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SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE

July 1, 2010

July starts out with two new Ayler releases: Dennis Gonzalez Yells at Eels, and Jean-Marc Foltz goes To The Moon; Ambiances Magnetiques pays The Rent: the music of Steve Lacy; Fanfare Pourpour puts out their 4th; Slam joins our catalog with Paul Dunmall, Mezei Szilard, Sebastiano Meloni, and Stefano Pastor CDs; Mezei Szilard is also solo on Aural Terrains, as are Tomas Phillips & Francisco Lopez; The International Nothing tone out on their 2nd Ftarri release; Alga Marghen releases Luc Ferrari's Ephemere I & II, wife Brunhild Meyer-Ferrari's Tranquilles Impatiences, plus Palestine Charlemagne's Relationship Studies; Robert Ashley expands on his Acts of God; Uchihashi Kazuhisa & Mani Neumeier go Duo on Innocence; Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld join on Raster-Noton; Samadhi Sound release Toshimaru Nakamura, Akira Rabelais, and Jan Bang CDs; Eugene Chadbourne and Greg Malcolm get together for an LP, including a deluxe boxed set with 3" CDR and T-shirt; Bug Incision have 5 releases including Ulher/Perkis/Robair; 7 on Creative Sources; and the July issue of The Wire to read while listening!

Next up: Tzadik, Not Two, Intakt, Leo, Porter, Futura Marge, HatOLOGY.

After the store listings are links to 7 new reviews on our online companion magazine, The Squid's Ear.

Improvisation & Jazz:


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A Band: Amphibian
(Bug Incision)

Calgary's A Band collective follows in the tradition of the People Band, Scratch Orchestra, and Portsmouth Sinfonia in creating swirling mixes of traditional and non-traditional instruments.


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Abbott, Simeon + Bent Spoon Duo: saigon, you crazy diamond
(Bug Incision)

Two dense, 20-minute tracks of physical, visceral playing from prepared electric guitarist Simeon Abbot with the Bent Spoon Duo: percussionist Chris Dadge and viola/trombone player Scott Munro.


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Abbott, Simeon + Chris Dadge: a menu isn't a meal
(Bug Incision)

Longtime collaborators Abbott and Dadge release their first album together, a dizzying array of ideas and sounds recorded live at the monthly Calgary based Bug Incision concert series.


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Borbetomagus / Voice Crack: Fish That Sparkling Bubble
(Agaric)

The meeting of the extreme jazz trio Borbetomagus and the electroacoustic trio Voicetrack for an album of radical textures, timbres, colors, and tone fields.


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Cappozzo / Perraud: Suspension
(Creative Sources)

Drummer Cappozzo and trumpter Perraud met at Tours "La Chapelle at St. Anne" in 2009 to record this strong album of extended improvisation merging conventional and extended techniques.


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Chadbourne, Eugene & Greg Malcolm : Jazz School [VINYL]
(Monotype)

A collection of lo-fi experimental miniatures from guitarists Chadbourne and Malcolm playing the music of Steve Lacy and Eric Dolphy in unexpected ways.


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Chadbourne, Eugene & Greg Malcolm : Jazz School [VINYL deluxe edition]
(Monotype)

Deluxe boxed edition with a T-shirt, LP & 3" CDR of these lo-fi experimental miniatures from guitarists Chadbourne and Malcolm playing the music of Steve Lacy and Eric Dolphy in unexpected ways.


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Eichenberger, Markus: Halbzeit (Half Time)
(Creative Sources)

Clarinetist Markus Eichenberger's beautiful solo work "Half Time" work is a foray into a landscape of memory using the instrument in traditional and unconventional ways.


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Ember (Leimgruber / Shcubert / Schwerdt / Lillinger): Aurona Arona
(Creative Sources)

The Ember quartet's 2nd release recorded during the 2008 Ahornfelder Festival in Leipzig, an amazing live/studio album of distinct and clearly separated structured improvisations.


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Fanfare Pourpour: Danse des breloques
(Monsieur Fauteux)

The 4th Fanfare Pourpour perform a lively and inventive music joining jazz, rock, and orchestral forms, played by 20 musicians including Jean Derome, Damian Nisenson, Norman Guilbeault, Pierre Tanguay, &c.


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Foltz, Jean-Marc: To the Moon
(Ayler)

Delicate and expressive trio improvisations from clarinetist Foltz, cellist Matt Turner and pianist Bill Carothers, seductive and slightly eccentric late-night lunar music.


