SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
March 17, 2011
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This last newsletter of winter brings more amazing releases from great labels like:
Clean Feed,
Slam,
FMR,
Intakt,
Ayler,
Silkheart,
Another Timbre,
Moserobie,
Potlatch,
Black Truffle,
Flying Note,
Edition Rz,
alga marghen,
Innocent Records;
and from artists including
Fred Frith,
Nate Wooley,
Charles Hayward,
Lol Coxhill,
Aram Shelton,
Paul Dunmall,
Mats Gustafsson,
Lucas Niggli,
Francois Carrier,
Bhob Rainey,
Daren Johnston,
Rhodri Davies,
Bertrand Denzler,
Flow Trio,
Steve Lehman,
Looper,
Mark O'Leary,
Other Dimensions in Music,
Eric Zinman,
Julio Resende,
Keiji Haino/Jim O'Rourke/Oren Ambarchi,
Jeph Jerman,
Michael Pisaro,
Ghedalia Tazartes,
Giacinto Scelsi,
Loren Connors,
Uchihashi Kazuhisa;
plus the Spring issue of Signal to Noise to read while listening!
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Also, we have three in-store performances coming up in April:
Squidco Presents Eugene Chadbourne & Tatsuya Nakatani
Squidco Presents Harris Eisenstadt
Squidco Hosts more states; subscape annex; authorless; caucasians
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After the store listings are links to 6 new reviews on our online companion magazine,
The Squid's Ear.
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Improvisation & Jazz:
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Anderson / Dunmall / Gibbs / Hymas:
21st Century V-Bop
(Slam)
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Covering a vast landscape sonically & stylistically, the quintet of saxophonist Paul Dunmall, guitarist Philip Gibbs, keyboardist Tony Hymas & drummer Mark Anderson were captured live in the studio. |
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Arrive: Shelton / Adasiewicz / Roebke / Daisy:
There Was
(Clean Feed)
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Arrive, formed in 2001, is Aram Shelton's Chicago band with vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, bassist Jason Roebke and drummer Tim Daisy, a remarkable album of structured free playing. |
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Articles, The (Thomas / Gustafsson / Turner):
Goodbye Silence
(FMR)
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The trio of Mats Gustafsson on saxophone and electronics, keyboardist Pat Thomas and percussionist Roger Turner performing live in Derby in 1998, a challenging and fascinating set. |
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Biondini / Godard / Niggli:
What Is There What Is Not
(Intakt)
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Luciano Biondini, Michel Godard und Lucas Niggli play music together that borders between Early and New Music, between imaginary folk and jazz inspired improvisation blur. |
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Carrier, Francois Trio + Bobo Stenson:
Entrance 3
(Ayler)
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Canadian saxophonist Francois Carrier in a trio with bassist Pierre Cote and drummer Michel Lambert, plus pianist Bobo Stenson performing live at the 2002 Vancouver Jazz Festival. |
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Cogburn / Jones / Rainey:
Arena Ladrisos
(Another Timbre)
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A live performance of saxophonist Bhob Rainey, electronics artist Bonnie Jones and percussionist Chris Cogburn performing live at AAMP in Austin, TX, and at Crolwey Theatre, Marfa, TX. |
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Cylinder:
Johnston / Shelton / Mezzacappa / Nordeson
(Clean Feed)
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Cylinder with Aram Shelton on sax, Darren Johnston on trumpet, Kjell Nordeson on drums and Lisa Mezzacappa on bass, sharing Ornette Coleman's chordless instrumentation in inventive harmolodic compositions. |
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Davies / Patterson / Toop :
Wunderkammern
(Another Timbre)
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Six delicate, complex and suubtle studio compositions from the trio of Rhodri Davies on harp & electronics, David Toops on guitar and percussive devices, and Lee Patterson on amplified devices. |
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Denzler, Bertrand:
Tenor
(Potlatch)
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Three solo investigations in tonality, microtonality, and the physicality of the tenor saxophonist from European free and modern improviser Bertand Denzler. |
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Evans / Pluta / Altieri:
sum and difference
(Carrier Records)
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An album of collaborative improvisational compositions for laptop and acoustic instrument, developed between laptop artist Sam Pluta, trumpeter Peter Evans and violinist Jim Altieri. |
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Fasteau, Kali Z. / Kidd Jordan:
