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UPDATE
October 5, 2017
"To stop the flow of music
would be like the stopping of time itself,
incredible and inconceivable."
—Aaron Copland
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Essential Labels
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Art Yard
Bureau B
Clean Feed
Creative Sources
Ftarri / Meenna
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Meena
NoBusiness
Shhpuma
Swarming
The Thing Records
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Creative Artists
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• Akiyama, Tetuzi/Jason Kahn/Toshimaru Nakamura
• Big Bold Back Bone (von Orelli/Lopes/Travassos)
• Claudia Binder
• Ugo Boscain/Fred Marty
• Bobby Bradford/Hafez Modirzadeh/Ken Filiano/Royal Hartigan
• Jonas Cambien/Adrian Myhr
• Cortex
• Der Verboten (Loriot/Chessex/Piromalli/Wolfarth)
• Matthieu Donarier/Santiago Quintans
• Mark Dresser
• Faust
• Nikolaus Gerszewski
• Yedo Gibson/Hernani Faustino/Vasco Trilla
• Dre Hocevar
• Irniger-Studer-Ulrich
• Eric La Casa
• Andrew Lamb/Warren Smith/Arkadijus Gotesmanas
• Marginal Consort
• The Mirror Unit
• Liudas Mockunas
• Matthias Muller/Matthias Muche
• Ernesto Rodrigues/Guilherme Rodrigues/Nuno Torres/Eduardo Chagas/Carlos Santos
• Roligheten (Roligheten/Loseth/Strom/Nylander)
• Slow Is Possible (Pontiifice/Figueira/Fonseca/Clemente/Santos Dias/Sousa)
• Sun Ra & His Myth Science Solar Arkestra
• TON-KLAMI (Midori Takada/Kang Tae Hwan/Masahiko Satoh)
• Travassos
• James Ulmer Blood w/ The Thing
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Akiyama, Tetuzi / Jason Kahn / Toshimaru Nakamura: Between Two
(Meena)
A subtly complex and sophisticated album of electroacoustic improvisation from the trio of Japanese sound artists Tetuzi Akiyama (guitar) and Toshimaru Nakamura (no-input mixing board) and Switzerland-based American drummer Jason Kahn performing live at Ftarri in Suidobashi, Tokyo, during Kahn's stay in Japan, a rich and detailed exploration.
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Big Bold Back Bone (von Orelli / Lopes / Travassos): In Search Of The Emerging Species [VINYL]
(Shhpuma)
Swiss musicians Marco Von Orelli (trumpet, slide trumpet) and Sheldon Suter (prepared drums) and by their Portuguese partners, Luis Lopes (electric guitar) and Travassos (electronics) release a new chapter in their project Big Bold Back Bone, all players embracing a unique electro-acoustic improvisation through transformation of their instruments.
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Binder, Claudia: Piano Solo II
(Creative Sources)
Pianist Claudia Binder presents 3 concepts for solo piano - the introspective "Room for a Sound" and it's dramatic inverse, "Sound for a Room"; "Polyphony" in 3 parts using piano preparation, one part playful, one part serious, one part peculiar; and an inexplicable "It Takes Two to Tango"--in performances revealing a curious mind and tremendous skill.
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Boscain, Ugo / Fred Marty: Estasi
(Creative Sources)
Recording in the rich resonant structure of the Church of Gauriac, in Gironde, France, Italian reedist Ugo Boscain on contrabass clarinet and French double bassist Fred Marty explore the lower registers in five dialogs of an album titled for "ecstasi" (ecstasy), using a wealth of creative approaches and insane technique, from reserved to spirited forays.
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Bradford, Bobby / Hafez Modirzadeh / Ken Filiano / Royal Hartigan: Live at the Magic Triangle [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
A live concert at Amherst, Massachusetts in 2016 as part of the Magical Triangle Jazz Series from the quartet of legendary cornetist Bobby Bradford, Turkish saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh on tenor, in-demand New York bassist Ken Filiano, and percussionist/drummer Royal Hartigan, the band performing two Bradford compositions, with one each from Filiano, Modirzadeh and Hartigan.
