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UPDATE
June 10, 2022
"Everything can become music.
It depends on the way we listen to it,
And what we do with it also."
—Éliane Radigue
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Creative Artists
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• Atsushi/Tatsuya/Makoto
• Barnes/Jerman/Nordwall
• Bootstrappers (Elliott Sharp/Melvin Gibbs/Don McKenzie)
• Whit Dickey Quartet
• Espen Eriksen Trio w/ Andy Sheppard
• Fire!
• Ingebrigt Flaten Haker
• Master Oogway w/ Henriette Eilertsen
• Hedvig Mollestad
• Kjetil Mulelid Trio
• The Necks
• Phill Niblock
• Jim O'Rourke/Elliott Sharp
• Eliane Radigue/Frederic Blondy
• Semantics (Elliott Sharp/Ned Rothenberg/Samm Bennett)
• Masayuki Takayanagi New Direction for the Art
• Linnea Talp
• Warble (Brad Henkel/Miako Klein)
• Tatsuya Yoshida/Risa Takeda
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Essential Labels
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Inexhaustible Editions
Klanggalerie
Magaibutsu Limited
Odin
Organ Reframed
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ReR Vinyl
Room40
Rune Grammofon
STELLAGE
Tao Forms
thanatosis produktion
zOaR Records
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This weekend, from Friday June 10th through Sunday, June 12th,
all used CDs in our catalog are on sale at 20% off their listed price! Most items in our used collection
are lightly used copies that we used to catalog the new albums listed on our site, and unless otherwise noted,
are in near mint condition. So have a good look through our used CD category, where you'll find some great
albums selling at 20% below our cost!
View Our List of Used CDs
20% Discounts end Sunday, June 12, 2022 at 23:59 EST (GMT-4).
Prices shown are discounted price. While quantities last, sold out items will disappear from the store.
Customers must place orders using our shopping cart to receive discounted prices.
Sale items are not eligible for Squidco Reward Points.
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Dickey, Whit Quartet: Astral Long Form: Staircase In Space
(Tao Forms)
His 2nd album as a leader on Tao Forms, drummer Whit Dickey expands on his previous trio album with Rob Brown on alto sax and Brandon Lopez on bass, adding Mat Maneri on viola, bringing together four collaborative New York players that share a long history, evident in the confident interaction, freedom and momentum this band shows on five conceptually linked Dickey compositions.
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Eriksen, Espen Trio w/ Andy Sheppard: In The Mountains
(Rune Grammofon)
The 1st live album from Norwegian pianist Espen Eriksen's Trio with bassist Lars Tormod Jenset and drummer Andreas Bye, joined by British saxophonist Andy Sheppard, for original compositions plus "Rosemary's Baby", captured at concerts from Oslo's Nasjonal Jazzscene in 2018 & 2020, a 2020 concert at Propeller Music Division in Oslo and a 2021 performance in Poznan, Poland.
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Fire!: Defeat [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
An optimistic definition of "Defeat" through the exultantly dark and expressive work of Fire!, here as the quintet of Mats Gustafsson on flute, baritone sax & live electronics, Johan Berthling on electric bass, Andreas Werliin on drums, Goran Kajfes on quartertone trumpet and Mats Aleklint on trombone & sousaphone, in five works of richly creative and modern improv.
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Flaten, Ingebrigt Haker: (Exit) Knarr
(Odin)
Celebrating his 50 years, Norwegian bassist and composer Ingebrigt Haker Flaten assembles a band of diverse background and superb musical skill to tell his story as a tribute to the people, music and places that have shaped him, a work commissioned by Vossajazz and presented as six destinations including Trondheim, Chicago, Mexico City, &c.; a profound and amazing journey in music.
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Master Oogway w/ Henriette Eilertsen: Happy Village
(Rune Grammofon)
The 3rd album from the Oslo's Master Oogway quartet of Havard Nordberg Funderud on guitars, Lauritz Heitmann Skeidsvoll on sax, Martin Heggli Mellem on drums and Karl Erik Hornsdalsveen on bass, recorded at their monthly concert series at Kafa Haerverk, joined by flutist Henriette Eilertsen (Billy Meier and Andreas Roysum Ensemble) for four lyrical composed by bassist Hornsdalsveen.
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Master Oogway w/ Henriette Eilertsen: Happy Village [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Mulelid, Kjetil Trio: Who Do You Love The Most?
(Rune Grammofon)
The 3rd album from this young Norwegian piano trio led by composer Kjetil A Mulelid with double bassist Bjørn Marius Hegge and drummer Andreas Skår Winther, presenting ten lyrical compositions of strong melodies and solid and expressive rhythmic foundations, a thoughtfully beautiful and sophisticated album of exquisite modern jazz.
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Necks, The: Vertigo [VINYL]
(ReR Vinyl)
Reissuing The Necks 18th album, finding the Australian trio of drummer/percussionist Tony Buck, bassist Lloyd Swanton and pianist/keyboardist Chris Abrahams in a vertiginous 44 minute dark excursion punctuated by cliff hanging moments through homemade instruments and unusual textures, one of the darker and more cathartic albums from The Necks large discography.
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O'Rourke, Jim / Elliott Sharp: Sakuraza
(zOaR Records)
In 2021 Elliott Sharp celebrated his 70th year through a series of concerts, this performance at Sakuraza in Kofu, Japan with Jim O'Rourke the 2nd in the series, Sharp on bass clarinet, a Strandberg Boden 8-string guitarbass & electronics while O'Rourke performed on synthesizers and electronics, for a spectacular set of 7 improvised electroacoustic dialogs.
