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SQUIDCO Email Update January 5, 2012

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UPDATE
January 5, 2012
"Jazz is like wine. When it is new it's only for the experts, but when it gets older everybody wants it."-Steve Lacy


Squid Bubbles  Essential Labels

4 Men With Beards
482 Music
Agaric
Chadula
Clockwork Jazz
Delmark
Dischord
Dogg N Pony
Editions
Editions Mego
Five Day Weekend
FMR
Gigante Sound
Goodfellas

     
Important Records
Industrial Records
Intakt
Leo
Mad About Records
Marge
Montrillion
MoonJune
PNL
Recommended Records
Silber Records
Skirl
The Wire
Trost Records
Young Americans
 
      Creative Artists
    

• ADA Trio
      (Lonberg-Holm/
      Brotzmann/
      Nilssen-Love)
• All Scars
• Beequeen
• Blackshaw, James
• Borbetomagus
• Willem Breuker Kollektief
• Carrier/Lambert/Lapin
• Chadbourne, Eugene
• Circuit
• Clockwork + Poprawski
• Copernicus
• Davis, Miles
• DeRosa, Jon
• DOME
• Ginsberg, Allen
• Gjerstad/Lonberg-Holm
• Hayward, Charles
• Kahn, Jason
• Laplante, Travis
• McLuhan, Marshall
• Michalowski/Matos/Skebo
• Miminokoto

       
• Nabatov/Reijseger/
      Schubert
• Necks, The
• Open Loose:
      Helias/Malaby/Rainey
• Oram, Daphne
• Paul, Leah
• Picchio Dal Pozzo
• Schweizer, Irene
• Seval
      (Lonberg-Holm/
      Jernberg/
      Stackenas/Strandberg/
      Thorman)
• Sex Seahorse
• Sonore
• Stein, Jason Quartet
• Co Streiff-Russ
       Johnson Quartet
• Taylor, Cecil Quintet
• The Thirteenth Assembly
• Throbbing Gristle
• Vulcanus 68
• Wire, The
• World War III

Squid Bubble




   Jazz & Improvisation

ADA Trio (Lonberg-Holm/Brotzmann/Nilssen-Love): ADA
(PNL)

An inspired set from the trio of cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm, drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and saxophonist Peter Brotzmann performing live at Cafe ADA, Wuppertal in 2011.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
All Scars: Lunar Magus
(Dischord)

Former DC underground artists Scars in an "All-Scars" album on the DC Dischord label, the duo of Jerry Busher and Chuck Bettis joined by cellist Amy Domingues, reedist Evan Rapport and vocalist Dree Thibert.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 
Borbetomagus: Seven Reasons for Tears
(Agaric)

The unique voice of the Borbetomagus quartet recording in NYC in 1987, dark and beautiful improvisation that takes freedom to a unique level of squealing skronky feverish overtones and exhilaration.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Breuker Kollektief, Willem: Summer Music - Willem Breuker Kollektief A Paris
(Marge)

An early studio release from the late saxophonist Willem Breuker's Kollektief recording in Paris in 1978, a large and inspired band performing mostly Breuker original compositions.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Carrier / Lambert / Lapin: All Out
(FMR)

A joyfully engaged example of this sax/drum/piano trio's Melodic Improv Music performing live in St. Petersburg Russia, part of an intense and inspired tour of Russia in 2010.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Chadbourne, Eugene: The Pioneers
(Chadula)

In 1977 Doc Chad recorded these sessions with saxophonist Philip Johnston and drummer Steve Moses playing Chadbourne originals plus one tune from Billy Strayhorn; intriguing and informed free improvisation.
   
     Buy      $12.95      Listen          

 
Circuit: Pyro
(FMR)

The UK electroacoustic improvising group led by FMR's label leader Trevor Taylor in two quartet recordings with Jonathon Seagroatt (reeds & electronics), Rob Stevenson (reeds & electronics), Steve Hubback (percussion) and and Geof Harris (bass).
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Clockwork + Poprawski: Myopic
(Clockwork Jazz)

Clockwork is the Polish duo of drummer Maciej Wrobel and bassist Szymon Orlowski, who for the last two years have worked with saxophonist Lukasz Poprawski (Urszula Dudziak, Michal Urbaniak, &c) here in their first album together.
   
     Buy      $11.95      Listen          

 
Davis, Miles: Dark Magus [VINYL 2 LPS]
(4 Men With Beards)

Miles recorded this concert of heavy psychedelic early electric jazz fusion at Carnegie Hall in 1974, which was released on a Japanese label in 1977, and again on Legacy in 2002, here in a gatefold double LP edition.
   
