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Jazz & Improvisation
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Arnal / Eichmann / Huges / Wiens: Pail Bug
(Generate Records)
Dietrich Eichmann (piano), John Hughes (double bass), Astrid Weins (bass) & Jeff Arnal (percussion) in improvisations that magnify small sounds and gestures in a collective understanding of real-time orchestration.
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Borbetomagus: Black Album
(Agaric)
The Borbetomagus trio of Jim Sauter (sax), Don Dietrich (reeds) and Donald Miller (guitar) in a 1982 release on their own Agaric label, high volume jazz compiled from concerts in 1979 and 1981.
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Borbetomagus: Songs Our Mother Taught Us
(Agaric)
Three performances from London and Glasgow from New York saxophonists Jim Sauter and Don Dietrich, and guitarist Donald Miller, playing through pedals and distortion devices in unique and irascible free improvisations.
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Chrysakis, Thanos / Philip Somervell: Knotted Alembic
(Aural Terrains)
The 7 part "Knotted Alembic" is an improvisation between electroacoustic artist and label leader Thanos Chrysakis and Brazilian based Chilean pianist Philip Somervell performing inside and out of the piano.
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Dorner / Dafeldecker / Johansson: Der Kreis Des Gegenstandes [VINYL]
(Monotype)
The electroacoustic improvising trio of trumpeter/electronic artist Axel Dorner, bassist Werner Dafeldecker and percussionist Sven-Ake Johansson in a studio release from Gothenburg, 2010.
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eRikm / Norbert Moslang: Stodgy
(Mikroton Recordings)
eRikm on 3k Pad Loop System, Electronics and Norbert Moslang playing Cracked Everyday Electronics in a collection of recordings from European concerts performed between 2002 and 2005; produced by Guiseppe Ielasi.
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Gayle, Charles: Streets
(Northern Spy)
Legendary NY free jazz saxophonist Charles Gayle takes to "the streets" with his trio of bassist Larry Roland and drummer Michael TA Thompson in a record illustrating Gayle's passionate voice and expressive dialog.
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Golia / Phillips / Leandre / Turetzky / Mezzacappa: The Ethnic Project
(Kadima)
Multi-reedist Vinny Golia playing ethnic woodwinds including danso, kaval, moxeneo, marori bone flute, &c. in a series of duets with Barre Phillips, Joelle Leandre, Bert Turetzky, and Lisa Mezzacappa.
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Gonzalez Yells at Eels, Dennis: Resurrection and Life
(Ayler)
Named for the miraculous recovery of drummer and AACM founder Alvin Fielder, who travelled to Dallas in 2010 to record with trumpeter Gonzalez and his sons bassist Aaron and vibraphonist Stefan, with Gaika James on trombone.
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Kang, Eyvind: Visible Breath [VINYL]
(Ideologic Organ)
Violist Eyvind Kang in an album with vocalist Jessika Kenney, plus Stewart Dempster, Julian Priester, Miguel Frasconi, Steve Moore, Cuong Vu, &c.; side B collects 2 pieces from 2008, and side B is a new work from 2011.
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Lazro / Pauvros / Turner: Curare [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
The collective trio of Daunik Lazro (baritone & alto saxophones), Jean-Francois Pauvros (guitar) and Roger Turner (drums & percussion) performing live at Instants Chavires (Montreuil) & at festival Jazz En Franche-Comte (Besancon).
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Lazro, Daunik: Curare
(NoBusiness)
CD Edition of the LP listed above.
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Michalowski, Piotr / Jaime Rodriguez Matos / Christopher M. Skebo: Dyads
(Abzu)
A trio of Michigan creative music improvisers with wind player Piotr Michalowski, guitarist Jaime Rodriguez Matos and bassist/trumpter/percussionist Christopher M. Skebo in 3 studio and one live recording.
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Nagai, Seiji: Electronic Noise Improvisation 1999 [2 VINYL LPs]
(KLIMT)
Seiji Nagai, trumpeter and keyboardist for Taj Mahal Travellers, in a reissue of his 1999 release with Koichi Watanabe, Koji Kawai and Minoru Yonemoto, dense drone work from computers and electronic instruments.
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Nakamura, Toshimaru / John Butcher: Dusted Machinery
(Monotype)
Collaborating since 2002, saxophonist John Butcher and no-input mixing board artist Toshimaru Nakamura made these recordings during David Sylvian's "When we return you won't recognise us" project.
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Rogers / Dunmall / Bianco: Dig Deep Trio
(FMR)
The British improvising trio of tenor saxophonist Paul Dunmall, 7-string bassist Paul Rogers and drummer Tony Bianco performing two long and serpentine improvisations at Delbury Hall, Shropshire in 2010.
