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UPDATE
April 21, 2023
"I wish for us to celebrate music that is truth for this moment that we live."
—Nicole Mitchell
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Essential Artists
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• Peter Brotzmann/Heather Leigh/Fred Lonberg-Holm
• Forestry Commission, The (Frangenheim/Anissegos/Voutchkova)
• J.J. Gregg
• Franz Hautzinger
• Francois Houle Genera Sextet
• Ingrid Laubrock (Laubrock/Swift/ Reid/Seabrook/Formanek/Rainey)
• Jeph Jerman
• Trio Levin Ike (feat Shao-Way Wu/Tim DuRoche)
• Luis Lopes
• Massimo Magee
• Joe McPhee Quartet +1 Kirk Knuffke
• Medusa Unit (Ricardo Jacinto)
• Sei Miguel
• Hedvig Mollestad/Trondheim Jazz Orchestra
• Motorpsycho
• Natural Information Society Community Ensemble
• Mark Sanders/Emil Karlsen
• Schlippenbach Quartet (Schlippenbach/Parker/Silva/Lovens)
• The Selva (Jacinto/Almeida/Morao)
• Svoboda/O'Connor/Green
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Aguirre Records
Bead
Cien Fuegos
Clean Feed
FMR
Input Error
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IntangibleCat
Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Orbit577
Pyroclastic Records
Rune Grammofon
Shhpuma
Trost Records
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Saturday, April 22, 2023 is Record Store Day, the day designated to celebrate
record stores like ours and the music they carry!
To mark the event, starting today, Friday April 21st, we're offering the following discounts on all vinyl records
from now until Sunday night!
• Buy any new vinyl record (LP, EP or 7")
Take 15% off that record's price.
See Squidco's Vinyl Catalog
In addition, we're offering 30% OFF a selection of 50 albums from 577 Records, Clean Feed Records, and Shhpuma.
Shop the 30% LP Sale
Not to leave out our CD & Cassette customers, all new albums on CD or Cassette are discounted 10% during the weekend.
Shop the CD Sale
Shop the Cassette Sale
In-stock items only. Orders must be placed through our shopping cart.
Discount is displayed on category lists, product detail pages, and in your shopping cart.
Discounted items will not receive Squidco Reward Points.
Sale ends Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST (GMT - 5).
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Brotzmann, Peter / Heather Leigh / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Naked Nudes
(Trost Records)
Part of Peter Brötzmann's 80th birthday concerts in his hometown of Wuppertal, the saxophonist assembled a trio from his typically duo partner, pedal steel guitarist Heather Leigh (Charalambides, Dream/Aktion Unit) and Chicago cellist and electronic improviser Fred Lonberg-Holm, performing the extended title track at INSEL | Kultur im ADA, along with two succinct improvisations.
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Forestry Commission, The (Frangenheim / Anissegos / Voutchkova): Frost Burning
(FMR)
A set of pointillistic improvisations from the collective, chamber-oriented, freely improvising trio of Biliana Voutchkova (violin), Alexander Fragenheim (double bass) and Antonis Anissegos (piano), recording in the studio in Berlin in 2016 for seven "archives" named for the length of each relatively concise improvisation, from "Archive 4 04" to "Archive "7 38".
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Gregg, J.J.: Re-cycling
(IntangibleCat)
A suite based on raag todi from sitar player J.J. Gregg with Pavan Kanekal on tabla; five tracks revised in the studio to create compositions of both sitar music and more experimental forms, the music tying together concepts of water's effect on geologic formation, as illustrated and contemplated in a description from the albums's liner notes.
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Hautzinger, Franz: Gomberg III-V - Airplay
(Trost Records)
Creating a persona to "overcome his own limitations", Austrian trumpeter Franz Hautzinger adopts the name of Gomberg as an alter-ego, releasing this engaging and unconventional set of 22 succinct recordings made between 2006-2018, selected and sequenced from occasion-related compositions and commissioned works, performed on quartertone trumpet, electronics, zither, voice & percussion.
