SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE June 18, 2009

A crazy rainy spring in NYC, keeping us inside listening to a set of 45 great releases this time:

4 new relases on Tzadik including the new Masada Book of Angels with Joe Lovano; Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy on Greenleaf; Marc Ducret, and Adam Caine CDs on NoBusiness; Joe Morris's banjo album on KMB; TYFT on Chris Speed's Skirl label; Uchihashi Kazuhisa & Yoshida Tatsuya Improv 3 on Magaibutsu, plus the second Haino / Makoto / Yoshida DVD on PSF; Lussier, Tetreault, & Otomo's Elektrik Toboggan; Sonic Youth's Eternal on CD and LP; Recommended Records amazing Russian avant/electroacoustic book and 2 CD set, BAKU; Keith Tippet's Kite on Ogun; 2 new titles on Aural Terrains; we catch up with Moon June Records adding 5 new titles; we add the Intransitive label with 4 releases including an important Marchetti reissue; 4 new titles on Bug Incision (Bent Spoon, &c); 3 reissues on NESSA; and a new issue of Signal to Noise to read while listening!

Also, have a look at our Late Spring Jazz Sale, with 25% off selected titles from our "Jazz" category!

After the listings are 10 new reviews on The Squid's Ear .

Improvisation / Jazz:
$15.95   Buy  listen	Air (Threadgill / Hopkins / McCall): Air Time (NESSA)
	Henry Threadgill's Air with Fred Hopkins & Steve McCall in their first US release from 1978, 3 extended compositions including Threadgill performing on the hubkaphone.
$15.95   Buy  listen	Anderson, Fred: Missing Link (NESSA)
	An early recording of saxophonist Fred Anderson in 1979 with Hamid Drake, Larry Hayrod and Adam Rudolph in a classic display of Anderson's unique approach to improv.
$17.95   Buy  listen	Bailey, Derek / Jamie Muir: Dart Drug (Incus)
	Reissue of the 1981 LP of Bailey with one-time King Crimson-ite Jamie Muir, hovering harmonics from Bailey's feedback amidst Muir's floating timbral spectrum.
$12.95   Buy  listen	Bayal & Arnaud Riviere: First Contact (Bug Incision Records)
	John Boyle & Aya Onishi of Nihilist Spasm Band with Arnaud Riviere of Textile Orchestra from their first set of unrelenting primal improv at Sonic Protest 2007 in France.
$12.95   Buy  listen	Bent Spoon Trio + 3: Dead Salems Dance in Their Ashtrays (Bug Incision Records)
	The Bent Spoon Trio + 3 (Thom Golub, Jay Crocker, Danny Meichel) from their monthly series at Theatre Junction in Calgary.
$12.95   Buy  listen	Bent Spoon Trio: More Experienced Filthier (Bug Incision Records)
	Taken from The Bent Spoon Trio's 2008 midnight tunnel show in a set of sparse and restrained improvisations.
$16.95   Buy  listen	Caine, Adam: Thousandfold (NoBusiness)
	Guitarist Adam Caine's trio with bassist Tom Blancarte and drummer John Wagner in studio recordings of eight original Caine compositions, great driven modern jazz.
$15.95   Buy  listen	Chrysakis / O'Sullivan / Bernal-Villegas / Mayne / Wigens: Instant-Cascade-Distant (Aural Terrains)
	This quintet use a wide range of sound sources inc. guitar, electronics, prepared piano and clarinet to create spectral and gestural sonic and harmonic fields.
$17.95   Buy  listen	Company: Once (Incus)
	From Bailey's live recordings at The Arts Theater in May 1987, excellent groupings of players inc. Barre Phillips, Carlos Zingaro, Tristan Honsinger, Lee Konitz, Steve Noble &c.
$15.95   Buy  listen	Douglas, Dave & Brass Ecstasy: Spirit Moves (Greenleaf Music)
	Dave Douglas's Brass Ecstasy brings trumpet, trombone, French horn, tuba and drums together for exhilarating jazz with a Nod to both New Orleans tradition and innovative improv.
$16.95   Buy  listen	Ducret / Mockunas: Silent Vociferation (NoBusiness)
	Studio recordings of collaborators Ducret with Lithuanian reed player Mockunas, who have played together in the bands Toxikum, Megaphone and in the Copenhagen Art Ensemble.
$8   Buy  listen	Gottschalk, Kurt: 24b (Batterrie)
	Two introspective works of heavily saturated acoustic guitar form Ecstasy Mule's Kurt Gottschalk (aka Casey G), lovely musings for dark days.
$14.95   Buy  listen	Jensson, Hilmar's TYFT: Smell the Difference (Skirl)
	3rd release from Icelandic guitarist Hilmar Jensson's improv metal trio with Andrew D'Angelo, Jim Black and guests Chris Speed and Peter Evans, heavy and inspired playing!
$14.95   Buy  listen	Lussier / Tetreault / Yoshihide: Elektrik Toboggan (Victo)
