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UPDATE
February 1, 2019
"If we know what it's going to be,
maybe we shouldn't even bother doing it,
because in a way,
we've already done it."
—George Lewis
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Creative Artists
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• Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
• John Butcher/Philippe Lauzier/Eric Normand
• Jean Derome
• Lori Freedman
• Iro Haarla/Ulf Krokfors/Barry Altschul
• HMMH (Hetu/Martel/Mouchous/Hubsch)
• George Lewis/Roscoe Mitchell
• Monicker (Scott Thomson/Arthur Bull/Roger Turner)
• Pauline Oliveros
• Eliane Radigue
• Danielle Roger Palardy
• Akira Sakata/Simon Nabatov/Takashi Seo/Darren Moore
• Erik Satie (Aleman/Vandromme)
• Matthew Shipp/Mat Maneri
• Martin Tetreault
• Daniel Vaczi Multet
• Whim Ensemble (Ofer Pelz/Preston Beebe)
• Rutger Zuydervelt
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Essential Labels
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Ambiances Magnetiques
Bam Balam Records
Edition Wandelweiser
FMR
Important Records
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Leo
Riot Season
RogueArt
Sub Rosa
Tum
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Butcher, John / Philippe Lauzier / Eric Normand: How Does This Happen?
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
The Montreal free improvising, experimenting duo "Not The Music" of bassist Eric Norman & bass clarinetist Philippe Lauzier invited UK saxophonist John Butcher for concerts in Ottawa and Montreal, recording the two impressive 5-part series heard on this album--"en consequence" (consequently) and "par irruption" (by bursting), of masterful and profoundly pensive prowess.
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Derome, Jean : Sudoku pour Pygmees
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
The meticulous and magnificently creative mind of wind player and composer Jean Derome used a 2010 Sudoko puzzle as a guide for his "Sudoko Pour Pygmees", presented alongside "7 Dances (for 15)" and "5 Thoughts (for hard rubber)", performed by an octet of Montreal mainstays including Pierre Tanguay, Pierre Cartier, Guido Del Fabbro, Bernard Falaise, &c.
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Freedman, Lori : Solor
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
The counterpart to Montreal bass clarinetist Lori Freedman's album "Excess" of recordings from her 11-city North American solo tour "The Virtuosity of Excess", this CD "Solor" was developed after that tour allowing Freedman to focus on her past and current creative work, presenting 5 of her solo compositions, 3 of which were written for the album, plus two improvisations.
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Haarla, Iro / Ulf Krokfors / Barry Altschul: Around Again | The Music Of Carla Bley
(Tum)
A magnificent tribute to the music of Carla Bley in 12 arrangements of Bley's early songbook, performed by a trio led by Finnish pianist and band leader Iro Haarla, with long-time associate Ulf Krokfors on double bass and free jazz legend and Bley associate, drummer Barry Altschul, in a heartfelt, lyrical and refined approach to Bley's elegant compositions.
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HMMH (Hetu / Martel / Mouchous / Hubsch): Fleur de chaos
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
A quartet of creative improvisers from Montreal--Joane Hetu (sax and voice), Pierre-Yves Martel (viola da gamba, harmonica), Emilie Mouchous (synth)--and from Germany--Carl Ludwig Hubsch (tuba)--blend conventional instruments with objects and profound techniques to create detailed and carefully controlled aural environments, enveloping the listener in rich, imaginative environments.
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Lewis, George / Roscoe Mitchell: Voyage And Homecoming
(RogueArt)
The long-running association of Chicago legends, trombonist George Lewis and saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, are recorded live at CTM Festival at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, in Berlin in 2018, accompanied by Lewis' laptop adding a third voice that responds and generates textural and rhythmic accompaniment in response to the playing of both improvisers; impressive and exotic.
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Monicker (Scott Thomson / Arthur Bull / Roger Turner): Spine
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Legendary UK drummer Roger Turner and Canadian guitarist Arthur Bull, seasoned improvisers since the 70s and already working as a duo, joined with Montreal trombonist Scott Thomson during Thomson's 2017 residency in Halifax through suddenlyListen, touring and recording this album of propulsive and dynamic creative improvisation during their 2018 tour of Eastern Canada.
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Roger, Danielle Palardy : Cannibale
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Composer/percussionist Danielle Palardy Roger's musical satire about capitalism, performed with some of Montreal's finest improvisers using conventional & unconventional instruments and voice, captured live at the Gesu Amphitheater, in Montreal in 2018: Michel F Cote, Andre Duchesne, Joane Hetu, Elizabeth Lima, Isaiah Ceccarelli, Alexander St-Onge, and Ida Toniato.
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Sakata, Akira / Simon Nabatov / Takashi Seo / Darren Moore: Not Seeing Is A Flower
(Leo)
An absolutely impressive example of collective free improvisation as the quartet of Japanese jazz masters Takashi Seo on acoustic bass and Akira Sakata on alto saxophone, clarinet, vocals, and percussion meet Australian Darren Moore on drums & percussion, and Russian Simon Nabatov on piano for an extended 6-part live set at Chiba's "Jazzspot" Candy.