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Houle, Francois Genera Sextet: In Memoriam
(Clean Feed)
Canadian clarinetist François Houle in an international project dedicated to the late co-founder of the Vancouver International Jazz Festival, Ken Pickering, performed with Canadian expatriates, plus colleagues from New York City, Paris, Basel and Berlin: Marco von Orelli on cornet & trumpet, Samuel Blaser on trombone, Benoit Delbecq on piano, Michael Bates on bass and Harris Eisenstadt on drums.
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Laubrock, Ingrid (Laubrock / Swift/ Reid / Seabrook / Formanek / Rainey): The Last Quiet Place
(Pyroclastic Records)
Destined for top lists of 2023, saxophonist & composer Ingrid Laubrock's ambitious work brings together unusual orchestration through previous collaborators Brandon Seabrook (guitar), Michael Formanek (bass) and Tom Rainey (drums) along with violinist Mazz Swift and cellist Tomeka Reid, for six fascinating and articulate compositions of farge ranging mood and gestures.
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Levin, Ike Trio (feat Shao-Way Wu / Tim DuRoche): ReEmergence
(Self Released)
A set of original compositions from Portland saxophonist, bass clarinetist and composer Ike Levin, a frequent collaborator of pianist Joel Futterman, here with his trio of Shao-Way Wu on contrabass and Tim DuRoche on drums & percussions, performing eight pieces of structurally interesting forms yielding passionate playing, from free jazz energy to lyrical introspection.
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Magee, Massimo: Networking
(Orbit577)
With each solo intended for a specific recipient, London saxophonist Magee recorded a series of improvisations during the pandemic isolations, retaining two of the recordings as pure solo Magee, the others virtual duos with: Travis D. Johnson on synth, Tim Green on drums, Joshua Weitze on guitar, A.F. Jones for resampling, Thomas Milovac on bass, and Lance Austin Olsen on guitar.
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McPhee, Joe Quartet +1 Kirk Knuffke: Keep The Dream Up
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
Long a fan of his music, NY trumpeter Kirk Knuffke joined with saxophonist Joe McPhee and his quartet of Christof Knoche (bass clarinet), Michael Bisio (bass) and Jay Rosen (drums), following Knuffke's wife's advice to "keep the dream up" as the quintet recorded a series of exceptional collective improvisations, one Knuffke compositions and at Knuffke's request, a poem/"Invocation" from McPhee.
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Miguel, Sei: The Original Drum
(Clean Feed)
Four unique compositions from Portuguese trumpeter Sei Miguel, whose work embraces jazz history while incorporating his own music systems, here each piece varying the size of each grouping with one constant, his frequent sideman, alto trombonist Fala Mariam; plus luminaries including Rodrigo Amado, Ernesto Rodridgues, Helena Espvall, Nuno Torres, Rafel Toral, Paulo Curado, &c.
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Natural Information Society Community Ensemble: Since Time Is Gravity
(AGUIRRE RECORDS)
Expanding the rhythmically exuberant Natural Information Society led by Chicago bassist & guimbri player Joshua Abrams with core members Lisa Alvarado (harmonium), Mikel Patrick Avery (drums) & Jason Stein (bass clarinet), are Hamid Drake (percussion), Josh Berman & Ben Lamar Gay (cornets), Nick Mazzarella & Mai Sugimoto (alto sax & flute), Kara Bershad (harp) and Ari Brown (sax).
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Sanders, Mark / Emil Karlsen: Muted Language
(Bead)
Steering far from pyrotechnics or histrionics, the drum duo of UK legend Mark Sanders and Norwegian residing in the UK and part of the new direction of Bead Records, Emil Karlsen, present six percussion improvisations that focus on textural interaction, melodic progression, polyrhythms, and sonic excitement through percussive elements; an exceptional duo.
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Schlippenbach Quartet (Schlippenbach / Parker / Silva / Lovens): Anticlockwise [VINYL]
(Cien Fuegos)
Reissuing pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach's 1983 FMP album with his quartet of Evan Parker on soprano & tenor saxophones, Alan Silva on double bass and Paul Lovens on drums & percussion, a fertile period for the group, as heard in the probing and incisive free jazz through two extended improvisations captured live at the Quartier Latin in Berlin, Germany in 1982.
