SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
February 17, 2011
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FMP continues to lead in this week's newsletter with the Retrospective 12 CD & Book Box Set!
Other great releases include those on labels
Marge,
Nemu,
Katalyst,
Cuneiform,
Hermes Discorbie,
Euphorium,
Recommended Records,
Art Yard,
Deep Listening,
Editions Mego,
Homeopathic,
Alga Marghen,
Zeitkratzer,
Pogus,
Spoot,
Flying Note,
Sublime Frequencies;
and from artists including
Christmann/Gustafsson/Lovens,
Keune/Schnider/Kramer,
Rupp/Pliakas/Wertmuller
Rob Brown,
Hal Singer & David Murray,
Herculaneum,
Positive Knowledge,
Jon Rose & Veryan Weston,
Euphorium_freakestra,
New Old Luten Trio,
Dave Douglas,
Acid Mothers Temple,
Led Bib,
Rosa Luxembourg,
Steve MacLean,
Alvin Lucier,
Sun Ra,
Philip Cohran,
Planeta Imaginario,
Eliane Radigue,
COH,
Kali Fasteau;
plus we've added the March 2011 issue of The Wire 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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Andre / Tokar / Kugel:
Varpai
(Nemu Records)
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The trio of drummer Klaus Kugel, bassist Mark Tokar and vocalist Andre Pabarciute use extended vocal & instrumental technique, archaic sound objects, & ritual percussion within free metric structure. |
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Brown, Rob / Unexplained Phenomena:
Live at the Vision festival XV
(Marge)
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Saxophonist Rob Brown leads a quartet with Matt Moran on vibes, Chris Lightcap on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums, performing live at the NY Vision Festival XV in 2010. |
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Christmann / Gustafsson / Lovens:
Tr!o
(FMP)
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First and remarkable meeting in 1994 of European masters, trombonist & cellist Gunter Christmann and percussionist Paul Lovens, with new generation reedist Mats Gustafsson. |
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Cohran, Philip And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble:
The Spanish Suite
(Katalyst )
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Cohran wrote this suite using a tuning system of natural tone relationships to magnify the contribution Moorish Spain had on the European Renaissance, heard in a '68 performance at the Chicago Affro Arts Theatre. |
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De Rosa, Carlo's Cross-Fade:
Brain Dance
(Cuneiform)
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Bassist Carlo De Rosa's Cross-Fade with Vijay Iyer on keyboards, saxophonist Mark Shim, and drummer Justin Brown, jazz that crosses acoustic and electric boundaries with great skill and melodicism. |
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Denio, Amy & Eyvind Kang:
Tasogare (2001)
(Spoot)
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Amy Denio and Eyvind Kang team up for the soundtrack to a dance piece by Japanese choreographer Yoko Murao, a fascinating, atmospheric, and building dramatic work. |
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Douglas, Dave & Keystone:
Spark Of Being: Expand [VINYL]
(Greenleaf)
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A reinterpretation of the Frankenstein myth marking the 100th anniversary of the first Frankenstein film from trumpeter Dave Douglas and experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison. |
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En (Pal Toth) / Quentin Rollet / Zsolt Sores:
Paw Music
(Hermes Discorbie)
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The Paw Music trio bring together electronics and free improvisation in powerful electroacoustic spaces of transformative sound that embraces and resists chaotic variability. |
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Euphorium_freakestra:
Free Electric Supergroup [2 CDs]
(Euphorium)
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Since 2002 this large ensemble electric supergroup or "freakestra" has performed uncompromising free improvisation that draws on the best of modern approaches in a staggering display of style and technique. |
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Fasteau, Kali:
Oneness
(Flying Note)
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Studio and live recordings from Music Now Festival and The Vision Festival of multi-instrumentalist/saxophonist Fasteau performing in duos and trios with world music instrumentalists |
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Foton Quartet (Lebik / Majewski):
Zomo Hall
(Not Two Records)
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A great Polish collective free jazz quartet who take their name from photography's monochromatic heliography process by applying equal balance to improvisational and compositional elements. |
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Herculaneum:
Olives & Orchids [VINYL]
(EF)
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Drummer Dylan Ryan's Chicago based project in its fourth release, improvisation with heavy Afro-rhythms and a four horns in the front, great modern and forward-looking jazz. |
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Keune / Schnider / Kramer:
No Comment
(FMP)
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The trio of saxophonist Stefan Keune, bassist Hans Schnider, and percussionist Achim Kramer in the studio in 2008 for restrained and open-eared improvisation of great prowess. |
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Led Bib:
Bring Your Own
(Cuneiform)
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UK modern jazz artists Led Bib is a 5 piece band with a dual sax and Fender Rhodes front line, here in their fifth album of hard-edged improvisation with rock influences. |