     Buy      $28.95          

 
Gjerstad, Frode / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Tistel
(FMR)

Perhaps Norway's most creative multi-reedist Frode Gjerstad meets Chicago cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm for a series of freely improvised duets, a remarkable dialog from two tremendous improvisers.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Kahn, Jason: On Metal Shore [VINYL]
(Editions)

Jason Kahn was inspired to develop this work from the sound of resonant metal constructions and other natural percussive devices, experimenting and exploring different settings to create this intense and beautiful album.
   
     Buy      $21.95          

 
Laplante, Travis: Heart Protector: Solo Tenor Saxophone
(Skirl)

Travis Laplante's debut album, featuring original music for solo tenor saxophone by the 28-year-old composer and musician, who is a powerful new voice in New York City's experimental music set.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Nabatov, Simon / Ernst Reijseger / Matthia Schubert: Square Down
(Leo)

12th CD by Simon Nabatov on Leo Records recorded at the same time as his previous CD "Roundup" celebrating his 50th Birthday; powerful, high-energy free jazz sustained for over 50 minutes.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Necks, The: Mindset [VINYL]
(Recommended Records)

The Necks 16th release layers polyrhythmic material to form seething blocks of sound, in two long pieces, one more stripped back to the live trio, the other featuring multiple strata of swirling Hammonds, noise-guitar and electronics.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Open Loose: Helias / Malaby / Rainey: Explicit - Live at the Sunset
(Marge)

Bassist Mark Helias' NY trio with saxophonist Tony Malaby and drummer Tom Rainey performing live in 2011 at Paris' Sunset club playing all Helias compositions.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $16.95      Listen          

 
Paul, Leah: Bike Lane
(Skirl)

Bike Lane brings together New York City artists Katherine Young on bassoon, Chris Speed on clarinet, and Jessica Pavone on viola to perform flutist Leah Paul's sophisticated compositions merging chamber and pop music.
   
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Schweizer, Irene : To Whom It May Concern: Piano Solo Tonhalle Zurich
(Intakt)

Contemporary jazz pianist Irene Schweizer in a solo recital at the Great Hall of the Tonhalle performing original compositions and pieces by Thelonious Monk, Jimmy Giuffre, Carla Bley, and Dollar Brand.
   
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Seval (Lonberg-Holm / Jernberg / Stackenas / Strandberg / Thorman): I Know You
(482 Music)

Chicago's Fred Lonberg-Holm and Sweden's Sofia Jernberg, Patric Thorman, Emil Strandberg and David Stackenas make an improvised music rooted in jazz that is sonically rich, playful and passionate.
   
     Buy      $24.95          

 
Sonore: OTO [VINYL]
(Trost Records)

A live recording from the trio Sonore at London's Cafe Oto, featuring Peter Brottzmann (tenor and alto sax, clarinet and taragato), Ken Vandermark (tenor sax and clarinet) and Mats Gustafsson (baritone sax).
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $22.95          

 
Stein, Jason Quartet: The Story This Time
(Delmark)

The debut album of The Jason Stein Quartet with Keefe Jackson on tenor sax, Joshua Abrams on bass, and Frank Rosaly on drums, a great post-bop release with Stein original compositions plus pieces by Konitz, Tristano, Warne Marsh, and Monk.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $14.95      Listen          

 
Streiff-Russ Johnson Quartet, Co: In Circles
(Intakt)

Swiss saxophonist Co Streiff and American trumpeter Russ Johnson in a groove-based melodic quartet with Christian Weber (bass) and Julian Sartorius (drums) performing live in Biasca, Casa Cavalier Pellanda, plus one studio recording.
   
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 
Taylor, Cecil Quintet: Hard Driving Jazz + Looking Ahead!
(Mad About Records)

Reissuing Cecil Taylor's 1958 album with John Coltrane, an incredible forward thinking and inspired session; and Taylor's 2nd studio album from 1958, "Looking Ahead", in a quintet setting.
   
     Buy      $15.95      Listen          

 
Thirteenth Assembly, The: Station Direct
(Important Records)

Cornetist Taylor Ho Bynum, guitarist Mary Halvorson, violist Jessica Pavone and drummer Tomas Fujiwara in their second Thirteenth Assembly release, exciting new jazz from four of NY's finest.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
World War III: WWIII
(Dogg N Pony)

DC underground improvisers World War III recorded these pieces from 1996-98, here in a retrospective collecting their punk-oriented & skronky electronic approaches to improvisation and noise.
   
