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Jazz & Improvisation
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Cactus Truck: Brand New For China!
(Public Eyesore)
Debut album from the shredding Amsterdam free jazz trio of John Dikeman (saxes), Jasper Stadhouders (guitar & bass), and Onno Govaert (drums), playing extended and ridiculously brief pieces of skronky, muscular improv.
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Cactus Truck: Brand New For China! [VINYL]
(Public Eyesore)
LP edition of the CD listed above.
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Chadbourne, Eugene: Doc Chad Ayler [2 CDs]
(Chadula)
Doc Chadbourne arranges and performs a vital section of the Albert Ayler songbook in a 2-CD release featuring solo settings to a quintet with musicians including Charles Tyler, Massimo Pupillo, Ted Reichman, Joe Williamson, &c.
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ChipShop Music & Toshimaru Nakamura: Protocol
(Mathka)
ChipShop music with Erik Carlsson (percussion), Martin Kuchen (sax & radio), David Lacey (percussion & electronics) and Paul Vogel (computer & clarinet) meets no-input-mixing-board artist Toshimaru Nakamura for two extended recordings.
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DKV Trio: Past Present [7 CD Box]
(Not Two Records)
Since 1994 the DKV Trio - Hamid Drake (drums), Kent Kessler (bass) and Ken Vandermark (reeds) - have performed superlative modern jazz around the world, here in a 7 CD box set of live recordings from 2008-2011.
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Eberhard, Silke / Alex Huber: Singen Sollst Du...
(Not Two Records)
A duo between alto saxophonist Silke Eberhard and drummer/percussionist Alex Huber in 13 concise, informed, and joyous freely-improvised tracks recorded in the studio in Berlin.
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Eventless Plot: Recon
(Aural Terrains)
The Eventless Plot trio hails from Thessaloniki, Greece, borrowing elements from different genres and aesthetics to build a hybrid of free improv, noise, new electronica, electroacoustic composition and jazz.
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Gauci, Stephen: THUNK!
(Not Two Records)
Tenor saxophonist Stephen Gauci's quartet with guitarist Kenny Wessel, bassist Michael Bisio, and drummer Jeremy Carlstedt share arrangement credits on classic Thelonius Monk tunes.
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Giallorenzo, Paul Trio featuring Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Tim Daisy:
(Not Two Records)
Chicago-based pianist Paul Giallorenzo trio with fellow Chicago drummer Tim Daisy and Norwegian bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten performing a set of Giallorenzo compositions that balance melodic and free moments with authoritative playing.
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Killick: The Amplifucker
(Solponticello Records)
Athens GA native Killick Erik Hinds performs on an 18-string electroacoustic guitar known as the H'arpeggione, performing his "Applachian Trance Metal" music in a diverse and dynamic exposition of the instrument and performer's potential.
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Leandre, Joelle & Lauren Newton: Conversations live in Ljubljana
(Not Two Records)
French bassist Joelle Leandre and US vocalist Lauren Newton recorded these duos live at Club Gromka in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 2010; absorbing and unusual interactions between two significant improvisers.
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Ligeia Mare: 1
(Ligeia Mare)
Taking their name from a lake in the north polar region of Saturn's moon Titan, the quintet of Farrell Lowe, Dave Willey, Elaine di Falco, Brian Mullins, & Udi Koomran create unique sound-worlds reminiscent of the work of Biota.
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Moffett, Joe: Ad Faunum - Animal Culture
(Not Two Records)
Trumpeter Joe Moffett's Ad Faunum (To the Animal) with saxophonist Noah Kaplan, bassist Giacomo Merega, bassist Jacob William and drummer Luther Gray in 6 freely improvised recordings from Firehouse 12.
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Rovin / Gerstein / Harland / White: GSI Sessions: Volume I: Limitless
(GSI)
Karl 2000's saxophonist Daniel Rovin and bassist Austin White meet trombonist Ben Gerstein and drummer Eric Harland for three extended jazz compositions recorded in the debut of NYC's GSI studio improv series.
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Various Artists: Trad Dads, Dirty Boppers and Free Fusioneers
(Reel Recordings)
A collection of ten rare recordings from the British jazz scene that were made between 1961 and 1975, featuring early works of legends such as Lol Coxhill, Elton Dean, Mike Osborne, Steve Miller and more!
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Wolfram Trio: Wolfram Trio
(VA FONGOOL)
Citing heroes such as Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler, Peter Brotzmann and Evan Parker, Wolfram Trio have played free improvisation in the Norwegian free jazz scene since 2008, heard here on this release produced, mixed and mastered by Frode Gjerstad.
