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SQUIDCO Email Update, July 17, 2025

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Essential Artists

• 111 (Michelle / Villamil)
• Sophie Agnel/Joke Lanz
• Bang/Duch/Honore/Toop/Wastell
• Jean-Jacques Birge
• Japp Blonk
• Peter Brotzmann/Paal Nilssen-Love
• Bruckmann/Heule/Nishi-Smith/Rivero
• Jim Denley/Dale Gorfinkel/Peter Farrar
• Dream Weapon
• Eventless Plot | Francesco Covarino
• Eventless Plot | Haarvol
• Eventless Plot | Yorgos Dimitriadis
• Kesherul Neg Pineg
• Erik Klinga
• John Krausbauer/Kaori Suzuki
• La Noed (w/ Carlos Mascolo)
• Fred Moten/Brandon Lopez
• Weston Olencki
• Charlemagne Palestine/Seppe Gebruers
• Pied De Poule
• Re-Ghoster Extended
• Helene Sage
• Havard Skaset
• Solar Cells
• Sopa Boba
• Sun Ra
• Sveio
• Various Artists
• Mat Watson
• Wheelhouse (Rempis/Adasiewicz/McBride)
• Alex Zethson/Johan Jutterstrom
• Alex Zethson/Nikos Veliotis
• John Zorn (Edgcomb/Greene/Hanes)

Essential Labels

577 Records
Aerophonic
ANTS Records
Confront
Conrad Sound
Corbett vs. Dempsey
Eternal Music Projects
FMR
Full Spectrum
GRRR
Innovo Editions
Klanggalerie

Konnekt
Musee d'ethnographie de Geneve
Notice Recordings
Relative Pitch
SOUFFLE CONTINU RECORDS
STRUT
Sub Rosa
Tao Forms
Thanatosis Produktion / Astral Spirits
thanatosis produktion
Tour de Bras
Trost Records
Tzadik

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Sveio: Latent Imprints
(577 Records)

A fascinating exploration of human-machine collaboration from UK trio Sveio — James Mainwaring on saxophone, Federico Reuben on laptop improvisation and live coding, and Emil Karlsen on drums — using AI in real-time to generate uncanny textures and forms, resulting in a spontaneously composed and constantly evolving electroacoustic sound world.

Squidco Pick

$16.00

Wheelhouse (Rempis / Adasiewicz / McBride): House And Home [VINYL]
(Aerophonic)

Reuniting after more than a decade, the Chicago-rooted trio of Dave Rempis (saxophones), Jason Adasiewicz (vibes), and Nate McBride (bass) rekindle their distinctive free-improvising chamber aesthetic in this live recording, blending texture-rich interplay and deep personal history into a resonant, nuanced return that reflects years of evolution, distance, and reconnection.

Squidco Pick

$21.95

Bang / Duch / Honore / Toop / Wastell: Wunderkammer [VINYL]
(Confront)

A collaborative tribute to Nordic poet Nils Christian Moe-Repstad (1972-2022), Wunderkammer blends live recordings from Punkt Festival 2023 with Moe-Repstad's 2014 voice recordings, as Jan Bang, Erik Honoré, Michael Francis Duch, David Toop, and Mark Wastell weave a spectral and meditative ea-improv work of minimalism, poetic tension, and reverent sonic exploration.

Squidco Pick

$24.95

La Noed (w/ Carlos Mascolo): De la liberte
(FMR)

Inspired by Maggie Nelson's reflections on freedom, this intuitive and boundary-defying quintet — featuring saxophonists Simona Castria and Angelo Manicone, Carlo Mascolo on no-input trombone, Valerio Metteo on organismic synthesizers, and João Pedro Viegas on bass clarinet — explores collective improvisation as a form of resistance, creating a deeply expressive tapestry untethered from ego or hierarchy.

$15.95

Bruckmann / Heule / Nishi-Smith / Rivero : Negligiblism
(Full Spectrum)

A visceral and texturally rich exploration of free improv from longtime Bay Area collaborators Danishta Rivero (voice, electronics), Kanoko Nishi-Smith (koto), Jacob Felix Heule (bass drum, drum set), and Kyle Bruckmann (English horn, electronics), blending raw acoustic noise, extended techniques, and deep sonic interactions into a dynamic and unpredictable suite of expressive intensity.

