and Relerer.

$19.95 Buy	Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band: Live at Bickershaw Festival 1972 (Ozit)
	1972 rough but fascinating recordings of Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band hitting hard and sustaining some crazy energy at the Bickershaw Festival in England.

$15.95 Buy	Chadbourne, Dr. Eugene: Jungle Cookies (Chadula)
	Reissue of the 1998 double CD release on Old Gold, compiling all of Chad's Amsterdamn based cassette Jungle Cookies series, eclectic audio collage songs.

$13.95 Buy	Delta Saxophone Quartet: Dedicated to You...But You Weren't Listening: the Music of Soft Machine (MoonJune Records)
	Since 1984 the incredible Delta Saxophone Quartet has worked with major composers in interpreting their work, here taking on Soft Machine, with Hugh Hopper on bass for "Facelift".

$7.95 Buy	Latitude/Longitude: Solar Filters / Mother Evening [7" VINY] (free103.9)
	Avant-rockers Latitude/Longitude Michael Garofalo and our own Patrick McCarthy in a 7" release of both stomping and textured songs using a diverse set of sonic materials.

$19.95 Buy	Magik Markers: BOSS [VINYL] (Arbitrary Signs)
	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.

$13.95 Buy	Sejayno: Laity (Megaphone)
	Peter Blasser's handmade electronic instruments played by his Sejayno trio, weird and hallucinogenic music with spoken word mantras and weird electronic emanations.

$19.95 Buy	Selfish, Bing: Space College & the Theory Of Everything (El Frenzy)
	Expanded reissue of the mid-90's cassette only Space College..., a set of mind and cosmologically expanding songs produced by the mysterious Xentos Bentos.

$15.95 Buy	Shalabi, Sam: Eid (Alien8 Recordings)
	Sam Shalabi's 3r solo album, recorded in Cairo, Egypt, presents a crazy mixture of guitar solos, arabic flavored modern pop, improv, field recordings and much more.

$12.95 Buy	Shockabilly: Earth Vs. Shockabilly (Chadula)
	An extended rerelease of the original and 1st 1982 Shockabilly album on Rough Trade, expanded to a full 77 minutes with out-takes and rarities, rakes and mayhem.

$19.95 Buy	Various Artists: Asian Flashback: Underground Music From Asia (PSF)
	13 tracks from Asian underground bands in Japan, Korea and China.

$15.95 Buy	Various Artists: Dr. Boogie Presents Rarities from the Bob Hite Vaults (Sub Rosa)
	Sub Rosa's 1st volume of rare & lost recordings from the 20's to 60's, this volume focuses on Bob Hite's historical 78rpm collection compiled by DJ Dr. Boogie.

$13.95 Buy	Wrong Object, The: Stories from the Shed (MoonJune Records)
	Avant-prog-jazz-rock from this Belgian group, last heard on Moon June with Elton Dean's last outing, in a return to dense overdriven rock of enormous technical ability.

$18.95 Buy	Yellow Swans / Burning Star Core: Yellow Swans & Burning Star Core [VINYL] (Pygmy / Blossoming Noise)
	Limited and hand numberd edition of 500 of this collaborative LP between Yellow Swans & Burning Star Core, recorded between 2005 & 2006.

Compositional:
$19.95 Buy	Babel, Isaac : The Sin Of Jesus (Hat [now] ART)
	Transcription of Soviet writer Isaac Babel's The Sin of Jesus into music by applying a rule system where words determine melody, letters determine rhythm & harmony, &c.

$13.95 Buy	Dench, Chris : Beyond Status Geometry (Tzadik)
	Extreme and passionate compositions from Melbourne based UK transplant Chris Dench, including his infamous "unplayable" '95 percussion quartet work.

$19.95 Buy	Feldman, Morton: String Quartet (1979) (Hat [now] ART)
	The Ives Ensemble playing one of Morton Feldman's later and shorter works, the 1979 "String Quartet," in a digital DDD recording from 2005.

$13.95 Buy	Frith, Fred: Back to Life (Tzadik)
	Classical chamber music from Fred Frith featuring virtuoso cellist Joan Jeanrenaud (Kronos), percussionist William Winant, pianist Stephen Drury, &c.

