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UPDATE
May 19, 2022
"Composing — by any composer —
Is really a matter of writing down the improvisations
That you hear in your head."
—Sam Rivers
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Creative Artists
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• Peter Ablinger/Biliana Voutchkova
• Nick Ashwood
• David Behrman w/ Jon Gibson/Werner Durand
• Alessandro Bosetti
• Jean-Yves Bosseur
• Daniel Carter/William Parker/Federico Ughi
• Alvin Curran
• Derviche (Borchard/Favriou)
• Ensemble Nist-Nah
• Keiji Haino/Jim O'Rourke/Oren Ambarchi
• Heroes Are Gang Leaders
• The International Nothing
• Amanda Irarrazabal/Miriam Den Boer Salmon
• Kirk Knuffke/Frederico Ughi/Chris Welcome
• Steve Lacy/Andrea Centazzo
• Ben Miller
• Novi_sad
• Sam Rivers Trio
• John Russell/John Butcher/Dominic Lash
• Wunschmusik (Wunsch/Steyer/Cavenati)
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Ayler
Black Truffle
Creative Sources
Ftarri
Holidays Records
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Ictus
Inexhaustible Editions
Meenna
NoBusiness
Raster Music
Two Rooms
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From Thursday to Sunday we're putting a list of more than 480 albums — CDs, LPs, Cassettes, DVDs,
Books & Magazines — on sale at our distribution wholesale price!
These albums include items from our catalog of jazz & improvisation, experimental, compositional, rock and inexplicable music forms.
Labels represented in the sale include albums from 577 Records, Ambiances Magnetiques, Another Timbre, Aural Terrains,
Ayler Records, Balance Point Acoustics, Bug Incision, Clean Feed, Confront, Creative Sources, Discus, Edition Wandelweiser Records, erstwhile & elsewhere,
Evil Clown, FMR, Fou Records, Hat [now] ART, Herbal International, Les Disques Victo, Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!),
Mikroton, Musicworks, Nakama, Orbit577,
Not Two, Notice, Relative Pitch, Shhpuma, Tour de Bras, Unsounds, Winds Measure and many more.
But hurry! This sale ends Sunday, May 22 at midnight!
Click Here to See Distribution Price Sale Items
While quantites last, in-stock items only. Orders must use our shopping cart.
Discounted prices are shown on category page and detailed product listing.
Sale runs from Thursday, May 19, 2022 until Sunday, May 22, 2022 at midnight EST (GMT-5).
Discounted items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Heroes Are Gang Leaders: LeAutoRoiOgraphy
(577 Records)
Led by tenor saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and poet Thomas Sayers Ellis, this 12-piece ensemble of pointed and ecstatic free jazz and spoken word are heard at the 2019 Sons D'Hiver Festival in Paris, 2019, their sound influenced by chamber elements and sharpened through insightful and demanding observations and the influence of Amiri Baraka (LeRoi Jones).
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Heroes Are Gang Leaders: LeAutoRoiOgraphy [VINYL]
(577 Records)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Irarrazabal, Amanda / Miriam Den Boer Salmon: Fauces
(577 Records)
Using double bass, violin and objects to affect their instruments, Amsterdam violinist Miriam Den Boer Salmón and Chilean double bassist Amanda Irarrazabal present ten succinct sonic landscapes through fully free improvisation, their interactions building and scraping, intersecting and interacting in fascinating and frightening ways.
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Carter, Daniel / Parker, William / Ughi, Federico: The Dream
(577 Records)
This 2006 album was developed to present Daniel Carter, typically a wind/reed/trumpeter player, on an album that included his piano playing, which then advanced by adding the goal of both Carter and long-time collaborator, drummer Federico Ughi, to record with bassist William Parker, who rounds out this excellent trio on bass, tuba and shakuhachi.