$13.95

Eventless Plot | Francesco Covarino: Methexis [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Innovo Editions)

A textural and quietly immersive collaboration between Italian percussionist Francesco Covarino and Greek trio Eventless Plot, combining modular synth, field recordings, percussion, and tapes in an intricate 2024 live studio session that continues the exploratory cassette ethos of Covarino's TSSS label through Innovo Editions' equally intimate and tactile aesthetic.

$12.95

Eventless Plot | Haarvol: The Subliminal Paths [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Innovo Editions)

An intimate, restrained electroacoustic collaboration between Eventless Plot and Haarvöl, unfolding in two extended, meditative movements that explore a nuanced dialogue between piano, field recordings, tapes, and electronic expression, gradually revealing layered sonic detail and immersive depth through spacious, dramatic momentum.

Squidco Pick

$12.95

Eventless Plot | Yorgos Dimitriadis: Entanglements [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Innovo Editions)

A rich electroacoustic dialogue recorded in Greece, Entanglements teams the hybrid percussion/modular-objects trio Eventless Plot with Berlin sound sculptor Yorgos Dimitriadis, layering responsive drum gestures, electronics, tape, samplers, and modular synth in a live performance that blurs composition and improvisation into immersive, intricate sonic interplay.

Squidco Pick

$12.95

Agnel, Sophie / Joke Lanz: Ella
(Klanggalerie)

An exciting meeting of French pianist Sophie Agnel, known for her extended and prepared piano techniques, and Swiss turntablist Joke Lanz, renowned for his work in noise, experimental music, and performance art, presenting a dynamic and playful duo of spontaneous improvisation blending percussive textures, sonic collage, and energetic interaction revealing a sense of humor and awe.

$18.95

Re-Ghoster Extended: The Zebra Paradox [VINYL]
(Konnekt)

Expanding the Re-Ghoster trio of Nicolas Field on drums, Thomas Florin on piano, and Valerio Tricoli on revox and electronics with the addition of Nate Wooley on acoustic and amplified trumpet and Fritz Welch's visceral vocal work, the group explores surreal electroacoustic improvisation through dense, transdimensional soundscapes, fractured time, deranged textures, and ritualistic intensity; incredible!

Squidco Pick

$22.95

Denley, Jim / Dale Gorfinkel / Peter Farrar: Vents
(Relative Pitch)

An unconventional Australian trio exploring breath, vibration, and material resonance, as flutist Jim Denley, airdrum inventor Dale Gorfinkel, and sonic sculptor Peter Farrar create a richly textured world of wind, water, and pressure in two improvised pieces of organic, immersive sound, recorded in Sydney and shaped by the physical vitality of their experimental instruments.

$13.95

Sun Ra: Lanquidity (DELUXE EDITION) [VINYL]
(STRUT)

Strut's deluxe 25th-anniversary edition of Sun Ra's Lanquidity, a highlight in the Arkestra's discography, features a tip-on sleeve with OBI strip, an A2 poster with a rare Veryl Oakland photograph of Sun Ra, and liner notes by Tom Buchler, Michael Ray, Danny Ray Thompson, and Bob Blank, celebrating this classic with a richly detailed and collectible repress.

$32.95

Moten, Fred / Brandon Lopez: Revision
(Tao Forms)

Poet and theorist Fred Moten joins bassist Brandon Lopez in their first duo recording, a powerful and searching dialog of voice, text, and bass, recorded at Greyfade Studios, where Moten's incisive spoken word and Lopez's deeply expressive playing fuse into an evocative exploration of Black cultural production, resistance, and creative solidarity.

$14.95

Moten, Fred / Brandon Lopez: Revision [VINYL]
(Tao Forms)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.

$27.95

Zethson, Alex / Johan Jutterstrom: It Could / If I
(Thanatosis Produktion / Astral Spirits)

The first duo album from Stockholm's long-standing duo of Johan Jutterström and Alex Zethson, reimagining songs from jazz standards to Leonard Cohen and the Pet Shop Boys as deconstructed etudes and expressive palimpsests, where meaning emerges through reinterpretation, erasure, and the intimate process of performance and transformation.

