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SQUIDCO Email Update September 9, 2010

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September 9, 2010


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New releases start to heat up as the summer cools down, and this mailing comes with great titles from labels like Clean Feed, NoBusiness, Leo Records, GreenLeaf, Absinth, Confront, NEOS (Jazz), Gigante Sound, 12K, and from artists and bands including Evan Parker, Anthony Braxton, Atomic, Dave Douglas, Axel Dorner, Ivo Perelman, Gerry Hemingway, Anthony Davis, Jason Robinson, Tim Berne, Elliott Sharp, Scott Fields, Matthew Shipp, William Hooker, Christian Lillinger, William Parker, Frank Gratkowski, Kirk Knuffke, Adam Lane, Urs Leimgruber, Mark Wastell, Sainkho Namchylak, and Nick Sudnick. Plus we have the Fall 2010 issue of Signal to Noise to read while listening!

Save the Date!

On Saturday, September 25, Squidco will open its doors to the public in Wilmington, NC for retail sales! We'll have all of our CDs, LPs, DVDs, magazines and books available, along with a huge cache of review copies, used CDs and other items that we've never listed on our website. We'll be on hand meeting and talking with our customers, playing great music and videos, serving refreshments, and handing out give-aways & door prizes. Come join us for a fine afternoon of sound and socializing!

The Squid's Ear After the store listings are links to 8 new reviews on our online companion magazine, The Squid's Ear.


Improvisation/Jazz:

$26.95 Buy
Amalgam (Watts / Clyne / Stevens / Guy): Prayer For Peace [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Limited vinyl reissue of the legendary Amalgam recording with Trevor Watts, Jeff Clyne, John Stevens and Barry Guy performing at Advision London on the May 20, 1969.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Antunes, Hugo: Roll Call
(Clean Feed)
A quintet of two drummers and two saxophonists playing the music of leader and bassist Hugo Antunes in pieces designed to foster musicial situations and real-time composition.


$11.95 Buy
listen listen
Architeuthis Walks on Land: Natura Naturans
(Carrier Records)
Bassoonist Katherine Young & viola player Amy Cimini redefine improvisational territories for these two instruments in an album that takes the giant squid out of the ocean and into amazing lands.


$26.95 Buy
Atomic: Boom Boom [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Norway's 5-piece Atomic with Magnus Broo, Fredrik Ljungkvist, Paal Nilssen-Love, Havard Wiik and Ingebrigt Haken Flaten in a limited LP reissue of their 2nd release.


$54.95 Buy
listen listen
Braxton, Anthony: 19 Standards (Quartet) 2003 (Limited Edition) [4-Cd Set]
(Leo)
Saxophonist Braxton in a limited 4 CD set of live concerts with his quartet performing standards from the American Songbook, plus pieces by Monk, McLean, Coltrane, &c.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Brennan / Doran / Amstad / Heral: Triangulation - Whirligigs
(Leo)
Groove-based improvisations from keyboardist Brennan, percussionist Heral, guitarist Doran, and vocalist Amstad, an inspired record influenced by a confluence of world influences.


$13.95 Buy
listen listen
Bynum, Taylor Ho Sextet: The Middle Picture
(Firehouse 12 Records)
Taylor Ho Bynum with NY players Matt Bauder, Mary Halvorson, Jessica Pavone, &c. documenting live & studio performances recorded at The Rotunda in Philadelphia and New Haven's Firehouse 12.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Carvalhais, Hugo featuring Tim Berne: Nebulosa
(Clean Feed)
Alto saxophonist Tim Berne joined the trio of bassist & composer Hugo Carvalhais, pianist Gabriel Pinto, & drummer Mario Costa for this debut of their informed and dynamic modern jazz project.


$34.95 Buy
Commitment Ensemble, The: Live in Germany, 1983 [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Between 1978-84 the multicultural Commitment (Will Connell, Jason Kao Hwang, Takeshi Zen Matsuura, William Parker) played the NY Loft & LES scenes, recording this essential LP.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Crumo, Stephan / James Carney: Echo Run Pry
(Clean Feed)
Bassist Stephan Crump (Vijay Iyer Trio) and pianist James Carney performing together in fluid duos that assimilate many musical languages and approaches.


