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UPDATE
July 19, 2019
"As an improviser, I want to focus on being here,
In this moment, in this place, with these people,
And seeing what happens, what has happened, what will happen."
—Fred Frith
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Creative Artists
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• The Attic (Rodrigo Amado / Goncalo Almeida / Onno Govaert)
• Albert Beger Quartet
• Circuit (Seagroat/Chatzigiannis/Taylor/Hutchinson/Medley/Wachsmann)
• Detail (Frode Gjerstad/Johnny Mbizo Dyani/John Stevens)
• Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke
• Dunmall/Gibbs/Taylor/John Long
• Electro-Phonic Art Trio (Casserley/Wachsmann/Taylor)
• Leif Elggren
• Fred Frith
• Doreen Girard/Tim Olive
• Gerrit Hatcher
• Kang Hwan Tae/Midori Takada
• David Leahy/Philipp Wachsmann
• Jan Maksimowicz/Dmitrij Golovanov
• Tim Olive/Martin Tetreault
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Essential Labels
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845 Audio
FMR
Fragment Factory
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Kettle Hole Records
Klanggalerie
NoBusiness
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their orders!
• In the US, any size order choosing the USPS Media Mail shipping
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In stock items only. Shipping offer ends Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 23:59 EST (GMT-5).
Discount applies only to US Media Mail and International Economy Shipping. 1st Class
shipping rates are unaffected by this sale. Qualified items are eligible for Squidco Reward Points.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Attic, The (Rodrigo Amado / Goncalo Almeida / Onno Govaert): Summer Bummer
(NoBusiness)
Following up their 2017 album live at SMUP in Lisboa, the Attic trio of Rodrigo Amado on tenor saxophone, Goncalo Almeida on double bass, and Onno Govaert on drums are heard in this concert at the 2018 Summer Bummer Festival in Antwerp, Belgium, in a solid set of confidently exploratory improvisation and engrossing group dialog balancing pensive reflection and fire.
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Beger, Albert Quartet: The Gate [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Israeli saxophonist Albert Beger's Quartet with Milton Michaeli on piano, Shay Hazan on bass, and Ofer Bymel on drums, the leader also on Shakuhachi, in a studio set of Beger compositions, drawing on his work with William Parker and Hamid Drake in six recordings that balance structure and freedom in soloing, a fine album of modern creative jazz.
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Circuit (Seagroat / Chatzigiannis / Taylor / Hutchinson / Medley / Wachsmann): Cell
(FMR)
UK percussionist and electronic artist Trevor Taylor's Circuit project in an extended electroacoustic version with Jon Seagroat on reeds & electronics, Tim Chatzigiannis on computer & electronics, Mathew Hutchinson on piano, Paul Medley on reeds, and Philipp Wachsmann on violin & electronics, in carefully controlled and sublimely detailed improvisation.
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Detail (Frode Gjerstad / Johnny Mbizo Dyani / John Stevens): Day Two
(NoBusiness)
The history of the early Detail trio of Frode Gjerstad on tenor & soprano saxophones, Johnny Mbizo Dyani on double bass, and John Stevens on drums continues to be unearthed with this studio session at Staccato Studios, in Stavanger, Norway in 1982, in two extended improvisations demonstrating the impressive skill and direction the band possessed.
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Dickey, Whit / Kirk Knuffke: Drone Dream [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Two implicitly lyrical players -- trumpeter Kirk Knuffke and drummer Whit Dickey -- in their second album together of well-paced, thoughtful dialog, an intimate set of recordings that show the adept skills of both as they promote their inherent melodic intentions on their instruments, neither overpowering, but conversing in a warm and rewarding give and take.
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Dunmall / Gibbs / Taylor / John Long: Landscapes
(FMR)
The counterpart to the Dunmall session "Seascapes" recorded at the same Victoria Rooms at the University of Bristol's music department, this quartet sees Dunmall on soprano sax and flute joined by three string players--Benedict Taylor on viola, Ashley John Long on bass, and guitarist Phil Gibbs--for six detailed collective improvisations leaning toward chamber jazz.