$13.95

Zethson, Alex / Nikos Veliotis : Cryo
(thanatosis produktion)

Pianist Alexander Zethson (Vathres, Fire! Orchestra, Angles) and cellist Nikos Veliotis (MMMD, In Trance 95) present two expansive, darkly immersive improvisations that drift through glacial landscapes of resonant, slowly shifting textures and austere tonal drones, sculpting elemental sound environments of profound stillness and contemplation through deep-listening and hypnotic intensity.

$13.95

Zethson, Alex / Nikos Veliotis : Cryo [VINYL]
(thanatosis produktion)

Vinyl Edition of the CD listed above.

$24.95

Zethson, Alex / Johan Jutterstrom: It Could / If I [VINYL]
(thanatosis produktion / Astral Spirits)

The first duo album from Stockholm's long-standing duo of Johan Jutterström and Alex Zethson, reimagining songs from jazz standards to Leonard Cohen and the Pet Shop Boys as deconstructed etudes and expressive palimpsests, where meaning emerges through reinterpretation, erasure, and the intimate process of performance and transformation.

$24.95

Kesherul Neg Pineg: The Book Of Pig [VINYL]
(Tour de Bras)

The long-running duo between Czech trumpeter and electronics artist Petr Vrba and French drummer Peter Orins, blends ritualistic reductionism with psychedelic grooves, extended trumpet techniques, analog synthesis, and prepared percussion to create a hypnotic and unpredictable soundscape, full of frenetic energy, atmospheric tension, and sudden dynamic shifts.

$24.95

Brotzmann, Peter / Paal Nilssen-Love: Butterfly Mushroom [VINYL]
(Trost Records)

The 2nd volume following Chicken Shit Bingo from a two-day 2015 studio session in Antwerp, capturing the deep rapport and evolving artistry of multi-reedist Peter Brötzmann and drummer/percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love through eight powerful and explorative improvisations, reflecting their nearly two-decade collaboration as they experiment with new instruments and demonstrate profound musical expression.

Squidco Pick

$32.95

Zorn, John (Edgcomb / Greene / Hanes): The Bagatelles Vol. 3 Trigger
(Tzadik)

The third volume in John Zorn's Bagatelles series features the explosive trio Trigger — Aaron Edgcomb on drums, Will Greene on guitar, and Simon Hanes on bass — tearing through Zorn's intricate compositions with fierce precision and raw energy, delivering a searing and radical interpretation of these works drawn from Zorn's expansive 2015 collection of 300 pieces.

$19.95

Composed & Contemporary

Blonk, Japp: Kurt Schwitters Ursonate
(Corbett vs. Dempsey)

Dutch vocal artist Jaap Blonk performs Kurt Schwitters' iconic Dada sound poem Ursonate with deeply internalized precision and theatrical nuance, drawing on decades of experience to present a vivid, expressive interpretation of the four-movement work, including both an improvised and written Kadenz, in this definitive 2024 studio recording.

Squidco Pick

$13.95

Palestine, Charlemagne / Seppe Gebruers: Beyondddddd The Notessssss [NEON GREEN VINYL]
(Konnekt)

A mystical microtonal encounter between Charlemagne Palestine and Seppe Gebruers on four grand pianos — two tuned to 428Hz and two to 440Hz — recorded live in Geneva's Fonderie Kugler, where the duo's passion for unusual tunings and multi-piano performance unfolds in deeply resonant, transcendent layers of sound and silence.

$29.95

Birge, Jean-Jacques : Perspectives Du Xxiie Siecle
(Musee d'ethnographie de Geneve)

Commissioned by Geneva's Museum of Ethnography, Jean-Jacques Birgé crafts a richly imaginative sonic fiction using field recordings, archival folk material, and electroacoustic composition, with a remarkable ensemble including Nicolas Chedmail, Antonin-Tri Hoang, Jean-François Vrod, Sylvain Lemêtre, and Else Birgé, evoking a post-human journey through reinvention and memory.

