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UPDATE
March 19, 2021
"Not that I have anything against music now,
But I just hated being an anything."
—Charlemagne Palestine
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Creative Artists
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• Ronnie Boykins
• Carter/Holmes/Putman/Greene/Ughi
• Karbe Dinel
• Elephant9
• Fire!
• Henry Grimes Trio
• Machinefabriek
• Sana Nagano (w/ Apflebaum/Matsuno/Filiano/Herternstein)
• Phill Niblock
• Phill Niblock/Franck Vigroux/Kasper T. Toeplitz
• Stephen O'Malley
• Charlemagne Palestine
• Evan Parker
• PEK Solo
• Playfield
(Carter, Muhr, Ishito, Plaks, Namenwirth, Takahashi, Swanson, Panikkar)
• Satoko Fujii
• Thumbscrew (Fujiwara/Halvorson/Formanek)
• Matt Weston
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Essential Labels
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577
7272music
Cuneiform
ESP-Disk
Evil Clown
Libra
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Machinefabriek
Matiere Memoire
Orbit577
Otoroku
Rune Grammofon
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This weekend, from Friday March 19th through Sunday, March 21st,
all used CDs in our catalog are on sale at 20% off their listed price!
View Our List of Used CDs
20% Discounts end Sunday, March 21, 2021 at 23:59 EST (GMT-4).
Prices shown are discounted price. While quantities last, sold out items will disappear from the store.
Customers must place orders using our shopping cart to receive discounted prices.
Sale items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Boykins, Ronnie: The Will Come, Is Now [VINYL]
(ESP-Disk)
Best known for his work with Sun Ra, Bassist Ronnie Boykin took 10 years to compose and arrange this, his only solo album, originally issued in 1974 and performed in a septet with a strong front line of wind and brass players and fueled by two drummer/percussionists, Boykin's natural bass sound in the foreground over a wealth of moods and textures.
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Carter, Daniel / Patrick Holmes / Matthew Putman / Hilliard Greene / Federico Ughi: Telepathic Mysteries Vol. 1 [VINYL]
(577)
Referring to an improvisational style only possible after many years of collaboration, which they refer to as a "ghostly, boundary-pushing music between friends", this is the 4th sublime album from the quintet of Daniel Carter on reeds & trumpet, Patrick Holmes on clarinet, Matthew Putman on piano & keys, Hilliard Greene on bass, and Federico Ughi on drums.
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Fire!: Defeat
(Rune Grammofon)
On their 6th recording as a trio concept, The Fire! trio of Mats Gustafsson (sax), Johan Berthling (bass guitar) and Andreas Werlin (drums) add to their energetic approach to free improvisation through Mats Gustafsson performing on both baritone sax and flute, and by the addition of guests Goran Kajfes on quartertone trumpet and Mats Aleklint on trombone and sousaphone.
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Grimes Trio, Henry : The Call [VINYL]
(ESP-Disk)
After work supporting Lee Morgan, Gerry Mulligan, Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Steve Lacy, Albert Ayler, Don Cherry, Cecil Taylor, &c., free jazz bassist Henry Grimes recorded this great example of his skills as a composer and leader, in a trio with Tom Price on drums and Perry Robinson, here in a definitive vinyl LP reissue of this exemplary album.
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Nagano, Sana (w/ Apflebaum / Matsuno / Filiano / Herternstein): Smashing Humans
(577)
The debut of a new electric jazz quintet from NY violinist Sana Nagano, with Peter Appfelbaum on tenor saxophone & megaphone, Keisuke Matsuno on electric guitar, Ken Filiano on acoustic bass & effects, and Joe Hertenstein on drums, an inventive and energetic album of joyful urgency and tremendous group dynamic, fueled by Nagano's exuberant and lyrical compositions.
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Parker, Evan: Saxophone Solos [VINYL]
(Otoroku)
Virtually unprecedented for the time, Evan Parker's 1976 solo soprano saxophone album captures Parker's prowess and unusual harmonic approach to the saxophone in a 1975 concert at the Unity Theatre in London and in the FMP studio the same year, using the instrument in startling ways as he captivates his listeners through a unique revelation of logic, drama and staggering skill.
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Parker, Evan: Six of One [VINYL]
(Otoroku)
London's Otoroku label keeps this magnificent album in print with a 2021 reissue of the 1982 Incus release featuring Evan Parker performing solo on soprano saxophone, using the natural resonance of the Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, in Hampstead London as he explores upper tones and high frequency split tones in a technically brilliant display.
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PEK Solo: Schematic Abstractions for the Clarinet Family
(Evil Clown)
The fifth PEK Solo effort of 2020 focuses on the family of clarinets, with Evil Clown leader David Peck performing on piccolo, B flat, G Albert, alto, Bass, contralto, and contrabass clarinets in a massive studio construction, overdubbing his work on multiple clarinets to create a virtual quartet of clarinet voices improvising in layers.