$17.95 Buy
listen listen
Dorner, Axel: Super Axel Dorner
(Absinth Records)
Extreme technique trumpeter Axel Dorner in two extended improvisations with spoken word artist/dancer Diego Chamy recording in the studio and at Electronic Church in Berlin.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Douglas, Dave & Keystone: Spark Of Being: Expand
(Greenleaf)
A reinterpretation of the Frankenstein myth marking the 100th anniversary of the first Frankenstein film from trumpeter Dave Douglas and experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison.


$26.95 Buy
Eisenstadt, Harris: Woodblock Prints [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Drummer Harris Eisenstadt's beautiful nonet album contemplates Japanese woodbock print art through captivating compositions in a "Birth of the Cool" mode.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Gratkowski / Nabatov / Schmickler: Deployment
(Leo)
Four Allocations, an Artifact, a Cluster, and Instance and a Node form the acoustic and electronic trio of saxophonist Gratkowsi, (prepared) pianist Nabatov and Shmickler on computer.


$9.95 Buy
listen listen
Halliwell, Graham / Lee Patterson: Terrain
(Confront)
A work of layered saxophone, amplified objects and field recordings from the duo of electronic artist Lee Patterson and electronics & saxophone player Halliwell.


$9.95 Buy
listen listen
Halliwell, Graham: Recorded Delivery
(Confront)
Saxophonist Halliwell appears here in three duo performances with Rhodri Davies playing E-bowed harp; Steve Roden with extracts from his "resonantlighttones"; and Mark Wastell on tam-tam.


$34.95 Buy
Hooker, William: Earth's Orbit [VINYL 2 LPs]
(NoBusiness)
NY drummer William Hooker performing with Darius Jones and Adam Lane at The Stone in NYC, and with Aaron Bennett, Weasel Walter and Damon Smith at The Hemlock Tavern in San Francisco.


$9.95 Buy
listen listen
Ist (Davies / Fell / Wastell): Lodi
(Confront)
Since 1995 the string trio of Rhodri Davies, Simon H. Fell & Mark Wastell have created sparse, introspective improvisation, performing here at the Contemporaneamente festival in Lodi, Italy.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Kaufmann / Landfermann / Lillinger: Grunen
(Clean Feed)
"Grunen" (The Greening) is a live totally improvised recording from the trio of pianist Achim Kaufmann, bassist Robert Landfermann, and drummer Christian Lillinger.


$19.95 Buy
listen listen
Kniel, Manfred And His Reduction Quartet: Low Down Music
(NEOS Music)
Drummer Kniel & his Reduction Quartet play "Low Down" compositions, an uncompromisingly reduced and independent musical language including the basic elements of many possible kinds of music.


$26.95 Buy
Knuffke / Wollesen / Ellis: Chew Your Food [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Talented trumpeter and composer from New York Kirk Knuffke recording live at Roulette in 2009 in a trio with Kenny Wollesen on drums and Lisle Ellis on bass.


$18.95 Buy
listen listen
Lane, Adam Full Throttle Orchestra: Ashcan Rantings [2 CDs]
(Clean Feed)
2 CDs from the amazing little big band of bassist Lane, with trumpeters Nate Wooley & Taylor Ho Bynum, saxophonist David Bindman, trombonists Tim Vaughn & Reut Regev, & drummer Igal Foni.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Leimgruber, Urs: Chicago Solo
(Leo)
Breathtaking solo work from saxophonist Urs Leimgruber using an impressive array of techniques along with circular breathing to create complex, extended and startling statements on the horn.