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Gonzalez, Dennis Yells at Eels: Cape of Storms
(Ayler)

Trumpeter Gonzalez's band with sons, bassist Aaron Gonzalez and drummer Stefan Gonzalez, joined by saxophonist Tim Green and legendary UK/South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo.


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Hubback / Peijnenburg: Arrows
(FMR)

Sound sculptist and percussionist Steve Hubback met with Dutch saxophonist Ad Peijnenburg on baritone and sopranino in a release of thoughtful and mesmerizing improvisation.


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Khoury, Mike: airwaves
(Bug Incision)

Detroit area improviser Mike Khoury in live solo recordings from various radio broadcasts in Maine, Illinois, and DC, ribbons of lyrical, stream-of-consciousness violin playing.


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Meloni / Cossu / Dani: dialogues
(Slam)

Beautiful, expressive and refined jazz from this Italian trio led by pianist Sebastiano Meloni with Nicola Cossu on bass and Roberto Dani on drums.


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Mezei, Szilard Octet: Tonk/Stump
(Slam)

Viola player and leader Mezei Szilard's Octet brings East European flavors to his unique jazz forms that blend compositional and improvised music with vitality and style.


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Mezei, Szilard: Ho
(Aural Terrains)

Serbian string player and band leader Szilard Mezei in an impressive solo performance of three works - Heat; Snow; and Chrom - performed on viola and double bass.


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Mitzlaff / Mira: cellos
(Creative Sources)

The unusual cello duo format is explored by Mitzlaff and Mira in these experimental contemporary improvisations using acoustics and techniques mimicking live electronics to create a uniquely informed music.


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Nakamura, Toshimaru: Egrets
(Samadhi Sound)

No-Input mixing board artist (and here, guitarist) Toshimaru Nakamura with guests, guitarist Tetuzi Akiyama and trumpeter Arve Henriksen; mesmerizing and fascinating electroacoustic improvisations.


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Pastor, Stefano: Freedom
(Slam)

An unusual quartet of violin, 2 reeds and double bass assembled by Stefano Pastor specifically to record some of his compositions and other improvised pieces making up the Freedom suite.


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Radar Favourites:
(Reel Recordings)

Geoff Leigh left Henry Cow in 1974 to form Radar Favourites with singer Cathy Williams, guitarist Gerry Fitz-Gerald, bass guitarist Jack Monck and drummer Charles Hayward, making these unreleased studio and live recordings.


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Sakata, Akira & Chikamorachi: Friendly Pants
(Family Vineyard)

First American release in more than 20 years by the legendary Japanese free saxophonist Akira Sakata, performign with drummer Chris Corsano and bassist Darin Gray.


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Sharrock, Sonny: Black Woman
(Water)

Much needed repress of the late guitarist Sonny Sharrock's classic 1969 Vortex album with Milford Graves, Dave Burrell, Norris Jones, and Linda Sharrock, extraordinary free playing.


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SKIF++ (Carey / van Heumen / Koolwijk): .next
(Creative Sources)

This laptop trio create a dense and scurrying sound world of a surprising freeform nature that avoids cliches by combining sound-generation tools for ever-shifting results.


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The International Nothing (Fagaschinski / Thieke): Less Action, Less Excitement, Less Everything
(Ftarri)

Masters of tonality, in their 2nd release the dual clarinets of Kai Fagaschinski and Michael Thieke are heard without any guest musicians, making a rich, gorgeous album of tense timbres.


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The Rent (Thomson / Neal / Fraser/ Brenders / Hood): Musique de Steve Lacy
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

This Toronto quintet spent two years researching and performing the music of Steve Lacy, focusing on the vocal works, which they play with precision, imagination and love.


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TonArt Ensemble & Ernesto Rodrigues: Murmurios
(Creative Sources)

Founded in Hamburg in 1989, TonArt Ensemble is a democratic collective of free improvising musicians, here in collaboration with Portuguese string player, composer, and Creative Sources label leader Ernesto Rodrigues.


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Ulher / Perkis / Robair: Pogiff
(Bug Incision)

The duo of electronics artist Gino Robair and trumpeter Birgit Ulher in trio with electronics artist Tim Perkis for expansive electroacoustic improvisations of remarkable detail.


