SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
January 21, 2010
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We start this mailing with two new trio releases on Ayler Records;
4 new titles from Ambiances Magnetiques, including Derome/Hetu, Klaxon Gueule, and Berthiaume releases;
3 on Malasartes, the Ambiances Magnetiques offshoot label, plus Lori Freedman on Collection QB;
Creative Sources releases 4 new titles, including Jason Kahn and Mark O'Leary CDs;
New York's Mostly Other People Do The Killing's 4th release;
Percussionists Niggli & Zumthor on Not Two;
Marty Ehrlich on Clean Feed;
Improvised Music from Japan's 2009 book + 3 CDs;
Japan's complex rocking Sajjanu;
3 DVDs on France's La Huit label: The Ex with Getachew Mekuria, Matthew Shipp, and Sylvie Courvoisier;
nmperign (Greg Kelley/Bhob Rainey) and Lethe on Intransitive;
Sonic Youth's "Silver Session" sound work reissued;
Daniel Menche's "Kataract";
Kath Bloom and Loren Connors 2CD reissue;
more Moondog;
and the latest issue of MusicWorks magazine + CD to read while listening!
The Squid's Ear took a bit of a break over the last few weeks, but will be back in the next issue of this newsletter with a number of reviews.
The Squid's Ear.
Improvisation:
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Barno / Grip / Lasserre:
Snus
(Ayler)
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A free trio bringing together Swedish improvisers Joel Grip and Niklas Barno with French drummer Didier Lasserre in an energetic and sophisticated set of recordings. |
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Chrysakis / Bernal-Villegas / Wade:
ENANTIO_DROMIA
(Aural Terrains)
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Combining sound-synthesis with field recordings and percussion these three improvisers create electroacoustic environments from intricate tranquility to howling furies. |
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Copland, Marc:
Alone
(Pirouet)
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Pianist Copland in a superb solo album of original compositions, plus pieces by Joni Mitchell, Wayne Shorter, Mal Waldron, and Paul Weston. |
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$14.95
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Cordame: Jean Felix Mailloux:
Migration
(Malasartes)
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Jean Felix Mailloux researched modal and improvised music from ancient Persian, Indian & Armenian music to create something between tradition and modernity, improvisation and written music. |
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$45.95
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Daisy, Tim / Ken Vandermark Duo:
Light On The Wall [2 VINYL LPs]
(Laurence Family Records)
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Drummer Daisy and multi-reedist Vandermark made these recording during a 2007 European tour specifically for this LP-only release, 2 together and one side each performing solo. |
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Derome, Jean & Joane Hetu:
Shaman
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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Two saxophones, two voices; two gargoyles, two satyrs; two forces of nature that agitate, whistle, squeak, scrape, blow, and bite, transforming music into a secular incantation and a banquet of sound. |
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Doneda, Michael:
Anatomie des clefs
(Potlatch)
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Michel Doneda continues to extend the sonic capabilities of the soprano sax and, in the process, confirms his position as one of the most important and exciting performers of improvised music. |
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Ehrlich, Marty Rites Quartet:
Things Have Got to Change
(Clean Feed)
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Marty Ehrlich's Rites Quartet with trumpeter James Zollar, cellist Erik Friedlander and drummer Pheeroan Aklaff, inpsired by the sound of Julius Hemphill's "Dogon A.D.". |
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Free Unfold Trio (Laserre / Duboc / Le Masson):
Ballades
(Ayler)
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The trio of pianist Jobic Le Masson, drummer Didier Laserre and bassist Benjamin Duboc in four stretched out and understated ballads filled with subtlety and nuance. |
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Freedman, Lori:
Bridge
(Collection QB)
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Bass clarinetist Freedman, with help from pianist Brigitte Poulin, interprets the works of modern composers including Giacinto Scelsi, Georges Aperghis, Monique Jean, &c. |
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Harmonize Most High:
Colors of Mercury / Headless Garuda / Major Arcana
(Music of the Spheres / Chunksaah Records)
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The Harmonize Most High sound collective with Daniel Carter, Alzo, Ruth Wright, Dave Ross &c. in their 2nd release, a limited run colored vinyl including a digital MP3 download coupon. |
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Horvey, Amy:
Interview
(Malasartes)
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A collection of narrative and experimental sound worlds for solo trumpet, born out of improvisation and organized through thoughtful collaborations with composers from Canada to Argentina. |
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Johannesen / Furu:
the eco logic
(Creative Sources)
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Guitarist Kim Johannesen and clarinetist Svein Magus Furu in a set of works with interacting tonalities that rely almost completely on texture, tones, scraping, &c.. |
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Kahn, Jason:
Timelines Los Angeles
(Creative Sources)
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Jason Kahn brought Olivia Block, Mark Trayle, and Ulrich Krieger together to create this work for the 2008 Cal Arts Center for Experiments in Art, Information and Technology Festival. |
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Klaxon Gueule:
Infininiment
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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Improvisers Michel Cote, Bernard Falaise & Alexandre St-Onge return to Ambiances Magnetiques in an album of dark acoustic improvisations, with guests Jean Derome, Philippe Lauzier & Gordon Allen. |
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Kocher, Jonas:
materials
(Creative Sources)
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Electronic artist and accordionist Jonas Kocher in 7 pieces named after the 'materials' that interact with his instrument, creating unusual sound and noise improvisations. |
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Leimgruber / Demierre / Phillips:
Albeit
(Jazzwerkstatt)
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Bringing together decades of experience these three improvisers made these recordings in the studio in 2008, complex and sophisticated discourse with subtle control. |
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Mostly Other People Do The Killing:
Forty Fort
(Hot Cup Records)
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With a cover borrowing heavily from the Impulse label, this incredible NYC band's 4th release blends 60s jazz with modern improv in creative and edge-of-your seat energetic music. |
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nmperign:
Ommatidia
(Intransitive Recordings)
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nmperign (trumpeter Greg Kelley and saxophonist Bhob Rainey) in their first studio album after a decade of improvisation using extended aspects of their instruments. |
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Nozen: Nisenson / Tanguay / Falaise / Mailloux:
Live au Upstairs
(Malasartes)
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Nozen is a crossroads of contemporary jazz, musique actuelle and the musical traditions of Jewish Eastern Europe, contrasting styles giving birth to a deep and spontaneous music. |
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Sylvie Courvoisier Trio:
Abaton [DVD]
(La Huite)
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Sylvie Courvoisier, the Swiss pianist-composer and Mark Feldman, New York violinist, have joined German cellist Anja Lechner to play "Abaton" in concert, released in 2004 by ECM. |
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Tabassian / Martel / Tabassian:
Masafat
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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Geographic improvisations from this trio of string and percussion players, with each track named by location and distance between Montreal and Chelsea, Ontario. |
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Teubal, Emilio & La Balteuband:
Un Monton de Notas
(Not Yet Records)
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Argentinean pianist Emilio Teubal has lived for more than a decade in NYC, presenting his blend of jazz and Argentinian music, rhythmically and harmonically rich compositions. |
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Rock/RIO/Prog:
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Berthiaume, Antoine:
Small Tease
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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Guitarist Berthiaume steps away from composition and jazz to record an album of intricate instrumental guitar songs with folk influences, playing solo and in small ensembles. |
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Bloom, Kath / Connors, Loren:
Restless [2 CDs]
(Chapter Music)
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Loren Connors & Kath Bloom released these two beautiful albums of guitar avant-folk and blues songs in 1984 after 8 years playing together, restored here with bonus material. |
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CINC:
Polyphonic Poetry
(Amorfon)
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2006 recordings from this avant Serbian folk band singing in English, Serbian, French, German, Czech and Japanese, naive and intellectual approaches to songwriting. |
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Dr. Boogie:
Dr. Boogie Presents Heavy Jelly
(Sub Rosa)
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Dr. Boogie's "Heavy Jelly" essential instrumentals collection, culled from original 45s, focuses on tunes mainly dominated by sax and organ, and always backed by a strong rhythm section. |
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Horkeskart:
Live in Solitutde
(Amorfon)
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"HORKESKART" acted as a conceptual & unique choir group from 2000 to 2006, based in Belgrade. |
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Miimo:
miimo 2
(Amorfon)
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Miimo are a Japanese dub & electronica group consisting of Yoshio Machida, Norihide Saji and Tatsu, who's tracks have appeared in documentaries and TV spots throughout Japan. |
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Sajjanu:
Pechiku!!
(Tzadik)
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Sajjanu is an amazing new rock band from Tokyo performing incredibly complex rapid-paced through-composed compositions, comparable to Ruins, Ahleuchatistas, Sleeping People, &c. |
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The Ex, Getachew Mekuria + guests:
EthioSonic - A film by Stephane Jourdain [DVD]
(La Huite)
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A film by Stephane Jourdain documenting The Ex and Ethiopian saxophonist Getatchew Mekurya as they work in the studio and perform at the Banlieues Bleues Fesival, Paris. |
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THE SQUID'S EAR
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The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers. Squid's Ear editor Phil Zampino's
mother was hospitalized last week, so this issue does not include any new reviews on The Squid's Ear. We're happy to report that
she's doing much better, and our next issue will include a number of reviews currently waiting to be published.
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