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Shipp, Matthew / Mat Maneri: Conference Of The Mat/ts
(RogueArt)
Starting with their 1994 "Critical Mass" album, and as a follow-up to pianist Matthew Shipp and violist Mat Maneri's initial duo on Hatology, "Gravitational Systems", the collaboration of pianist Matthew Shipp and violist Mat Maneri expands with this 13-part "Conference", in a freely improvised and empathetic music of force and fragile sophistication; beautiful.
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Vaczi, Daniel Multet: Reticular
(FMR)
A persuasive album of lyrical groove-based electric free improv from the Hungarian quintet of Daniel Vaczi on saxophones & piano, Balazs Horvath on double bass, Zsolt Sarvari Kovacs on drums, Marton Fenyvesi on electric guitar & effects and Aved Janos on saxophones, Vaczi also programming the Budapest Music Center's player piano in unusual ways for the 3-art "Fabula".
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Whim Ensemble (Ofer Pelz / Preston Beebe): Pre-Fall
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
Prepared piano and percussion from Ofer Pelz and Preston Beebe, the percussionist using a diverse set of approaches to drums, cymbals and devices, blurring the sonic distinctions with Israeli-born Montreal-based pianist Ofer Pelz, whose preparations transform the piano in remarkable ways as the two focus on time, texture, space, and ambiance through seven fascinating improvisations.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Oliveros, Pauline: Early Electronic Works 1959-66 [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Sub Rosa)
Before her Deep Listening work and other noted output as an improviser, composer Pauline Oliveros made a systematic exploration of tape and electronic music from the late 1950s through the 1960s, recording these four fascinating and inventive pieces, which are collected in this strictly limited run of 400 copies on silver vinyl LP.
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Oliveros, Pauline: Reverberations 1 [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Important Records)
Important Records released the 12-CD box set "Reverberations: Tape & Electronic Music 1961-1970" in 2012, presenting an overview of Oliveros' experimental music along with early and unreleased music; this is the 1st volume in the vinyl Reverberations series, which will reissue those CDs on LP, here presenting two works: "Time Perspectives" and "Mnemonics".
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Radigue, Eliane: Geelriandre / Arthesis [VINYL]
(Important Records)
Two hallucinatory works for keyboards that envelop their listeners in deep, slowly shifting sound, from composer and electronic explorer Eliane Radigues, the first "Geelriandre" from 1972 and realized on an ARP 2500 synthesizer, with Gerard Fremy on prepared piano; "Arthesis" from 1973 was realized by Radigue on a Moog Synthesizer at the University of Iowa.
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Tetreault, Martin : Plus de Snipettes!!
(Ambiances Magnetiques)
A fun, odd and eccentric album constructed from extracts of hours of tape reels and audio cassettes by Montreal turntablist Martin Tetrault, a mix of plunderphonic sources, unusual turntable technique, and experimental audio collage drawn from an insanely diverse set of sources, in this sequel to his 1992 "Snipettes!" cassette, here with 31 new fascinating miniatures.
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Zuydervelt, Rutger : Sileen II
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
An adaptation from "Sileen", a composition commissioned by Musica For The Festival Oortreders at Neerpelt, Belgium, 2016 performed with 50 members of a local music school; "Sileen II" was realized with only Gareth Davis on bass clarinet plus sounds from Machinefabriek, recorded in the same pitch and tempo as "Sileen', then slowed to half its speed and one octave lower.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: Reverse Of Rebirth In Universe
(Riot Season)
A new chapter for Acid Mothers Temple and The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. as original members Kawabata Makoto (guitar, speed guru) and Higashi Hiroshi (synthesizer, noodle god) welcome Jyonson Tsu (vocal, midnight whistler), Satoshima Nani (drums, another dimension), and Wolf (bass, space and time) in a sophisticated spacer that references Gong, Grateful Dead, and even Bobby Vinton.
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Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.: Sacred And Inviolable Phase Shift
(Bam Balam Records)
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.'s studio album with 5 extended improvised psychedelic rock pieces from guitarist Kawabata Makoto, bassist Wolf, drummer Satoshima Nani, synth player Higashi Hiroshi, and new guitarist/vocalist Jyonson Tsu also on bouzouki; wonderfully detailed and completely spaced out rock from the Japanese masters of the form.
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Compositional
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Satie, Erik (Aleman / Vandromme): Socrate
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
A beautiful rendering of French composer Eric Satie's 1918 masterwork "Socrate", originally for four sopranos and chamber orchestra, here stripped to its essence as a duo with Olalla Aleman on soprano and Guy Vandromme on piano, maintaining Satie's characterist reserve and refinement in the 3 parts: "portrait of socrates"; "banks of the ilissus"; and "death of socrates".
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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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N.O. Moore / John Edwards / Eddie Prevost:
Darkened, yet shone
(Matchless)
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MKM (Muller / Kahn / Moslang):
teplo_dom
(Mikroton)
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Yui Onodera and Stephen Vitiello:
Quiver
(Mikroton Recordings)
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Yan Jun & Jason Kahn:
None Of Us
(Herbal International)
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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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"a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"
-Don Van Vliet
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