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UPDATE
March 11, 2022
"If you're not performing your own music,
You're not respecting the reality of the so-called tradition."
—Dave Rempis
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This weekend ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd has authorized us to reduce the price of 34 albums in their 1000 and 1100 series to $8.95, a $9 savings on each. That includes one Albert Ayler double CD also at $8.95, an $11 savings. These are the lowest price at which we've ever listed these albums!
That's 34 albums at an exceptional price, giving our customers a chance to fill in their collection of these important and extraordinary albums of modern creative improvisation, composition, and the merging of both. But hurry, this sale ends Thursday, March 17th!
Click Here to shop the Spring Hat Sale
In 2019 Switzerland's Hat Hut label initiated their latest line, ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd, releasing new albums of improvisation and contemporary compositional music, and mixtures of the same.
Albums on sale include those from
Sergio Armaroli w/ Fritz Hauser; Albert Ayler; Albert Ayler Quartet With Don Cherry; Paul Bley Trio; John Coltrane Quartet; Christopher Fox; Nick Fraser Quartet; Jimmy Giuffre; Sebastian Gottschick; Edu Haubensak/Tomas Korber; Alex Hendriksen/Fabian Gisler; Cat Hope/Erkki Veltheim; Charles Ives; Noah Kaplan Quartet; Hildegard Kleeb/Roland Dahinden/Alexandre Babel; Hans Koch/Paul Lovens; Franz Koglmann Septet; Christopher Kunz/Florian Fischer; George Lewis; Studio Dan; Russ Lossing Trio; Paul Lovens/Florian Stoffner; Charlie Parker; Polwechsel/Klaus Lang; Silvan Schmid; Matthew Shipp; Daniel Studer w/ Kimmig/Loriot/Zimmerlin/Zoubek; Cecil Taylor Mixed To Unit; The Thing (Gustafsson/McPhee/Haker Flaten/Nilssen-Love); Marco Von Orelli; Judith Wegmann
In-stock items only. Sold out items will disappear from store.
Orders must be placed through our shopping cart.
Price shown is discounted price.
Sale ends Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11:59 PM EST. While quantities last.
Discounted items will not receive Squidco Reward Points.
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Essential Artists
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• Arcane Device
• Tim Berne/Gregg Belisle-Chi
• Peter Brotzmann/Milford Graves/William Parker
• Euphorium_freakestra
• EUPHORIUM_freakestra
• Expanse (PEK/Knoblach)
• Freakestra
• Alexander Hawkins Mirror Canon
• Leap of Faith (PEK/Lomon/Epps/McBride/Rosenthal/Simches)
• Brandon Lopez/Tom Rainey/Ingrid Laubrock
• Tony Malaby/Angelica Sanchez/Tom Rainey
• Tony Malaby's Sabino (w/Monder/Formanek/Rainey)
• David Myers Lee
• Anders Nilsson
• Rempis/Harnik/Zerang
• Frederic Rzewski
• Oliver Schwerdt/Gunter Sommer
• Dave Tucker/Pat Thomas/Thurston Moore/Mark Sanders
• Omri Ziegele's Where's Africa
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Aerophonic
Black Editions Archives
Euphorium
Evil Clown
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Intakt
Pulsewidth
Pyroclastic Records
RogueArt
Sub Rosa
zOaR Records
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Berne, Tim / Gregg Belisle-Chi: Mars
(Intakt)
Succinct interpretations of compositions by New York saxophonist and composer Tim Berne, performed by Berne himself in a duo with guitarist Gregg Belisle-Chi, whose collaborations with Berne and his recent album Koi: Performing the Music of Tim Berne show Belisle-Chi to be the most capably informed player to accompany Berne in these thoughtful renderings.
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Brotzmann, Peter / Milford Graves / William Parker: Historic Music Past Tense Future [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Black Editions Archives)
A rare recording for Milford Graves in 2002 and a spectacular meeting between three free jazz legends--Peter Brotzmann on sax and clarinet, William Parker on bass and Doussn'Gouni, and Graves on drums and voice--recording in the front room of CBGBs for four magnificent and passionate improvisations, a wild affair captured by the Eremite Mobile Unit and finally released as a double LP.