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Semantics (Elliott Sharp / Ned Rothenberg / Samm Bennett): Bone Of Contention
(Klanggalerie)
Including three previously unreleased live tracks, one of Downtown NY's supergroups of drummer Samm Bennett, reed & wind player Ned Rothenberg and guitar & bass player Elliott Sharp's 2nd album is reissued, bringing this collection of seemingly endless possibility in improvisation back to the foreground, sounding as modern today as it did in the percolating creativity of 1987.
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Takayanagi, Masayuki New Direction for the Art: Complete "La Grima" [VINYL]
(Aguirre Records)
The 1971 performance at the Gen'yasai festival in Sanrizuka, Japan, a portion of which was released on the 2004 LP Genya, here presented in its complete form, including guitarist Takayanagi's introduction, the audience reaction, and the powerfully aggressive performance it spurred as they performed for a collision of enthusiasts and haters who threw objects as they played.
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Warble (Brad Henkel / Miako Klein): Swarm
(Inexhaustible Editions)
Focused on the unusual physical properties of their instruments as tubes and air chambers capable of remarkable palette of sounds, overtones, thumps and inexplicable manifestations, Berlin-based trumpeter Brad Henkel and recorder player Miako Klein present two extended conversation of intensely compatible and wildly controlled, extended approaches to improvisation.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Barnes / Jerman / Nordwall: The Oortcloud [It Wasn't Until Weeks Later] [VINYL]
(STELLAGE)
A performance in Gothenburg, Sweden as part of the contemporary acoustic and electronic society Geiger in their monthly public recording "Geiger Sessions", by sound artists Tim Barnes, Jeph Jerman, and Joachim Nordwall, in a concert of rich and highly textured noise, referencing the astronomical Öpik-Oort cloud described by Dutch astronomer Jan Oort.
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Niblock, Phill: Ghosts And Others
(Room40)
An engrossing set of compositions through field recordings captured around the globe, transitioning by passages of trains, trucks and cars and accompanied by unusual percussive elements and strange melodies, as Niblock invites us to a funeral procession, a collective farm, and untold other exotic and fascinating streets and unexpected environments.
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Radigue, Eliane / Frederic Blondy: Occam XXV
(Organ Reframed)
Commissioned by Organ Reframed, the organ-only experimental music festival curated by Scottish composer/performer and London's Union Chapel organ music director Claire M Singer, this piece of deep overtones ascending through octaves was developed with organist Frédéric Blondy at the Église Saint Merry in Paris, this specially packaged release captured at the Union Chapel festival concert in 2020.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Atsushi / Tatsuya / Makoto: Japanese New Music Festival Japan Tour 2022
(Magaibutsu Limited)
Recordings from the 2022 Japanese New Music Festival Japan Tour from the trio of Tsuyama Atsushi on bass, guitar & piano, Yoshida Tatsuya on drums, synth and vocals, and Kawabata Makoto on guitar, bass and vocals, selecting the best tracks from the tour into a collection of 15 psychedelic, progressive, experimental and uncategorizable rock forms!
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Bootstrappers (Elliott Sharp / Melvin Gibbs / Don McKenzie): Xenolith
(Klanggalerie)
The first new Bootstrappers album since 1992, joining band leader Elliott Sharp for this 3rd album are longtime collaborators Melvin Gibbs on electric bass and Don McKenzie on drums, for seven assertive rock-based improvisations fueled by electronics, free jazz, no wave and electroacoustic sound, manifesting a hardboiled NY ethic of focused grooves and free playing.
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Mollestad, Hedvig : Tempest Revisited
(Rune Grammofon)
For her 2nd solo record aside from her rock trio, guitarist Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen expands her orchestration to an octet, adding jazz-rock elements while balancing scorching playing with lyrical and open passages, as she pays tribute to Arne Nordheim's 1979 composition for Shakespeare's "The Tempest", and for her own experiences of furious weather in her home town of Ålesund.
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Yoshida, Tatsuya / Risa Takeda: SUPERHELIX [CD + DOWNLOAD VIDEOS]
(Magaibutsu Limited)
Fifteen rock instrumentals between drummer Tatsuya Yoshida and pianist & keyboardist Risa Takeda, generally high-speed, technically superb and melodically infused pieces of imaginative creativity with a quirky sense of humor, augmented with Yoshida's vocalizing and effect processing from both; includes a download sheet for 15 high-def movies, one for each track on the album.
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Compositional
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Talp, Linnea: Arch Of Motion [VINYL]
(thanatosis produktion)
Performed with Stockholm musicians including pianist Alexander Zethson, wind player Martin Küchen and trombonist Mats Äleklint, organist Linnéa Talp explores the areas of sound that emulate breathing, push/pull or back & forth motion, in eight beautifully paced recordings led by the organ's rich and microtonal vibrations & timbre and imbued by the contributor's subtle additions.
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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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Mototeru Takagi Quartet:
Live At Little John, Yokohama 1999
(NoBusiness Records)
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Antoine Beuger:
laments
(Edition Wandelweiser)
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Alcorn / Bordreuil / Laubrock:
Bird Meets Wire
(Relative Pitch)
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Jennifer Allum, John Butcher, Ute Kanngiesser, Eddie Prevost:
Sounds of Assembly
(Meena)
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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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-Don Van Vliet
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