SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
December 16, 2010
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Bitter cold along the East coast, crazy snow in the midwest and North, all the more
reason to stay in and listen to some new music!
The last two weeks have brought some amazing music
from labels including
Matchless,
PNL,
Ambiances Magnetiques,
Monsieur Fauteux,
RogueArt,
Auricle,
Okka,
Smalltown Superjazzz,
Not Two,
Doubtmusic,
RuneGrammofon,
Hat [now] ART,
Alga Marghen,
Magaibutsu,
Dust-to-Digital
and from artists and bands including
AMM,
Paal Nilssen-Love,
Tim Brady,
Taylor Ho Bynum,
Gerry Hemingway,
Ellery Eskelin,
Jason Stein,
Peter Brotzmann,
John Zorn,
Mats Gustafsson,
Jin Hi Kim,
Terrence McManus,
Pierre Labbe,
Otomo Yoshihide,
Danielle Palardy Roger,
Brian Eno,
Scorch Trio,
Ultralyd,
Rouge Ciel,
Ruins,
Sekkutsu Jean,
Faun Fables,
Pierre Boulez,
John Cage,
Luc Ferrari,
Earle Brown,
Walter Marchetti,
Charlemagne Palestine,
Galina Ustvolskaya,
Merzbow,
plus we've added the Winter 2011 edition of Signal to Noise to read while listening!
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After the store listings are links to 7 new reviews on our online companion magazine,
The Squid's Ear.
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Improvisation & Jazz:
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AMM:
Uncovered Correspondence: A Postcard From Jaslo
(Matchless)
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2010 recordings of AMM (pianist John Tilbury and percussionist Eddie Prevost) performing at the Dom Kultury Centre in Poland, three "paragraphs" of introspective and exceptional improvisation. |
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Ballister: Nilssen-Love / Lonberg-Holm / Rempos:
Bastard String
(PNL)
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Ballister with saxophonist Dave Rempis, drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello and electronics performing raucous and amazing free jazz live at Chicago's The Hideout. |
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Brady, Tim:
24 Frames - Trance [CD & DVD]
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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CD & DVD of Tim Brady's first installment in a triptych documenting a series of 24 pieces for guitar, here presenting Frames 19-24 for electric guitar, electronics and video. |
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Bynum, Taylor Ho :
Book Of Three
(RogueArt)
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Bynum's trio with bassist John Hebert and drummer Gerald Cleaver, explorative and informed recordings from Firehouse 12, music on the forefront of modern improvisation. |
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Eskelin, Ellery / Gerry Hemingway:
Inbetween Spaces
(Auricle)
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Drummer Gerry Hemingway and saxophonist Ellery Eskelin have been performing improvised duo music for some years, here beautifully recorded in 6 studio improvisations. |
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Free Fall (Vandermark / Wilk / Haker-Flaten):
Gray Scale
(Smalltown Superjazzz)
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The 4th release from the Free Fall trio (Havard Wiik, Ken Vandermark and Ingebrigt Haker Flaten), new music from the heritage of Jimmy Giuffre's 60s trio with Paul Bley and Steve Swallow. |
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Full Blast & Friends:
Crumbling Brain [VINYL]
(Okka)
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Full Blast (Peter Brotzmann, Marino Piakas and Michael Wertmuller) are joined by Peter Evans on trumpet, Mars Williams on reed and Keiji Haino on guitar and voice live in Berlin, 2008. |
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Gustafsson, Mats:
Needs! [VINYL]
(Dancing Wayang)
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Baritone and slide saxophone improvisations with live-electronic and bug treaments and other related activities, each track dedicated to artists like The Ex, Sten Sandell, &c. |
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Hi Kim, Jin / Gerry Hemingway:
Pulses
(Auricle)
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Captivating improvisational journeys with drummer and percussionist Gerry Hemingway and Jin Hi Kim performing on the Korean komungo black zither . |
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Labbe, Pierre:
Tremblement de fer
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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Commissioned and premiered at the 10th L'Off Festival de jazz de Montreal in 2009, this work performed with Jean Derome, Jean Rene, Bernard Falaise, Pierre Tanguay, &c. |
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Mazur / Neuringer:
Unison Lines
(Not Two Records)
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Since 1999 bassist Rafal Mazur and saxophonist Keir Neuringer (Stability Group, Infinity Quartet) have performed together, bringing an intense physicality and range of sonorities to their improvisations. |
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McManus, Terrence / Gerry Hemingway:
Below the Surface Of
(Auricle)
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The duo of percussionist Gerry Hemingway and guitarist Terrence McManus in seven absorbing improvisations on rhythm, melody, harmony, and sonic exposition. |
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ONJT +:
Bells
(Doubtmusic)
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One of two releases from Otomo Yoshihide's ONJT with Mizutani Hiroaki, Mizutani Hiroaki, Yoshigaki Yasuhiro + Sachiko M and Jim O'Rourke, paying homage to Albert Ayler's ESP release, "Bells". |
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ONJT +:
Lonely Woman
(Doubtmusic)
