SQUIDCO & THE SQUID'S EAR UPDATE
May 12, 2011
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Great labels and artists with excellent new music; this time around we have releases from labels:
Foghorn (UK),
Ayler,
Pi Recordings,
Ogun,
Emanem,
psi,
Intakt,
Not Two,
Mikroton,
Peacock,
Porter Records,
Creative Sources,
RogueArt,
Rune Grammofon,
Editions Mego,
Sub Rosa,
Edition Rz,
AltrOck,
and from artists including
Marc Ducret,
Magic I.D.,
Jason Kahn,
Agusti Fernandez,
Avram Fefer,
Harris Eisenstadt,
Philip Cohran,
Elliott Sharp,
John Luther Adams,
Luigi Nono,
Acid Mothers Temple,
Supersilent,
Bruce Gilbert,
Rapoon,
Jessica Pavone.
And new releases keep coming in - new Clean Feeds and Hat [now] ART CDs have arrived and will be on the
site early next week, along with new FMR, Hot Cup, and Monotype releases - get ready for a hot summer!
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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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Abrams, Muhal Richard :
SoundDance
(Pi Recordings)
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A double CD of pianist Muhal Richard Abrams, the first in duo with saxophonist Fred Anderson, and the second with trombonist George Lewis, also on laptop, celebrating Abram's 80th birthday! |
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Bourne / Davis / Kane:
The Money Notes
(Foghorn Records)
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A series of miniatures from the trio of pianist Bourne, drummer Davis and bassist Kane, intensely focused works ranging from lovely to slightly disturbed while never failing to impress. |
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Brassum (Mark Weaver):
Brassum Live
(pfmentum)
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Tuba player Weaver's Brassum with cornet Dan Clucas, trombonist Michael Vlatkovich, and drummer Harris Eisenstadt performing live in Arizona and New Mexico. |
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Cohran, Philip And The Artistic Heritage Ensemble:
Armageddon
(Katalyst )
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Another never-released masterpiece from the archives of Phil Cohran, recorded live at Chicago's Afro Arts Theater in 1968, a large work focusing on cosmology and culture. |
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Courvoisier, Sylvie - Mark Feldman:
Hotel Du Nord
(Intakt)
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The 2nd Intakt release of pianist Courvoisier and violinist Mark Feldman's quartet with Gerry Hemingway and Thomas Morgan, expressive, flexible and subtle jazz at its finest. |
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Dafeldecker / Kurzmann / Tilbury / Wishart:
(Mikroton Recordings)
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Bringing together members of AMM, Polwechsel, and Magic ID in an album that balances acoustic and electronic improvisation in an authoritative set of performances. |
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DJ Sniff:
EP (Evan Parker)
(psi)
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Turntable musician DJ Sniff (Takuro Mizuta Lippit) in a strange take on Evan Parker as an homage and investigation into his work over the decades, as explained in Sniff's insightful essay in the booklet. |
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Ducret, Marc:
Tower, vol.1
(Ayler)
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Marc Ducret's Tower Project, music composed as a rendering of Vladimir Nabokov's novel "Ada", the first of 3 albums, here in a quintet with Kasper Tranberg, Matthias Mahler, Fred Gastard & Peter Bruun. |
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Fefer / Revis / Taylor:
Eliyahu
(Not Two)
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Saxophonist Fefer in a trio with bassist Eric Revis and drummer Chad Taylor performing compositions by Fefer and a couple by Taylor: world absorbing, smart and soulful jazz. |
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Fernandez, Agusti & Joan Suara:
Vents
(psi)
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A recording from the long-standing collaboration between pianist Fernandez and live sampling artist Saura, compatriots from many groupings, but who have never previously recorded as a duo. |
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Jensen, Louise Dam Eckardt:
You Look Like Your Mother, Would You Like More Sauce?
(Peacock)
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Debut solo saxophone album by the New York based Danish alto saxophonist Louise Dam Eckardt Jensen, 13 original pieces that feature straight solo improvisation, lush overdubs and Jensen's unusual vocals. |
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Kahn / Millioud / Wiget / Weber:
sin asunto
(Creative Sources)
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Inspired by Albert Ayler's work for strings, Jason Kahn wrote this graphical score for amplified percussion, Vincent Millioud on violin, Bo Wiget on cello, and Christian Weber on contrabass. |
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Kahn, Jason and Asher:
Planes
(Mikroton Recordings)
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Sonic explorer Jason Kahn & Asher Thal-Nir in a 2008 concert at Boston's Axiom Gallery for a performance that creates inspired sound worlds by layering Kahn's planes of sound with Asher's environmental processing. |
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Leandre / Mitchell / Van Der Schyff:
Before After
(RogueArt)
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Live recordings from Roundhouse Community Center in Vancouver of the intense and enchanting dialog of bassist Leandres, flautist Nicole Mitchell, and percussionist Dylan van der Schyff. |
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Magic I.D., The:
I'm So Awake/Sleepless I Feel [VINYL]
(Staubgold )
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Berlin's understated and amazing Magic I.D. with the dual clarinets of Kai Fagaschinski and Michael Thieke, electronic artist Christof Kurzmann and abstract yet lyrical vocalist Margareth Kammerer. |
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Moholo-Moholo / Pukwana / Dyani / Wright:
Spiritual Knowledge and Grace (Live 1979)
(Ogun)
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A previously unreleased recording documenting a one-off collaboration between members of The Blue Notes and tenor sax giant The Reverend Frank Wright, recorded in Holland, 1979. |
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Murray / Edwards / Bevan:
I Stepped Onto a Bee
(Foghorn Records)
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The first studio recording of drummer Sunny Murray's long-standing European Trio with tenor saxophonist Tony Bevan and bassist John Edwards, fusing tradition and abstract jazz with great momentum. |
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Pavone, Jessica:
Army Of Strangers
(Porter Records)
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Pavone's latest takes her compositional and improvisational "army" into more aggressive rock-oriented territory, with the help of drummer Harris Eisenstadt, bassist Jonti Siman and guitarist Pete Fitzpatrick. |
