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UPDATE
December 29, 2021
"I've found you've got to look back at the old things
And see them in a new light."
—John Coltrane
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Creative Artists
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• James Bennington Colour And Sound
• Gallio/Girod/Ulrich
• Leap Of Faith
• Leimgruber/Turner/Dorner/da Boff/Flesh
• Urs Leimgruber
• Lucy Liyou/YSKA
• Lonberg-Holm/Moimeme/Santos
• NAD
• Tim Olive
• PEK Solo/An Orchestra of PEKs
• Heikki Ruokangas/Landon George
• Brode Schirmer Unit (w/ Jan Roder/Matthias Broede)
• Schvarzman/Carrier/Lambert/Calicedo
• Josh Sinton's Predicate Trio (w/Chris Hoffman/Tom Rainey)
• Svobodni (Bennington/Hunger/Priest/Seyler)
• Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions
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Essential Labels
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Astral Spirits
CKC
Creative Sources
Euphorium
Evil Clown
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FMR
Habitable Records
Iluso
Notice Recordings
ThatSwan!
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Bennington, James Colour And Sound: Live at Andy's
(ThatSwan!)
Chicago drummer and composer Jimmy Bennington is heard live at Andy's Jazz Club in 2018 in a solid straight-ahead set with his Colour and Sound sextet of Fred Jackson, Jr. on alto & soprano saxophones, Artie Black on tenor saxophone, Dustin Laurenzi on tenor saxophone, Dan Pierson on piano, Mike Harmon on bass, with compositions from band members and arrangments from Bennington.
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Gallio / Girod / Ulrich: Day & Bus
(Creative Sources)
A play on the Percaso band name "Day & Taxi", the trio of Christoph Gallio on soprano & alto saxophones, Dominique Girod on double bass and Dieter Ulrich on drums & bugle recorded this extended improvisation, a combination of scrambling, determined expression and post-bop creative jazz, part of the series "Life At The Zoo" at Studio the Zoo in Berne, Switzerland.
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Leap Of Faith: Lattice
(Evil Clown)
Boston's Leap of Faith Orchestra core duo is multi-reedist David Peck (PEK), also a multi-instrumentalist and keeper of Evil Clown's massive arsenal of unusual percussive instruments, and LOFO's drummer Steve Niemitz, also performing on a diverse percussion set, here in a quartet with synth player Eric Woods and cellist Glynis Lomon, captured from a 2021 live-streamed concert.
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Leimgruber / Turner / Dorner / da Boff / Flesh: London / Leipzig / Luzern
(Euphorium)
A powerful concert of free and electroacoustic improvisation from Urs Leimgruber on tenor saxophone, Axel Dorner on trumpet, Roger Turner on percussion, and Ra Ra da Boff (aka Oliver Schwerdt) & Ribo Flesh on electric organs, performing live at NuR in Leipzig, Germany in 2015 for two extended performances; see all Axel Dörner-Untitled (Berlin) & Urs Leimgruber-Untitled (Luzern).
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Leimgruber, Urs: Untitled [3'' CD]
(Euphorium)
A companion of sorts to the Euphorium release from Leimgruber/Turner/Dorner/da Boff/Flesh, London/Leipzig/Luzern, soprano saxophone Urs Leimgruber breaks off solo for an extended improvisation recorded at the same studio on the same day in Leipzig.
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Lonberg-Holm / Moimeme / Santos: Transition Zone
(Creative Sources)
With a history of collaboration in the Lisbon improvisation scene through bands including Variable Geometry Orchestra, IKB, Isotope Ensemble, &c., guitarist Abdul Moimême (performing on two guitars simultaneously) and electronics artist Carlos Santos join with Chicago cellist & electronic improviser Fred Lonberg-Holm for five elaborate alien soundscapes of impressive detail and skill.
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NAD: dangereuXorcisms
(CKC)
A fun and lyrical jazz album that references a host of culture and style, performed in collaborations with the NAD core of keyboardist and "soundmaster" Nicola C. Salerno and guitarist Roberto Zorzi and artists including the ROVA Saxophone Quartet, presenting original compositions and eclectic covers from Ornette Coleman, Chocolat, and even Pink Floyd's "Interstellar Overdrive"!
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PEK Solo / An Orchestra of PEKs: Stretching the Fabric of Space
(Evil Clown)
Part of Boston multi-wind/instrumentalist David Peck's "Orchestra of PEKs" series, this extended improvisation finds PEK interacting with a pre-recorded Ableton Mix of synthetics developed during his Semantic Notions album, over which he improvises on clarinets, saxophones double reeds & flutes, along with many percussive instruments, particularly a Chinese guqin.
