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UPDATE
November 3, 2023
"Listening is more important than anything
Because that's what music is."
—Carla Bley
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Essential Artists
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• Ahti & Ahti
• Chiara Bacci/Nicola Lancerotti
• Christopher Butterfield
• Daniel Carter/Adriana Camacho/Federico Ughi
• Daniel Carter/Ayumi Ishito/Eric Plaks/Zach Swanson/Jon Panikkar
• Chris Cutler
• Eventless Plot
• Expanse
• Magnus Granberg
• Junji Hirose/Otomo Yoshihide
• Joelle Leandre/Rodolphe Loubatiere
• Cecilia Lopez/Ingrid Laubrock
• Musicworks Magazine
• Maggie Nicols/Matilda Rolfsson/Mark Wastell
• Stephen O'Malley/Anthony Pateras
• Jason Roebke
• Rupp/Kneer/Fischerlehner
• Akira Sakata/Ken Ikeda
• Seeded Plain (Kreimer/Day)
• Turbulence
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Essential Labels
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577 Records
Confront
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Evil Clown
Ftarri
Klanggalerie
Meenna
more mars
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Musicworks
Public Eyesore
Recommended Records
Relative Pitch
Reshirt
SHELTER PRESS
Tsss Tapes
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Jazz & Improvisation
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Bacci, Chiara / Nicola Lancerotti: Settembre [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)
Two mysteriously veiled electroacoustic improvisations recorded live at Maison des musiques, in Brussels, Belgium between performers Nicola Lancerotti, an Italian-born double bassist & sound artist, and sound artist Chiara Bacci, using glitch, veiled voices, synthetics and acousmatic sources, packaged in a sparkly green tinted cassette with download code.
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Carter, Daniel / Adriana Camacho / Federico Ughi: Trabajadores De Energia
(577 Records)
Long-time collaborators Daniel Carter, here performing on trumpet, alto saxophone and piano, and drummer Federico Ughi, met Mexico City bass player Adriana Camacho during a Sounds of Freedom international music residency, forming the descriptively titled "Energy Workers" trio and recording these two expressive improvisations balancing moody post-bop with contemplative conversation.
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Carter, Daniel / Ayumi Ishito / Eric Plaks / Zach Swanson / Jon Panikkar: Open Question Vol. 2
(577 Records)
The second volume from the wonderfully warm and innately lyrical free jazz quintet that grew organically from weekly jam sessions in Harlem starting in 2019, comprised of tenor saxophonist Ayumi Ishito, pianist Eric Plaks, bassist Zach Swanson, and drummer Jon Panikkar, and later, multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter, Ishito the driving force in the project and this beautiful recording.
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Eventless Plot: Schemata [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Tsss Tapes)
The Thessaloniki trio Vasilis Liolios, Aris Giatas and Yiannis Tsirikoglou, aka Eventless Plot, pays great attention to sonic details through experimental sound and sonic expression, here in a two-part work performed on percussion, analog modular synth, tapes/Revox A-77, field recordings, electromagnetic mic & objects, joined by double bassist Antonis Argyriou for the 2nd part.
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Expanse: Extent
(Evil Clown)
Evoking the idea of space and restraint, Extent is a mostly acoustic improvisation project based around the trio of David Peck on clarinet, contralto & contrabass clarinet, saxophones flute, goat horn, synthesizer, theremin and percussion, fellow reedist Michael Caglianone, Michael Knoblach performing on percussion & objects, and joined by NY/Boston improviser Albey onBass on bass.
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Hirose, Junji / Otomo Yoshihide: DUO-1
(Ftarri)
Three decades after their 1989 album on the Tanga-Tanga label, Silanganan Ingay, turntablist Otomo Yoshihide reunites with improviser Junji Hirose, who more typically performs on saxophone, but in this duo uses his self-made sound instruments created by combining a variety of devices and everyday objects, recording these three "Scenes" live at Pool, in Tokyo.
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Leandre, Joelle / Rodolphe Loubatiere: Estampe
(Confront)
Seven powerful improvisations recorded live at the jazz club AMR in Genèva between double bassist Joëlle Léandre and percussionist Rodolphe Loubatière performing on snare drum, both using impressive technique and every inch of their instruments, Léandre bowing and plucking and Loubatière eking out unusual sonic elements through a variety of objects.
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Lopez, Cecilia / Ingrid Laubrock: Maromas
(Relative Pitch)
An unusual duo of sax, electronics and live processing from New York reedist Ingrid Laubrock on soprano & tenor saxophones, and Cecilia Lopez on electronics and processing Laubrock's playing, releasing an intense yet masterfully controlled set of ten recordings that range from freight trains of powerful disruption to mischievous interactions of alien expression.
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Nicols, Maggie / Matilda Rolfsson / Mark Wastell: Semiotic Drift
(Confront)
Extending the duo of British improvisers, legendary vocalist and leader of London's The Gathering, Maggie Nicols, also performing on taps and percussion, and Confront label-leader, percussionist Mark Wastell performing on cymbals and frame drum, with Swedish percussionist Matilda Rolfsson on bass drum, captured in a captivating concert at All Ears in Oslo in 2023.
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Roebke, Jason: Four Spheres
(Corbett vs. Dempsey)
Brilliantly unusual approaches to jazz scores from Chicago bassist Jason Roebke in a quartet with legendary saxophonist and clarinetist Edward Wilkerson Jr., pianist Mabel Kwan and drummer Marcus Evans, all four also performing on metronome, and Roebke providing low-fi cassette interruptions, a fascinating merging of jazz forms and methods of making the music stop.