$15.95 Buy	Gann, Kyle: Private Dances (New Albion)
	Composer Kyle Gann makes deeply felt and lyrically clear music that is structured with an array of metric, harmonic and melodic ideas and strategies.

$19.95 Buy	Makrokosmos Quartet: Magic Worlds Of Sound (Hat [now] ART)
	Makrokosmos Quartet playing the Crumb piece from which their name derives, along with works by Stefano Gervasoni and Georg Friedrich Haas.

$16.95 Buy	Nancarrow, Conlon: Player Piano 5 - Nancarrow Studies 33-41c Volume 3 (MDG Scene)
	3rd volume in Jürgen Hocker's excellent series presenting Conlon Nancarrow's impossible player piano compositions as played on Bosendorfer and Fischer Grand Pianos.

$16.95 Buy	Palestine, Charlemagne: The Apocalypse Will Blossom (Yesmissolga)
	Charlemagne Palestine in a live performance on a Bosendorfer Imperial piano with 9 additional bass keys over which Palestine creates a thunderous drone.

$20.95 Buy	Various Artists: Artefacts of Australian Experimental Music 1930-1973 (Shame File Music)
	Artefacts of Australian Experimental Music is a landmark in the historical research of early Australian innovative and exploratory music created and recorded in Australia.

$12.95 Buy	Vasallo, Nick: The Burning (Ars Nova Classics)
	The 1st release on the Ars Nova Classics label presents 'Eclecticism' composer Nick Vasallo in genre�blurring avant and electro-acoustic works performed by several ensembles.

$19.95 Buy	Wada, Yoshi: Lament For The Rise and Fall of Elephantine Crocodile (EM Records)
	Reissue of Japanese to NY Fluxus artist Yoshi Wada's 1982 India Navigation LP, two incredible and rapturous vocal and homebuilt instrument drones.

$16.95 Buy	Wishart, Trevor: Machine (Paradigm)
	Wishart's 1971 Machine is made up entirely from a combination of spoken text and improvising choirs that take their lead from prerecorded factory sounds.

Book:
$12.95 Buy	MusicWorks: #99 Winter 2007 [MAGAZINE + CD]
	Re-listing this excellent issue of Musicworks as we're now stocking the CD version of the issue, which includes the music of Anthony Braxton & Paul Dutton.

$35.95 Buy	Re/Search #4/5: W.S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Throbbing Gristle (Re/Search)
	Compiling and expanding on Volumes 4 & 5 of the original Re/Search Burroughs and Throbbing Gristle books into a beautiful hardcover with new text and photos.

$7.95 Buy	The Wire: 287 January 2008 MAG


$18.95 Buy	Wax Poetics: Cover Story: Album Cover Art Book (Wax Poetics)

DVD, World, Misc.:
$15.95 Buy	Rimpoche, Bokar: Sacred Chants an Tibetan Rituals from the Monastery of Mirik (Sub Rosa)
	Recordings of sacred chants and rituals from the Mirik Monastery in Northeaster India in collaboration with Bokar Rimpoche, a Great Master of Tibetan Buddhism.

$14.95 Buy	Various Artists: Cambodian Cassette Archives: Khmer Folk & Pop Music Vol. 1 (Sublime Frequencies)
	An unbelievable collection of dynamic Cambodian Khmer folk and pop music recorded between the 1960s and the 1990s in Cambodia and in the United States.

$29.95 Buy	Various Artists: Pataphysics: A Sonic Arts Network collation (Sonic Arts Network)
	Sonic Arts Network book and CD exploring pataphysics, the science of imaginary solutions, with music from Duchamp, Grainger, Robert Wyatt & Hugh Hopper, Gavin Bryars, &c.

$39.95 Buy	Various Artists: Victrola Favorites: Artifacts from Bygone Days (Dust-to-Digital)
	Gorgeous 144 page clothbound color book with 2 CDs compiling rare 78rpm records from the 20's to 50's of unlikely and eclectic styles as selected by the Climax Golden Twins.

$13.95 Buy	Borgo, David : Chance, Discovery and Design (Circumvention)
	DVD-R release featuring electro-acoustic improvisations by reedist David Borgo and various ensembles set to provocative and compelling digital video.

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