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Jazz & Improvisation
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Amado, Rodrigo: Motion Trio
(European Echoes)
The 4th release on Portuguese saxophonist Rodrigo Amado's European Echoes label has the leader in a trio with fellow Portuguese musicians cellist Miguel Mira and drummer Gabriel Ferrandini in meditative to muscular modern jazz.
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Bevan / Morris / Buck / Lash: Tony-Joe Bucklash
(Foghorn Records)
Amalgamating their names, the trio of tenor and bass saxophonist Tony Bevan, Joe Morris on electric guitar, and Necks drummer Tony Buck in two extended free improvisations recorded in the studio.
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Brotzmann, Peter / Michael Zerang: Live In Beirut
(Al Maslakh)
Percussionist Michael Zerang met free jazz legend Peter Brotzmann at the 5th Irtijal Festival Of Improvised Music in Beirut, 2006, to record these explosive improvisations from two players who walk unique and personal paths.
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Dafeldecker, Werner & Theo Nabicht: vessels
(Absinth Records)
Werner Dafeldecker (doublebass) and Theo Nabicht (contrabass clarinet) play together for the first time as a duo, exploring low frequencies and mixing their unique musical styles.
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Doneda, Michel / Nils Ostendorf: cristallisation
(Absinth Records)
Improvisers Michel Doneda (saxophones, radio) and Nils Ostendorf (trumpet) recorded 4 hours of work over two days in the Chapel of Las Planques, France, organized here into 10 remarkable compositions.
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Dumont, Olivier / Rodolphe Loubatiere: Nervure
(Creative Sources)
Three extended improvisations using unusual techniques that blur the distinctions between players, from guitarist Olivier Dumont and percussionist Rodophe Loubatiere, an album of unexpected and engaging interaction.
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Eisenstadt, Haris: Canada Day Octet
(482 Music)
Expanding his Canada Day group to an octet, NY drummer Harris Eisenstadt presents his four-part suite "The Ombudsman", expanded for the larger orchestration and with a new introduction and conclusion.
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Eisenstadt, Harris: Canada Day III
(Songlines)
Released along with "Canada Day Octet", this new release presents drummer Eisenstadt's quintet with Nate Wooley (trumpet), Matt Bauder (sax), Chris Dingman (vibes) and Garth Stevenson (bass) in an album of great tunes and spirited playing.
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Gjerstad, Frode / Steve Hubback: One Foot Moving
(FMR)
Reissuing the 2005 Utech release from the duo of Frode Gjerstad on clarinets and Steve Hubback on hand-made drums, cymbals and gong, performing live at Lille Konsertsal, Stavanger, Norway, in February 2001.
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Halperin, Jimmy: Changing Tranes
(CIMP)
Frequent collaborators Jimmy Halperin on tenor saxophone and bassist Dominic Duval in an album balancing the familiar references of Coltrane's music with fresh perspectives of improvisational exploration.
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Heberer, Thomas Clarino: Cookbook
(Red Toucan)
Trumpeter and composer Thomas Heberer devised the graphic notation "cookbook" for the trio of Joachim Badenhorst (clarinet) and Pascal Niggenkemper (bass) for their "Klippe" album, here expanding the concept in these 12 inspired pieces.
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Hilton, Craig & Tomas Phillips: le gout de neant
(Absinth Records)
Craig Hilton (guzheng, laptop) and Tomas Phillips (laptop) take a studio recording for solo guzheng and both add layers to and dismantle the piece using a series of low frequencies and isolated microsounds.
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Hubsch, Carl Ludwig: Ensemble X
(Red Toucan)
A large orchestra of improvisers brought together by composer and tuba player Carl Ludwig Hubsch for the 2008 Berlin Explorations festival, peforming works focusing on tone and color from the smallest to the largest sound.
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Jealousy Party & Nicolas Wiese: Relative Memory
(Absinth Records)
The Italian improvising music unit Jealousy Party, known for their spontaneous use of self-recycling through playback devices, is joined by Berlin-based artist and composer Nicolas Wiese in this studio recording.
