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UPDATE
April 15, 2022
"It is almost a spiritual experience
To share a moment of sound in a room.
—Jean Derome
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Creative Artists
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• Jan Bang/David Toop/Mark Wastell
• Olivia Block
• Sergio Carolino
• Hugo Carvalhais (w/ Parisien/Mockunas/Almeida/Pinto/Costa)
• Das Rad (Archer/Robinson/Dinsdale)
• Paul Hartsaw/Damon Smith/Jerome Bryerton
• Magda Mayas/Tina Douglas
• Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet
• Ra Moses Kalam Bob/Damon Smith Duo
• Toshimaru Nakamura
• Oceans Of Silver & Blood
• Pauline Oliveros/Gyorgy Ligeti performed by Ensemble 0
• Quatuor Bozzini
• Ted Reichman
• Marina Rosenfeld
• Jason Stein/Damon Smith/Adam Shead
• Chaz Underriner
• Amsterdam . Berlin . Moscow . Losoncy
• Luis Vicente/Seppe Gebruers/Onno Govaert
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Essential Labels
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Balance Point Acoustics
Black Editions
Clean Feed
Collection QB
Confront
Discus
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Edition Wandelweiser Records
Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
RogueArt
Room40
Sub Rosa
Tripticks Tapes
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In 1982 Montreal multi-reedist & composer Jean Derome and guitarist & composer René Lussier presented a
few duo concerts under the name Ambiances Magnétiques. Finding success in their pairing they expanded the concept, adding
guitarist André Duchesne and clarinetist Robert Marcel Lepage to form a collective, along with Joane Hétu, Diane
Labrosse, Danielle P. Roger, Michel F. Côté and Martin Tétreault. This collective formed the label of the same
name, Ambiances Magnétiques, and also a Canadian new music distribution service called Dame.
One of the first labels Squidco added to its catalog in 2003 was Ambiances Magnétiques, and
we've followed the label ever since. There must be something about the cold, long Canadian nights that makes the musicians on the
label so fascinatingly creative among a diverse set of styles, whether it's improvised, composed, experimental or inexplicable music.
This weekend we've partnered with the Ambiances Magnétiques label
to offer 197 albums from the Ambiances Magnétiques catalog
at a special savings over their $14.95 retail price:
• Buy any CD from the list of 197 albums and pay just $8.95!
That's
a savings of $6.00 on each and more than 40% off their regular price!
The sale runs from April 15 - April 17th, and orders will ship approximately two weeks after the sale is completed
and Ambiances Magnétiques has sent us the inventory for the sale.
So take advantage of these great prices and explore one of the most interesting labels in our catalog!
Click to see the Ambiances Magnétiques Sale
Orders must be placed through our shopping cart.
Ambiances Magnétiques Sale ends Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 11:59 PM EST.
Orders will ship approximately two weeks after the Ambiances Magnétiques Sale ends; we will send out
email confirmation when your order ships.
Ambiances Magnétiques Sale items do not qualify for Squidco Reward Points.
Orders with non-sale items will be held until Ambiances Magnétiques Sale items are in stock.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Bang, Jan / David Toop / Mark Wastell: Compound Full Of Bones, Translucent Thousands
(Confront)
An extended improvisation interweaving acoustic and electronic instruments in a beautifully coherent evolution of mysterious and approachable sources, from the trio of Jan Bang, David Toop and Mark Wastell, combining tam tams, gongs, flutes, lapsteel, live sampling, gongs, brushes, elastic, paper and more to captivate the curious listener.
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Carolino, Sergio: Below 0
(Clean Feed)
Known from the TGB trio and work with Bernardo Sassetti, Portuguese deep brass player Sergio Carolino turns from his typical tuba for a solo album on a new instrument of his own invention--the lusophone--a standing tuba based on the Jazzophon, a trumpet in the shape of a saxophone, here built from parts of frontal bell tubas and demonstrated in an impressive, extended improvisation.