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Van Hove / Dunmall / Lytton / Rogers: Asynchronous
(Slam)

Live recordings from the Europa Jazz Festival, Le Mans in 2008, superior free playing from pianist Fred Van Hove, saxophonist Paul Dunmall, drummer Paul Lytton and bassist Paul Rogers.


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Variable Geometry Orchestra: live at the casa da musica, porto
(Creative Sources)

Large scale electroacoustic conduction by Ernesto Rodrigues (Creative Sources) with a monumental orchestra including some of Europe's finest improvisers performing live at Porto's Casa da Musica.


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Wiss / Unternahrer: sopstock
(Creative Sources)

Swiss voice artist Isa Wiss with Marc Unternahrer on tuba in a surreal set of alphabetized improvisations in a Minton-esque mode with Unternahrer taking the tuba into untold territory.

Electronic/Experimental:


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ANBB: Alva Noto & Blixa Bargeld: Ret Marut Handshake [12" VINYL EP]
(Raster-Noton)

Electronic music composer/visual artist Alva Noto and composer/voice artist Blixa Bargeld join forces in a musical concept based on the combination of improvisation and abstraction.


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Ferrari, Luc: Ephemere I & II
(Alga Marghen)

Unpublished work by the late electronic composer Ferrari, two pieces for tape and various instruments that incorporate improvisation; mysterious and sonically beautiful compositions.


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Meyer-Ferrari, Brunhild: Tranquilles Impatiences [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)

The wife of Luc Ferrari, Brunhild Meyer-Ferrari is a refined and talented German composer, presenting 2 pieces conceived for individual or collective improvisation for any instrument or instrumental group.


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Palestine, Charlemagne: Relationship Studies [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)

Previously unreleased mid-60s compositions from the NY Intermedia Center, works of a fluid, ever-changing mix of adding and filtering white noise and sine tone generators.


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Phillips, Tomas & Francisco Lopez: IC
(Aural Terrains)

"Two compositional responses upon the same sonic matter from two sound artists" - Tomas Phillips, and Francisco Lopez each creating extended works using the same source materials.


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Rabelais, Akira: Caduceus
(Samadhi Sound)

Unusual and rich sound work from West Coast composer and software developer Rabelais, processing recordings of guitar through the Argeiphontes Lyre, a software instrument of his own design.

Rock/RIO/Prog:


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Bang, Jan: ... And Poppies From Kandahar
(Samadhi Sound)

Acclaimed producer and Punkt Festival co-founder Jan Bang in an expansive, lush production featuring Jon Hassell, Nils Petter Molvaer, Arve Henriksen, and Sidsel Endresen.


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Jandek: Camber Sands Sunday
(Corwood Industries)

Continuing the Corwood representative's "Mannequin series", here with Richard Youngs and Alex Neilson playing Jandek's angular approach to improvised rock live in England, 2006.


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Kazuhisa, Uchihashi & Mani Neumeier (a.k.a guru guru) Duo: Uchi-Mani Deluxe
(Innocent Records)

Altered States guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi met Guru Guru drummer/percussionist Mani Neumeier at Super Deluxe in Tokyo to record these driving, shape-shifting improvisations.

Compositional:


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Ashley, Robert: Atalanta (Acts Of God) Volume II [2 CDs]
(Lovely Music)

Three of the satellite songs from Ashley's opera "Atalanta (Acts of God)", each inspired or revolving around one of the main characters of the opera, Max, Willard and Bud.


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Palestine, Charlemagne: Four Manifestations On Six Elements
(Alga Marghen)

One of Charlemagne Palestine's most well-known works, finally included in the Alga Marghen Golden Research series of CD editions presenting the composer's relevant historical recordings.

Magazine:


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Wire, The: #317 July 2010
(Wire)

July 2010 issue 317 of the essential UK magazine, with The Bug, Chrome Hoof, DJ Nate, Konx-Om-Pax, Oneohtrix Point Never, Michael Pisaro, Trembling Bells, &c. &c.

THE SQUID'S EAR

The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.

Recent Reviews:

Activity Center (Renkel / Beins):
lohn & brot
(Absinth Records)

Kim Johannesen and Svein Magnus Furu:
The Eco Logic
(Creative Sources)

Marion Brown:
Why Not?
(ESP-Disk)

Aki Takase and Louis Sclavis:
Yokohama
(Intakt)

Charles Tyler:
Ensemble
(ESP)

Lethe:
Catastrophe Point #5
(Intransitive)

Loris:
The Cat From Cat Hill
(Another Timbre)

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