SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE October 22, 2009

This Saturday, October 24, Squidco will be at the WFMU Record & CD Collector's Fair in NYC with our complete vinyl selection on sale, along with other specials and interesting items. If you're in town don't miss this amazing show, the largest in the North East, and make sure to stop by our table, we love to meet our customers!

Significant releases this last two weeks, including: Ken Vandermark, Rob Brown and 100NKA with Herb Robertson on Not Two; Elton Dean's Ninesense, and the Louis Moholo Unit on Ogun; Henry Threadgill's Zooid on Pi Recordings; Joe Morris & Darius Jones releases on Aum Fidelity; Furt & Grutronic CDs on psi, and Paul Rutherford & Stellari String Quartet CDs on Emanem; Braxton, Petrova, O'Leary/Wollesen/Saft, and Leandre/William Parker releases on Leo; Joelle Leandre & Jean Luc Cappozzo on Kadima; Phosphor 2 & Narthex on Potlatch; Satoko Fujii's Orchestra Nagoya; Mats Gustafsson plays Ayler on vinyl; Profound Sound (Grimes, Dunmall, Cyrille); Lionel Marchetti & Capparos from INA GRM studios on Pogus; Nurse With Wound's Chance Meeting deluxe reissue; Eliane Radigue's Trilogie; 3 new ones from Doc Chadbourne; Tony Wilson, Dark Blue World, and Viviane Houle on Drip Audio; Espers III!

After the store listings are 10 new reviews on our online companion magazine, The Squid's Ear.