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One of two releases from Otomo Yoshihide's ONJT with Mizutani Hiroaki, Mizutani Hiroaki, Yoshigaki Yasuhiro + Sachiko M and Jim O'Rourke, paying homage to Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman". |
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Roger, Danielle Palardy:
Pinta, Nina & Maria
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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3 live recordings from 3 ensembles - GGRIL, Ensemble SuperMusique and ECM+ - exploring relationsips between early music and contemporary creative music; with Jean Derome, Joane Hetu, Diane Labrosse, Bernard Falaise, &c. &c. |
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Scorch Trio:
Melaza
(Rune Grammofon)
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4th album from the free-spirited power trio of guitarist Raoul Bjorkenheim, bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, and now with drummer Frank Rosaly; intense, driving and demanding modern electric jazz. |
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Scorch Trio:
Melaza [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
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LP edition of the above title. |
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Stein, Jason's Locksmith Isidore:
Three Kinds of Happiness
(Not Two Records)
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Bass clarinetist Stein's trio with Jason Roebke and Mike Pride in an album focusing on Stein's compositions, giving the trio great structures both modern and traditional with plenty of room to explore. |
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Vertical Squirrels:
Hold True (Accroche-toi)
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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The Vertical Squirrels trio plays collective improvisations that draws on groove elements of funk and rock with Rob Wallace's sensitive drumming and Fischlin's adventurous ECM-tinted guitar work. |
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Zorn, John:
The Dreamers-The Gentle Side [VINYL]
(Tzadik)
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Collecting and remastering the most lyrical and beautiful tracks from John Zorn's three Dreamers releases, presented in a picture disc pressed on 180 gram vinyl. |
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Compositional / Avant:
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Boulez, Pierre & John Cage:
Structures & Music For Piano
(hat(now)ART)
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John Cage and Pierre Boulez met in 1949, forging a long and valuable musical friendship, as seen through the parallels in these works by both composers, performed by Pi-Hsien-Chen & Ian Pace. |
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Brown, Earle:
Synergy
(Hat [now] ART)
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Remastered edition of Earle Brown's conducting debut with the Ensemble Avantgarde in Leipzig, presenting his proportional and graphic score "Event: Synergy II", along with 2 other works of distinctive structure. |
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Ferrari, Luc:
Piano & Percussion Works
(hat(now)ART)
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Works for piano, percussion, and one including magnetic bands, from Luc Ferrari, composed between 1956-1988, here performed by pianist Satoko Inoue and percussionist Toshiyuki Matsukua. |
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Marchetti, Walter:
Il Divano Dell'orecchio [5 LP BOX]
(Alga Marghen)
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The only authorized reissue of all Walter Marchetti original recordings previously released by Cramps Records, presented in a beautiful 5 LP limited edition box set. |
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Palestine, Charlemagne & Simone Forti:
Illuminations [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)
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1st ever release of "Illuminations", Charlemagne Palestine & Simone Forti duo interactions recorded at the California Institute of the Arts in the early 1970s at the request of Morton Subotnick. |
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Ustvolskaya, Galina:
Piano Sonatas 1-6
(Hat [now] ART)
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Russian composer Galina Ustvolskaya's piano sonatas performed by Marianne Schroeder, innovative works that integrate dissonance, drone, overtone and harmonic density. |
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Ultralyd:
Inertiadrome [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
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Norway's Ultralyd take their heavy approach to industrial improvisation in a more rhythmic direction with relentless drumming and massive bass while unusual guitar and reed treatments add dark overtones. |
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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. |
The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine, featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.
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Recent Reviews:
Fennesz / Daniell / Buck:
Knoxville
(Thrill Jockey)
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On:
Something that has form and something that does not
(Type)
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Nathaniel Stookey:
Junkestra
(Innova)
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Richard Pinhas:
Metal/Crystal
(Cuneiform)
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Univers Zero:
Heresie
(Cuneiform)
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Matthew Shipp:
Creation Out of Nothing
(SoLyd Records)
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Oceans Of Silver And Blood:
Live at Cafe Oto
(Confront)
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