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Knuffke, Kirk / Frederico Ughi / Chris Welcome: Garden Of Gifts
(577 Records)
An early example of the focus and encompassing direction of the 577 label run by Italian-born/NY-based drummer Federico Ughi, in a trio with trumpeter Kirk Knuffke and guitarist Chris Welcome, building from an introspective approach to free playing as they expand their group energy through shards of organic sound, finally releasing into a beautiful "Inner Void".
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Lacy, Steve / Andrea Centazzo: Clangs [VINYL]
(Ictus)
Reissuing the first release on the Ictus Records label run by percussionist Andrea Centazzo, this 1976 album was the culmination of two weeks of touring through Italy with saxophonist Steve Lacy, presented as a set of improvised free duets investigating timbral relationships, the fragmentation of melody, and abrasive, provocative noise.
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Rivers, Sam Trio: Archive Series. Volume 6 - Caldera
(NoBusiness)
Continuing NoBusiness' archive series of late reed & wind player Sam Rivers, this wild and sophisticated concert from 2002 was recorded at the Freeport-McMoRan Theatre in New Orlean's Contemporary Arts Center, by the long-standing Sam Rivers Trio with Doug Matthews on upright & electric bass and bass clarinet, and Anthony Cole on tenor sax & piano.
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Russell, John / John Butcher / Dominic Lash: But everything now left before it arrived
(Meenna)
A live performance at the 2010 GIO Fest III in Glasgow, UK, from three of the UK's leading free improvisers--late guitarist John Russell, John Butcher on saxophones and Dominic Lash on double bass--a superb concert in five improvisations of incredible technical skill through both energetic and restrained passages, a brilliant example reminding us of the loss of the great guitarist.
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Wunschmusik (Wunsch / Steyer / Cavenati): Muss Atonal Eigentlich Witzig Sein?
(Creative Sources)
German vocalist Birgit Wunsch leads this improvising trio with Edith Steyer on clarinet & saxophone and Alberto Cavenati on guitar, using abstract and atonal melodies in a chamber improvised setting for freely improvised voice, text and sound, crossing a sense of pop music with non-idiomatic improvisation of great technical and creative intent.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Ashwood, Nick: Unfolding/Overlay
(Inexhaustible Editions)
Dedicated to Cor Fuhler, Tasmanian guitarist Nick Ashwood's extended composition is a thoughtfully introspective work of rich sonority, shifting harmonics and abstract tones generated through guitar bowing, recorded live to tape in two continuous recordings, the second overlaying the first as the work unfolds in a meditative and beautifully pensive manner.
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Behrman, David w/ Jon Gibson / Werner Durand : ViewFinder / Hide & Seek [VINYL]
(Black Truffle)
Three realizations of composer David Behrman's "Unforseen Events" work using computer algorithms to respond to pitch cues from an instrumentalist, first in Berlin in 1989 with Curran and Werner Durand on soprano sax, then in NY in 1999 with Jon Gibson on soprano sax; plus "ViewFinder" with Werner Durand using a motion-triggered camera to alter electronic & wind instrumental sound.
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Bosetti, Alessandro : Plane / Talea 31-34 [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Holidays Records)
An amazing album of vocal interactions from composer Alessandro Bosetti using his archive of samples developed from dozens of recording sessions with vocalists, used in polyphonic constructions of utterances to create textures, counterpoint and juxtapositions offset by spartan use of harpsichord, Ondes Martenot, Cristal Baschet, grand piano, analog synth and Hammond organ.
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Bosseur, Jean-Yves: Musiques Vertes [VINYL]
(Holidays Records)
French composer Jean-Yves Bosseur, a student of Henri Pousseur and Karlheinz Stockhausen, in an amazingly detailed 1980 work of 11 sonic expeditions, using an instrument developed by Jean-Pierre Armengaud and performed with a collective of local musicians and children, incorporating field recordings from French ornithologist Jean Claude Roché; startlingly original!