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Wolfram Trio: Wolfram Trio [VINYL]
(VA FONGOOL)
LP edition of the CD listed above.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Ambarchi, Oren & Robin Fox: Connected [VINYL]
(Kranky)
A collaboration of guitarist Oren Ambarchi and electronic artist Robin Fox, who both co-composed this soundtrack for a contemporary dance production, exploring other instruments while combining their unique musical and digital styles.
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Eno, Brian: Lux
(Warp Records)
Eno's first solo album on Warp Records and first solo release since 2005 is a 76 minute composition in twelve sections that evolved from a work currently housed in the Great Gallery of the Palace of Venaria in Turin, Italy.
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Minamo + Lawrence English: A Path Less Travelled [VINYL]
(Immune)
Lawrence English blends field recordings and his electronics with the instrumentation of the members of Minamo to create a rich, melodic album full of atmosphere, harmony and throbbing vibrations.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Elephant9 with Reine Fiske: Atlantis
(Rune Grammofon)
Elephant9 join forces with Reine Fiske, the Swedish guitarist from Dungen, The Amazing and Trad, & Gras och Stenar, for a heavy slice of mindblowing modern rock 'n jazz psychedelia.
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Elephant9 with Reine Fiske: Atlantis [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Rune Grammofon)
LP edition of the CD listed above.
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Elephant9: Live At The BBC [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
At the same time as their triumphant and memorable concert with Motorpsycho in London in November 2010, Elephant9 popped into BBC for this live session for their "Jazz On 3" program.
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Ich Bin N!ntendo & Mats Gustafsson:
(VA FONGOOL)
Ich Bin Nintendo is a purly improvised trio and can be compared to bands like The Ex and the more experimental releases from ZU; here in the company of Mats Gustafsson, the closest comparison would be the Original Silence recordings.
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Moore, R. Stevie: Hearing Aid [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Megaphone/Knock 'em Dead)
A wide collection of 32 underground home recordings by R. Stevie Moore dating from the late '60s to early '80s that varies between electronic experiments, dark disco rock, field recordings, and more.
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Moore, Thurston & John Moloney: Caught On Tape [VINYL]
(Feeding Tube Records)
Guitarist Thurston Moore and drummer John Maloney toured Europe in 2012, recording to cassette their improvised rock insanity, which is structured into two album-long, untitled compositions.
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Residents, The: Demonic!: The Residents Live In Oslo! [2 CDs]
(Cryptic Corporation)
A live show by The Residents performed in Oslo in 2003 featuring songs that were mostly written immediately after the 9/11 tragedy, expressing the band's anger and melancholy within melodic music.
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Compositional
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Cage, John: BirdCage: 73'20.958" for a Composer [DVD]
(Wergo)
In celebration of John Cage's 100th birthday, Wergo presents the world premiere DVD release of Cage's 1972 film collage "BirdCage: 73'20.958 for a Composer" written in collaboration between Cage and writer Hans G Helms.
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Stockhausen, Karlheinz: Zyklus fur einen Schlagzeuger/Klavierstuck X
(Wergo)
This reissue from Wergo's 1960's series "Studio Reihe" features 3 works by composer Stockhausen Karlheinz, two of which are played by percussionists Max Neuhaus and Christoph Caskel, the third performed by pianist Frederic Rzewski.
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Various Artists: Cold Blue Two
(Cold Blue Music)
A wide-ranging collection of new, unreleased music varying from solo pieces to ensemble compositions, featuring the work of amazing composers and artists such as John Luther Adams, James Tenney, Guy Klucevsek, and more!
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Books & Magazines
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Wire, The: #346 November 2012
(The Wire)
December 2012 issue of the UK's finest music magazine, with Scott Walker on the cover, plus a Peter Brotzmann redux, Jonas Mekas, David S. Ware remembrance, live and recored reviews, &c. &c.
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Miscellaneous
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Various Artists: Pictures of Sound: One Thousand Years of Educed Audio: 980-1980 [CD & BOOK]
(Dust-to-Digital)
A fascinating project of "Educed Audio" using digital techniques to convert historic "pictures of sound" as far back as the Middle Ages into meaningful audio, including the earliest voice recordings, phonautograms, historic telegrams, &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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Pascal Battus, Bertrand Gauguet, Eric La Casa:
Chantier 1
(Another Timbre)
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300 Basses:
Sei Ritornelli
(Potlatch)
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Tim Olive & Alfredo Costa Monteiro:
33 Bays
(845 Audio)
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Akchote / Foussat / Turner:
Acid Rain
(Ayler Records)
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Ken Vandermark / Paal Nilssen-Love:
Letter to a Stranger
(Smalltown Superjazzz)
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Olivier Dumont / Rodolphe Loubatiere:
Nervure
(Creative Sources)
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