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Starving Weirdos: Land Lines
(Amish Records)
Mixing electroacoustic approaches with world flavors and an ecstatic attitude, Starving Weirdo's (Brian Pyle, Merrick Merrick & co.) create a rich freeform album of lush beauty and sonic investigation.
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Stone Quartet (Leandre / Campbell / Crispell / Maneri): Live at Vision Festival
(Ayler)
Bassist Joelle Leandre's drumless quartet with NY trumpeter Roy Campbell, pianist Marilyn Crispell and violist Mat Maneri performing at the Vision Festival in 2010, one of the highlights of that year's festival.
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Tabuenca, Luis / Wade Matthews: Punto Cero Aragon
(Aural Terrains)
A sound project by experimental musician Luis Tabuenca with Wade Matthews and ethnomusicologist Ana Maria Alarcon-Jimenez, inspired by the sonic heritage of Aragon, in pieces that reflect and question issues of memory, space & place.
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Takayanagi, Masayuki: Archive 2
(Jinya Disc)
Japan's Jinya Disc continues their archive series of guitarist Masayuki Takayanagi with this concert from 1984 at Jean Jean in Shibuya peforming with his New Direction Unit (Akira Iijima, Hiroshi Yamzaki and Akira Sasaki).
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Tres Hongos: Where My Dreams Go To Die
(Molk Records)
New York trumpeter Jacob Wick, Chicago pianist Marc Riordan, and percussionist Frank Rosaly are Tres Hongos, here performing long and short form improvisations live at Audio For the Arts in WI, and at Strobe Recording in Chicago.
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Wastell, Mark / Rhodri Davies: Live In Melbourne
(Mikroton Recordings)
Using low-fi electronics, mixing desk, delay pedals, contact mic, sand paper, singing bowls, &c. &c., Rhodri Davis and Mark Wastell create an amazing audio environment, captured live at the Melbourne Festival in 2005.
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WPB3 (Werchowska / Pontevia / Boubaker): A Floating World
(Mikroton Recordings)
The French WPB3 trio explores areas between abstract minimalist, contemporary concrete instrumental improvised music and energetic noisy free jazz with an uncompromisingly totally free approach.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Bettis, Chuck: Sonic Sigils [CD EP]
(Scarcelight)
An electronic work from NY experimenter Chuck Bettis in a 3" CD embedded in a full 5" disc, aural assaults and abstracted noise in complex patterns with unexpected twists and turns.
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Menche, Daniel: Guts
(Editions Mego)
Sound artist Daniel Menche uses the piano to attack, investigate and dissect the instrument through preparations which he describes as "abused and thrashed piano guts".
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Moe! Staiano: Surplus 1980 [VINYL LP + 7"]
(Dephine Knormal Musik)
Drummer Moe! Staiano in a hard-hitting band with members from the Ex, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables, and Mute Socialite, collecting songs that extend from those bands, along with great drumming and sound work.
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Rockmore, Clara: Theremin: Music In and On The Air
(Romeo Records)
In 1979 preeminent theremin player Clara Rockmore performed for New York's WQXR "Listening Room" series, performing in the New York Times building, playing solo and chamber pieces to a full auditorium.
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Trance And The Arcade, The: Harmonic Architecture
(Mass Particles)
Experimental artist Chuck Bettis' first sonic exploration into the electronic avant garde, unusual works for guitar, keyboard drum machine and sampler, a factory pressed but hand constructed release.
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Various Artists: PRES Revisited. Jozef Patkowski In Memoriam
(Bolt)
Recordings of a concert at London's Cafe Oto dedicated to Jozef Patkowski's Polish Radio Experimental Studio (CD2), which are transformed in the studio by John Tilbury, Eddie Prevost, Phil Durrant, Maciej Sledziecki & Mikolaj Palosz (CD1).
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Art Zoyd: Symphonie Pour Le Jour Ou Bruleront Les Cites
(Sub Rosa)
Art Zoyd's 3rd official release from 1980 is a re-recorded version of their 1st 1976 LP, presenting a stronger take on this original Rock In Opposition chamber band's composition, a dark and twisted take on modern music.
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Chadbourne, Eugene And The Dropouts: Zupa Dupa Kupa [VINYL]
(Monotype)
Eugene Chadbourne and the Dropouts (Fingle Schmincter, Abby von Pinkula, Pink Bob, SGT. Billy Capsize and Brian Reedy) in a studio release of original Doc Chad songs.
