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UPDATE
November 12, 2021
"The composer makes plans,
Music laughs.
—Morton Feldman
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Creative Artists
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• Liz Allbee
• Arcane Device
• Big Bad Brotzmann Trio
• Andrea Borghi/Giacomo Salis/Paolo Sanna
• Federico Calcagno/Stefano Grosso/Filippo Rinaldo
• Expanse
• Morton Feldman (Judith Wegmann/Andreas Kunz)
• Ed Jones/Emil Karlsen
• L.U.M.E. (Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble)
• Joao Lencastre Communion
(Lencastre/Cirera/Toscano/Lackner/Fernrandes/Branco/Hasselberg/Cascais)
• Mako Sica (feat Tatsu Aoki/Thymme Jones/Jacob Fawcett)
• Rie Nakajima
• Nandor Nevai
(w/ Peter Evans/Tim Dahl/Matt Nelson/Ron Stabinsky)
• New Old Luten Quintet
• Padang Food Tigers (Stephen Lewis/Spencer Grady)
• Steph Richards/Joshua White
• Javier Subatin
(w/ Demian Cabaud & Pedro Melo Alves plus guests)
• Assif Tsahar/William Parker/Hamid Drake
• Turbulence
• Alex Zethson Ensemble
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Essential Labels
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Astral Spirits
Clean Feed
Euphorium
Evil Clown
ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd
FMR
Habitable Records
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Hopscotch Records
Psykomanteum
pulsewidth
Relative Pitch
Shhpuma
Tsss Tapes
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Big Bad Brotzmann Trio: Biturbo!, Capt'n [3'' CD]
(Euphorium)
A companion 3" CD to the Karacho! album, with an additional dynamic improvisation from the same concert, the Big Bad Brotzmann Trio bringing together master multi-reedist Peter Brötzmann, here on tenor saxophone & clarinet, with pianist Oliver Schwerdt, also playing percussion & little instruments, and drummer/percussionist Christian Lillinger.
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Borghi, Andrea / Giacomo Salis / Paolo Sanna: MOT [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)
Explorative electronics and percussion from Italian improvisers Andrea Borghi, Giacomo Salis and Paolo Sanna, all three steeped in electronics, percussion and sound art, using prepared turntable and objects to create mysteriously rich environments in a seething cauldron of sound that never boils over, engaging through uniquely developed interaction from quirky to oddly charming.
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Calcagno, Federico / Stefano Grosso / Filippo Rinaldo: Piranha
(Habitable Records)
Conceived as a collective starting in 2017, the Milan-based group Piranha led by clarinetist Federico Calcagno, has performed in configurations from duo to quartet, here with Filippo Rinaldo on piano and Stefano Grasso on percussion, presenting original compositions from each member alongside collective free improvisations, blending jazz, chamber and contemporary compositional music.
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Expanse: Vacuum Energy
(Evil Clown)
In May of 2021 Evil Clown label leader, multi-reedist and percussionist David Peck re-opened his performance space to fully vaccinated musicians, inviting Michael Caglianone on saxophones, Michael Knoblach on percussion, including rattlesnake drums, baskets of rocks, shakers, &c., recording this extended, rich, cogitative and introspective improvisation.
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Jones, Ed / Emil Karlsen: From Where Light Falls
(FMR)
Eight improvisations named for the month of recording during the challenges of pandemic from British tenor saxophonist Ed Jones and Norwegian drummer/percussionist Emil Karlsen, often reflective work that explores timbral possibilities on each instrument through flowing lines and deceptively active investigations in a variety of empathetic and sublimely ruminative approaches.
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L.U.M.E. (Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble): Las Californias
(Clean Feed)
L.U.M.E., aka the Lisbon Underground Music Ensemble directed by pianist Marco Barroso, is a big band with a chamber ensemble feeling, Barroso's upbeat and melodically sophisticated compositions driving the band by borrowing from a variety of jazz, funk and even cartoon-like styles to create a richly complex and compelling set of tunes that twist, turn and surprise.
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Lencastre, Joao Communion (Lencastre / Cirera / Toscano / Lackner / Fernrandes / Branco / Hasselberg / Cascais): Unlimited Dreams
(Clean Feed)
Exploring dream-like instrumental states in electrified modern creative jazz, drummer and composer João Lencastre leads an octet featuring saxophonists Albert Cirera & Ricard Toscano, guitarists André Fernandes & Pedro Branco, pianist Benny Lackner and bassists João Hasselberg & Nelson Cascais through six original compositions of fascinating free-flowing forms.
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Mako Sica (feat Tatsu Aoki / Thymme Jones / Jacob Fawcett) : Garland of Heads [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)
With virtually the same lineup as their Feeding Tube album Ourania, the Chicago-based duo of Mako Sica--Brent Fuscaldo (electric bass, voice, harmonica & percussion) and Przemyslaw Krys Drazek (electric trumpet, electric guitar & mandolin)--again join with Tatsu Aoki on bass & shamisen and Thymme Jones on keyboards, trumpet, balloon & voice, subbing drummer Jacob Fawcett.
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Nevai, Nandor (w/ Peter Evans / Tim Dahl / Matt Nelson / Ron Stabinsky): Classified Maths
(Psykomanteum)
An unusual quintet of prominent New York improvisers--Peter Evans on trumpet, Tim Dahl on bass violin, Matt Nelson on tenor saxophone, and Ron Stabinsky on bass--performing Nandor Nevai's compositions: two Quintets and the two part "Sap Gloves"--Nevai performing on tenor sax, voice and conducting, blurring modern improv, chamber jazz and bizarre spoken word moments; outstanding and unsettling.
