SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
July 30, 2009
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This mailing comes with two distinct sections:
The first section presents new releases, including:
4 new Tzadiks, especially John Zorn's O'o and a new Cyro Baptista release;
Recommended Records issues Blast, VRIL, Gareth Williams (This Heat), and an album of onde Martinot recordings;
Tristan Honsinger, and Heiner Goebbels on Angelica;
Itaru Oki on Doubtmusic;
Barry Chabala realizes Michael Pisaro on guitar;
Greg Davis on Kranky;
The Fiery Furnaces on CD & LP;
3 releases on Alfred Harth's Laubhuette;
2 Moondog vinyl reissues;
and the August 2009 issue of The Wire.
The second section of this mailing is about Hopscotch Records, Assif Tsahar's excellent NY label
featuring recordings from Tsahar, Cooper-Moore, Susie Ibarra, Derek Bailey, Agusti Fernandez, Peter Kowald, The Digital Primitives,
and many more. Squidco is now the primary distributor for the label, and therefore your best source for Hopscotch releases -
the listings below show all in print releases in stock and ready to ship.
In particular the first listing shows the excellent new Digital Primitives (Cooper-Moore / Tsahar / Taylor): Hum Crackle Pop.
After the listings are 11 new reviews on
The Squid's Ear
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Improvisation:
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Harth, Alfred / Nicole van den Plas:
1970 - 1971
(Laubhuette)
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| Recordings in Germany from 1970-1971 with pianist and free vocalist Nicole van den Plas and various collaborators, including Peter Kowald, Peter Brotzmann, Paul Lovens, &c.
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$18.95
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Harth / Johansson / van den Plas / van den Plas :
E.M.T. vol. 1
(Laubhuette)
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| Volume 1 of Alfred Harth's free improvisation group E.M.T. (Exreme Musik Truppe), which he formed at the age of 23 with Nicole Van den Plas & Sven-Ake Johansson.
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$18.95
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Harth / Johansson / van den Plas / van den Plas :
E.M.T. vol. 2
(Laubhuette)
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| Volume 2 of Alfred Harth's free improvisation group E.M.T. (Exreme Musik Truppe), which he formed at the age of 23 with Nicole Van den Plas & Sven-Ake Johansson.
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$15.95
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Honsinger, Tristan & Massimo Simonini:
Call Me Us
(I Dischi di Angelica)
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| A highly unusual performance in 10 parts from cellist Honsinger and pre-existing media manipulist Simonini that falls between radio art, music theatre, and the inexplicable
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$19.95
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Oki, Itaru:
Phantom Note
(Doubtmusic)
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| Trumpeter Itaru Oki's third album from 1975 reissued, more straight, heavier and flamed out free jazz than the experimental music of his first two releases.
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$21.95
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Keith Rowe/Sachiko M:
M-contact
(erstwhile)
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| The first meeting of guitarist/electronic artist Rowe with Sachiko M on sine wave and contact mic, recorded during the AMPLIFY 2008 festival in Tokyo.
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$13.95
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Baptista, Cyro & Banquet of the Spirits:
Infinito
(Tzadik)
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| Brazilian percussionists and frequent Zorn sideman Baptista with his newest band Banquet of the Spirits in a great program of experimental Brazilian pop songs.
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Israelite, Koby:
Is He Listening?
(Tzadik)
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| Israelite's 4th Tzadik release brings the accordionist's passion and a surreal sense of humour blending jazz, classical, punk, heavy metal, gypsy, Balkan, reggae and more.
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$13.95
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Rashanim:
The Gathering
(Tzadik)
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| The Rashanim trio (Madof/Blumenkranz/Kunzli) combine the intensity of rock with the spontaneity of improvisation, deep Middle Eastern grooves, and mystical Jewish melodies.
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$16.95
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Zorn, John:
O'O
(Tzadik)
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| Zorn's exotic and compelling followup to "The Dreamers" jazz release featuring the same dynamic band of masters from Zorn's inner circle; far-ranging and superb music.
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Rock/RIO/Prog:
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Blast:
Sift
(Recommended Records)
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| Blast's 2nd release on the ReR label, compositional rock that incorporates complex compositions with improvisation sections in seamless and breathtaking ways.
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$15.95
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VRIL (Drake / Simonis / Cutler / Omer):
The Fatal Duckpond
(Recommended Records)
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| VRIL's 2nd incredible album of tongue-in-cheek lyrical guitar instrumentals, led by Lukas Simonis with Bob Drake and now 3rd guitarist Omer, with Chris Cutler on drums.
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$15.95
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Williams, Gareth:
Flaming Tunes
(Life and Living Records)
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| This Heat's Gareth Williams released this album in 1985, eclectic and fascinating songs with contributors Charles Bullen, Mick Hobbs, Martin Harrison, Rick Wilson, and many others.