	This amazing trio performed at the 25th Victoriaville Festival of Musique Actuelle in 2008 with 2 guitars, 3 turntables, one spy-microphone, and 201 spectators.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Martin, Jean: At the Farm (Barnyard)
	After touring Canada extensively for 3 years the trio of Jean Martin, Justin Haynes and Kevin Turcotte released this CD of wide-ranging and excellent recordings.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Masada Quintet Feat. Joe Lovano: Stolas: The Book Of Angels Volume 12 (Tzadik)
	The latest addition in The Book of Angels series bring the core Masada band (Zorn, Joey Baron, Uri Caine, Greg Cohen, Dave Douglas) together with Joe Lovano!
$15.95   Buy  listen	Mitchell, Roscoe: L-R-G/ The Maze/ S Ii Examples (NESSA)
	1978 recordings of AACM wind phenomenon Mitchell performing fascinating and advanced compositions with Braxton, Leo Smith, Henry Threadgill, George Lewis and Don Moye.
$18.95   Buy  listen	Moholo, Loius / Evan Parker Quintet: Bush Fire (Ogun)
	1995 studio recordings of this great UK quintet with Louis Moholo and Evan Parker leading, a classic meeting of two incredible free jazz performers in their prime.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Morris, Joe : Atmosphere (KMB Jazz)
	Known for his guitar work, and more recently on the bass, here in an album of improvisation on the 5-string banjo and 4-string banjouke.
$11.95   Buy  listen	Novak, Ryan: Balloon Proportions (RY/NO Records)
	Multi-instrumentalist improviser Novak, who has worked with Tim Daisy and Tatsuya Nakatani, in an eclectic and complex solo release of colliding genres.
$12.95   Buy  listen	Riggs, Christopher: I Feel So Strong, I Feel I Could Punch a Hole in a Fucking Wall (Bug Incision Records)
	Chris Riggs (Traum/Trauma, Holy Cheever Church, &c.) featuring assemblages of highly abstracted guitar improvisations and silence.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Robinson, Perry & Burton Greene: Two Voices In The Desert (Tzadik)
	Infamous and legendary pioneers of free jazz and the NY downtown scene, pianist Greene and clarinetist Robinson in an intimate duo or virtuosic and melodic rapport.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Sparks, Tim: Little Princess - Tim Sparks Plays Naftule Brandwein (Tzadik)
	Traditional Jewish music of Klezmer clarinetist Naftule Brandwein arranged for fingerstyle guitar and performed by the trio of Tim Sparks, Greg Cohen and Cyro Baptista.
$18.95   Buy  listen	Tippet, Keith Septet: A Loose Kite in a Gentle Wind Floating with Only My Will for an Anchor (Ogun)
	Keith Tippet's Septet with Larry Stabbins, Elton Dean, Nick Evans, Tony Levin, Paul Rogers, &c. was put together in 1984 to play a new suite inspired by the writing of Maya Angelou.

Electroacoustic / Experimental:
$15.95   Buy  listen	Gburek, Jeff: Remote Provinces (Aural Terrains)
	Gburek composes with materials including prepared guitar, signal processor, electronics, turntables and field recordings to create these dynamic aural journeys.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Haynes, Jim: Sever (Intransitive)
	SF-based composer Haynes in an engaging album of evocative drone music made up of layers upon organic layers that are in constant motion, and yet seem somehow still.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Hjuler, Kommissar & Mama Bar: Asylum Lunaticum (Intransitive)
	A truly bizarre record of dada-esque sound poetry experiments and unhinged sound poetry weirdness, culled from years of this duo's small-edition lathe-cut LPs, tapes, & CDRs.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Marchetti, Lionel: Knud un Nom de Serpent (Le Cercle des Entrailles) (Intransitive)
	Long-awaited reissue of Lionel Marchetti's classic album of harrowing tape music and organized sound from '99, an amazing amalgamation of shamanic ritual from around the world.
$28.95   Buy	Martusciello, Elio: To Extend the Visibility [PAL DVD] (Recommended Records)
	Beautifully packaged PAL DVD of 6 films by Elio Martusciello (Taxonomy) including two original texts by Tim Hodgkinson & Sebastiano Giacobello & visual works by Ester Curcio & Ale Sordi.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Murray, Brendan: Wonders Never Cease (Intransitive)
	Murray's large work organizes recordings from live concerts from around New York and New England into soulful, melodic and intimate electroacoustic works.