People of the Ninth: New Orleans and the Hurricane 2005
(Flying Note)
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Mutli-instrumentalist Kali Z. Fasteau in a trio with tenor saxophonist Kidd Jordan and drummer Michael T.A. Thompson in an album dedicated to the survivors of New Orlean's Hurricane Katrina. |
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Flow Trio:
Set Theory, Live at the Stone
(Ayler)
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Live recordings from NYC's Stone of the trio of saxophonist Louie Belogenis, bassist Joe Morris, and drummer Charles Downs, excellent free-flowing jazz from three masterful players. |
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Frith, Fred:
Clearing Customs
(Intakt)
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Frith's 75 minute intense improvisatory journey work is a graphic structural model by which the most diverse types of musical events are linked together along a time line. |
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Hayward / Park / Smith / Coxhill:
Mathilde 253
(Slam)
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Mathilde 253 is the real-time meeting between avant-rock drummer Charles Hayward, guitarist Han-earl Park, and London mainstay Ian Smith, joined by Lol Coxhill for two pieces. |
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Holmstroms, Gilbert Kvintett:
Utan Misstankar
(Moserobie)
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Tenor saxophonist Holmstrom's quintet album, originally released on the Swedish Megafon Label in 1965, here remastered and expanded with a recording including Ake Johansson on piano. |
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Lehman / Crump:
Kaleidoscope + Collage
(Intakt)
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Steve Lehman and Stephan Crump's first release for Intakt records, two long works that bring the best out of both players in an extended and intricate dialog. |
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Looper (Martin Kuchen / Nikos Veliotis / Ingar Zach):
Dying Sun
(Another Timbre)
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Looper (Nikos Veliotis, Martin Kuchen and Ingar Zach) in Another Timbre's Silence and After series, layered and slowly moving sound work of great depth and subtlety. |
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Monk, Thelonious:
Brilliant Corners [VINYL]
(Doxy)
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Monk's 3rd Riverside LP is one of his finest, recorded with Sonny Rollins, Max Roach, Ernie Henry, Clark Terry, and either Paul Chambers or Oscar Pettiford on bass, in a deluxe virgin vinyl 180gm edition. |
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O'Leary / Friis-Nielsen / Pasborg:
Stoj
(Ayler)
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High octane sessions from the trio of guitarist Mark O'Leary, bassist Peter Friis-Nielsen, and drummer Stefan Pasborg playing free in the studio in Copenhagen. |
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Other Dimensions in Music featuring Fay Victor:
Kaiso Stories
(Silkheart)
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Other Dimension with Roy Campbell, Daniel Carter, William Parker, & Charles Downs, plus vocalist Fay Victor for an album influenced by Kaiso, a music of African and Spanish colonial influences. |
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Outward Bound Trio:
The Path
(Slam)
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Outward Bound Trio brings together three Crete-based musicians of diverse musical backgrounds exploring the tonal palette offered by piano, electric guitar and drums. |
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Resende, Julio:
You Taste Like A Song
(Clean Feed)
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Lyrical pianist Julio Resende's trio confirms his love for the song format in an album combining beatiful, lyrical melodies, groovy rhythms and hot improvisations. |
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Wooley, Nate Quintet:
(Put Your) Hands Together
(Clean Feed)
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Trumpeter Wooley's quintet with Josh Sinton, Matt Morna, Eivind Opsvik and Harris Eisenstadt, informed and original modern jazz from one of New York's finest players. |
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Zinman, Eric & Laurence Cook:
Double Action
(Ayler)
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Part of Ayler's Guerilla Series, percussionist Laurence Cook and keyboardist Eric Zinman in an album of textural duos developed over a year while working with the Yamaha CP300 stage keyboard. |
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Electronic/Experimetnal:
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Haino / O'Rourke / Ambarchi:
In A Flash Everything Comes Together As One... [2 VINYL LPs]
(Black Truffle)
