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UPDATE
October 8, 2021
"I love free music that focuses on sounds
When it's done with love and emotion.."
—Kirk Knuffke
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Creative Artists
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• Palu Berner / Michael Moore
• Yves Charuest/Benedict Taylor
• Sean Conly
• Kevin Corcoran/Giacomo Salis/Paolo Sanna
• Expanse Meets The JMDE Quartet
• Fraser/McCowen/Weinberg
• Violeta Garcia/Emilie Girard-Charest
• Graham/Hobbs/Nakatani/Shen
• Izquierdo/Lewandowski/Kuldkepp/Mayer
• Anne-Francoise Jacques/Tim Olive
• James Lewis Brandon/Red Lily Quintet
(w/William Parker/ Chad Taylor/Kirk Knuffke/Chris Hoffman)
• Modelbau (Frans de Waard)
• Phicus (Fages/Reviriego/Trilla)
• Preliminary Saturation (de Turck/Jaspers/Smolders)
• Preliminary Saturation (Wouter Jaspers/Steffan de Turck)
• David Sanford Big Band (feat Hugh Ragin)
• Wadada Smith Leo/Henry Kaiser/Alex Varty
• John Zorn
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Aubjects
Creative Sources
Evil Clown
Greenleaf Music
Inexhaustible Editions/Tour De Bras
Moving Furniture
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Muzan Editions
Ramboy
Tao Forms
Tripticks Tapes
Tsss Tapes
Tzadik
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Boston's Evil Clown Label has authorized us to reduce the price on more than
80 releases from 2020 and before by 25%, a $3 savings on each!
This is a great opportunity to start or expand your collection CDs from the list of Evil Clown Ensembles:
Axioms, Leap of Faith, Leap of Faith Orchestra, Mekaniks, Metal Chaos Ensemble, PEK Solo,
String Theory, Sub-Unit #1, Turbulence, and Turbulence Doom Choir.
Each of these groupings presents a unique approach to improvisation, using the
compositional approaches that label leader David Peck (PEK) applies to
improvisational structures. Including David Pecks innovative Frame Notation,
part of his Grand Aesthetic musical system, PEK is able to score for large and small ensembles,
giving descriptions of sonority, time scale, events, playing occurrences, &c,
while leaving a great deal of freedom for these extraordinary musicians.In addition, PEK has assembled a massive and exotic collection of percussion instruments
that propel the members of his varying groups with unusual accent and sound.
Click to see the Evil Clown Sale Items
In stock items only, while quantities last - sale items
will disappear from the sale when sold out. Sale items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.
Sale ends Sunday, October 10, 2021 at 23:59 EST (GMT-5).
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Berner, Palu / Michael Moore: Amulet [2 CDs]
(Ramboy)
More uncommon than than the sax/drum duo format, reedist Michael Moore performs on clarinet and Paul Berner on contrabass, releasing this double CD of intimately recorded duos, an eclectic mix of standards and original compositions in a lovely and engaging set of lyrical and succinct expression from two eloquent and passionate improvisers.
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Charuest, Yves / Benedict Taylor: Knotted Threads
(Inexhaustible Editions/Tour De Bras)
Canadian saxophonist Yves Charuest and London-based violist Benedict Taylor found common ground in their first meetings in London in 2017, improvising together and performing at Mopomoso, Charuest then inviting Taylor to Montreal in the winter of 2019 for duo performances, leading to this excellent album of confidently fragile interaction and agile attention.
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Conly, Sean: The Buzz
(577 Records)
A mix of lyrical, free and traditional compositions, the majority from leader, New York bassist Sean Conly, along with pieces from long-time collaborator Michael Attias, Sam Rivers and Paul Motian, performed in the piano trio format with drummer Francisco Mela and pianist Leo Genovese, in a great balance of jazz steeped in tradition but living fully in the present.
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Conly, Sean: The Buzz [VINYL]
(577 Records)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Expanse Meets The JMDE Quartet: Scope
(Evil Clown)
David Peck's Grand Aesthetic approach to compositional structures for groupings of any size and orchestral combination leads to unexpected and sometimes exotic results, as heard in this live and monumental performance of his Expanse project expanded with percussionist Michael Knoblach, David Welans on flutes, Eric Dahlman on trumpet and Jimmy Zhao on Chinese instruments.
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Fraser / McCowen / Weinberg: Thip [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)
Recorded primarily at Issue Project Room in Brooklyn and leveraging the natural resonance of that performance space, the New York trio of innovative improvisers Henry Frase on double bass, John McCowen on Bb and contrabass clarinets and Sam Weinberg on tenor & soprano saxophones explore the peripheries of their instruments in intense and reflective interplay.
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Garcia, Violeta / Emilie Girard-Charest: Impermanence
(Inexhaustible Editions/Tour De Bras)
Slippery confluence to taut string friction in the duo of Argentinian cellist & improviser Violeta Garcia and Quebec cellist Emilie Girard-Charest, both bringing impressive improvisational resumes and classical grounding to their uniquely informed dialogs, heard in a five part album exploring a remarkable range of technical skill and expression.
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Graham / Hobbs / Nakatani / Shen: Scar's The Limit [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)
Organized by Tatsuya Nakatani in Cambridge, Mass during his 2019 tour where he assembled a local group of improvisers each night, this quartet is a Boston-based electroacoustic supergroup, with Nakatani's cantankerous percussion driving Victoria Shen's electroacoustic whines and feedback, Jim Hobbs' ruminative sax explorations and trumpeter Forbes Graham's cathartic pinnacles.