Rock / R.I.O. / Progressive / &c.:
$17.95   Buy  listen	Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band: Magneticism: The Best of Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Live 72-81 (VIPER)
	Combining great Beefheart recordings & his Magic Band(s) from 1972 - 1981, classic numbers with varying bands including John French, Gary Lucas, Eric Drew Feldman, &c.
$13.95   Buy  listen	D.F.A.: 4th (MoonJune Records)
	Substantial complex rock forms with Canterbury influences in a distinctive voice in this Italian progressive band's 4th release after two studio and one live album.
$23.95   Buy	Haino / Makoto / Yoshida: Ichi To Ichi To Ichi Ga Kasanatte Shimaumade (PSF)
	Second DVD of this power trio, here performing live at Mission's, Tokyo in December 2008, intense improvised rock from three masters of sound and speed.
$19.95   Buy  listen	Kazuhisa, Uchihashi / Tatsuya, Yoshida: Improvisations 3 (Magaibutsu Limited)
	Guitarist Uchihashi Kazuhisa (Altered States, Ground Zero) and drummer Yoshida Tatsuya (Ruins, Koenji Hyakkei) return for a 3rd duo release, a DVD & CD of their amazing improvisations.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Maguire, Alex Sextet: Brewed In Belgium (MoonJune Records)
	British born jazz & rock pianist Maguire in a sextet of Belgium performers for a set of lyrical and groove oriented tunes recorded live for Dutch National Radio.
$18.95   Buy  listen	Matching Mole: On The Radio (Hux)
	Wyatt's followup to Soft Machine was Matching Mole, an incredibly lyrical band of impressive skill, as this set of Peel Sessions and BBC Radio recordings clearly shows.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Savoldelli, Boris & Elliott Sharp: Protoplasmic (MoonJune Records)
	Instant compositions from Elliot Sharp on guitar and electronics and Italian free improv vocalist Savoldelli, recorded before their live show at The Stone in Sept. 2008.
$13.95   Buy  listen	simakDialog: Demi Masa (MoonJune Records)
	5th album from this Indonesian improvising prog ensemble led by keyboardist Riza Arshad with twin Sundanese kendang percussionists, captivating melodic and rhythmic music.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Soft Machine: Drop (MoonJune Records)
	Soft Machine live in Germany in 1971 in the period around "Fifth", after Wyatt left as Phil Howard took the position before John Marshall's long tenure.
$14.95   Buy  listen	Sonic Youth: The Eternal (Matador)
	Sonic Youth's 16th studio album and return to an indie label adds new member Mark Ibold, presenting 12 informed and compelling songs that show SY still going strong 28 years later.
$44.95   Buy  listen	Sonic Youth: The Eternal [VINYL] (Matador)
	LP edition of SY's 16th studio album and return to an indie label adds new member Mark Ibold, presenting 12 informed and compelling songs that show the band still going strong 28 years later.

Compositional:
$47.95   Buy  listen	BAKU: Symphony of Sirens (Recommended Records)
	2 CDs & 72 pg book in a comprehensive presentation of the experiments and innovations in the exploration of sound by the historical Russian Avantgardes, 1908-42.
$24.95   Buy  listen	Cage, John: Dream (Wergo)
	5 works including "Dream", "Radio Music", "Ryoanji" for contrabass and tape performed by original interpreter Stefano Scodanibbio, & performances by The Nextime Ensemble.

Magazine:
$4.95   Buy	Signal To Noise: Issue #54, Summer 2009 (Signal to Noise)
	Summer 2009 issue with articles on Sonic Youth, Sunn O))), On Location: Istanbul, Bell Orhestre, Frank Gratkowski, Pontiak, Bang on a Can All Stars, &c. &c.