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EUPHORIUM_freakestra : Soundz Offfe Drzk Wahuh [2 CDs]
(Euphorium)
In many ways a prelude to the EUPHORIUM_freakestra to come, this double album of Oliver Schwerdt's open-minded ea-improv big band was recorded in Eisenach, Germany in 2000, in Bellers, Germany in 2001 and finally in Leipzig in 2001 & 2002; despite the vastly different band configuration the concepts of the Freakestra are clear in these spectacular recordings.
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Euphorium_freakestra: Die Abenteuer des Birg Borgenthal
(Euphorium)
An early assemblage of the EUPHORIUM_freakestra led by pianist Oliver Schwerdt in a 2000 concert at Hochschule fur Musik und Theater in Leipzig, each work part of a fictional narrative of a figure called Birg Borgenthal, realized through a combination of improvisation and contemporary chamber music, orchestrated for 3 pianists, 2 guitarists, and 3 singers and narrators.
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Euphorium_freakestra: Grande Casino [3 CDS]
(Euphorium)
A truly diverse set of improvisations, from solo work to large scale ensemble, as Euphorium_Freakestra are joined by European Free Jazz legends, drummer Baby Sommer and double bassist Barry Guy, in a band with leader & pianist Oliver Schwerdt, plus Bertrand Denzler, Burkard Beins, John Eckhardt, Pierre-Antoine Badaroux, Patrick Schanze, Daniel Beilschmidt & Freidrich Kettlitz.
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Expanse (PEK / Knoblach): Breadth
(Evil Clown)
The project name inspired by the concepts of space and restraint, this well-recorded live performance between multi-reedist/instrumentalist David Peck and drummer Michael Knoblach, both using a wealth of percussive devices and sonorous instruments, was live-streamed from the Boston Evil Clown Headquarters, showing the "Breadth" of their expansive ears.
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Freakestra: Das Besuchte Getrank (Eine Suite Fur Zwei Unendliche Parallelen. Sie Treffen Sich.)
(Euphorium)
After the earliest versions of the Euphorium_freakestra toured in Weimar, Leipzig, Dresden, Krakow & Gottingen in 2000, pianist Oliver Schwerdt and guitarist Friedrich Kettlitz came together to develop a suite for grand piano, acoustic guitar and free vocals, a prelude to the album Gay - Saunawirt ten years later, and the start of the professional recording history of the EUPHORIUM ensembles.
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Hawkins, Alexander Mirror Canon: Break A Vase
(Intakt)
Another wonderfully ambitious and superbly executed album from pianist and composer Alexander Hawkins, with nods to Anthony Braxton, Henry Threadgill and even Johann Sebastian Bach, expanding his core trio of bassist Neil Charles and drummer Stephen Davis with saxophonist & clarinetist Shabaka Hutchings, guitarist Otto Fischer and drummer Richard Olatunde Baker.
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Leap of Faith (PEK / Lomon / Epps / McBride / Rosenthal / Simches): Meaning Arising
(Evil Clown)
A new quintet lineup for the long-running Boston collective Leap of Faith, expanding the core duet of David Peck on reeds & flutes and Glynis Lomon on cello, aquasonic & voice, with trumpeter Ellwood Epps, double bassist Nate McBride, drummer Eric Rosenthal, and transformed by live signal processing from Joel Simches, performing a powerful and extended post-pandemic concert.
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Lopez, Brandon / Tom Rainey / Ingrid Laubrock: No Es La Playa
(Intakt)
Despite five years of performance in the NYC area, this is the debut album of the collective trio of Ingrid Laubrock on saxophones, Brandon Lopez on bass and Tom Rainey on drums, fueled by the near-telepathic rapport of Laubrock & Rainey and expanded by the ferocious and astute contributions of Lopez, avoiding histrionics through literate and impeccably controlled discourse.
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Malaby, Tony / Angelica Sanchez / Tom Rainey: Huapango
(RogueArt)
Updating their collaboration since the 2004 Alive in Brooklyn album from the trio of saxophonist Tony Malaby, drummer Tom Rainey and Angelica Sanchez on piano & Wurlitzer electric piano, contrasting that double album with a set of 10 succinct collective improvisations, inspired work of intuitive playing and a creative chemistry that only such long association can bring.