     Buy      $7.95      Listen          

 




   Experimental/Electronic

DOME: 1-4+5 [5 LP BOX]
(Editions Mego)

A deluxe vinyl box set of the complete recorded works of DOME, Bruce Gilbert and Graham Lewis post-Wire project, with all 4 original LPs and a 5th commissioned by WMO in 1999 entitled YCLEPT.
   
     Buy      $159.95          

 
Oram, Daphne: The Daphne Oram Tapes: Volume One [4 VINYL LPs]
(Young Americans)

Daphne Oram was the founder of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1958, pioneering techinques to capture and process sound, creating abstract soundscapes and complex, playful concrete works, as these 4 LPs ably demonstrate.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $47.95          

 
Sex Seahorse: Dedcelio & Acryptus
(Montrillion)

Borrowing from a variety of genres, Alexander Guevara's lyrical content jumps from love to hate, life to death, random screaming to random silence, religion to anti-religion, and digitally manipulated sound.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 
Vulcanus 68: Contours and Colours
(Gigante Sound)

Gigante Sound label leaders Dominic Cramp (Borful Tang, Lord Tang, Qulfus, Evangelista) and Jared Blum (Blanketship, Beaks Plinth, Talking Book w/ Bill Gould) in an electronic release of classically inspired cosmic sound.
   
     Buy      $8.95      Listen          

 




   Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Beequeen: Port Out Starboard Home
(Important Records)

Since 1989 the Netherlands quartet of Olga Wallis, Freek Kinkelaar, Frans de Waard and Niek Groothuyse have created a unique blend of pop music with ea approaches, here in their 16th captivating release.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Blackshaw, James: Holly EP [VINYL]
(Important Records)

British composer-guitarist James Blackshaw in a 12" EP, two introspective pieces with swirling, cyclical acoustic 12-string and nylon string guitar, with guest Charlotte Glasson on wind instruments.
   
     Buy      $14.95          

 
Copernicus: Live! In Prague [DVD]
(MoonJune)

Concert footage of Copernicus' entire show at Prague's Slavia Stadium, recorded in 1989 after the release of his album "Deeper", gripping footage of the band's powerful performance.
   
     Buy      $13.95          

 
DeRosa, Jon: Anchored
(Silber Records)

"Anchored" is the debut solo release for Jon DeRosa (Aarktica), a work of cinematic pop in a dark troubadour style reminiscent of Lou Reed or Robert Wyatt, with rich songs belying a quiet and dark lyrical violence.
   
     Buy      $5.95      Listen          

 
Hayward, Charles: One Big Atom
(Recommended Records)

This Heat/Camberwell Now drummer Charles Hayward's latest solo album after a long wait, an incredible and unique journey through drums, electronics and song, personal, pointed and brilliant statements from one or rock's master voices.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $17.95      Listen          

 
Miminokoto: Hitoyogiri
(Important Records)

Featuring members of Acid Mothers Temple, Overhang Party & Che-Shizu, Miminokoto present this full length release from the Tokyo Underground, including covers of Jutok Kaneko's (Kosokuya) Milky Light.
   
     Buy      $13.95      Listen          

 
Picchio Dal Pozzo: Picchio Dal Pozzo
(Goodfellas)

One of Italy's greatest progressive Canterbury-inspired groups, this 1975 release is an astounding journey through complex chamber and jazz-influenced rock, soundscape, and beautifully composed music.
 
Squidco Pick
     Buy      $30.95      Listen          

 
Picchio Dal Pozzo: Picchio Dal Pozzo [VINYL]
(Goodfellas)

Gatefold LP edition of the CD listed above.
   
     Buy      $33.95      Listen          

 
Throbbing Gristle: Throbbing Gristle Bring You... 20 Jazz Funk Greats [2 CDs]
(Industrial Records)

Perhaps Throbbing Gristle's most "accessible" release, applying pop conventions to disturbing material, using dark synth, sinister vocal styling, and paradoxically anti-pop approaches making a twisted and enthralling release.
   
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 




   Books & Magazines

Wire, The: #335 January 2012 [MAGAZINE]
(The Wire)

The Wire's 2011 Rewind Issue, presenting the best of the year, plus articles on The Caretaker, Michael Chapman, Spencer Clark, James Ferraro, Gonjasufi, Kouhei Matsunaga, Claudia Molitor, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Skaters, &c.
   
     Buy      $8.95          

 




   World & Miscellaneous

McLuhan, Marshall: The Medium Is The Massage
(Five Day Weekend)

Jerome Agel uses audio clips of McLuhan speaking in a musique concrete setting of sounds, spoken words and references of the time to illustrate the complex relationship between people, media and technology.
   
     Buy      $19.95      Listen          

 

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featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.
 