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The complete live performance that took place at SuperDeluxe, Tokyo on January 24th 2010 of Japanese guitarist Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke on bass, and Oren Ambarchi on drums. |
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Ichiyanagi, Toshi / Maki Ishii:
Music For Living Process / Cho-Etsu
(Edition Rz)
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"Music For Living Process" for flute, shakuhachi, harp, percussion and 2 dancers and "Cho-Etsu" for shakuhachi, shell horns, harp, percussion and electronic sounds, both composed and recorded live in Berlin, 1973. |
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Jerman, Jeph:
Arrastre
(no label)
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"arrastre", from the spanish verb "to drag", is a work created from resonant kitchenware played like a tibetan singing bowl where a wooden dowel is dragged around the rim. |
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Pisaro, Michael: 3 compositions played by Philip Thomas & others:
Fields Have Ears
(Another Timbre)
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Three compositions by Michael Pisaro for piano, piano & tape, and for 4 or more players (here with 14) as performed by pianist Philip Thomas, and with Sarah Hughs and members of the Edges Ensemble. |
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Compositional/Avant:
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Brau, Jean-Louis:
Instrumentations Verbaless [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)
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The first ever issue by French pre-situationist Jean-Louis Brau, a sound poet and sound experimenter from the 50s through the 70s, here on a 1-sided LP of explosive works from 1961-1973. |
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Four4 (Allen / Burn / Patterson / Wastell):
John Cage
(Another Timbre)
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Four percussionists perform John Cages's 1991 numbered work "Four4" in four movements using flexible time brackets in a sensitive and authoritative rendering of this fascinating work. |
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Nono, Luigi:
A Carlo Scarpa; A Pierre Dell'Azzurro Silenzio, Inquietum; Guai ai Gelidi Mostri
(Edition Rz)
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3 works by composer Luigi Nono: "A Carlo Scarpa" for orchestra; "A Pierre..." for bass flute, bass clarinet and live elektronics; and "Guai ai Gelidi Mostri" for ensemble, voices and live elektronics. |
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Potage, Michel Collective:
Occupe [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)
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One of the treasures of the French avant scene, this release restores Michel Potage's 1977 d'Avantage LP with Jac Berrocal and the same ensemble that recorded Berrocal's "Paralleles". |
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Radulescu, Horatiu:
Clepsydra / Astray [VINYL]
(Edition Rz)
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Romanian-French composer Horatiu Radulescu with 2 works from 1983: "Clepsydra" for 16 Sound Icons played on a sideway piano, and the 1984 work "Astray" for 6 saxophones and Sound Icons. |
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Scelsi, Giacinto:
(Edition Rz)
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Six works by composer Giacinto Scelsi performed by groups including the Ensemble 2E2M, collected and remastered from the original recordings. |
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Tazartes, Ghedalia:
Granny Awards [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)
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A previously unpublished album from unusual sound artist Ghedalia Tazartes's archives, a side long track composed from prior works, and 5 shorter tracks based on his earliest works. |
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Williams, Emmett:
Poems 1950-2003
(Edition Rz)
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Fluxus originator & member of the "Darmstadt Circle" of concrete poetry, Emmett Williams in a beatiful picture disc of poems written from 1950-2003 and recorded from 2000-2003. |
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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:
Tommy Meier Root Down:
The Master and the Rain
(Intakt)
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Nick Hennies:
Psalms
(Roeba Records)
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AMM:
Uncovered Correspondence: A Postcard From Jaslo
(Matchless)
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Galina Ustvolskaya:
Piano Sonatas 1 - 6
(hat[now]ART)
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Bley / Koglmann / Peacock:
Annette
(Hatology)
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Keith & Julie Tippett:
Live at the Purcell Room
(Ogun)
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