$9.95 Buy
listen listen
McHugh, Jonathan & Mark Wastell: Hydriotaphia
(Confront)
The first meeting of Mark Wastell, building large environmental sounds with a single tam tam, and Jonathan McHugh, creating sound texture using audio feedback, sound synthesis, & live signal processing.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Namchylak, Sainkho / Nick Sudnick: Not Quite Songs
(Leo)
ZGA leader Nick Sudnick meets with extreme vocalist Sainkho Namchylak for 15 parts of "Play", unusual and frightening work of rhythm, sound and vocalization of intense calibre.


$9.95 Buy
listen listen
Nos Phillipe: Shh ... Camille
(Confront)
Jonathan Webb and Robert Hopps combine processed field recordings with guitar, turntables, electronics, and found sounds in long form drone-oriented improvisations.


$9.95 Buy
listen listen
Oceans of Silver and Blood: Live at Cafe Oto
(Confront)
The duo of Joachim Nordwall and Mark Wastell performing live at London's Cafe Oto in a long dark and concentrative improvisation on tone generator, synth, and tam tam.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Parker / Guy / Lytton + Peter Evans: Scenes in the House of Music
(Clean Feed)
The classic European Free Improv trio of Evan Parker, Barry Guy and Pual Lytton is joined by New York trumpeter Peter Evans for an incredible live concert at Casa de Musica, Portugal.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Perelman, Ivo / Gerry Hemingway: The Apple in the Dark
(Leo)
Modern jazz giants tenor saxophonist Ivo Perelman, also playing piano, in an exceptional duo with drummer Gerry Hemingway through 10 improvisations recorded in Brooklyn, NY, 2010.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Robinson, Jason / Anthony Davis: Cerulean Landscape
(Clean Feed)
Saxophonist Jason Robinson and pianist Anthony Davis in their first collaboration in 9 years, an album that references and steps off from the beautiful blues compositions of Duke Ellington.


$19.59 Buy
listen listen
Sharp, Elliott And Scott Fields: AFIADACAMPOS
(NEOS Music)
These two remarakable guitarits continue the collaboration heard on Clean Feed's "Scharfefelder" with this 9 part release that blurs the relationships between written and improvised sounds.


$34.95 Buy
listen listen
Shipp, Matthew: Creation Out Of Nothing (Live In Moscow) 2CD
(United One)
The nimble fingers and agile mind of pianist Matthew Shipp in a solo performance of original compositions and standards live at the DOM Cultural Center in Moscow, 2009.


$19.95 Buy
listen listen
Sorey, Tyshawn: That/Not
(Firehouse 12 Records)
New York drummer/pianist/composer Tyshawn Sorey steps out as a leader for the first time with his quartet of trombonist Ben Gerstein, pianist Corey Smythe & bassist Thomas Morgan.


$15.95 Buy
listen listen
Various Artists: Never Meta Guitar - Solo Guitars for the XXI Century
(Clean Feed)
An encompassing modern guitar compilation curated by Elliott Sharp with pieces from Henry Kaiser, Nels Cline, Scott Fields, Mary Halvorson, Janet Feder, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Mick Barr &c. &c.!



Electronic/Experimental:

$9.96 Buy
listen listen
Borful Tang: Herd and Unherd
(Gigante Sound)
Borful Tang returns after a 3 year hiatus with this plunderphonic narrative work that cuts up vinyl, field recordings, Christian broadcasts and alien worshippers.


$14.45 Buy
listen listen
Seaworthy & Matt Rosner: Two Lakes
(12K)
Field recordings and guitar work from Termell Lake and Merloo Lake, NSW South Coast of Australia from Seaworthy (Cameron Webb) and Matt Rosner, detailed sound work from that fragile coastal environment.



Magazine:

$4.95 Buy
Signal to Noise: Issue #59, Fall 2010
(Signal to Noise)
On the cover: Joe Morris; The Ex; 50 Miles of Elbow Room; "The Sound of Singapore"; Eve Egoyan; Minotaurs; JD Emmanuel; Plus live reviews, CD/DVD/LP/DL reviews; and a Graphic Novella.




THE SQUID'S EAR



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

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