SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
November 5, 2009
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Squidco turns 8! We opened our online door in the beginning of November, 2001.
Eight years later we're still selling the most incredible music that we can find,
and we have some of the most wonderful customers in the world!
In celebration of our birthday we've put about 150 CDs on sale at $8 each.
It's our way of saying thanks to our many great customers!
New for this newsletter: 5 releases on Ambiances Magnetiques: Ganesh/Reichel; Tim Brady; Pierre Labbe; Schick/Tetreault; Rainer Wiens;
4 on Tzadik: John Zorn's Femina; David Gould; Fujii/Kihlsted; Jessica Pavone;
erstwhile issues Rowe/Nakamura; Stangl/Fagaschinki; Malfatti/Filip;
David Sylvian's ea-improv oriented Manafon;
Hatology releases Manuel Mengis, and the "Lacy Pool";
Ernesto Rodrigues in a quartet on Creative Sources;
3 7" 33rpms on Jeff Arnal's Generate Records;
Nessa reissues Lester Bowie and Leo Smith CDs;
John Blum on Konnex;
Phill Niblock's Touch Strings;
2 on FTARRI and 1 on Hitorri (Improvised Music from Japan);
No Neck Blues Band with an early LP reissued;
Yoshimi's OOIOO;
Group Bombino and Group Doeh on Sublime Frequencies;
and the November issue of The Wire to read while listening!
After the store listings are 12 new reviews on our online companion magazine,
The Squid's Ear.
Improvisation:
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$14.95
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Anandan, Ganesh / Hans Reichel:
Self Made
(Ambiances Jazz)
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The acclaimed daxophonist Hans Reichel meets shruti stick and metallophone inventor Ganesh Anandan for these expressive and unconventional dialogs. |
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$9.95
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Beeferman, Gordon:
music for an imaginary band [7" Record]
(Generate Records)
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A real 7-piece group consisting of some of NYC's most remarkable and creative musicians featuring complex, lyrical, whimsical, free-form compositions from the finest tradition. |
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$13.95
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Blum, John:
Who Begat Eye (solo piano)
(Konnex)
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Solo piano from New York's John Blum: brutal, dramatic and complex playing in a unique, personal and passionate style from this compatriot of William Parker, Sunny Murray, &c. |
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$22.95
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Bowie, Lester:
All The Numbers (2cds)
(NESSA)
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The 1967 sessions that led to the formation of the Art Emsenble of Chicago, originally released as a single LP; trio and quartet session with foresight and vision. |
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$9.95
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Diaz-Infante / Arnal:
Brooklyn Mantra [7" Record]
(Generate Records)
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An expansive and uplifting improvisation, the "Brooklyn Mantra" parts 1 & 2 demonstrate the vast creative skills and focus these two well-versed players bring to their performance. |
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$16.95
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Gonzalez, Dennis:
Songs Of Early Autumn
(NoBusiness)
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Trumpeter Gonzalez' quartet with Joe Morris on bass, Timo Shanko and Luther Gray in an album of Gonzalez compositions & group improvisations celebrating the New Egland fall. |
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$13.95
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Gould, David:
Feast Of The Passover
(Tzadik)
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The Reggae master from Adonai in Dub with another program of Jewish music-Reggae style, a collection of songs commonly sung during the Passover seder recorded from Boston to Jamaica. |
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$15.95
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Iyer,Vijay Trio:
Historicity
(ACT Music + Vision)
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Pianist Iyer's trio with Stephan Crump & Marcus Gilmore, an incredible record of mind boggling changes in rhythm and tempo, modal and serial sequences, and all manner of encryptions. |
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$9.95
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Jones / Chabala:
Undercurrents
(Roeba)
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Brighton, UK turntable/electronics improvisor Daniel Jones and the American guitarist Barry Chabala meet for an album of ringing and beautiful lowercase sound. |
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$14.95
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Labbe, Pierre:
Manivelle
(Ambiances Jazz)
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Saxophonist Pierre's Labbe's 1st release in 6 years, performing original compositions in a quartet with guitarist Bernard Falaise, drummer Isaiah Ceccarelli & bassist Clinton Ryder. |
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$16.95
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Lerner, Marilyn:
Arms Spread Wide
(NoBusiness)
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New York pianist Marilyn Lerner in a trio with Ken Filiano and Lou Grassi, instant compositions with great structure, virtuosity and melodic content. |
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$13.95
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Malfatti, Radu / Klaus Filip-imaoto:
imaoto
(erstwhile)
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The improvising duo of trombonist Radu Malfatti and electronics/sinewave artist Klaus Filip in two extended and beautiful works that investigate the edges of ultraminimalism. |
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$19.95
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Mengis, Manuel Gruppe 6:
Dulcet Crush
(Hatology)
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Trumpeter Manuel Mengis 3rd Hat release, 8 original compositions of sophisticated and enjoyable modern jazz from a sextet with dual sax and guitar leads. |
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$19.95
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Minamo: Kihlstedt / Fujii:
Kuroi Kawa ~ Black River
(Tzadik)
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Two players on the forefront of modern jazz, pianist Satoko Fujii and violinist Carla Kihlstedt, in a double CD release in the studio and live at the Vancouver International Jazz Festival. |
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$9.95
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Noyes / Chabala:
The Shade & The Squint
(Roeba)
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Guitarist Barry Chabala and New Zealand percussionist Lee Noyes in their 2nd release, adding chance operations and reductive editing to the mix taking the music into new areas. |