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Lamb, Andrew: Honeymoon On Saturn
(CIMP)
Tenor saxophonist Andrew Lamb leads his trio of Tom Abbs on bass and tuba and Waren Smith on drums and glockenspiel through an album of extended free jazz compositions, tough, explorative and excellent NY jazz.
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Lash, Dominic / Chris Cundy: Two Plump Daughters
(Creative Sources)
18 improvisations, ranging from less than a minute to almost 9, from the duo of Dominic Lash (double bass) and Chris Cundy (bass clarinet), exploring music's physical properties using two wooden instruments of low range.
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Laurain / Loubatiere / Durant: Au Dehors
(Creative Sources)
Live recordings in Catherine & Henri's courtyard, Fresnes, France from this trio of understated and extended improvisers: Louis Laurain (trumpet); Rodophe Loubatiere (percussion); Yoann Durant (saxophones).
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Leaney, Aaron & Chris Dadge: Continuity
(Bug Incision)
The Leaney-Dadge duo has been working together since 2006; this release is taken from a series of weekly sessions in Mount Pleasant, Calgary, using extended instrumentation including trumpet, percussion, zither, recorder, and piano.
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McGregor, Chris: In His Good Time
(Ogun)
The first release on CD for this solo outing by the renowned South African band leader and composer Chris McGregor (Brotherhood of Breath, Blue Notes), recorded live in his adopted homeland of France in 1977.
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My Silence: It Only Happens at Night [VINYL]
(482 Music)
Improvised recordings from the trio of Mike Reed (percussion, editing), Jason Stein (clarinet), and Nick Butcher (electronics, etc) layered with composed parts by Reed and vocals by Sharon Van Etten.
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Parker, William: Centering. Unreleased Early Recordings 1976-1987 [6 CD BOX + BOOK]
(NoBusiness)
The music on these six discs comes from roughly the first decade of William Parker's career, one of the most intensely creative periods enjoyed by any musician of any era.
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Schlippenbach Quartet: Hunting the Snake
(Atavistic)
Reissue of the 2000 first release of this incredible 1975 Radio Bremen, Germany session of pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's quartet with Evan Parker (sax), Peter Kowald (bass) and Paul Lovens (drums/percussion).
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Scott, Raymond Quintette: Radio Music [VINYL]
(Doxy)
Known more for his electronic work, Brooklyn's Raymond Scott was also a bandleader who's 30's records sold millions with his "novelty" fusion of jazz, classical, and popular music.
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Soloveitzik / Erel / Davis: Three States Of Freedom
(Creative Sources)
Israeli saxophonist Tom Soloveitzik, Turkish electronics player Korhan Erel (Islak Kopek), and US cellist Kevin Davis in an international dialog of rich and sonically charged electroacoustic improvisation.
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Ughi, Federico: Songs For Four Cities
(Skycap Records)
A collection of compositions from drummer/composer Federico Ughi dedicated to the four cities where he's lived: Rome, London, Montreal and New York, performed in a quartet with Darius Jones (sax), Eri Yamamoto (piano) and Ed Schuller (bass).
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Ulery,Matt Loom, : Flora Fauna Fervor [VINYL]
(482 Music)
Chicago composer and bassist Matt Ulery leads a band who's music utilizes the strengths and creative abilities of each musician, creating an expansive album with emotional depth.
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Zummo, Peter: Zummo With An X (featuring Arthur Russell) [VINYL]
(Optimo Music)
Unavailable on vinyl since 1985, this re-pressed release features works by composer Peter Zummo, a trombonist who describes his music as "minimalism plus a whole lot more".
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Experimental/Electronic
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Ametsub: All is Silence
(nothings66)
Tokyo electronic artist Ametsub focuses on material that he performs live, melanges of soundscape, glitch, ambient and active ruminations, collage, floating melodies and subtle rhythmic work that is curiously irrepressible.