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Carvalhais, Hugo (w/ Parisien / Mockunas / Almeida / Pinto / Costa): Ascetica
(Clean Feed)
Beautifully lyrical compositions filled with a sense of wonder and mystery in the 4th Clean Feed release from double bassist and composer Hugo Carvalhais, improvising in a sextet with Emile Parisien on soprano saxophone, Liudas Mockunas on tenor saxophone & clarinet, Fabio Almeida on alto saxophone & flute, Gabriel Pinto on piano & keys and Mario Costa on drums.
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Hartsaw, Paul / Damon Smith / Jerome Bryerton: Precipitation of a Decision / The Ride On The 8 Of Infinity [2 CDs]
(Balance Point Acoustics)
Two distinct session, the first CD presenting free improv trio perfomances in St. Louis, MO between Paul Hartsaw on soprano & tenor saxophones, Damon Smith on double bass and Jerome Bryerton on percussion, the 2nd CD finding Hartsaw and Smith in the studio in Oakland CA for a more experimental session, Smith adding laptop & field recordings and both employing extended techniques.
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Melford's, Myra Fire And Water Quintet: For The Love Of Fire And Water
(RogueArt)
Few quintets deserve the designation of super-group more than pianist Myra Melford's quintet with Mary Halvorson on guitar, Ingrid Laubrock on tenor & soprano saxophones, Tomeka Reid on cello and Susie Ibarra on drums & percussion, performing Melford's wonderfully inventive 10-part composition.
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Moses, Ra Kalam Bob / Damon Smith Duo: Purecircle
(Balance Point Acoustics)
A superb, inventive duo collusion between percussionist Ra Kalam Bob Moses and double bassist Damon Smith, continuing their collaborations that started with "Astral Plain Crash" with Vinny Golia, Henry Kaiser & Weasel Walter, here in concentrated form, recording and layer in the studio for 14 diverse dialogs using advanced techniques on drums, gongs, spring drums and double bass.
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Nakamura, Toshimaru: Culvert - No-Input Mixing Board 10
(Room40)
The 10th release in Japanese experimental sound artist Toshimaru Nakamura's No Input Mixing Board (NIMB) instrument series, composing from the ephemeral and extraneous sounds of a mixing board with nothing connected, these assertive pieces composed in his home studio while reflecting on the changes and obscuring of many of Tokyo's small streams and rivers.
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Oceans Of Silver & Blood: Acetate [CD EP]
(Confront)
Reissuing their limited 2014 release on Joachim Nordwall Editions, the Oceans Of Silver & Blood duo of Joachim Nordwall on analog synthesizer, effects & tape and percussionist Mark Wastell on tam tam and timpani present two pieces, the first an environmental work underpinned by subtle percussion, the second a richly resonating work of threatening warmth.
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Reichman, Ted: Dread Sea [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Tripticks Tapes)
Initially based around improvisations on a mbira and a tiny accordion, NY improvisor Ted Reichman expanded the concept through complex systems of electronic treatments, developing layers of feedback, transpositions, distortions, intentional or accidental patterning that were performed in real time, creating an extended, deeply aquatic work split between the sides of a cassette.
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Stein, Jason / Damon Smith / Adam Shead: Volumes & Surfaces
(Balance Point Acoustics)
Live recordings from the trio of Chicago improvisers Jason Stein on bass clarinet and Adam Shead on drums & percussion in a trio with double bassist Damon Smith, 3 tracks recorded in the studio at Chicago's Elastic Arts and then 2 live performances captured at The Hungry Brain that same night, an album of rich proportion through the deep strings, dark drums and deep reeds.
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Vicente, Luis / Seppe Gebruers / Onno Govaert: Room With No Name
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
A set of dramatic improvisations of incredible technical skill and creative drive from the working trio of Luis Vicente on trumpet, Seppe Gebruers on unprepared piano and Onno Govaert on drums, unedited improvisations presented as played, "composed by an interaction between the musicians and instruments, a nameless room, audience, microphones and you."
