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UPDATE
December 17, 2021
"A musician must make music,
An artist must paint,
A poet must write
To ultimately be at peace with himself."
—Abraham Maslow
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Creative Artists
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• Alva Noto
• Pedro Melo Alves Omniae Large Ensemble
• Crazy Doberman
• Kahil El'Zabar Quartet
• Hatcher/Maunu/Kirshner
• IKB
• Martin Kuchen Kuchen/Michaela Antalova
• Metal Chaos Ensemble
• Moon-Liters/Millennium Development Goals
• Alan Niblock
• Pepa Paivinen
• Ed Pettersen
• Ernesto Rodrigues/Guilherme Rodrigues/Stephan Bleier
• Strictly Missionary
(Pitsiokos/Eisenberg/Lenz/Murray/Neuburg)
• The Rite Of Trio (Silva/Louro/Alves)
• Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions
• Vasco Trilla
• Vernacular
(Caswell/Kulcsar/Washington)
• Mia Zabelka/Glen Hall
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Astral Spirits
Clean Feed
Creative Sources
Evil Clown
FMR
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Kettle Hole Records
Noton
Orbit577
Shhpuma
Spiritmuse Records
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Squidco Gift Certificates are the perfect answer to the hard-to-buy-for eclectic music collector.
This year tell your friends and family that you'd like the gift of creative music!
Click for Gift Certificates!
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Alves, Pedro Melo Omniae Large Ensemble: Lumina
(Clean Feed)
Three expansive and stunning performances at Centro Cultural de Vila Flor as part of the Guimaraes Jazz 2020 festival by drummer and percussionist Pedro Melo Alves' expanded 23-piece Omniae Ensemble directed by Pedro Carneiro, adding electronics, voice and a diverse orchestration that gives his band both power but also flexibility to express an astonishing array of moods.
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Crazy Doberman: Illusory Expansion [VINYL]
(Astral Spirits)
With core members Drew Davis, Tim Gick, and John Olsen (Wolf Eyes), the wonderfully eclectic ensemble on each Crazy Doberman album shifts as they introduce musicians who can express the experimental improv structures required for each project, blurring genres and using whatever tools necessary to move from abstract to high intensity motion; a sublimely eccentric big band.
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El'Zabar, Kahil Quartet: A Time for Healing
(Spiritmuse Records)
Chicago spiritual jazz shaman, drummer/percussionist Kahil El'Zabar, leads a quartet of younger generation musicians--Corey Wilkes (trumpet), Justin Dillard (keyboards), Isaiah Collier (saxophone)--through a set of seven original compositions, plus Coltrane's "Resolution"; warmly soulful grooves intended as the healing force so needed in the context of this album's era.
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Hatcher / Maunu / Kirshner: Live at Splice Series
(Kettle Hole Records)
A trio of younger generation Chicago free improvisers from Gerrit Hatcher on tenor saxophone, Peter Maunu on guitar, violin & mandolin and Julian Kirshner on drums, performing at The Beat Kitchen as part of the Live at Splice Series, in two recordings from contemplative and darkly spacious to kinetically energetic, released in a limited edition CD.
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IKB: Titanus Giganteus
(Creative Sources)
Post-pandemic, the electroacoustic IKB ensemble returned to the stage in 2021 at O'Culto da Ajuda in Lisbon with some of Portugal's finest improvisers performing under the direction of violist Ernetso Rodrigues, to express in sound the large rainforest beetle Titanus Giganteus, represented in an extended collective improvisation of restraint fueled by masterful and creative skill.
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Kuchen, Martin Kuchen / Michaela Antalova: Thunder Before Lightning [VINYL]
(Clean Feed)
Borrowing elements from a vast spectrum of improvisatory styles, fueled by a variety of saxophones, tanpura, drums, prepared cymbals and voice, Swedish improviser Martin Küchen (Angles) joins with Slovak percussionist living in Oslo, Michaela Antalová, taking their listeners on a meteorological journey through a remarkable tempest of sound.
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Metal Chaos Ensemble: Tinier Even Then Science
(Evil Clown)
Exploring chaotic rhythms on metallic instruments, this is an extended septet version of the Boston free improvising ensemble in a complex improvisatory journey of reeds, synths and percussion, performed by PEK on reeds, Mike Caglianone on saxophones, Boob Moores on trumpet & keyboards, Mike Gruen on bass, Steve Niemitz on drums and real time signal processing from Joel Simches.
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Niblock, Alan: Scratching the Surface
(FMR)
A solo album from Belfast double bassist Alan Niblock, known for his own group Ambient Forces, and his work in a trio with Paul Dunmall and Mark Sanders (Dark Energy), on his own demonstrating a powerfully warm approach to the large strings, augmented and transformed through preparations and objects, improvising in a flowing continuum of rich strategies and concepts.
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Pettersen, Ed: The Problem With Livia
(Orbit577)
Given the chance to perform in the dark fresco-covered room of the Emmanuel Vigeland Mausoleum and museum in Oslo, Norway, guitarist Ed Petterson brought his 8-string Weissenborn guitar, various keyboards and a modular synth, using the pensive atmosphere of the location to trace spacious and exploratory works through 15 varied and succinct improvisations.