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Machinefabriek: Duotoon
(Machinefabriek)
Machinefabriek (Rutger Zuydervelt) in an EP of a long sine save compositions that creates a minimally moving piece of consonance and dissonance using beautifully recorded tones.
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Nadja: Excision [2 CDs]
(Important Records)
A collection of tracks by Nadja (Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff) taken from out of print releases between 2007-2009 on labels like Die Stadt, Important, Accident Prone, Denovali, &c.
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Ortmann, Andy / Ben Vida: Split LP [VINYL]
(Nihilist Records)
On one side, electronic artist Andy Ortmann uses a variety of 70's analog synths to create diverse pieces; on the other, Ben Vida constructs longer works using a computer controlled modular synth.
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Reibel, Guy: Granulations-Sillages / Franges Du Signe
(Recollection GRM)
Guy Reibel explores through music the mathematical idea of limits on his acousmatic work "Franges Du Signe" using electroacoustic music tools on his "Granulations-Sillages" to take his ideas further.
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Steinbruchel: Sinus [CASSETTE]
(The Tapeworm)
Steinbruchel takes simple synthetic sine waves and layers and sequences them into interweaving movements of varying shapes and colors, focusing on the pure essence and aesthetics of sound.
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Various Artists: Festival Electronica en Abril 2003-2012 [VINYL 2LP BOX]
(La Casa Encendida)
Exclusive tracks from artists including Eleh, Maja Ratkje, Thomas Koner, Mark Fell, &c in this deluxe 2 LP box set commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Festival Electronica en Abril, Madrid.
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Whitman, Keith Fullerton: Occlusions; Real-Time Music For Hybrid Digital-Analogue... [VINYL]
(Editions Mego)
Two freely-improvised pieces of live electronic music from a loose framework by Keith Fullerton Whitman that were realized in the moment with no divisible rhythms, meter, or melody.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Bishop, Sir Richard: The Unrock Tapes [VINYL]
(Unrock)
Two new tracks plus six tracks previously unreleased on vinyl by guitarist Sir Richard Bishop that showcase his unique, wide range of styles and influences.
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Makoto, Kawabata and A' Qui Avec Gabriel: Golden Tree
(Important Records)
Acid Mothers Temple leader Kawabata Makoto in a duo with accordionist and vocalist A' Qui Avec Gabriel, rich encompassing drone work with a beautiful combination of tone and timbre.
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New Miminokoto: All About Mimi
(PSF)
The densely emotive Tokyo-based garage psychedelic rock trio, with releases on Alchemy, Gyuune, Siwa and Last Visible Dog labels, with new vocalist Junzo Suzuki pushing the band into harder psychedelic areas.
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Plant and See: Plant and See [VINYL]
(Paradise of Bachelors)
Originally released in 1969, this interracial swamp-psych band from North Carolina was headed by the late Willie French Lowery, a song-writer, singer and guitarist with a soulful and diverse sound.
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Compositional
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Brown, Earle: Abstract Sound Objects
(Wergo)
Sculpture, painting and poetry are the compositional basis for this set of significant solo piano pieces from Earle Brown that use graphic notation to describe the motion of sound, here performed by Sabine Liebner.
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Mosconi / Klok / Bonora: Archi [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)
A fluid Italian improvising trio comprised of pianist Davide Mosconi, cellist and violinist Gustavo Bonora, and harpist Inez Klok influenced by Afro-American ethnic music and neo-avant-garde.
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Palestine, Charlemagne: Two Electronic Sonorities [VINYL]
(Alga Marghen)
Two previously unpublished electronic pieces by Charlemagne Palestine; one is a mix of white noise and sine tones, the other was created for a dance by Gus Solomon.
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As jazz and improvised music has evolved, new forms of improvisation have emerged
that use acoustic and electronic instruments in unexpected
and fascinating ways.
Referred to electroacoustic improvisation or simply ea-improv, forward thinking labels have
built up excellent catalogs of releases featuring this music and the artists working in this field.