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$14.95
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Fiery Furnaces, The:
I'm Going Away
(Thrill Jockey)
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| New York City's Fiery Furnaces' 8th album in a great rock record of melodic and warmly embracing grooves using lyricist Eleanor Friedberger's unusual word play.
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$17.95
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Fiery Furnaces, The:
I'm Going Away [VINYL]
(Thrill Jockey)
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| Vinyl edition of NYC's Fiery Furnaces' 8th album in a great rock record of melodic and warmly embracing grooves using lyricist Eleanor Friedberger's unusual word play.
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Compositional:
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Moondog:
Moondog [VINYL]
(4 Men With Beards)
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| Repress of New York's serious street musician Moondog from his 1956 OJC LP with an idiosyncratic mix of styles, formats and time signatures; eclectic and enigmatic music.
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Moondog:
The Story Of Moondog [VINYL]
(4 Men With Beards)
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| Moondog's 1957 3rd LP on the Prestige label made up of percussive jams from invented instruments, street sounds, poetry and Far East melodies, starting with a bizarre and swinging number.
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Ratsimandresy, Nadia & Matteo Ramon Arevalos:
Messiaen Et Autour De Messiaen For Onde Martenot And Piano
(Recommended Records)
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| Exploring the many voices of the extraordinary electronic instrument onde Martinot with works by Olivier Messiaen, N'Guyen Thien Dao, Jacques Charpentier & Tristan Murail.
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$15.95
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Goebbels, Heiner:
The Italian Concerto
(I Dischi di Angelica)
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| A rare release from a pioneer of contemporary cross-platform composition, with Chris Cutler, The Icarus Ensemble, Sira and Boubacar Djebate, Johannes Bauer, Tiziano Popoli, &c. &c.
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Book:
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$8.95
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Wire, The:
#306 August 2009
(Wire)
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| On the cover: Madlib; plus Yesterdays New Quintet, Beat Konducta, Hypnagogic pop, Sleazy Peter Christopherson's Andrea Parkins, Nisennenmondai, Diana Rogerson, Rolf Julius and more...
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The Hopscotch Label:
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$14.95
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Digital Primitives (Cooper-Moore / Tsahar / Taylor) :
Hum Crackle Pop
(Hopscotch)
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| The 2nd Digital Primitives release (Cooper-Moore, Asif Tsahar, Chad Taylor) digs in deep to fuse a new sound from blues, folk, jazz & funk, with accents from the music's African antecedents.
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$14.95
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Cooper-Moore / Tsahar, Assif / Taylor, Chad :
Digital Primitives
(Hopscotch)
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| Prolific and working incredibly fertile creative ground, New Yorkers Cooper-Moore, Tsahar and Taylor release their first as a trio on Tsahar's Hopscotch label.
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$14.95
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Tsahar, Sahar Proejct / Nakatani / The Kjla String Fourtet:
Solitude
(Hopscotch Records)
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| Alto saxophonist/composer Tsahar further investigates what 3rd stream music left behind, a gorgeous exploration of sound and movement with percussionist Nakatani and the KJLA String 4tet.
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$14.95
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Tsahar, Assif / Cooper-Moore / Drake, Hamid :
Lost Brother
(Hopscotch Records)
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| This incredible trio rip it apart deconstructing grooves, rhythms and sounds in a powerful mix of interwining sax, twinger & diddly bow (bass) and drums.
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$14.95
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Cooper-Moore / Assif Tsahar:
Tells Untold
(Hopscotch Records)
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| Cooper-Moore and Assif Tsahar's follow up to "America" is this gutsy and rhythmically compelling release of incredible creative intensity and drive.
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The New York Underground Orchestra:
Fragments
(Hopscotch Records)
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| The 2nd recording by composer/saxophonist Assif Tshar's self-conducted, string-dominated NY Underground Orchestra including Jessica Pavone, Mary Halvorson, Tatsuya Nakatani, &c. &c.
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$14.95
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Tsahara, Assif / Nakatani, Tatsuya:
Come Sunday
(Hopscotch Records)
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| Performing at Astor Place in the East Village, NYC every Sunday for 3 years prior to this recording created the unique sound and tight interactions of these remarkable recordings.
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Tsahar / Maneri / Black:
Jam
(Hopscotch Records)
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| Three creative young musicians in New York Tsahar, Mat Maneri and Black in a trio of warmly orchestrated free improv with witty restraint in extended conversation.
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Dalachinsky, Steve / Shipp, Matthew :
Phenomena of Interference
(Hopscotch Records)
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| The duo of Downtown NY-ers poet Steve Dalachinsky and pianist Matthew Shipp improvising over 22 of Dalachinsky's sharply worded poems of "everyday" observation.