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Izquierdo / Lewandowski / Kuldkepp / Mayer: Favourite Galaxy
(Creative Sources)
The Hamburg-based performing quartet of Lorena Izquierdo on free improvised voice, Aziz Lewandowski on cello & voice, Kris Kuldkepp on double bass and Felix Mayer on trombone are heard in these eight studio recordings of quietly creepy conversation, generally slow motion and reflectively introspective work that occasionally rises in throttled crescendo.
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Lewis, James Brandon / Red Lily Quintet (w / William Parker/ Chad Taylor / Kirk Knuffke / Chris Hoffman): Jesup Wagon [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tao Forms)
Led by tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and peformed by his Red Lily Quintet with Kirk Knuffke on cornet, William Parker on bass & gimbri, Christopher Hoffman on cello and Chad Taylor on drums & mbira, Lewis' work explores and reflects on the legacy of scientist George Washington Carver through 7 remarkable free jazz compositions.
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Phicus (Fages / Reviriego / Trilla): Liquid [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)
Despite intentions of recording an aggressive set of improvisations in the style of their first album or their work with Martin Küchen and Illia Belorukov, when they got down to recording this Liquid album, the Phicus trio of Ferran Fages on electric guitar, Alex Reviriego on double bass and Vasco Trilla on drums found themselves in the richly contemplative mood of these two mysterious tracks.
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Sanford, David Big Band (feat Hugh Ragin): A Prayer For Lester Bowie
(Greenleaf Music)
Active since 2013, David Sanford's powerful 20-piece big band based in New York City presents six Sanford originals, along with an effusive arrangement of Dizzy Gillespie's bop composition "Dizzy Atmosphere", the focal point of the album a large and spiritual work composed by trumpeter Hugh Ragin dedicated to and inspired by late trumpeter Lester Bowie.
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Smith, Wadada Leo / Henry Kaiser / Alex Varty: Pacifica Koral Reef
(577 Records)
Interpreting trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith's Ankhrasmation graphic score--the term joining the Egyptian symbol for life, the Ethiopian word for leader and the universal term for mother--Smith and guitarists Alex Varty & Henry Kaiser use the rich combination of visual cues and musical notation to record this rapturous and unduplicable album of profound and engaging improvisation.
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Zorn, John: Chaos Magick
(Tzadik)
"Chaos Magick" is a contemporary magical practice based on the ideas of Austin Osman Spare, influencing the work of William Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, and Aleister Crowley, and here inspiring the compositions of John Zorn for his Simulacrum ensemble of Kenny Grohowski on drums & percussion, Matt Hollenberg on electric guitar, Brian Marsella on electric piano and John Medeski on organ.
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Zorn, John: Meditations On The Tarot
(Tzadik)
The followup to John Zorns' 2019 CD The Hierophant, exploring the single Tarot card of the same name, this album performed by pianist Brian Marsella's Trio with Kenny Wollesen on drums and Trevor Dunn on bass, continues Zorn's exploration into the mystery of the occult through the remaining 13 cards, rendered as lyrical and sophisticated jazz compositions.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Corcoran, Kevin / Giacomo Salis / Paolo Sanna: Sul Filo [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)
Initiating like a jet shaking the sky, the trio of Kevin Corcoran on percussion & objects, Giacomo Salis on percussion, objects & field recordings and Paolo Sanna on percussion & objects create otherworldly sonic environments that project collapsing and ringing events above often turbulent foundations, creating side-long journeys that engage through mysterious and surmisable sound.
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Jacques, Anne-Francoise / Tim Olive: Bistre [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)
The fourth release from the long-standing sonic research duo of Montreal sound artist Anne-F Jacques, who uses "rotating devices" based around small amplified motors, and Montreal ex-patriot living in Kobe, Japan Tim Olive (845 Audio), using magnetic pickups on objects and self-built instruments, here in six richly detailed and sometimes curiously menacing recordings.
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Modelbau (Frans de Waard): Qonrad [CASSETTE]
(Aubjects)
Using prepared re-recorded cassettes, iPad apps, sound effects, laptop, shortwave radio, small synthesizers, ancient 2bit sampling device, all recorded on the spot without multi-tracking or extensive post-editing, Frans de Waard's 2017 Modelbau release presents 22 concise recordings of joyfully quirky electronic expression, from Kraftwerkian sound to curious peculiarity; wonderful.
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Preliminary Saturation (de Turck / Jaspers / Smolders): You Are The Universe
(Moving Furniture)
In 2004, sound artist Jos Smolders released his Textures and Mobiles album on the CONV label; so taken by the sound, which is based on dtmf and ccitt tones generated by phones and pure sine waves, the Preliminary Saturation duo of Steffan de Turck and Wouter Jaspers created these three diverse edits and remixes of the album, one for a live performance at Smolder's 2006 birthday party.
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Preliminary Saturation (Wouter Jaspers / Steffan de Turck): Summer Breeze [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Muzan Editions)
Two large works of sound from frequent collaborators, Dutch sound artist and experimenter Steffan de Turck (aka Staplerfahrer) and Netherlands sonic innovator Wouter Jaspers, the first piece contrasting music-box synthetic melodies with deep drone and noise; the second a dark work of haunting properties that evolves to a spectral whisper of submerged voice.
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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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Magda Mayas' Filamental (w / Davies / Caddy / Theriot / Davies / Parkins / Thieke / Abdelnour):
Confluence
(Relative Pitch)
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Expanse meets the JMDE Quartet:
Scope
(Evil Clown)
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Paul Bley Trio:
Touching & Blood Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Oker (Larsen / Myhr / Rasten / Gismervik):
Susurrus
(Shhpuma)
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In most cases we have images, often have samples, and some basic description of each release.
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