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Experimental/Electronic
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Block, Olivia: Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea
(Room40)
Evoking oceans of sound accompanied by a recurring bass pattern of seven notes leading each of the six compositions in this deep water opus, sound artist Olivia Block uses a vintage Korg synth organ, an Organelle, a Mellotron, tapes & field recordings to create a cohesive work that references the isolation of Anna Kavan's sci-fi novel Ice amidst our own time of pandemic.
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Oliveros, Pauline / Gyorgy Ligeti performed by Ensemble 0: Musica Nuvolosa
(Sub Rosa)
The French new music group Ensemble 0 offer a second tribute to Pauline Oliveros and György Ligeti, performing Oliveros' beautifully floating 1975 composition "Horse Sings from Cloud" and Ligeti's 1953 composition "Musica Ricercata", a wonderfully complex and active composition with two percussionists performing on marimba, strings, piano and winds.
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Rosenfeld, Marina: Index [CD + BOOK]
(Room40)
A series of live recordings and related materials that trace the development of turntable artist Marina Rosenfeld's tactile approach to experimental sound, using dub plates--vinyl albums she has had pressed to develop a personal library of sound for performance--here in six improvisations accompanied by a 24-page book with a discussion between Rosenfeld and Lawrence English.
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Various: Amsterdam . Berlin . Moscow . Losoncy [2 CDs]
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
A double album of experimental works and songs, virtual meetings curated by composer Dante Boon, recorded in the performer's individual cities as ensembles formed from musicians who have never met, including the Moscow duo The Same Ensemble of Sasha Elina and Kirill Shirokov, Amsterdamn's Seamus Cater's Tree Space, Berlin's Konzert Minimal, and sound artist Gabi Losoncy.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Das Rad (Archer / Robinson / Dinsdale): Laik Tors
(Discus)
The third album from the Sheffield-based trio Das Rad of Nick Robinson on guitars, keys & electronics, Martin Archer on woodwinds, keys & electronics, Steve Dinsdale on drums & keyboards, influenced by progressive rock, kosmiche, and fusion forms, here evolving and refining their melodic approach to genre-crossing styles merging composition and improvisation.
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Compositional
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Mayas, Magda / Tina Douglas: Objects Of Interest [CD + BOOK]
(Room40)
Following the visual scores of multi-disciplinary artist Tina Douglas, pianist Magda Mayas uses objects and preparations on piano, clavinet & rhodes keyboards to expand on Douglas' sculptural and tactile scores, exposing the fragility or imperfections in each, allowing one melody, chord or noise to become the focus of Maya's aural rendering and interpretations.
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Quatuor Bozzini: Tom Johnson: Combinations
(Collection QB)
The Montreal string quartet Quatuor Bozzini (Alissa Cheung-violin, Clemens Merkel-violin, Stephanie Bozzini-viola, Isabelle Bozzini-cello) continue their investigation of avant composers, focusing on American composer Tom Johnson through three works or minimalist precision: "Combinations for String Quartet"; "Tilework" and "Four-Note Chords in Four Voices".
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Underriner, Chaz: Meditations
(Edition Wandelweiser Records)
Composer and sound artist Chaz Underriner composed these eight meditation in 2021 during residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the NYU Music Technology studios, recorded at Stetson University in Florida with an ensemble including four vocalists, cello, piano, percussion, electronics and field recordings; beautifully introspective and thought provoking works.
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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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Rafal Mazur, Satoko Fujii, Guillermo Gregorio, Natsuki Tamura, Artur Majewski, Ramon Lopez:
The Great Tone Has No Sound
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
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Hprizm:
Signs Remixed
(577 Records)
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Yves Charuest / Benedict Taylor:
Knotted Threads
(Inexhaustible Editions/Tour De Bras)
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Wandering the Sound Quintet:
What Is... ?
(Not Two)
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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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Squidco Workspace
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In 2010 we moved to Wilmington, NC, giving regional and visiting customers access to our catalog
of more than 7,000 items, which includes hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items
not listed on our website. We're open for you to visit by appointment during weekday afternoons,
so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region please email us to set up a time to stop by and say hello,
we'd love to play some music for you!
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because:
"a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"
-Don Van Vliet
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