Squidco Pick

$16.95

Experimental/Electronic

Krausbauer, John / Kaori Suzuki: Suspension Blues
(ANTS Records)

John Krausbauer and Kaori Suzuki create an immersive sonic and visual experience that merges high-frequency drones, shimmering glissandi, and multi-tracked custom synthesizers with real-time processing, inducing a state of deep listening and sensory saturation through harmonic resonance, auditory distortion, and psychotropic strobing color fields.

$15.95

Skaset, Havard: 8:15
(Conrad Sound)

Guitarist Håvard Skaset (Sult, MoE) delivers a grim and compelling solo work of guitar, synth, and tape compositions with a 24-page book of abstract b&w art, exploring themes of disappearance and destruction, building intense drone-based soundscapes punctuated by moments of stark introspection, in a minimalist and historically charged reflection on human malice and memory.

$14.95

Dream Weapon: New Blue Lagoon
(Eternal Music Projects)

Under the alias Dream Weapon, Australian visual artist Ben Björk crafts a lush and immersive sonic journey recorded over five years across five continents, blending ambient, new age, shoegaze, and field recordings into a tropical "AmbienGaze" soundscape that drifts from sunrise serenity to twilight unease in a single day's arc.

$15.95

Solar Cells: Warm Spell
(Eternal Music Projects)

The debut from the Australian, Naarm-based electronic project Solar Cells presents a hypnotic exploration of modular synthesis and cyclic rhythm, drawing from kosmische traditions and minimalist structures through analog gear and tape effects to create immersive, slowly evolving soundscapes rich in texture, pulse, and experimental clarity.

$15.95

Watson, Mat: Reflective Hits
(Eternal Music Projects)

Extracted from archival sessions at Imaginary Sound Fields in Melbourne, Australian synthesist Mat Watson assembles a limited-edition set of vivid modular compositions — ranging from library-inspired cues to exploratory electronic abstractions — capturing the tactile nuance of a Eurorack modular as he sculpts asymmetrical, colorful soundscapes that blur nostalgia, experimentation, and inner space.

$15.95

Olencki, Weston : Pearls Ground Down To Powder [VINYL]
(Full Spectrum)

Weston Olencki deconstructs and reimagines the banjo across two longform compositions, transforming it into a percussive, polyrhythmic engine and a harmonic resonator, navigating glitch-driven algorithmic textures and richly detuned sonorities, juxtaposing the kinetic, minimalist grooves of "The Rocks Are Different, Here" with the spectral, ring-modulated drones of "Brothers".

$19.95

111 (Michelle / Villamil): Live at Opus 40 [CASSETTE + DOWNLOAD]
(Notice Recordings)

The duo of Chantal Michelle and Grace Villamil transform the monumental land sculpture of Opus 40 into a resonant instrument, layering voice and electronics with field recordings and audience interactions to create an immersive, spatially dynamic performance of ambient tension and sonic obliteration, masterfully teetering between composed sound, environmental resonance, and blooming noise.

$9.95

Various Artists: In Fractured Silence
(SOUFFLE CONTINU RECORDS)

Originally compiled for Steven Stapleton's United Dairies label and now remastered, this snapshot of late 20th-century experimental/industrial music brings together the surreal collage of Nurse With Wound's Stapleton, the brooding piano of Robert Haigh (Sema), the chamber-styled acoustics of Hélène Sage, and the sonic provocations of Un Drame Musical Instantané.

$16.95

Klinga, Erik: Elusive Shimmer [VINYL]
(thanatosis produktion)

Swedish composer Erik Klinga crafts radiant electroacoustic works from Buchla synth, pipe organ, drum machine, and field recordings, weaving melodic ambient vignettes that shimmer with warmth and light, moving through celestial textures, gliding rhythms, and bird-like flourishes in a richly detailed debut recorded at Stockholm�s Royal College of Music, the first of a planned trilogy on Thanatosis.

Squidco Pick

$24.95

Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Pied De Poule: Indiscretion
(GRRR)

Merging jazz, tango, waltz, blues, chanson, and contemporary vocal experimentation, Michèle Buirette (accordion), Geneviève Cabannes (double bass), and Dominique Fonfrède (voice) craft an inventive and modern soundscape, combining traditional melodies with experimental techniques in an album that is melodic yet unpredictable, exploring themes with a blend of humor, depth, and originality.