The breadth of sound and concept is rich, and
both the old guard and the new have embraced and integrated these ideas into their music.
This week we're reducing the price of all ea-improv titles
throughout the store by $1.00. In addition, we have a list of titles from labels
including Another Timbre, erstwhile, Creative Sources, For4Ears, Monotype, &Records, Utech, Bug Incision, Aural Terrains, &c.
that have been further reduced to distribution prices or below.
Click here to see the list of reduced titles.
Discount applied at checkout time for any item in our EAIMPROV category. Sale ends Sunday, July 22, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST.
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Squidco In-Store Performance
Saturday, July 21, 2012 - 8:00pm
- Tres Hongos: Jacob Wick (trumpet), Frank Rosaly (drums), Marc Riordan (piano)
- Blue Sausage Infant (DC)
- Pilesar (DC)
- CHANGES TO blind
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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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Chris Abrahams / Lucio Capace:
None of Them Would Remember It That Way
(Mikroton Recordings)
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Joe McPhee/Ingebright Haker Flaten:
Brooklyn DNA
(Clean Feed)
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Sao Paulo Underground:
Tres Cabecas Loucuras
(Cuneiform Records)
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Szilard Mezei Vocal Ensemble:
Fujj Szel, Zenta, Visshangozz Szela
(Not Two)
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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Acid Mothers Temple:
Son Of A Bitches Brew
(Important Records) |
Astrakan:
Comets and Monsters
(Jaguar Steps) |
Bear / Bertucci:
Controlled Burn
(Peira) |
Bon, Piero Bittolo & His Original Pigneto Stompers:
Mucho Acustica
(Long Song Records) |
Cage, John:
Music Of Changes (1951)
(Hat [now] ART) |
Cavallanti, Daniele & Tiziano Tononi's:
Rings of Fire
(Long Song Records) |
Elgier / Grinenco / Sahlieh:
Veiled
(Creative Sources) |
Evans, Joe:
Ecliptic Plane [CD + DVD]
(Runningonair Music) |
Fennesz, Christian:
AUN: The Beginning And The End Of All Things
(Ash International) |
Gjerstad Trio, Frode:
Hide Out
(PNL) |
Green, Craig + Dave King:
Moontower
(Long Song Records) |
Kimmel / More / Wick:
Tilting
(Peira) |
Lamb, Catherine:
Three Bodies (Moving)
(Another Timbre) |
Leandre, Joelle & Serge Teyssot-Gay:
Trans
(Kadima) |
Lonberg-Holm / Strid:
Discus and Plumbing
(Peira) |
Maier Technicolor, Giovanni:
Featuring Marc Ribot + A Turtle Soup [2 CDs]
(Long Song Records) |
Makrokosmos Quartet:
Round Midnight
(Hat [now] ART) |
McAuley, Jim:
Gongfarmer 36
(Long Song Records) |
Mythic Birds:
The Name By Which The World Knows Them
(Peira) |
Neung Phak:
2
(Abduction) |
Regolith:
And...
(Runningonair Music) |
Rubin, Harold and Ariel Shibolet and Between the Strings:
One Voice and Live at the Tel Aviv Museum [2 CDs]
(Kadima) |
Schiller, Christoph / Birgit Ulher:
Kolk
(Another Timbre) |
Silva, Alan & Burton Greene:
Parallel Worlds
(Long Song Records) |
Taylor, Cecil / Pauline Oliveros:
Solo - Duo - Poetry [DVD]
(Curtis R. Priem Exp Media And Performing Arts Center) |
Vogel, Cristian:
The Inertials
(Shitkatapult) |
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Squidco Storefront
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Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2001.
In 2010 we opened a storefront in downtown Wilmington, NC, giving customers access to our catalog
of more than 6,000 new items, plus hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items
not listed on our website. We're open Monday-Friday, 12:00-6:00 PM,
so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region make sure to stop by and say hello,
we'd love to play some music for you!
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-Don Van Vliet
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