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Ruokangas, Heikki / Landon George: Stagnant Rapture
(Habitable Records)
Merging gritty and angular guitar work with versatile and creative drumming, the duo of Finish guitarist Heikki Ruokangas and North Carolina multi-instrumentalist Landon George show their diverse interests in both technically assertive playing and beautifully misty environments, through eleven concise works including two parts of "Chaos", a "Rainy Day" and a "Rainy Eve".
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Schirmer, Brode Unit (w/ Jan Roder / Matthias Broede): Berlin, Germany
(FMR)
Led by bass clarinetist Tobias Schirmer and harmonica player Matthias Broede, also on piano, with Jan Roder on bass and drummer Bernd Oezsevim, this German quartet blends contemporary jazz through four original Brode compositions and two collective improvisations, performed with melodic intent and tight, quick interaction as recorded live at Tito's Zentrifuge in Berlin.
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Schvarzman, Pablo / Francois Carrier / Michel Lambert / Diego Calicedo : Glow
(FMR)
The longstanding Canadian duo of alto saxophonist Francois Carrier and drummer Michel Lambert recorded this expressively energetic album of five dynamic free improvisations at Soda Acustic in Barcelona in a quartet with two South American electric guitarists living in Spain: Argentinian guitarist Pablo Scvarzman and Colombian guitarist Diego Calicedo.
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Sinton's, Josh Predicate Trio (w / Chris Hoffman / Tom Rainey): Making Bones
(Iluso)
Concentrating on the lower reeds, baritone saxophone and bass clarinetist Josh Sinton's Predicate Trio brings the best of New York's Downtown improv scene through drummer Tom Rainey and cellist Christopher Hoffman, the album opening with a submerged baritone solo leading to seven original Sinton compositions and two uniquely mischievous and informed collective improvisations.
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Svobodni (Bennington / Hunger / Priest / Seyler): Mercenary Blues
(ThatSwan!)
Thematic improvisations pairing synthetic sounds and effects with acoustic bass, sax and drums, recorded in the studio by the Chicago quartet of Jimmy Bennington on drums & percussion, Phil Hunger on synth, guitar & effects, Dvi Priest on acoustic bass & effects, Brian Seyler on tenor saxophone, augmented by field recording from a Syrian marketplace, Jackals and Hyenas.
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Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: Thollem + Karl Berger, Thollem + Michael Snow
(Astral Spirits)
One of a series of pianist Thollem McDonas' Astral Traveling Sessions, a 25-album series of concerts from around the globe, performing concerts in varying configurations with 70 musicians, here with two collaborations: in Kingston, NY with the great vibraphonist Karl Berger for 3 improvisations, and in Toronto with pianist Michael Snow for an extended piano duo.
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Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: w/ Avreeayl Ra & Matt Lux / Sunken Cages
(Astral Spirits)
As part of Thollem McDonas' Astral Traveling Sessions concert series, the pianist met Chicago legendary drummer Avreeayl Ra and and highly active improvising bassist Matthew Lux for this exceptional concert of two extended improvisations, followed by 8 duo studio improvisations as "Sunken Cages" recorded in Philadelphia with electroacoustic drummer Ravish Momin.
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Thollem's Astral Traveling Sessions: w/ Hafez Modirzadeh
(Astral Spirits)
One of a series of pianist Thollem McDonas' Astral Traveling Sessions, this unique duo configuration with NY saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh uses a sonic palette of eight re-tuned pitches for piano and saxophone in an attempt to expand harmonic empathy, bringing Eastern pitch relationships to Western improvisation through a series of extraordinary solo and duo recordings.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Liyou, Lucy / YSKA: A Need/A Want [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Notice Recordings)
Narrated by text-to-speech vocalization, Korean-American pianist and composer Lucy Liyou collaborates with Bulgarian-born guitarist Ivana Kafedjiyska (YSKA) in an album of languorously floating and understatedly abrasive music complemented by subtle field recordings, two works of curiously philosophical, baffling and observational verse; unique and compelling.
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Olive, Tim: Ribbon [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Notice Recordings)
Sonic exploration and studio composition from Kobe, Japan-based, Canadian sound artist Tim Olive, using amplified objects, cast-off electronics and home made instruments including metal teeth, tuning forks, clockwork motors, electromagnets, cassette playback heads and magnetic pickups, recording each and layering them in the studio to create corrosively captivating aural journeys.
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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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Linda Catlin Smith:
Ballad
(Another Timbre)
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Pauli Lyytinen / Maciej Garbowski / Krzysztof Gradziuk:
Swords
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
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Squidco's Top 40 Albums for 2021
Selected by Customer Sales
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Robert Dick / Nicola L. Hein:
Structures Of Unreason
(Shhpuma)
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