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Luxembourg, Rosa New Quintet:
Night Asylum
(Not Two Records)
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An electric and acoustic free group led by wind player Heddy Boubaker, trumpeter Piero Pein, and vocalist Francoise Guierlin with drummer Fabien Duscombs and bassist Marc Perrenoud, eclectic and boundaryless music. |
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New Old Luten Trio:
White Power Blues
(Euphorium)
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The New Old Luten Trio with German saxophonist Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky celebrating his 75th birthday with the younger generation of Christian Lillinger on drums and Elan Pauer on piano. |
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Planeta Imaginario:
Optical Delusions
(Cuneiform)
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Planeta Imaginario are a creative and extraordinary 6 piece jazz-rock band from the Catalan region of Spain founded in 1999 by keyboardist and leader Marc Capel. |
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Positive Knowledge (Oluyemi / Thomas / Biso / Thomas):
Edgefest Edition
(Not Two Records)
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Reedist Oluyemi Thomas, bassist Michael Bisio and pianist Kenn Thomas with improvising vocalist and poet Ijeoma Thomas at the 2009 Edgefest in Ann Arbor, recording these fascinating and unusual tracks. |
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Rose, Jon & Veryan Weston:
Tunings & Tunes
(Hermes Discorbie)
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Violinist Jon Rose & pianist Veryan Weston explore and improvise over unusual tunings for their instruments, borrowing from science and history, throwing in the odd traditional European work for good measure. |
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Rupp / Pliakas / Wertmuller:
Too Much is not Enough
(FMP)
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Electric guitar, bass and drums come together for an album of seething and muscular improvisation, a blast of innovative and determined playing that makes clear the album's title. |
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Singer, Hal featuring David Murray:
Challenge
(Marge)
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Two tenors meet for a passionate and significant studio release of original works by both Singer and Murray, excellent jazz from two legendary players. |
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Sun Ra & The Blues Project:
The Sensational Guitars Of Dan & Dale: Batman And Robin [VINYL]
(KLIMT)
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A novelty release from 1966 of the Batman & Robin TV theme, credited to "Dan and Dale" and performed with Sun Ra, John Gilmore, Marshall Allen and other Arkestra members. |
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Sun Ra:
Space Probe
(Art Yard)
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Recorded mostly in the early'60s in a sextet with Marshall Allen, John Gilmore, &c., this album explores stripped back forms and colour combinations that take jazz into unusual territories. |
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Sun Ra:
The Paris Tapes [2 CDs]
(Art Yard)
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A double CD of previously unreleased live recordings from the legendary 1971 performance at Theatre Du Chatelet, Paris, France, including unpublished pictures from the concert. |
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Various Artists:
FMP In Retrospect 1969-2010 [12 CDS + BOOK]
(FMP)
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Massive 12 CD box representing this seminal German label's releases from 1969-2010, plus a book with articles and statements by Wolfram Knauer, Ken Vandermark, &c., and photos by Dagmar Gebers. |
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Rock/RIO/Prog:
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. / Stearica:
Invade
(Homeopathic Records)
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Japan's Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. splits an LP with Italy's collaborative band Stearica, the result of the both band's 2008 32-concert European tour. |
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. / Stearica:
Invade [VINYL]
(Homeopathic Records)
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Gatefold LP Vinyl edition of the CD listed above. |
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Denio, Amy:
No Elevators (1988)
(Spoot)
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Denio's 1988 instrumental release, with soundtracks for dance, theater and film, composed using guitar, railroad metal, single soda bottle, tablas, screwdriver, organ, tin, drums, empty cassette case, &c. &c. |
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Maclean, Steve:
GPS
(Recommended Records)
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Steve MacLean's 5-piece ensemble perform complex, composed polyrhythmic pieces interspersed with atmospheric improvisations for guitar, bass, keyboard, percussion and various objects. |
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Magazine:
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Wire, The:
325 March 2011 MAG
(The Wire)
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Wire's March 2011 issue with Theo Parrish on the cover and articles on David Bedford, Natalie Beridze, Michel Chion, Mizz Beats, plus articles by Julian Cowley, Matthew Ingram, Dan Warburton, &c. |
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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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