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Rose, Simon:
Schmetterling
(Not Two)
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London Improvisers Orchestra saxophonist Simon Rose in a solo album of improvisations recorded in the hall of a Berlin psychiatric hospital noted for its extraordinary acoustic properties. |
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Sharp, Elliott:
The Age Of Carbon 1984-1991
(Intakt)
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A 3 CD retrospective of Elliott Sharp's Carbon from 1984-1991 with a who's who of the New York Downtown scene, innovative and exceptional compositions and playing from one of NY's most recognizable players. |
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Supersilent:
10 [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
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The 10th Supersilent release, now a trio of trumpet, guitar, electronics, and audio virus; subtle music somewhere between rock, electronica, jazz and modern composition. |
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Electronic/Experimental:
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Cyclo:
id
(Raster-Noton)
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Over a decade developing a database of sounds producing visual responses when analysed in real time, Nicolai and Ikeda constructed these compositions where sound is subservient to visual characteristics. |
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Gilbert, Bruce:
The Shivering Man
(Editions Mego)
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Wire guitarist Gilbert's 1986 2nd solo LP of abstract noise and rhythm in a 25th anniversary CD edition restoring the full album, and with a bonus Angela Conway video featuring Michael Clark. |
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Martinez, Israel:
El Hombre Que Se Sofoca
(Sub Rosa)
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Fifth in Sub Rosa's Framework series, sound artist and empirical composer Israel Martinez, in 6 works composed in Mexico with field recordings, synthesis, and digital processing. |
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Mueller, Jon:
Alphabet Of Movements [VINYL]
(Type)
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Percussionist Jon Mueller in a composition developed for live performance using a unique snare drum setup mounted on small amplifiers, and a second edition for the resonance of gongs. |
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Rapoon:
Melancholic Songs of the Desert
(Soleilmoon)
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Robin Story composed these works as a refleciton on his feeling of isolation and disconnection from any part of the political process during the war in Iraq and the subsequent lies and propaganda surrounding it. |
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Somnaphon / Mr. Stonecipher / Food World:
Hayagriva
(private label)
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A 5 minute video of a horse-headed suit lost in a sonic world eerily devised by 910 Noise artists Somnaphon, Mr. Stonecipher, and Food World; a brief but disturbing visual and auditory reflection. |
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Somnaphon:
fire mind wisdom
(ACK Recordings)
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Acoustic guitars, voices, digeridoo, bagpipes, cello and an array of machines swirl together, in and out of unison and/or cacophony to produce an elaborate and breathtaking journey for the listener. |
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Survival Research Laboratories:
(Sub Rosa)
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Repress of the 2000 release of Mark Pauline, founder of Survival Research Laboratories, bizarre audio and sinister collage work with GX Jupitter-Larsen (Haters). |
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Suzuki, Akio:
Tubridge 99-00
(Edition Rz)
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Japanese installation and sound artist Akio Suzuki in recordings made at the New Taiza Tunnel in Tango Kyoto, 1999, rich and pure works of ambient environments. |
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Various Artists:
Inventionen '98 - 50 Jahre Musique Concrete
(Edition Rz)
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An excellent compilation of modern Musique Concrete featuring compositions by Chin, Kosk, Cee, Donato, Minard, Mitterer, Dhomont, Karlsson, and Wishart. |
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Compositional:
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Adams, John Luther:
Four Thousand Holes
(Cold Blue Music)
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Adam's fragile yet complex, technically demanding work for piano and mallet percussion with electronic processing, performed by pianist Stephen Drury & percussionist Scott Deal. |
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Cage, John:
Works for Percussion, Vol. 6 (1975-1991)
(Hungaroton Classic)
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7 works for percussion from composer John Cage, conceptual and composed pieces from 1975-1985 primarily written in New York City, and recorded at Hungarton from 2009-2010. |
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Nono, Luigi:
20 Jahre Inventionen V
(Edition Rz)
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Three compositions by Luigi Nono, recorded at the Berlin festival "Inventionen", live electronics moving away from clear spatial and timbral assignations rendering the acoustic instruments barely recognizable. |
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Various Artists:
20 Jahre Inventionen II
(Edition Rz)
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Volume 2 documenting the Berlin festival "Inventionen", a retrospective sampler with recordings of works by: Westerkamp, Sciarrino, Cage, Namtchylak, Jones, Scelsi, Fujita, Driscoll. |
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Various Artists:
20 Jahre Inventionen VI
(Edition Rz)
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Berlin Inventionen Festivals 2005 and 2006 featuring compositions by Edgar Barroso, Mario Verandi, Paul Wilson, Ricardo Climent, Vladimir Djambazov and Ludger Brummer. |
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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:
Carl Ludwig Hubsch's Primordial Soup:
Souped-Up
(Jazzwerkstatt)
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Kris Davis / Ingrid Laubrock / Tyshawn Sorey:
Paradoxical Frog
(Clean Feed)
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Lol Coxhill and Roger Turner:
Success With Your Dog
(Emanem)
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Marilyn Crispell / David Rothenberg:
One Dark Night I Left My Silent House
(ECM)
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Isaiah Ceccarelli:
Breviaire d'Epuisements
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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Soft Machine Legacy:
Live Adventures
(MoonJune Records)
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