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Oberg / Thewes / Griener:
Lacy Pool
(Hatology)
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Inspired, expressive, and curiously logical trio playing performing 10 of the late soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy's compositions live in Koln, Germany, 2006. |
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Perkins / Parrett / Schulz:
Aperiodic [7" Record]
(Generate Records)
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Described as a collision of Cecil Taylor, The Velvet Underground, & John Coltrane, since 1998 Aperiodic have created twisted and mesmerizing music by round-robin collaboration. |
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Rodrigues / Davidson / Rodrigues / Faustino:
Fower
(Creative Sources)
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Three tracks of acoustic improv from an understated string quartet that uses extended techniques and the whole of their instruments to make unusual and rewarding music. |
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$13.95
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Rowe, Keith / Toshimaru Nakamura:
ErstLive 008
(erstwhile)
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The fourth set from Keith Rowe's duos at Erstwhile's AMPLIFY 2008 festival in Tokyo, a duo with long-time partner Toshimaru Nakamura, intense ea-improv from two masters. |
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$14.95
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Schick, Ignaz / Martin Tetreault:
Live * 33 * 45 * 78
(Ambiances Jazz)
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Montreal/Actuelle turntablist Martin Tetreault and Berlin turntablist Ignaz Shcick in two sets of recordings from two encounters in Belgium and Switzerland, 2006. |
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$17.95
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Seijiro Murayama / Soundworm:
Space & Place
(Ftarri)
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Percussionist Murayama and Soundworm (Hiromits Shoji) in a work following a score that switches between clusters of live microphones as Murayama improvises to the resulting sound. |
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$15.95
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Smith, Leo:
Spirit Catcher
(NESSA)
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Trumpeter Leo Smith's 1979 album, two tracks in a quintet with Pheeroan Ak Laff on drums and Bobby Naughton on vibes, and one track of Smith with 3 harpists. |
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$16.95
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Sonore (Brotzmann / Vandermark / Gustafsson):
Call Before You Dig
(Okka)
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The reed trio Sonore release their 3rd album, a double CD recorded at the Loft in concert and "in the studio", 22 pieces that run the gamut of expressive energy and melodic power. |
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Stangl, Burkhard / Kai Fagaschinski:
Musik-Ein Portrat in Seh
(erstwhile)
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Occupying a unique area between composition & folk music, classical & jazz/improv, tension & serenity, these duos also include recordings from Klaus Filip and dieb13. |
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$18.95
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Stevens, John Trio:
Live at The Plough
(Ayler)
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Drummer John Stevens in an uncharacteristically straight-ahead record from the 70s London scene performing live in a trio with saxophonist Mike Osborne and bassist Paul Rogers. |
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Teller, Jorgen:
Delete Nature
(Ninth World)
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Solos for triggered guitar from midi and effects guitarist Jorgen Teller, 15 complex and conceptual works that balance clean and noisy guitar work in perplexing ways. |
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Wiens, Rainer:
Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors
(Ambiances Jazz)
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A series of solos and duets between Kalimba player Rainer Wiens and an impressive set of improvisers including Jean Derome, Malcolm Goldstein, Frank Lozano, &c. |
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$17.95
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Zorn, John:
Femina
(Tzadik)
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A beautifully packaged work performed by Sylvie Courvoisier, Iku Mori, Laurie Anderson, Jennifer Choi, Carol Emanuel & Shayna Dunkelman in Zorn's tribute to women in the Arts. |
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Rock/RIO/Prog:
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No Neck Blues Band:
Languid Red Marchetti [VINYL]
(PLANAM)
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Recorded close to the group's inception in 1994,
Languid Red Marchetti
is the NNCK sound in its empirical form, rhythmically a-linear and fundamentally abstract. |
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OOIOO:
Armonico Hewa
(Thrill Jockey)
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OOIOO's (Yoshimi from Boredoms) first release in three years expands on their frenetically rapturous stylistical melting pot of vocal, synthetic and rhythmic music. |
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Various Artists:
Tokyo Flashback 7
(PSF)
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PSF, the great Japanese underground rock label, in their 7th "psychedelic sampler" presenting Le Son De L'os, Bon no Kubo, Derakushi, Sabu Orimo Unit, Touyounomajyo, and Hasegawa-Shizuo |
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Recent Reviews:
Stephan Moore:
To Build A Field
(Deep Listening)
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In The Country:
White Out
(Rune Grammofon)
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Jean Derome et les Dangereux Zhoms + 7:
Plates-formes et Traquenards
(Victo)
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The Mancini Project:
Views of Mancini
(FMR)
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Speak Easy:
The Loft Concert [DVD]
(Panrec)
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James Blackshaw:
O True Believers
(Important)
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Koby Israelite:
Is He Listening?
(Tzadik)
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VRiL:
The Fatal Duckpond
(Recommended Records)
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Bobby Bradford with John Stevens and the Spontaneous Music Ensemble:
(Nessa)
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Tom Chant, Angharad Davies, Benedict Drew and John Edwards:
Decentered
(Another Timbre)
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Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits:
Infinito
(Tzadik)
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Steve Lacy:
Wordless
(Disques Futura et Marge)
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