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Malaby's, Tony Sabino (w / Monder / Formanek / Rainey): The Cave Of Winds
(Pyroclastic Records)
Updating his Sabino quartet of Michael Formanek on double bass and Tom Rainey on drums with guitarist Ben Monder taking Marc Ducret's role, saxophonist Tony Malaby, here on tenor & soprano, charges forward with both modern, angular NY jazz and with experimental free improv both light and dark, in this captivating studio album of six Malaby compositions and one collective improv.
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Nilsson, Anders: Aventyr [VINYL]
(zOaR Records)
A impressive album of virtual guitar duos from Swedish-born and New York-based experimental guitarist Anders Nilsson, challenging himself to imagine playing the pieces as 4-handed piano music, or as performed on a kora, or by a string quartet, through three extended pieces that balance complex interaction with thoughtful beauty and instrospection; exceptional.
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Rempis / Harnik / Zerang: Astragaloi
(Aerophonic)
The 3rd release for the trio of Chicago saxophonist Dave Rempis, German pianist Elisabeth Harnik and Chicago percussionist Michael Zerang, performing live at the 2020 ArtActs Festival in St Johan Austria for five outstanding improvisations fueled by their previous trio & duo work and flavored with inside piano preparations, hand percussion and superb soloing from all three.
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Schwerdt, Oliver / Gunter Sommer : Dry Swing / Tandem Spaces
(Euphorium)
Three duos--"Tandem Spaces"--and two solos--"Dry Swing"(s)-between drummer Gunter Baby Sommer, who was celebrating his 70th birthday the year of this recording, and younger generation pianist and Euphorium label-leader Oliver Schwerdt, the duos an exciting set of exchanges often building to high speed, with Schwerdt's solo work engrossingly intricate and quick-witted.
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Tucker, Dave / Pat Thomas / Thurston Moore / Mark Sanders: Educated Guess Vol. 2
(577 Records)
The 2nd half of guitarist Dave Tucker's live concert at London's Cafe OTO, bringing together himself, pianist/keyboardist Pat Thomas, guitarist Thurston Moore and drummer/percussionist Mark Sanders for two extended improvisations of spontaneous performance, layering guitars over complex drum arrangements,and distinctive electronic manipulation.
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Ziegele's, Omri Where's Africa: That Hat
(Intakt)
One of Swiss saxophonist Omri Ziegele smaller group formations with Yves Theiler on electric keyboards and Dario Sisera on drums & percussion, in a lyrical set of compositions yielding strong soloing over solid grooves and warm moods, highlighting Ziegele's remarkably fluid playing; it's nearly jazz/rock fusion, but at heart it's a solid jazz album.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Arcane Device: Mechanismos
(pulsewidth)
An apt title for the creatively mechanistic rhythms and electronic machinations of David Lee Myers' long-running project Arcane Device, in an album of ten succinct tracks of distinct cadence, pulse and encompassing electronics, described by Myers as "Analog rhythms, microtonal swarms, and feedback tonalities for pagan rituals on Monster Island."
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Myers, David Lee: Intervals / Interludes
(pulsewidth)
Like passages through an electronic corridor, New York electronic artist David Lee Myers (Arcane Device) presents a series of "interludes"--long passages of rich electronic sound--and "intervals" of punctuated rhythms, described by Myers as: "In-between spaces for catching one's breath amid frigid landscapes, existential pauses, and mercurial pools of aboriginal pleadings."
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Rzewski, Frederic: Speaking Rzewski: Performed by Stephane Ginsburgh
(Sub Rosa)
Composer Frederic Rzewsk is known for his associations with John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Alvin Curran & Richard Tietelbaum, &c.; he wrote a number of text pieces for solo piano about life, philosophy and politics, many premiered by pianist and narrator Stephane Ginsburgh, who here presents seven such compositions, several written for Ginsburgh himself.
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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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Vasco Trilla:
Unmoved Mover
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
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Jane in Ether (Klein / Mayas / Voutchkova):
Spoken / Unspoken
(Confront)
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Violeta Garcia / Emilie Girard-Charest:
Impermanence
(Tour de Bras/Inexhaustable Editions)
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Mats Gustafsson / Otomo Yoshihide:
Timing
(Doubt Music)
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Stay Current With Squidco
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We're never quite caught up with new releases that constantly come in our door, and
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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