Improvisation:
$17.95   Buy  listen	100NKA & Herb Robertson : Superdesert (Not Two Records)
	Herb Robertson and the trio of 100NKA (guitarist Tomek Les, bassist Adam Stodolski and drummer Przemek Borowiecki) in subtle to soaring improv using extended techniques.
$17.95   Buy  listen	Beins / Dorner / Hayward / Krebs: Phosphor 2 (Potlatch)
	Electro-acoustic improv from the Phosphor grouping, an amazing set of musicians who began working together in 2001 and have developed a complex and incredible form of interplay.
$16.95   Buy  listen	Braxton, Anthony Quartet (Moscow) 2008: Composition 367b (Leo)
	Braxton's with Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorson and Katherine Young performing at the DOM in Moscow, incredible and unusual music from his "Diamond Curtain Wall Quartet".
$17.95   Buy  listen	Brown, Rob Trio: Live at Firehouse 12 (Not Two Records)
	Alto saxophonist Rob Brown's Trio with cellist Daniel Levin and percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, inspired interaction from players on the forefront of modern jazz.
$18.95   Buy  listen	Dean, Elton's Ninesense: Happy Daze + Oh! For The Edge (Ogun)
	Elton Dean's Ninesense band (with Harry Beckett, Keith Tippett, Harry Miller, Louis Moholo, Nick Evans, Radu Malfatti, &c) mirrored the 1970s London scene in all its vitality.
$16.95   Buy  listen	Fujii, Satoko Orchestra Nagoya: Sanrei (Bakamo)
	Pianist and composer Satoko Fujii's Nagoya band, comprised of younger Japanese players influenced by rock music, along with Natsuki Tamura, powerful eclectic and experimental jazz.
$18.95   Buy  listen	Furt: Sense (psi)
	The duo of Richard Barrett and Paul Obermayer in 12 studio tracks of semi-composed electronics, and a live improvised tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen.
$18.95   Buy  listen	Grutronic: Essex Foam Party (psi)
	Live performances from this quartet of electroacoustic improvisers using intuitive and performance-oriented technologies to create surprisingly frothy and amazing sound.
$54.95   Buy	Gustafsson, Mats: Mats G Plays Albert A [VINYL] (QBICO)
	Extremely limited Mats Gustafson LP on QBICO, the 2nd in the series that started with his take on Ellington, and now performing the music of Albert & Donald Ayler.
$14.95   Buy  listen	Henry Threadgill Zooid: This Brings Us To, Volume I (Pi Recordings)
	Henry Threadgill's Zooid with Liberty Ellman, Jose Davila, Stomu Takeishi and Elliot Kavee in all new Threadgill compositions, important and influential modern jazz!
$13.95   Buy  listen	Houle, Vivian: Treize (Drip Audio)
	Out free improvising vocalist Viviane Houle's debut solo release in duos with a veritable who's-who of Vancouver's finest improvisers including Peggy Lee, Jesse Zubot, &c. &c.
$14.45   Buy  listen	Jones Trio, Darius: Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing) (Aum Fidelity)
	Expressive New York-based alto saxophonist Darius Jones in a trio with Cooper-Moore and Bob Moses performing original compositions about Jones' life growing up in the South.
$15.95   Buy  listen	Leandre & Cappozzo: Live aux Instants Chaivres` Monreuil (Kadima)
	Bassist Joelle Leandre and Globe Unity Orchestra trumpeter Cappozzo performed these spontaneous and insightful dialogs live at Instants Chavires early in 2009.
$16.95   Buy  listen	Leandre, Joelle & William Parker: Live At Dunois (Leo)
	11 years after their last duo release on Leo, influential bass players William Parker and Joelle Leandre come together for these performances at Sons d'Hiver festival.
$18.95   Buy  listen	Moholo-Moholo, Louis Unit: An Open Letter to My Wife Mpumi (Ogun)
	Louis Moholo's Unit, a septet with John Edwards on bass, Pule Pheto on piano, dual saxophones from Jason Yarde and Nutshuks Bonga and vibraphonist Orphy Robinson.
$14.45   Buy  listen	Morris Quartet, Joe: Today On Earth (Aum Fidelity)
	Joe Morris on guitar in a free-bopping quartet with Fully Celebrated Orchestra's Jim Hobbs on alto and bassist Timo Shanko and long-time associate drummer Luther Gray.
$17.95   Buy  listen	Narthex (Baron / Blairon): Formnction (Potlatch)
	Saxophonist Marc Baron & bassist Loic Blairon recorded 6 improvisations and then recomposed and organized them into these two 30 minute works, one acoustic and one digital.
$16.95   Buy  listen	O'Leary / Wollesen / Saft: The Synth Show (Leo)
	Mark O'Leary's 9th release on Leo Records is a trio with drummer Kenny Wollesen and Zorn compatriot Jamie Saft, synthetic jazz in an ECM mold with rich, slowly unfolding soundscapes.
$16.95   Buy  listen	Petrova, Evelyn: Living Water (Leo)
	Accordionist Evelyn Petrova in a live performance of music she wrote and played as part of a live duo performance with dancer and performance artist Tanya Khabarova.
$16.95   Buy  listen	Petrova, Evelyn: Year's Cycle (Leo)
	Accordionist & vocalist Petrova performs a 12 song cycle based on the months of the year starting with December and ending with November, some based on Russian folk songs or lyrics.
$14.95   Buy  listen	Profound Sound Trio: Opus De Life (Porter Records)
	After Grimes & Dunmall performed together in 2006 they formed this trio with drummer Andrew Cyrille, here recorded live at the Vision Festival in NYC, 2008.
$27.95   Buy  listen	Rutherford, Paul: Tetralogy 2CD (Emanem)
	Four situations with the late, inventive tromobonist Rutherford, with electronics solo, in trio and in a quartet; remarkable and unusual improvisation from one of the greats.
$18.95   Buy  listen	Stellari String Quartet: Gocce Stellari (Emanem)
	Philipp Wachsmann, Charlotte Hug, Marcio Mattos & John Edwards performing live at the Uncool Festival in Switzerland, 2007, and in studio recordings from 2006.
$44.95   Buy	Toyozumi / Takagi: If Ocean Is Broken 2LP (QBICO)
	1971 Tokyo recordings of free jazz players drummer Sabu Toyozumi and reed player Mototeru Takagi, peers with Kaoru Abe, Masahiko Togashi, Toshi Tsuchitori, &c. &c.
$17.95   Buy  listen	Vandermark 5: Annular Gift (Not Two Records)
	The Vandermark 5 recorded live in Krakow at Alchemia in March 2009, incredible jazz with each piece dedicated to an artist inspiring Vandermark, including Brecht, Ab Baars, Francis Bacon, &c.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Wilson, Tony Sextet: The People Look Like Flowers at Last (Drip Audio)
	Tony Wilson Sextet's was formed almost 20 years ago to perform his original compositions and arrangements, here performing Benjamin Britten's Lachrymae and 4 original works.