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New Old Luten Quintet: Krawall!
(Euphorium)
One year after the 2013 recording by New Old Luten Quintet, Tumult!, the exceptional free jazz grouping of Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky on sax & clarinet, Elan Pauer on grand piano & percussion, John Edwards & Robert Landfermann on double bass and Christian Lillinger on drums, took the stage at naTo, in Leipzig to record this energetic and strongly percussive followup.
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Richards, Steph / Joshua White: Zephyr
(Relative Pitch)
Exploring the sonic and visual territory of water, centering on concepts of metamorphoses and breathing underwater, pianist Joshua White and trumpeter & flugelhorn player Steph Richards also employ resonating water vessels and percussion as they present three fluid and introspectively fathomed works in multiple movements: "Sacred Sea"; "Sequoia"; and "Northern Lights".
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Subatin, Javier (w/ Demian Cabaud & Pedro Melo Alves plus guests): Mountains
(Habitable Records)
Led by Argentinian guitarist based in Lisbon, Javier Subatin, the core of his band is fellow Portugal-based Argentian bassist Demian Cabaud and drummer Pedro Melo Alves, with guests improvisers on a number of tracks, presenting a series of "Mountain" tracks interspersed with "Rocks", "Birds", "Cave", &c. in impressively advanced use of time, rhythm, structure and harmonics.
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Tsahar, Assif / William Parker / Hamid Drake: In Between The Tumbling A Stillness
(Hopscotch Records)
A fierce free jazz concert recorded live at Levontin 7, in Tel Aviv by three players with a long history of collaboration and dynamic trio settings, from Israeli saxophonist formerly based in NYC Assif Tsahar, bassist William Parker and Chicago drummer Hamid Drake, in two extended, energetic and inventive improvisations and a concise closing "Stillness".
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Tsahar, Assif / William Parker / Hamid Drake: In Between The Tumbling A Stillness [VINYL]
(Hopscotch Records)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Turbulence: Vertical Currents
(Evil Clown)
A meditative and expansive improvisation from the Boston-based collective Turbulence, a precursor to Leap of Faith Orchestra led by Evil Clown leader David Peck, here performing on a variety of clarinets, saxophones, flutes, winds and percussive devices, in a quartet with Bob Moore on trumpets and percussion, Duane Reed on baritone horn and Melanie Howell-Brooks on contrabass clarinet.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Allbee, Liz: Rille
(Relative Pitch)
Berlin trumpeter Liz Allbee's solo work focuses on the interaction of voice, extended approaches to her instruments, which includes her self-designed quadrophonic trumpet, electronics and acoustic homemade instruments, on Rille presenting four enigmatic works of dramatic pacing--environmental and rhythmic--guided by impressionistic spoken words and moments of tonal clarity.
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Arcane Device: Circuit Dreams
(pulsewidth)
Using a combination of controlled feedback, samples, computer processing and Eurorack electronics, Arcane Device aka David Lee Myers continues his long exploration of electronic music, focusing here on evolving and complex patterns complemented by beautiful tones and occasional rhythmic foundations, a great collection of elegant electronics.
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Nakajima, Rie: Fusuma [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)
Working with sculpture and objects in sound installations and live performance, Rie Nakajima captured this appealing set of kinetic performances named for the objects featured in each: a handle of a Japanese sliding door (fusuma), Japanese rice bowls, coils, jars, shells, flower pots, plastic bags, tin foil, tin cans, chopsticks, a bamboo pot, stones, cups, &c.
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Padang Food Tigers (Stephen Lewis / Spencer Grady): God's Plenty
(Shhpuma)
Blurring abstract electronics with folk improvisation in gently evolving music with an experimental edge, the London Panang Food Tigers duo of Stephen Lewis and Spencer Grady use keyboards, guitars, dobro, charango, field recordings and electronic sources to create contemplative atmospheres, a sort of ambient-folk music drawing out forgotten daydreams and moods; beautiful.
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Compositional
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Feldman, Morton (Judith Wegmann / Andreas Kunz): For John Cage [2 CDs]
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
First performed in 1982, Morton Feldmans' monumental composition for piano and violin dedicated to peer John Cage creates a distinctive environment of instrumental interaction where patterns are subtly varied in a virtual suspension of time as the music drifts and reflects, beautifully rendered in this 2021 recording by pianist Judith Wegmann and violinist Andreas Kunz.
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Zethson, Alex Ensemble: Some Of Them Were Never Unprepared
(Relative Pitch)
Exploring how a composition can provide a sense of weightlessness, and influenced by the music of gamelan, krautrock, Tony Conrad & Arnold Dreyblatt, composer Alex Zethson structured these works to influence the 13 performers in his ensemble into a state of intense focus and listening as they strike, bow and pluck their instruments, creating an ecstatic sense of infinite motion.
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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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Lance Austin Olsen & Barry Chabala:
A field of wildflowers for our lost souls
(Roeba)
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George Lewis (w/ Derek Bailey / Douglas Ewart / Joelle Leandre / Steve Lacy):
Rainbow Family
(Carrier Records)
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Melaine Dalibert:
Night Blossoms
(elsewhere)
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Arvind Ganga / Riccardo Marogna:
Ballads From The Wrecked Ship
(A New Wave Of Jazz)
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Stay Current With Squidco
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-Don Van Vliet
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