   Recent Reviews





Kanon (Takase, Uchihashi, Dorner):
Beauty Is The Thing
(Doubtmusic)


Bobby Bradford-John Carter Quintet:
Comin' On
(hatOLOGY)


Roscoe Mitchell:
Before There Was Sound
(Nessa)

Keith Tippett Octet:
From Granite To Wind
(Ogun)


Boubaker / Rodrigues / Moimem:
Le Beau Deviant
(Creative Sources)


Gerry Hemingway Quintet:
Riptide
(Clean Feed)





   In Stock and Ready to Ship




AALY / DKV Trio:
Double Or Nothing
(Okka)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O:
Live As Troubadour [VINYL]
(Important Records)
Altered States:
Live In Tokyo [2 CDs]
(Innocent Records)

Bettis, Chuck :
Sonic Sigils [CD EP]
(Scarcelight)
Borbetomagus:
Black Album
(Agaric)
Borbetomagus:
Coelacanth [7" VINYL]
(Butt Rag)

Borbetomagus:
Experience the Magic
(Agaric)
Borbetomagus:
Songs Our Mother Taught Us
(Agaric)
Brady, Tim:
24 Frames - Scatter [2 CDs] + Trance [CD + DVD]
(Ambiances Jazz)

Brady, Tim / Bradyworks:
24 Frames - Scatter [2 CDs]
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Braxton, Anthony & The Three Rivers Tri-Centric Ensemble:
Ensemble (Pittsburgh) 2008 [VINYL]
(SSS RECORDS)
Burk Trio, Greg :
Path Here
(482 Music)

Cardew, Cornelius:
The Great Learning
(Bolt)
Chrysakis, Thanos / Philip Somervell:
Knotted Alembic
(Aural Terrains)
Circuit:
Genesis
(FMR)

El Infierno Musical:
(Christof Kurzmann's project with Ken Vandermark, Martin Brandlmayr, Eva Reiter, and Clayton Thomas)
(Mikroton Recordings)
eRikm / Norbert Moslang:
Stodgy
(Mikroton Recordings)
Evangelisti, Franco:
[2 CDs]
(Edition Rz)

Evans Quintet, Peter:
Ghosts
(More Is More)
Franzson, David Brynjar / Ensemble Adapter:
A Guide For The Dead Through The Underworld
(Carrier Records)
Fuchs / Lindsay / Smith / Baghdassarians / Baltschun:
The Happymakers
(Balance Point Acoustics)

Gjerstad, Frode / Steve Hubback:
One Foot Moving
(FMR)
Golia, Vinny :
Abstractions And Retrocausalities
(Nine Winds)
Hell Hoarse:
Skull Puddle
(Living Myth / Uppercase)

Hetu, Joane :
Filature
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Ishiwarizakura:
Okuno Hosomichi
(Magaibutsu Limited)
Kaiser, Henry:
Where Endless Meets Disappearing
(Balance Point Acoustics)

Korekyojinn with Tsuboy Akihisa:
Doldrums
(Magaibutsu Limited)
Kruger, Carl:
Loveday
(Bicephalic)
Mecha Fixes Clocks:
Teoria dellelasticita di Girolamo Papariello
(Ambiances Magnetiques)

Michalowski, Piotr / Jaime Rodriguez Matos / Christopher M. Skebo:
Dyads
(Abzu)
Mincek, Alex (Wet Ink Ensemble / Jack Quartet / Michael Ibrahim / Eric Poland):
lift-tift-filter-split
(Carrier Records)
Nakamura, Toshimaru / John Butcher:
Dusted Machinery
(Monotype)

Quatuor Bozzini:
A Chacun Sa Miniature
(Collection QB)
Rogers / Dunmall / Bianco :
Dig Deep Trio
(FMR)
Sorites Paradox:
Sorites Paradox
(Magaibutsu)

Stockhausen, Karlheinz:
Beton-Studie/Zeitmass fur funf Holzblaser/Klavierstuck XI [VINYL]
(Doxy)
Stockhausen, Karlheinz:
Kontakte [VINYL]
(Doxy)
Stockhausen, Karlheinz:
Studie I & II [VINYL]
(Doxy)

Toshiharu, Osato Anthology:
Takaranetanchototakaine [5 CDs + DVD]
(Super Fuji)
Trance And The Arcade, The:
Harmonic Architecture
(Mass Particles)
Varese, Edgard:
Early Works [VINYL]
(Doxy)

Various Artists:
PRES Revisited. Jozef Patkowski In Memoriam
(Bolt)
WPB3 (Nusch Werchowska / Mathias Pontevia / Heddy Boubaker):
A Floating World
(Mikroton Recordings)
Zeitkratzer:
plays PRES
(Bolt)



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