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Rupp / Kneer / Fischerlehner : Puna
(Klanggalerie)
A new improvising trio from Berlin by Meinrad Kneer on double bass, Rudi Fischerlehner on drums & percussion and Olaf Rupp on electric guitar, an energetic project that borrows from free jazz with electroacoustic elements and clamorous intersections from Fischerlehner, as the trio runs the gamut from nearly chaotic interaction to deep contemplation in four diverse movements.
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Sakata, Akira / Ken Ikeda: GAUCHE
(Ftarri)
Legendary Japanese free jazz reedist Akira Sakata's first release on the Ftarri label, in a concert with sound artist and synthesist Ken Ikeda, recording live at Fatrri's own Tokyo space in two improvised performances of approximately 30 minutes each of subtle, expressive interactions through even-tempered discourse and spacious patience, punctuated by Sakata's bell.
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Turbulence: Inversion
(Evil Clown)
Using his Broad Palate concept to introduce multiple sonorities to solve problems of large group improvisations, composer/multi-reedist David Peck's Turbulence project of the extended horn section of the Leap of Faith Orchestra is here represented by Peck, Jared Holiday, David Welans and Dennis Livingston (winds), and Bob Moores, Erich Dahlman and Duane Reeds (brass).
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Experimental/Electronic
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Ahti & Ahti: Nokivesi [VINYL]
(more mars)
The Finnish duo of Niko-Matti Ahti and Marja Ahti, merging musique concrète with narrative elements in an album titled Nokivesi (soot-water) that presents a two-part work using a collage approach to acousmatic sound and documentary elements of elderly people, through themed field recordings along with modular synthesizer and digital processing.
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O'Malley, Stephen / Anthony Pateras: Sept Duos Pour Guitare Acoustique & Piano Prepare [VINYL 2 LPS]
(SHELTER PRESS)
A gorgeous album of acoustic improvisation from Anthony Pateras performing on a prepared piano and Stephen O'Malley on steel string acoustic guitar, recorded live with no overdubs during O'Malley's residency at La Becque on Lake Geneva in the summer of 2021, slowly interacting through resonant harmonics and percussive tones that glide and fill the air with contemplative sound.
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Seeded Plain (Kreimer / Day): Badminton, The Volleys
(Public Eyesore)
With previous albums on Creative Sources, Bug Incision and Eh?, the duo of Jay Kreimer and Public Eyesore label-leader Bryan Day use invented instruments recorded these highly percussive, well-paced and well-recorded improvisations during Kreimer's Fulbright fellowship in India, in Baroda, Hyderabad and Bangalore, the main tracks named for their recording location.
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Compositional
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Butterfield, Christopher: Souvenir
(Reshirt)
Following his collaboration with Montreal's Quatuor Bozzini, British Columbia-based composer Christopher Butterfield draws on members of Aventa Ensemble and the Victoria Symphony to perform four works of "knotty contrapuntal figures and an ever-changing instrumental palette", mischievous works of interesting progression and percussive punctuation.
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Cutler, Chris: Compositions And Collaborations 1972-2022: In A Box [10 CD / DVD / BOOKLET BOX SET]
(Recommended Records)
An amazing collection and reflection on the work of percussionist, composer and connector Chris Cutler of Henry Cow fame and founder of the highly influential Recommended Records label and distribution service, through 10 CDs, 1 DVD and two books of documentation, artwork, photographs, published and unpublished texts in a sturdy box, with over five hours of unreleased materials.
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Granberg, Magnus: How Lonely Sits the City? (version for quartet)
(Meenna)
An exquisite work for violin, cello, harp and prepared piano composed by Magnus Granberg, who also performs on piano, at the invitation of fellow Swedish contemporary performers Leo Svensson Sander (cello), Stina Hellberg Agback (harp) and Eva Lindal (violin), a complement to the version released on Another Timbre in 2022 and performed by Granberg's Skogen ensemble.
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Books & Magazines
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Musicworks: #146 Fall 2023 [MAGAZINE + CD]
(Musicworks)
Fall 2023 issue of Canada's premiere new music magazine, with Julie Richards on the cover in an article exploring the legacy of little known Black female composers; plus articles on Maria Chavez and her turntable art; Michele Geister use of '80s music TV; composer Trevor Grahl; Mustafa Rafiq; Evan Dysart; plus reviews, essays and a CD of tracks from the aforementioned artists.
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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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Jordan Dykstra:
14 Horse Bells
(Editions Verde)
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Scott Fields Ensemble:
Sand
(Relative Pitch)
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Vasco Trilla:
A Constellation of Anomaly
(Thanatosis)
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Maggie Nicols / Mark Wastell:
And John
(Confront)
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Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere:
Theta Six
(Discus)
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Marc Ducret:
ICI
(Ayler Records)
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Steve Swell's Fire Into Music:
For Jemeel: Fire from the Road (2004-2005)
(RogueArt)
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The Peggy Lee Band:
A Giving Way
(Songlines)
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Dizzy Gillespie & Charlie Parker:
Live Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd.)
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Goncalo Mortagua / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Gunter "Baby" Sommer:
Not Bad
(Creative Sources)
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Clifford Thornton / Arthur Jones Trio:
Ketchaoua / Scorpio
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut, Ltd.)
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Jurg Frey / Quatuor Bozzini / Konus Quartett:
Continuite, Fragilite, Resonance
(Elsewhere)
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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,
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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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