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Selva, The (Jacinto / Almeida / Morao): Camarao-Girafa
(Clean Feed)
An absorbing album of electronic jazz and improvisation from the Portuguese string and percussion trio of Ricardo Jacinto on cello, electronics & harmonium, Goncalo Almeida on double bass & electronics and Nuno Morao on drums & percussion, exploring unique and innately lyrical intersections of chamber improv, ea-improv and compositional forms.
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Svoboda / O'Connor / Green: Time Together, Time Apart
(577 Records)
With lyrical insite and a great rapport, the Australian collective piano trio of pianist Joe O'Connor, double bassist Hellen Svoboda and drummer Tim Green approach their dialogs with great self-control and intent concentration, developing fascinating conversations from emotive musings that lead to confidently intrepid and compellingly coherent improvisations.
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Experimental/Electronic
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Jerman, Jeph: Flapndr
(Input Error)
Sound Artist Jeph Jerman explored his Cottonwood, Arizona environment between 2019-2021 to capture the field recordings, windswept drones and close mic-ed minimal sounds that make up Flapndr, combining them in the studio to form complex and sometimes dense compositions that evolve and mutate in a fascinating hybrid of nature and noise.
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Lopes, Luis: Lisbon Paris, Stereo Noise Solo
(Shhpuma)
Taking advantage of stereo placement and strong effect processing, Portuguese guitarist Luís Lopes (Humanization 4tet, Lisbon Freedom Unit) releases the antithesis of his recent Love Songs series with this improvised guitar album, splitting his signal through two unique sequences of analogue pedals into tube amplifiers, creating hypnotically corrosive music.
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Medusa Unit (Ricardo Jacinto): Umbra, Antumbra & Penumbra
(Shhpuma)
Originally a solo project for cello, electronics and resonant objects, Ricardo Jacinto (Pink Draft, String Theory, LFU) expands his concept that focuses on the relationship between sound and space with this septet, captured live at CCC in Portugal and featuring an instrument developed for the project using multiple microphones on the cello connected to resonant objects.
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Rock/R.I.O./Prog
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Mollestad, Hedvig / Trondheim Jazz Orchestra: Maternity Beat [VINYL 2 LPs]
(Rune Grammofon)
Working again with the 12-piece, expressive Trondheim Jazz Orchestra, Norwegian guitarist and composer Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen recorded this double LP in the studio in Halden in 2021, for 9 long form epics that bridge and merge rock and jazz genres, in both instrumental work and songs that explore the nature of family and issues of social justice.
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Motorpsycho: Ancient Astronauts [VINYL]
(Rune Grammofon)
Four new tracks from the incredibly prolific Norwegian long form rock band Motorpsycho of Bent Saether on bass & vocals, Hans Magnus on guitar & vocals and the departing album for drummer Tomas Jarmyr, in a well-balanced release of songs and instrumental work including their longest piece to date, a theme from an imagined movie; sophisticated & intelligent modern rock.
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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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Duck Baker:
Contra Costa Dance
(Confront Recordings)
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Claudio Sanna:
Compositori Sardi Contemporanei
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records, Ltd)
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Christian Wolfarth:
39 / Part I - III
(Hiddenbell Records)
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Albert Ayler Quintet:
Lost Performances 1966 Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Imaginary String Quintet (Wachsmann / Leahy / Gustralla / Taylor / Jones):
Wood: Paper, Paint, Sound
(FMR Records)
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Thelonious Monk Quartet:
Live Five Spot 1958 Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)
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Tatsuya Nakatani / Kawabata Makoto:
Reverse Fault
(Acid Mothers Temple)
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Udo Schindler & Ardhi Engl:
Basis_B(r)uchstucke
(Creative Sources)
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Keefe Jackson / Jim Baker / Julian Kirshner:
Routines
(Kettle Hole Records)
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Devenir Ensemble:
Resonances Manifestes
(Creative Sources)
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Francisco Mela feat. Cooper-Moore and William Parker:
Music Frees Our Souls Vol. 2
(577 Records)
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Mark Wastell:
Cello-Intern Solos
(Confront)
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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 has been in business as a mail-order store since 2003.
In 2010 we moved to Wilmington, NC, giving regional and visiting customers access to our catalog
of more than 10,000 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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"a squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?"
-Don Van Vliet
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