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Jazz & Improvisation
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Blonk, Jaap: Keynote Dialogues
(Monotype)
Thirteen tracks by Avant vocalist Jaap Blonk using unusual techniques and electronics in his own original compositions and works for Thelonious Monk, Dylan Thomas, etc.
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Borbetomagus: Borbeto Jam: Borbetomagus [VINYL]
(Cadence Jazz Records)
1981 recording of the seminal noise jazz trio Borbetomagus jamming with a set of global improvisers - Peter Kowald (bass), Milo Fine (piano), Toshinori Kondo (trumpet) & Tristan Honsinger (cello & voice).
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Borbetomagus: Trente Belles Annees
(Agaric)
Live recordings from Instants Chavires in Montreuil, France as the final concert of the Borbetomagus 2009 tour, a blistering 46 minute improvisation celebrating 30 years of this groundbreaking noise jazz trio's work.
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Chaton, Anne-James / Andy Moor: Transfer/1 - Departures [7" LP]
(Unsounds)
The first release of the TRANSFER series, one of four seven inch singles by Andy Moor and Anne-James Chaton, based around the themes of transition and transportation, side A constructed from factual information and side B from fiction.
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Cherry, Neneh & The Thing: Cherry Thing Remixes
(Smalltown Supersound)
Remixes by Merzbow, Jim O'Rourke, and more of songs from the excellent album "The Cherry Thing", a team-up of The Thing (Mats Gustafsson, Ingebrigt Haker Flaten and Paal Nilssen) with Don Cherry's daughter, Neneh Cherry.
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Davies, Angharad and Cremaster (Monteiro / Fages): Pluie Fine
(Potlatch)
The collaboration between the electroacoustic duo of Cremaster (Ferran Fages and Alfredo Costa Monteiro) and violinist Angharad Davies, mixing contemporary electronics with long-form minimalist drone music.
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Ensemble SuperMusique: Bruit court-circuit
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Jean Derome, Joane Hetu, Danielle Palardy Roger, Alexandre St-Onge and Martin Tetreault each composed works for this stellar group of nine Montreal-based musique actuelle players, a startling and wonderful release of style, approach and concept.
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Goyvaerts / Morgan / Buggenhout: White Smoke
(Creative Sources)
Unusual instrumentation and interaction from the trio of percussionist Mike Goyvaerts (Canaries on the Pole), saxophonist Jeffey Morgan (releases on Headlight, Konnex) and EMS synthesist Willy Van Buggenhout.
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Hetu, Joane: La Femme Territoire ou 21 Fragments D'humus
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
An amazing journey in sound and voice from saxophonist/vocalist Joane Hetu with five singers/narrators/musicians/noise-makers and layered field recordings, a remarkable and sophisticated work about sex, loss, death, art, & politics.
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Keune, Stefan: Sunday Sundaes
(Creative Sources)
Solo improvisation from Stefen Keune performing on sopranino and alto saxophones, intense playing that focuses on hard-blowing and extreme performance, wringing a singularly desperate yet astute language from the horn.
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Mostly Other People Do the Killing: Slippery Rock
(Hot Cup Records)
Claiming to have been inspired by smooth jazz, the 6th MOPDTK album is a remarkable achievement of forward-thinking free jazz with a bizarre sense of humor and an irresistible love of poking fun at form while simultaneously paying homage.
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P16.D4: Passagen [6 CDs + DVD + BOOKLET]
(Monotype)
An extensive 6 CD box set with a DVD and booklet featuring various industrial, experimental, and noise works by the band P16.D4 that were recorded during the 1980's.
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Rodrigues / Yamauchi / Santos: Three Rushes
(Creative Sources)
Creative Sources label leaders Carlos Santos on computer and Enresto Rodrigues on harp are joined by saxophonist Katsura Yamauchi, using unorthodox techniques to create a beautifully floating album of modern ea-improvisation.
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Schiller / Danzeisen: 47 degrees 13' N 7 degrees E
(Creative Sources)
The coordinates in the title are from Switzerland, the location where Christoph Schiller and Lea Danzeisen recorded this unusual output from a pair of spinnet keyboards, manipulating them in highly unusual ways.