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Cambien, Jonas / Adrian Myhr: Simiskina
(Clean Feed)
With a discography of both contemporary and improvised music, Beligan pianist residing in Norway Jonas Cambien (Platform, Karokh) joins forces with Norwegian double bassist Adrian Myhr (Delius, Dorner, Tony Buck) for an album that balances concentrative and muscular interplay, influenced by Cambien's piano preparations and Myhr's sophisticated techniques.
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Cortex: Avant-Garde Party Music
(Clean Feed)
Cortex propels their persuasive, groove oriented approach to jazz with this swinging album that blends free jazz styles with great hard bop, in line with a band like The Thing, this Scandinavian group wants to make your body move without indulging in excess or pandering, instead following a muse that's solidly in the exuberant free jazz tradition.
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Der Verboten (Loriot / Chessex / Piromalli / Wolfarth): Der Verboten
(Clean Feed)
Originally called Treffpunkt, or "meeting point", the partnership of violist Frantz Loriot and pianist Cedric Piromalli has evolved as they added collaborators to their idiosyncratic approach to improv, here with guests Antoine Chessex on tenor sax and Christian Wolfarth on percussion and cymbals for an extended, upbeat and wonderfully creative performance.
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Donarier, Matthieu / Santiago Quintans: Sun Dome
(Clean Feed)
Using a diverse set of strategies in free improvisation, from abstract textures, sonic and microtonal exploration to solid counterpoint, French saxophonist Matthieu Donarier and Spanish electric guitarist residing in France Santiago Quintans delight in the variety and dynamic approach to their album, in 14 tracks that surprise and captivate their listeners.
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Dresser, Mark : Modicana [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Double Bassist Mark Dresser, a mainstay of the Downtown NY scene as an improviser and composer, and also prominent on the US West Coast and as an international touring artist, releases a powerful album of distinctive solo playing, both technically and melodically, with 2 tracks caught live at the Umea Jazz Festival and others recorded at the University of California, San Diego.
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Gerszewski, Nikolaus: Ordinary Music Vol. 35: Textures
(Creative Sources)
German composer working in Budapest Nikolaus Gerszewski does not consider the score for this piece a composition, but rather a basis for a process, which is executed live at Fabrica Braco de Prata with Gerszewski himself plus improvisers Ernesto & Guilherme Rodrigues, Pedro Roxo, Nuno Torres, Armando Pereira, Carlos Santos, Pedro Castello Lopes & Andre Mota.
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Gibson, Yedo / Hernani Faustino / Vasco Trilla: CHAIN
(NoBusiness)
A fiery and energetic album of masterful free jazz from Brazilian saxophonist Yedo Gibson, Portuguese-Brazilian drummer and percussionist Vasco Trilla, and Portuguese bass player Hernani Faustino (Red Trio, K4 Quadrado Azul), recording in the studio for 6 dynamic dialogs that uses a variety of approaches and references to free jazz and creative improv.
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Hocevar, Dre : Surface Of Inscription
(Clean Feed)
Composer and drummer Dre Hocevar brings an unusual sense of unity, logic and purpose to his improvised work resulting from a number of distinct compositional procedures, performed by vocalist Charmaine Lee, pianist Elias Stemeseder, brass player Weston Olencki reedist Michael Foster, and electronics artist Bernardo Barros, a unique and rewarding album.
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Irniger-Studer-Ulrich: Breakin'Up
(Creative Sources)
Live recordings at Jazzclub Moods in Zurich, Switzerland in 2013 from the trio of Christoph Irniger on tenor saxophone, Daniel Studer on double bass, and Dieter Ulrich on drums & bugle, bringing together two generations of free improvisers for seven concise and masterful conversations, lyrically inclined in captivating interplay and solos.
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Lamb, Andrew / Warren Smith / Arkadijus Gotesmanas: The Sea of Modicum [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Captured live at the 2016 Vilnius Jazz Festival, the free jazz trio of saxophonist Andrew Lamb and percussionists Warren Smith and Arkadijus Gotesmanas provide a unique orchestration, with the percussionists building rhythmic structures over which AACM alumni Lamb's powerful saxophone work emerges; a great album of solid exploratory free jazz.