$19.95

Sage, Helene : Les Araignees
(GRRR)

An imaginative and genre-defying return from Hélène Sage in an eclectic blend of songs, jazz-inflected fanfares, and humorous yet critical texts performed in multiple languages, featuring a striking ensemble of avant-garde musicians whose voices, instruments, and unconventional approaches craft a surreal and adventurous sonic world; of interest to RIO fans.

$16.95

Sopa Boba: That Moment
(Sub Rosa)

Blending spoken word, modern classical strings, and harsh modular synths, Belgian/Dutch ensemble Sopa Boba crafts a striking electronic-orchestral oratorio based on Moldavian writer Nicoleta Esinencu's That Moment, unraveling a dark, satirical narrative of capitalist excess through seven gripping movements that merge caustic irony with haunting sonic textures.

$18.95

Eddie Prévost
The Squid's Ear Interview

Stian Larsen / Colin Webster / Ruth Goller / Andrew Lisle: Temple of Muses (Relative Pitch)

Stian Larsen / Colin Webster / Ruth Goller / Andrew Lisle: Temple of Muses (Relative Pitch)

Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii / Ramon Lopez: Yama Kawa Umi (Not Two)

Natsuki Tamura / Satoko Fujii / Ramon Lopez: Yama Kawa Umi (Not Two)

Lisa Mezzacappa
The Squid's Ear Interview

Schick / Tuerlickx / Zoepf: Ensemble A (Confront)

Schick / Tuerlickx / Zoepf: Ensemble A (Confront)

Matt Mitchell
The Squid's Ear Interview

Sophie Agnel / John Butcher: Rare (Les Disques Victo)

Sophie Agnel / John Butcher: Rare (Les Disques Victo)

Damon Smith
The Squid's Ear Interview

Alexander von Schlippenbach / Dag Magnus Narvesen Duo: Kairos (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Alexander von Schlippenbach / Dag Magnus Narvesen Duo: Kairos (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Lotte Anker / Kamil Piotrowicz / Jacob Anderskov: Antiworld I (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Lotte Anker / Kamil Piotrowicz / Jacob Anderskov: Antiworld I (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Killick Hinds
The Squid's Ear Interview

Isotope Ensemble: Caesium (Creative Sources)

Isotope Ensemble: Caesium (Creative Sources)

Stay Current With Squidco

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.

Monica Agosti Nica / ShapeX: Ornettiana [VINYL] (Aut)	Olie Brice Quartet (Brice / Musson / Hawkins / Glaser): All It Was (West Hill Records)	John Butcher / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell: Poznan: Appropriate Density (Confront)
Lawrence Casserley / Emil Karlsen: Aspects Of Memory (Bead)	Euphotic (Leonard / Djill / Day): Clastic (Confront)	Flut: Stones That I Have Chiseled [VINYL] (Aut)
Lori Goldston: Open Space (Relative Pitch)	Ed Jones / Emil Karlsen : Liminal Spaces (Confront)	Koenjihyakkei: Live at Club Goodman [2 CDs] (Skin Graft)
Sam Kulik: Putting a Hand on the World (Relative Pitch)	light.box (Bonney / Tremblay) + Tom Challenger : Eyre (Bead)	Lemuel Marc: Replace The Population (Relative Pitch)
Lance Olsen Austin : Death in the Urban Jungle (Confront)	Simon Rose / Nicola Hein : Moon (Confront)	Tell No Lies: Anasyrma (Aut)
John Welsh: Remember Still (Relative Pitch)	John Zorn (Hashimoto / Gosling / Smith / Roeder / Mori): Fantasma (Illusions From A Surrealist Mirror) (Tzadik)	John Zorn / Dave Lombardo: Memories, Dreams, And Reflections (Tzadik)

Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2003. In 2010, we moved to Wilmington, NC, providing regional and visiting customers access to our catalog of over 9,000 items, including hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items not listed on our website. We're open for visits by appointment during weekday afternoons, so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region, please email us to set up a time — we'd love to play some music for you!

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