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Playfield (Carter, Muhr, Ishito, Plaks, Namenwirth, Takahashi, Swanson, Panikkar): Vol. 1
(Orbit577)
The first of a 3-album trilogy Playfield offers the musical equivalency of a walk through the diversity of New York in a loft-style extended improvisation from the octet of Daniel Carter on horns & reeds, Luisa Muhr on voice, Ayumi Ishito on sax, Eric Plaks on piano, Aron Namenwirth & Yutaka Takahashi on guitars, Zach Swanson on bass, and Jon Panikkar on drums.
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Satoko, Fujii: Hazuki
(Libra)
With the sudden cessation of touring due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Satoko Fujii turned to composing and recording herself in a home studio that she developed with the help of sound engineer Mike Marciano, freeing herself to explore new compositional methods and approaches to theory, this superb solo album the results of seven months of sublime self-expression.
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Thumbscrew (Fujiwara / Halvorson / Formanek): Never Is Enough [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]
(Cuneiform)
Recorded at the same time and influenced by the recording of their 2020 album The Anthony Braxton Project, the NY Thumbscrew trio of Tomas Fujiwara on drums, Mary Halvorson on guitar, and Michael Formanek on double bass & electric bass present 9 original compositions, three pieces from each of the musicians, of melodically inclined forward thinking, creative jazz.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Dinel, Karbe: MMXX-09: Ouroboros [CLEAR VINYL]
(Matiere Memoire)
French sound artist Karbe Dinel creates a complex work of sound that shifts through diverse moods and seamlessly dovetailed sections, using synthesizer and effects to create deep resonating tones and high pitched complements, mysterious grainy ambience, haunting chambers of drifting electronics; a mysterious and compelling journey in the electronic realm.
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Machinefabriek: With Drums
(Machinefabriek)
Rutger Zuydervelt (aka Machinefabriek) invited 41 drummer/percussionists including Tony Buck, Vasco Trilla, Tim Barnes, Greg Stuart, Cyril Bondi, &c. to take part in a project by recording a few short fills or phrases, which Zuydervelt used as "Lego Bricks" to build a series of short rhythmical collages, the results being 24 diverse and fascinating compositions.
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Niblock, Phill / Franck Vigroux / Kasper T. Toeplitz: BestiaIRE [VINYL]
(Matiere Memoire)
Two large works of complex sound and drone composed by New York avant composer Phill Niblock and performed by the French IRE ensemble of Kasper T. Toeplitz on electric bass, Franck Vigroux on electric guitar & electronics, and Helene Breschand on electric harp, exploring Niblock's work through the innovative merging of electronic instrumentation.
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O'Malley, Stephen: MMXX-11: Öst-Vast Sommaren [CLEAR VINYL]
(Matiere Memoire)
A rich and beautiful drone work from Stephen O'Malley recorded at EMS in Stockholm, the title translating to "East-West Summer", as the piece emulates an accommodating evening, electronic crickets introducing and then settling into a slowly rotating and absorbing combination of tones, the flickering crickets returning to fade out the sense of restful night.
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Palestine, Charlemagne: MMXX-06: VVVOOOODDDOOOO DDDDOOOOODDDDDOOOOO [CLEAR VINYL]
(Matiere Memoire)
The expansive mind of composer and experimenter Charlemagne Palestine presents an extended drone work performed on organ, building from a peaceful single note to a harmonically rich combination of tones with a haunting vocal quality, subtly shifting and building in momentum then slowly fading out to the 20 minute mark; an epic journey in polyphonic transition.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Elephant9 : Arrival Of The New Elders
(Rune Grammofon)
After their double live albums, the Norwegian jazz-rock prog trio of Stale Storlokken on keyboards, Nikolai Haengsle on electric bass and electric & acoustic guitars, and Torstein Lofthus on drums & percussion, take a step back from the heavy grooves associated with their music to present a new chapter of sophisticated, spacious and sonically satisfying psychedelic interplay.
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Compositional
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Niblock, Phill [CLEAR VINYL]: MMXX-12: Browned
(Matiere Memoire)
Recording in Cologne, Germany, the quartet of Arne Deforce on cello, Deborah Walker on cello, Erik Drescher on flute, and Dafne Vicent Sandoval on bassoon realize NY composer Phill Niblock's work of acoustic drone, using long sustained notes to create a seething combination of harmonic interactions with an ominous tone, ending somewhat abruptly to reveal its layers.
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Weston, Matt: Sparky 1 [CASSETTE]
(7272music)
Matt Weston (Arthur Brooks Ensemble V, Arc Pair) initiates a series of limited cassette releases with this solo album, seven works of percussion using traditional and idiosyncratic percussive sources with a pensive pace and somewhat irascible attitude, each piece fully notated and executed live in the studio, using a similar aesthetic to link each work.
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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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Phill Niblock:
Music for Organs
(Matiere Memoire)
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Rob Brown and Matthew Shipp:
Then Now
(RogueArt)
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Das Rad:
Adios Al Futuro
(Discus Music)
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Metal Chaos Ensemble:
The Riddle of Steel
(Evil Clown)
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