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Marginal Consort: 08.09.13 [3 CDs]
(Ftarri / Meenna)
A live concert recorded at South London Gallery in London in 2013 from the influential Japanese collective improvisation project Marginal Consort of Kei Shii, Kazuo Imai, Masami Tada and Tomonao Koshikawa, formed around 1975 and since 1997 performing yearly concerts of evolving and continuous electroacoustic improvisation lasting for hours, here in 3 CDs.
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Mirror Unit, The : Wind Makes Weather
(Creative Sources)
Sharing common ground in improvisational language and extended techniques but approaching these materials in diverse and disparate ways, alto saxophonists Tim O'Dwyer and Georg Wissel, both using preparations on their sax and distinguished in separate stereo channels, present a singular concert of reed interactions live at the Peter Kowald Ort in Wuppertal, Germany
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Mockunas, Liudas : Hydro [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Lithuanian reedist Liudas Mockunas in an unusual record of clarinet and saxophone improvisations, from solo work of powerful technique to pieces using water prepared instruments to create a wealth of bubbling and aberrant sound on the instrument, side A presenting the 7 part "Hydration Suite", Side B the 3 part "Rehydration", and "Dehydration".
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Muller, Matthias / Matthias Muche : MM Squared Session
(Creative Sources)
Two German trombonists, Matthias and Matthias Muche, extend the trombone language through four open improvisations using advanced techniques and bizarre language, each appropriately titled for phonemes, as the two players explore the strangest and most interesting sides of their instruments to the benefit of the intrepid listener.
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Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Nuno Torres / Eduardo Chagas / Carlos Santos: Surfaces
(Creative Sources)
An immersive album of collective sound from the Portugues quintet of Ernesto Rodrigues on viola, Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, Nuno Torres on alto saxophone, Eduardo Chagas on trombone, and Carlos Santos on computer, developing rich sonic environments of great detail and intense patience, a tremendous journey that rewards the careful listener.
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Roligheten (Roligheten / Loseth / Strom / Nylander): Homegrown
(Clean Feed)
Saxophonist and bass clarinetist Andre Roligheten leads his quartet with Adrian Loseth Waade on violin, Jon Rune Strom on double bass, and Erik Nylander on drums and percussion through 7 original compositions and Ornette Coleman's "Kathleen Gray", writing for the players, particularly the combination of sax and violin, and the flexibility of a chordless quartet.
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Slow Is Possible (Pontiifice / Figueira / Fonseca / Clemente / Santos Dias / Sousa): Moonwatchers
(Clean Feed)
A stunningly beautiful album of langurous jazz from a sextet collective of young Portuguese musicians, self-described as a chamber band for the new century, in their 2nd album using melodic elements alongside classical contemporay music, post-rock, alternative metal, intelligent pop, free improvisation and more, creating a rich and embraceable music.
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Sun Ra & His Myth Science Solar Arkestra: The Lost Arkestra Series Vol 1 & 2 [2 10-INCH VINYL RECORDS]
(Art Yard)
A double 10" featuring unreleased and rare Sun Ra recordings, including a live track from Paris in 1983, two unreleased cuts from the "Disco 3000" concert tapes, a quartet session with Sun Ra on the Crumar Mainman synth, and three selections from the Sub-Underground series of Saturn LPs, including a ballad and new material from "Live at Temple" and "What's New".
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TON-KLAMI (Midori Takada / Kang Tae Hwan / Masahiko Satoh): Prophesy of Nue
(NoBusiness)
Ton-Klami was an influential Japanese free improvising band active in the 90s, and leading to the solo careers of percussionist Midori Takada, pianist Masahiko Satoh, and saxophonist Kang Tae Hwan; here the band is heard in a 1995 live concert recorded at Design Plaza Hofu in Yamaguchi, Japan, recorded by Chap-Chap Records but never released.