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Curran, Alvin: Fiori Chiari, Fiori Oscuri [VINYL]
(Black Truffle)
Translating to "Light Flowers, Dark Flowers", Alvin Curran's 1978 release on his cooperative Ananda label receives its first remaster and reissue, bringing to life this joyfully surreal album of synthetic and acoustic instruments, field recordings and voice, unveiling itself like a cinematic work of dovetailed stories both reflective and energetically active.
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Haino, Keiji / Jim O'Rourke / Oren Ambarchi: Each side has a depth of 5 seconds A polka dot pattern in horizontal array A flickering that moves vertically [VINYL]
(Black Truffle)
Focused on powerful sonic environments, the 10th release from the trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke and Oren Ambarchi find all three using electronics to create huge canvases over which Ambarchi performs on pedal steel, O'Rourke on synth and Haino on Suona, a Chinese double-reed, capturing this exceptional 4-part improvisation live at SuperDeluxe, in Tokyo, 2017.
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Miller, Ben: In the Moment
(Two Rooms)
Destroy All Monsters and Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra guitarist Ben Miller in an album of experimental solo guitar works, augmenting his guitar with effects, synthesizer, bass, tapes and radio to create seven fascinating works that reflect on his rock background through solid rhythmic and melodic hooks, but also captivates through unusual and suprising sonic elements.
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Miller, Ben: In the Moment [VINYL]
(Two Rooms)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Novi_sad: ΚΕΡΑΥΝΟΣ
(Raster Music)
Using environmental sounds & field recordings from 5 continents--Oceania: Tarkine Rainforest; Asia: Okinawa; Europe: Ancient Olympia And Iceland; Africa: Uganda, Botswana & Namibia; America: Amazon Rainforest & Niagara Falls--sound artist Thanasis Kaproulias takes listeners on an incredible journey through sound from reflective to cathartic, from ominous danger to awe-inspired beauty.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Derviche (Borchard / Favriou): Murs Absurdes
(Ayler)
The 2nd Derviche album on Ayler Records from the French electric bass and drum improvising duo of Eric Brochard and Fabrice Favriou, in five sequences of assertive and masterful instrumental improvising rock, ecstatically heavy material of thick detail and ominous overtone, intended to be played as a continuous suite and clearly intended for maximum amplitude!
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Compositional
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Ablinger, Peter / Biliana Voutchkova : An Den Mond
(Inexhaustible Editions)
An den Mond--magic spells for a healthier life--was developed between Austrian composer Peter Ablinger and violinist Bilian Voutchkova during the pandemic, consisting of 16 sequences of chants written by Ablinger and performed entrancingly by Voutchkova on voice and violin; plus Albinger's richly harmonic work "Augmented Study" for seven violins.
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Ensemble Nist-Nah: Elders
(Black Truffle)
The debut of Ensemble Nist-Nah, a nine-piece collective group of French percussionists led by Nantes-based Australian drummer and percussionist Will Guthrie, incorporating a diverse set of influences including Gamelan performance, contemporary composition, noise and jazz into rich and ecstatic performances, an exciting album of informed approaches to modern and traditional percussion.
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Ensemble Nist-Nah: Elders [VINYL]
(Black Truffle)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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International Nothing, The: Just None of Those Things
(Ftarri)
Using harmonic intersections and extraneous sonic emanations from two clarinets, the duo of Kai Fagaschinski and Michael Thieke (also of The Magic I.D.) continue their long-standing International Nothing project of composed works through patient interactions of powerfully focused technique, here in their fifth album presenting a 42-minute work of delicate, dark beauty.
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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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Fish Wool (feat. Susana Santos Silva/Yedo Gibons/Vasco Trilla):
Live in Cerkno
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
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Paul Dunmall / Jonathan Impett / Andrew Ball / Paul Rogers / Phillip Gibbs:
Undistracted
(FMR)
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Magnus Granberg and Skogen:
How Lonely Sits the City?
(Another Timbre)
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Pascal Battus / Michel Doneda:
Miracle
(Potlatch)
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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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-Don Van Vliet
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