Electronic/Experimental:
$12.95   Buy  listen	Aarktica: In Sea (Silber Media)
	Aarktica's songs are extended reveries built on loops of guitars, drums & occasional voices that hover & circle, float by or bristle with distortion.
$13.95   Buy  listen	Capparos, Oliver & Lionel Marchetti: Equus (Grand Vehicule) (Pogus)
	A tour through human memory and history in a musique concrete work recorded at the Paris INA GRM studios in 2002 by composers Olivier Capparos and Lionel Marchetti.
$16.95   Buy  listen	Gilbert, Bruce: Oblivio Agitatum (Editions Mego)
	Guitarist/sonic artist B.C. Gilbert's first solo album in the 21st century recalls previous albums "This Way" or "Shivering Man" in a release of shifting and agitated tone works.
$16.95   Buy  listen	Haswell, Russell: Wild Tracks (Editions Mego)
	An album of field recordings or "deliberate recordings" from improv artist Haswell, extreme aural documents including an ant colony, a wasp nest, a blowhole in Jamaica, &c. &c.
$129.95   Buy	Nurse With Wound: Chance Meeting On A Dissecting Table Of A Sewing Machine [VINYL] (Dirter Productions)
	Long-awaited and limited reissue of Nurse With Wound's debut LP from 1979, with additional tracks, a t-shirt, a die cut pin badge, and fine art prints from the album artwork.
$27.95   Buy  listen	Radigue, Eliane: Triologie de la Mort 3CD (XI)
	Electronic composer Eliane Radigue's 1998 "Trilogie de la Mort" about existence, pilgrimage, and death, issued for the first time presenting all three parts of this important work.
$12.95   Buy  listen	Vlor: Six-Winged (Silber Media)
	The long-distance collaborative Vlor project constructs rock and sound work from a wide array of rock influcences leveraging their dichotomy to creative a cohesive brooding music.

Rock/RIO/Prog:
$12.95   Buy  listen	Chadbourne, Eugene: Doc Chad Returns (Chadula)
	Doc Chad's new solo series features "in progress" material, new songs and recordings here with a new recording project involving BC engineer & player Scott Henderson.
$12.95   Buy  listen	Chadbourne, Eugene: The Island of Three Shreeves (Chadula)
	Doc Chad in a collection of solo, duo, trio and ensemble performances from 2009, with studio, live, and radio performances, and 2 tracks from a large ensemble in Brussels.
$12.95   Buy  listen	Chadbourne, Euguene: Adrift (Chadula)
	Recordings of several projects from the good Doctor, including solo concerts, a radio appearance, the studio project with Pink Bob & Brian Ready, and a preview from Gorditas!
$13.95   Buy  listen	Dark Blue World: The Perilous Beauty of Madness (Drip Audio)
	DarkBlueWorld is Elizabeth Fischer's essential rock vehicle for collaborations with noted Canadian musicians, including Tony Wilson, Peggy Lee, Amy Denio, Jesse Zubot, &c &c.
$14.95   Buy  listen	Espers: III (Drag City)
	Esper's third full length release brings the band to more concise song formats that utilize the warm blend of instrumental and vocal harmonics that make their music so compelling.
$24.95   Buy	Kawabata, Makoto: Under Your Moonshine [VINYL] (QBICO)
	Acid Mothers Temple guitarist Kawabata Makoto in a solo album of guitar recorded with no overdubs; also, the last album to be released on QBICO before they shut out the lights...

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