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Travassos: Life Is A Simple Mess [BOOK + CD]
(Shhpuma)
A fascinating book of artwork from Clean Feed visual designer and electronic improviser Travassos, with perceptive text from Nate Wooley punctuating the imagery, plus an accompanying CD with audio work ranging from improv to electroacoustic from bands with Travassos as a member: One Eye Project, Pinkdraft, Pao, Fluke, Iff + Travassos, and Big Bold Back Bone.
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Ulmer, James Blood W/ The Thing: Baby Talk
(The Thing Records)
The Thing with Mats Gustafsson on tenor and baritone sax, Ingebrigt Haker-Flaten on electric and double bass, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums, and percussion are joined by Downtown NY legend, guitarist James Blood Ulmer, for a live set at the Moldel International Jazz Festival in 2015 performing an exuberant and all-out impressive set of Ulmer composions.
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Ulmer, James Blood W/ The Thing: Baby Talk [VINYL]
(The Thing Records)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Various Artists: I Never Meta Guitar Four
(Clean Feed)
The fourth in the Elliot Sharp curated "Meta Guitar" series brings a wealth of diverse styles and approaches to the guitar, from Knox Chandler, Tashi Dorji, Monika Roscher, Rhys Chatham, Kalle Kalima, Ryan Choi, Marco Oppedisano, Bern Nix, Markus Reuter, Hahn Rowe, Pete Matthiessen, Robert Poss, Ron Anderson, Morgan Craft, Roberto Zorzi, and Erdem Helvacioglu.
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Experimental/Electronic
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La Casa, Eric: AIR.ratio
(Swarming)
Reissuing La Casa's 2006 album of ventilation systems, which started with a bathroom vent and expanded to a sonic exploration of aeraulic devices and air flows in Paris buildings of various ages and dimensions, documenting their sonic and musical qualities, functioning as a sound study, a sonic data bank, a CD of environments, and finally as music.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Faust: Fresh Air
(Bureau B)
Recorded during their 2016 US tour, Peron and Werner "Zappi" Diermaier used ever-changing ensembles from different locations on the tour to make these recordings, mated with Peron's field recordings, to blend rhythm, noise, spoken word, strong rock and blues hooks, and experimental/industrial elements; another great, eclectic Faust release!
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Relative Pitch Weekly Sale!
Until Sunday, October 8, 2017 Squidco & Relative Pitch are offering
the duo album from wind players Vinny Golia & Urs Leimgruber Empiricism in the West
at the special price of $9.95, a $4.00 savings!
Golia, Vinny & Urs Leimgruber: Empiricism in the West (Relative Pitch)
Two amazing wind players - saxophonist, clarinetist and flautist Vinny Golia and saxophonist Urs Leimgruber - in a series of free improvising duos pushing their instruments into unusual and captivating territories.
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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 on The Squid's Ear
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Ensemble Supermusique:
Jeux de Pistes
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
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The Keith Tippett Octet:
The Nine Dances Of Patrick O'Gonogon
(Discus)
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Harris Eisenstadt Canada Day Quartet:
On Parade in Parede
(Clean Feed)
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Humcrush:
Enter Humcrush
(Shhpuma)
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In Stock and Ready to Ship
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We're never quite caught up with new releases that constantly come in our door, and
we don't like to rush a release to our homepage. That said,
the following releases have already been stocked at Squidco, and are able to be ordered.
In most cases we have images, often have samples, and some basic description of each release.
• You can see the newest additions to our catalog in our Just In Stock Section.
• You can see the latest fully cataloged items in our store by using our
New Releases section.
• You can see Recently Restocked items on this page.
• Ask to have us email you when Upcoming Releases are in stock.
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Squidco Workspace
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In 2010 we moved to Wilmington, NC, giving regional and visiting customers access to our catalog
of more than 7,000 items, which includes hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items
not listed on our website. We're open for you to visit by appointment during weekday afternoons,
so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region please email us to set up a time to stop by and say hello,
we'd love to play some music for you!
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because:
"a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"
-Don Van Vliet
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