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Electro-Phonic Art Trio (Casserley / Wachsmann / Taylor): Through The Rings Of Saturn
(FMR)
Lawrence Casserley on percussion & processing, Philipp Wachsmann on violin, and Trevor Taylor on percussion & electronics, use the rings of Saturn as their guide in 2 recordings from Iklectick Arts Lab in London, and 3 recordings in the studio, using the mass of the moons around the rings as the durations of each track; subdued yet deeply spacious, superb interaction.
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Frith, Fred : Woodwork / Live At Ateliers Claus
(Klanggalerie )
Fred Frith's solo performances are amongst some of his most fascinating, and this live album at Ateliers Claus in Brussels, 2018 does not disappoint, Frith using every inch of his guitar and an arsenal of objects, in tandem with his masterful creative intent, to present an extended and fascinating journey in sound, remarkable in its breadth and bold inventive power.
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Hatcher, Gerrit: Burnt Pan Rolling Boil
(Kettle Hole Records)
Chicago saxophonist Gerrit Hatcher sees his solo saxophone performances as a format that can be both charismatic and alienating in to the listener, as he uses extreme technique and powerful streams of emotional playing in a set of improvisations: "Salt Dome" parts 1-3, and "Cooking Fuel", each wrought with frailty and bluster; impressive work.
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Hwan, Kang Tae / Midori Takada: An Eternal Moment
(NoBusiness)
A concert in 1995 at Cafe Amores, in Hofu, Yamaguchi of the duo of Japanese percussionist Midori Takada and alto saxophone Kang Tae Hwan, both using exceptional and unusual approaches to their music, applying their backgrounds in free jazz, theater and studies in traditional African and Asian percussion to create a unique hybrid, from hypnotic to frenetic; fascinating.
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Hwan, Kang Tae / Midori Takada: An Eternal Moment [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Leahy, David / Philipp Wachsmann: Translated Space
(FMR)
Drawing on double bassist David Leahy's "Musicians in Space" research and improvisation series, Leahy met up with free improvising violinist Philipp Wachsmann to record these twelve improvisations, collective conversation in a meeting of strings with influences from chamber and fully free approaches; tempered and detailed dialog of impressive virtuosity.
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Maksimowicz, Jan / Dmitrij Golovanov: Thousand Seconds Of Our Life [VINYL]
(NoBusiness)
A sophisticated duo meeting at InTegra House in Trakai, Lithuania between two central figures of Lithuanian creative jazz--saxophonist Jan Maksimowicz and pianist Dmitrij Golovanov--in a spontaneous set of dialogs plus a rendering of Kenny Kirkland's "Dienda", as the two employ magnificent technique and strong lyrical tendencies across twelve succinct improvisations.
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Olive, Tim / Martin Tetreault: Faune
(845 Audio)
Fellow Canadians, Montreal's Ambiances Magnetiques collective member, turntablist and electronics artist Martin Tetrault meets Japan-based electronic explorer Tim Olive performing on magnetic pickups, in their first album despite having performed sporadically across three decades: 4 rich improvisations minimally edited, shaping sound in compelling ways.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Elggren, Leif : Motor For An Unknown Vehicle (Opening Of The Grave) [VINYL]
(Fragment Factory)
Swedish conceptual artist Leif Elggren developed this second album in his trilogy using "The Motor", a soundwork that he's built over many years from basic fragments of sound used in installations and performances, aggregated here in an expanded form as a continuous drone, harsh on the surface but complex in its layers and sonic collisions.
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Girard, Doreen / Tim Olive: Boro
(845 Audio)
Recording in Saskatoon in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan the day before their performance at the Sounds Like Festival, audio explorer Tim Olive brings his magnetic pickups in a first meeting with Doreen Girard performing on a prepared tsymbaly, a Ukranian hammer dulcimer, for a single, unusually evolving, and wonderfully rich improvisation.
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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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Jean-Luc Guionnet / Dan Warburton / Eric La Casa:
Metro Pre saint-Gervais
(Swarming)
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The Remote Viewers:
November Sky
(Remote Viewers)
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John Cage:
Number Pieces (Piano)
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
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Larry Ochs / Nels Cline/ Gerald Cleaver:
What is to be Done
(Clean Feed)
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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.
• You can ask to have us email you when Upcoming Releases are in stock.
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Squidco Workspace
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Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2002.
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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