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Cooper-Moore / Tsahar, Assif:
America
(Hopscotch Records)
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| Half protest statement and half call for renewal,
America
offers a wonderful combination of the familiar and the unexpected in improvised and heartland music.
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$14.95
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Fernandez, Agusti & Kowald, Peter:
Sea of Lead
(Hopscotch Records)
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| The duo of late bassist Peter Kowald and inside-and-out pianist Agusti Fernandez in a set of extraordinary energetical, rhythmic and irrepressible improvisations.
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Cooper-Moore:
Out Takes 1978
(Hopscotch Records)
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| Downtown NY multi-instrumentalist Cooper-Moore leading a varied set of pieces in duo to quartet settings including David S. Ware, Mark Gould, Kenwood Dennard and Abigal Goldman.
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Tsahar / Kowald / Murray:
ma - live at the fundacio juan miro
(Hopscotch Records)
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| Recorded 2 months before Peter Kowald's death, these live recordings from this incredible trio performing live in Barcelona present Tsahar's hieroglyphiced and initialed compositions.
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Ragin, Hugh:
Sound Pictures for Solo Trumpet
(Hopscotch)
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| David Murray, Anthony Braxton and Roscoe Mitchell associate Ragin in a solo trumpet album of intense strategies that also pays tribute to Braxton, Miles and Leo Smith.
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Tsahar, Assif & The New York Underground Orchestra:
the labyrinth
(Hopscotch)
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| Tsahar's New York Underground Orchestra with an all-star set of New York players including Okkyung Lee, Oscar Noriega, Matt Lavelle, Tatsuya Nakatani, &c. &c performing Tsahar's 10 part "labyrinth".
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Smith / Tomino / Bleich / Cuong Vu:
Find Birth
(Hopscotch)
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| A rare release on Hopscotch, blending electronic rhyhtms with free jazz to find a new and muscular sound of avant grooves set inside intelligent improvisation.
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Bailey / Fernandez:
Barcelona
(Hopscotch)
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| Before moving to Barcelona guitarist Bailey travelled to Spain where he met with pianist Agusti Fernandez for these dynamic and fascinatingly eclectic duos.
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Tsahar, Assif and the Zoanthropic Orchestra:
Embracing the Void
(Hopscotch)
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| Tsahar's 60-minute suite with his NY heavyweights Zoanthropic Orchestra is a sort of self-portrait in sound, drawing on auditory memories from his childhood on.
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Tsahar, Assif:
Ayn Le-Any
(Hopscotch)
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| Label founder and New York Downtown saxophonist in a solo album of free improvisations with Tsahar's particularly lyrical and honest approach to the horn.
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Tsahar, Assif / Rashied Ali / Peter Kowald:
Deals, Ideas and Ideals
(Hopscotch)
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| Part of bassist Kowald's 2000 US tour of solo and performances with local musicians, here with alto player Tsahar and drum legend Rashied Ali in a brilliant encounter.
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Cooper-Moore:
Deep in the neighburhood of history and influence
(Hopscotch)
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| Cooper-Moore's astonishing solo piano album live in Guelph shows his immense knowledge of jazz idioms crossed with mind-altering, outer-edge playing, Moore's "improvisation as lifeblood".
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$14.95
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Ibarra, Susie Trio:
Radiance
(Hopscotch)
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| Drummer Ibarra's trio with Cooper-Moore and violinist Charles Burnham blur boundaries in a band of great versatility, taste and collective musicianship.
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Ibarra, Susie / Assif Tsahar:
Home Cookin'
(Hopscotch)
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| The first Hopscotch release from the then husband/wife duo of wind player Assif Tsahar and drummer Susie Ibarra, lyrical and textural powerfully woven improvisation.
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Recent Reviews:
The Thing:
Bag It!
(Smalltown Superjazzz)
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Brotzmann / Kondo / Pupillo / Nilssen-Love:
Hairy Bones
(Okkadisk)
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Perry Robinson and Burton Greene:
Two Voices In The Desert
(Tzadik)
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Ferguson / van Heumen:
Whistle Pig Saloon
(Creative Sources)
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John Zorn:
Alhambra Love Songs
(Tzadik)
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The Core:
Golonka Live
(Moserobie Music)
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The Ed Palermo Big Band:
Eddy Loves Frank
(Cuneiform)
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Jeff Gburek:
Remote Provinces
(Aural Terrains)
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Sun City Girls:
Napoleon & Josephine (Singles Volume 2)
(Abduction)
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Fenn O'Berg:
The Magic Sound & Return Of...
(Editions Mego)
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Octante (Barberan / Monteiro / Fages / Garcia):
Lúnula
(Another Timbre)
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