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Smith / Marshall / Flinn: Alter Egos
(Creative Sources)
Active and interactive percussion using extended techniques from the London trio of trumpeter Ian Smith, percussionist Stephen Flinn, and cellist Hannah Marshall.
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Sun Ra: Sub Underground Series Vol 1 & 2 - Cosmo Earth Fantasy
(Art Yard (ReR TYARD))
A Saturn release from the 1960's featuring a wide-range of pieces from studio recordings, rehearsals, and live concerts that are all heart-felt and made in the traditional Sun Ra style.
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Swell, Steve: The Business Of Here...Live At Roulette
(Cadence Jazz Records)
A live recording from the 3rd night of Steve Swell's big band, Nation of We...", performing the massive "The Business of Here" live at Roulette with members including Daniel Levin, Jason Hwang, Chris Forbes, Giuseppi Logan, Peter Zumo, &c. &c.
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Tongs: Jazz With The Megaphone?
(Long Song Records)
A powerful mix of rock and jazz in this extraordinary debut album by a young trio comprised of Luca Serrapiglio, Antonio Bertoni, and Carlo Garof playing a variety of acoustic and electronic instruments in fresh variations.
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Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay: 2004-2012 [4 CD Box]
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
A specially priced box set bringing together 4 CDs from the Ambiances Jazz Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay: "10 compositions", "The Feeling of Jazz", "Danse a l'Anvers", and "Wow!".
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Trio Derome Guilbeault Tanguay: Wow!
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Sax and flute player/Ambiances Magnetique label leader Jean Derome's excellent jazz trio with bassist Normand Guilbeault and drummer Pierre Tanguay, in their 4th release, with three Derome originals and 4 standards including a Dolphy number.
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Trio X: Live On Tour 2010 [4 CDs]
(CIMPOL)
Trio X with saxophonist/pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee, bassist Dominic Duval, and drummer Jay Rosen performing live in Iowa City, Waukee, Ann Arber's Kerrytown Edgefest, and Joe's Movement Emporium in Maryland.
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Willers / Kneer / Marien: Nulli Secundus
(Creative Sources)
Far-ranging improvisation using open and creative techniques from the trio of guitarist Andreas Willers on acoustic and electric, bassist Meinrad Kneer (who runs the Evil Rabbit label) and drummer Christian Marien.
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Wind Trio: Old School New School No School
(Creative Sources)
The trio of Paulo Curado, Paulo Chagas, and Joao Pedro Viegas on flutes and reeds, 11 pieces of mostly improvised music that blend idiomatic music from old and new approaches, while inventing a few of their own.
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Zabelka Trio, Mia: Weird Tales And Elegant Motion
(Monotype)
Violinist, vocalist, and electronic artist Mia Zabelka is joined by Johannes Frisch (bass) and Pavel Fajt (drums, electronics) for an awesome set of improv that covers free rock, jazz, and soundscapes.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Eleh: Retreat, Return, Repose [3 CDs]
(Important Records)
A deluxe 3 CD set of timbral abundance, tonal development, and deep synthesis that puts together for the first time Eleh's "Retreat", "Return", and "Repose"; previously only available separately on vinyl.
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Hegenbart, Boris & 19 Artists (Frith / Ambarchi / Grubbs / Brandlmary / &c): Instrumentarium
(Monotype)
German electroacoustic composer Boris Hegenbart used the exclusive recordings of 19 invited musicians and sound artists to rebuild and reconstruct their music in suprising ways; artists include Fred Frith, David Grubbs, Oren Ambarchi, Felix Kubin, &c. &c.
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Onda, Aki: Cassette Memories Volume 3: South of the Border
(Important Records)
Aki Onda's 3rd installment in his "Cassette Memories", field recordings taped in Mexico using three cassette walkmans and restructured into "beautifully messed-up sound collages" of audio recollections.
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People Like Us & Ergo Phizmiz: The Keystone Cut Ups [DVD]
(Illegal Art)
Vicki Bennett composed a whimsical soundtrack and then built visuals around the music that explores the connections of early silent-comedy and avant-garde cinema in this creative DVD.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Cassiber: The Way It Was
(Recommended Records)
A teaser for the upcoming box set, this collects previously unreleased Cassiber live and studio recordings, fusing energetic experimental rock, punk, pop, fringe jazz, improvisation and more into a radical blend of cutting-edge music.