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Haunted House (Loren Connors): Blue Ghost Blues
(Northern Spy)
Avant blues in Haunted House's return after 10 years, as guitarists Loren Connors and Andrew Burnes, free-form vocalist Suzanne Langille and daf player Neel Murgai burn slow, distorted, reverb-drenched blues.
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Haunted House (Loren Connors): Blue Ghost Blues [VINYL]
(Northern Spy)
LP Edition of the CD listed above.
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Moe! Staiano: Surplus 1980
(Dephine Knormal Musik)
Drummer Moe! Staiano in a hard-hitting band with members from the Ex, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Faun Fables, and Mute Socialite, collecting songs that extend from those bands, along with great drumming and sound work.
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Starving Weirdos: Land Lines [VINYL]
(Amish Records)
Mixing electroacoustic approaches with world flavors and an ecstatic attitude, Starving Weirdo's (Brian Pyle, Merrick Merrick & co.) create a rich freeform album of lush beauty and sonic investigation.
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Compositional
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Cardew, Cornelius: The Great Learning [4 CDs]
(Bolt)
A nearly 5-hour long recording of Cornelius Cardew's work based on one of the 4 classic books of Confucian religion, and the first work to be referred to as minimalist, performed at Wigry in Sejny, 2010.
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Mincek, Alex (Wet Ink Ensemble / Jack Quartet / Michael Ibrahim / Eric Poland): lift-tift-filter-split
(Carrier Records)
The first full-length recording dedicated solely to New York-based composer and performer Alex Mincek's concert music, diverse collections of sound-from fragile timbres teetering on the brink of inaudibility to raucous outbursts.
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Zeitkratzer: plays PRES
(Bolt)
International contemporary music group Zeitkratzer directed by Reinhold Friedl performs reinterpreted instrumental version of six pieces representing different stages of Polish Radio Experimental Studio's history.
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Books & Magazines
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Wire, The: #336 February 2012 [MAGAZINE]
(The Wire)
On the cover: Lil B; Features: Keith Fullerton Whitman; ICES 72; Collateral Damage; Invisible Jukebox with Charles Hayward; Ian Helliwell; Epiphanies: Linder Sterling: Global Ear; Dave Stelfox in Jaipur; &c.
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The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine,
featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.
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Recent Reviews
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Eugene Chadbourne / Warren Smith:
Odd Time
(Engine)
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Albert Ayler:
Stockholm, Berlin 1966
(Hatology)
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Ernst Karel:
Swiss Mountain Transport Systems
(Gruenrekorder)
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Vinny Golia Quartet:
Take Your Time
(Relative Pitch)
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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Alog:
Unemployed
(Rune Grammofon) |
Altered States:
Live In Tokyo [2 CDs]
(Innocent Records) |
Ambarchi, Oren:
Audience Of One
(Touch) |
Blake solo, Ran / duo with David "Knife" Fabris:
Vilnius Noir [VINYL]
(NoBusiness) |
Blue Notes:
Before The Wind Changes
(Ogun) |
Brenders, Kyle / Brandon Valdivia:
(Bug Incision) |
Burro:
Burnt Monument
(Bug Incision) |
Circuit:
Genesis
(FMR) |
Coltrane, Andrew & Mike Khoury:
Concrete Shoes
(Bug Incision) |
Evangelisti, Franco:
[2 CDs]
(Edition Rz) |
Fire! With Jim O'Rourke:
Released! [10-inch VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon) |
Fuchs / Lindsay / Smith / Baghdassarians / Baltschun:
The Happymakers
(Balance Point Acoustics) |
Furuya Quintet, Nobuyasu:
The Major [VINYL]
(NoBusiness) |
Gjerstad, Frode / Steve Hubback:
One Foot Moving
(FMR) |
Jono El Grande:
The Choko King
(Rune Grammofon) |
Kaiser, Henry:
Where Endless Meets Disappearing
(Balance Point Acoustics) |
Kruger, Carl:
Loveday
(Bicephalic) |
Mockuno NuClear:
Drop It
(NoBusiness) |
New Miminokoto:
All About Mimi
(PSF) |
Nurse With Wound / Graham Bowers:
Rupture
(Dirter Productions) |
Scorch Trio With Mars Williams:
Made In Norway [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Rune Grammofon) |
Shepp, Archie:
Live At The Donaueschingen Music Festival [VINYL]
(MPS) |
Sonore:
OTO
(Trost Records) |
Various Artists:
Andy Warhol's Jazz Album Covers (Vol. 1) [4 LP BOX]
(Doxy) |
Various Artists:
Andy Warhol's Jazz Album Covers (Vol. 2) [4 LP BOX]
(Doxy) |
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Squidco Storefront
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