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Rodrigues, Ernesto / Guilherme Rodrigues / Stephan Bleier : Anamorphose
(Creative Sources)
A confluence of strings from the trio of Portuguese improvisers Ernesto Rodrigues on viola and Guilherme Rodrigues on cello, performing in Berlin with double bassist Stephan Bleier, the title referring to a gradual ascending progression formed through small changes, an apt analogy for the illusory and shape-shifting approach their 5-part improvisations lead.
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Strictly Missionary (Pitsiokos / Eisenberg / Lenz / Murray / Neuburg): Heisse Scheisse [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)
Skronky multi-faceted NY Downtown-style improvisation with an electric edge from the quintet of Chris Pitsiokis on alto sax, winds, electronics & samples, Wendy Eisenberg on electric guitar, Richard Lenz on electric bass, Kevin Murray on acoustic & electronic drums and Nick Neuburg on percussion, rolling and rollicking through riffs and scrabbly exploration.
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The Rite Of Trio (Silva / Louro / Alves): Free Development Of Delirium
(Clean Feed)
Drawing on genres blurring avant jazz, compositional forms, experimental rock and their uniquely twisted sense of humor, the Portuguese trio of guitarist Andre Silva, bassist Filipe Louro, and drummer Pedro Alves (also credited for screams!) present their sophomore album, a strange and compelling set of delirious improvisations in three Parts organized across 13 tracks.
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Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: Compilation Cassette [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)
Travelling through the US & Greece to join with performers for duos and trios, in six recordings between pianist Thollem McDonas in a trio with Amy Denio & Samantha Boshnack; a duo with Seetha Shivaswamy; a trio with Mat Weisman and Rick Kodramaz; a duo with Djallo Djakate; a hand percussion duo with Jason Finkelman; and a vocal duo with Maria Karamouza.
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Trilla, Vasco: Acoustic Masks
(577 Records)
Each track named for the instruments used (aquaspring, overtone triangles, metronome & blowing tube, &c.) and inspired by a book from Elias Canetti, Spanish percussionist Vasco Trilla's creative improvisations reflect on the phrase: "every completely unknown language is a kind of acoustic mask; as soon as one learns it, it becomes a face, understandable and soon familiar."
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Vernacular (Caswell / Kulcsar / Washington): The Little Bird [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Astral Spirits)
Originally released in 2004 on CDR and only now properly released, the Cleveland trio of Lawrence Caswell (bass, vocals), Chris Kulcsar (drums, guitar) and R.A. Washington (trumpet, percussion) embraced the heart of free jazz and the concepts of freedom in bold and passionate improvisation and a scathing song, captured in two concerts at The Black Eye and Grog Shop.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Alva Noto: HYbr:ID Vol. 1 [VINYL w/DOWNLOAD]
(Noton)
The first installment in a new series from Alva Noto, aka Carsten Nicola, bringing together heterogeneous composition methods that aim to merge astrophysics phenomena, fiction, and performance movements, inspired by cinematic visual techniques and static images portraying scientific events; includes graphic inserts of notations informed by the album's sonic and acoustic code.
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Alva Noto: HYbr:ID Vol. 1
(Noton)
CD edition of the vinyl LP listed above.
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Zabelka, Mia / Glen Hall: The Quantum Violin
(FMR)
The intersection of Austrian violinist, vocalist and sound artist Mia Zabelka and Canadian sound artist and multi-instrumentalist Glen Hall, using recordings of live improvisations, electronics and unusual applications of software to structure fourteen compositions of accomplished playing and startlingly unpredictable sound, a magnificent and often breathtaking journey.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Moon-Liters / Millennium Development Goals (D. Liedel): Nerve Agent!
(Shhpuma)
Essentially written by Philadelphia multi-instrumentalist D. Liedel, who handles most of the parts on this unusual blend of rock, electronics, jazz, pop punk and a number of unlikely genres, presenting strange songs that take sharp turns into twisted realms, neatly layering each piece into a heady brew that's hard to pin down, but a great deal of fun trying.
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Compositional
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Paivinen, Pepa: Personal Breath
(Orbit577)
Bringing to life the story of an event that changed the course of Finland's 1918 civil war, taking listeners on a narrative journey of haunting beauty and power presented through a layering of chamber composition and improvisation, from the duo of Pepa Paivinen performing on flutes, woodwinds & Seagull Merlin dulcimer and drummer/percussionist Jussi Miettola.
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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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Robert Dick / Nicola L. Hein:
Structures Of Unreason
(Shhpuma)
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Albert Ayler:
New York Eye And Ear Control Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Frode Gjerstad / Isach Skeidsvoll:
Twenty Fingers
(Relative Pitch)
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Catherine Jauniaux / Jean-Sebastien Mariage / Xavier Charles:
L'Amour
(Ayler)
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Stay Current With Squidco
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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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-Don Van Vliet
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