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Kazuhisa, Uchihashi / Yoshida Tatsuya: Improvisations 4 [DVD AUDIO + IMAGES]
(Magaibutsu)
The 4th improvisation release of drummer Yoshida Tatsuya (Ruins, Koenji, &c) and guitarist Uchihasi Kazuhisa (Altered States) is a DVD audio release presenting 36 remarkable live tracks from 6 concerts recorded 2004-2012.
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L A N D: Night Within
(Important Records)
This appropriately titled debut album creates a heavy nocturnal ambiance by utilizing an extensive collection of instruments and sounds and the longing, slow voice of David Sylvian.
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Compositional
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Cage, John & Domencio Scarlatti: Changes
(Hat [now] ART)
Pianist Pi-Hsien Chen performs both the playful and quirky sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti juxtaposed to John Cage's I Ching developed compositions, "Music of Changes", which complement each other in unexpected and sublime ways.
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Ives, Charles: A Songbook
(Hat [now] ART)
Sebastian Gottschick's adaptations of Ives' songs and short instrumental pieces pay homage to the composer and develop his work further, as conducted by Gottschick with the ensemble fur neue musik zurich.
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Squidco In-Store Performance:
Prom Night Records recording artists:
VaVatican
Weston Minissali (synthesizer) &
Nathaniel Morgan (alto sax) &
Owen Stewart-Robertson (guitar)
Booker Stardrum (drums)
Opening Act: Caucasians
Friday, January 18, 2013 - 8:00pm-11:00pm
928 North 4th St., Wilmington, NC 28401
910-399-4847
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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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Chabala / Jones / Martin / Mukarji / Nakamura:
Unbalanced Out (Unbalanced In)
(Another Timbre)
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Way Out Northwest:
The White Spot
(Relative Pitch)
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Mecha Fixes Clocks:
Teoria dellelasticita di Girolamo Papariello
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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The Whammies:
Play the Music of Steve Lacy
(Driff Records)
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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Bloody Imagination (Akiyama / Miyamoto / Kawasaki / Ito):
Satanic Abandoned Rock & Roll Society
(Mikroton Recordings) |
Bosetti, Alessandro / Chris Abrahams:
We Who Had Left
(Mikroton Recordings) |
Branche / Chrysakis / Soloveitzik / O'Sullivan / Vidal / Wigens:
Magnetic River
(Aural Terrains) |
Chaton, Anne-James / Andy Moor:
Transfer/2 - Princess in a Car [7" LP]
(Unsounds) |
Chaton, Anne-James / Andy Moor:
Transfer/3 - Flying Machines [7" LP]
(Unsounds) |
Chaton, Anne-James / Andy Moor:
Transfer/4 - Inbound/Outbound [7" LP]
(Unsounds) |
Chrysakis, Thanos / James O'Sullivan / Jerry Wigens:
Syneuma
(Aural Terrains) |
Cooper, Stephe:
Cloud Becomes Your Hand
(Canada Goose Tapes) |
Dogmatics, The (Abrahams / Fagachinski):
The Sacrifice For The Music Became Our Lifestyle [VINYL]
(Monotype) |
Duplant / Chambel / Drouin:
Field By Memory Inhabited 1 & 2
(rhizome.s) |
Kyriakides / Moor:
Folia
(Unsounds) |
Peeping Tom (Dorner / Badaroux / Grip / Gerbal):
Boperation
(Umlaut Records) |
Romen, Barbara / Kai Fagaschinski / Gunter Schneider:
Here Comes The Sun
(Mikroton Recordings) |
Strid, Raymond & Roland Keijser:
Yellow Bell [3 CD BOX]
(Umlaut Records) |
Tilbury, John:
For Tomasz Sikorski
(Bolt) |
Twins of El Dorado:
[portend the end]
(Prom Night Records) |
Wada, Yoshi:
Singing in Unison
(EM Records) |
Wada, Yoshi:
Singing in Unison [VINYL 3 LPs]
(EM Records) |
Wallin, Per Henrik & Sven-Ake Johansson:
1974 - 2004 [4 CD BOX]
(Umlaut Records) |
Wintsch, Weber, Wolfarth:
The Holistic Worlds Of [VINYL]
(Monotype) |
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Squidco Storefront
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