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SQUIDCO Email Update + Used CD Sale, October 3, 2025

Squidco Weekly Update

Essential Artists

• Believe (Farrar / Manojlovic / Thomas / Pike)
• Fieldwork (Iyer/Lehman/Sorey)
• Ingebrigt Haker Flaten (Exit) Knarr
• Henry Threadgill
• Jason Hwang Kao
• Leap Of Faith
• Leap Of Faith Orchestra
• Donny McCaslin
• Roscoe Mitchell/Michele Rabbia
• Eva Novoa
• Eva Novoa Trio (w/ Daniel Carter/Francisco Mela)
• Perturbations
• Ada Rave/Marta Warelis
• Senso di Voce
• Matthew Shipp
• Dan Weiss (w/ Evans/Okazaki/Brennan)
• The Young Mothers (Haker-Flaten/Rosaly/Taylor/Jackson/Gonzalez/Horne )

Essential Labels

577 Records
Cantaloupe
Editions
Evil Clown
Pi Recordings

Relative Pitch
RogueArt
Sonic Transmissions Records
True Sound Recordings

Squidco Used CD Sale

This weekend, from Friday, October 3rd through Sunday, October 5th, 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% off of their pre-sale price!

View Our List of Used CDs

20% Discounts end Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 23:59 EST (UTC-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.

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Believe (Farrar / Manojlovic / Thomas / Pike): Spirits Of The Dead Are Watching
(Relative Pitch)

The debut of Sydney-based quartet Believe-Peter Farrar (alto saxophone), Novak Manojlovic (piano), Clayton Thomas (double bass), and Laurence Pike (drums)-unleashes three expansive improvisations of visceral energy and nuanced intimacy, blending extended techniques, shifting textures, and percussive interplay into a powerful free jazz statement that feels as natural as wind and waves.

$13.95

Fieldwork (Iyer / Lehman / Sorey): Thereupon
(Pi Recordings)

Seventeen years after their last recording, the New York trio of Steve Lehman (alto saxophone), Vijay Iyer (piano, Rhodes), and Tyshawn Sorey (drums) reunite with dense, high-impact compositions and fearless interplay, blending complexity with groove as they reaffirm their status as one of the most vital ensembles in contemporary improvised music.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Haker Flaten, Ingebrigt (Exit) Knarr: Drops
(Sonic Transmissions Records)

For their third studio release, bassist and composer Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten leads his (Exit) Knarr septet through graphic scores that blend visual art, mythology, electronics, and free jazz into a vivid collective process, the ensemble — now including Amalie Dahl and Marta Warelis — shaping long and short forms alike into explosive, texturally rich works of improvisational energy and imagination.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Haker Flaten, Ingebrigt (Exit) Knarr: Drops [VINYL]
(Sonic Transmissions Records)

For their third studio release, bassist and composer Ingebrigt Håker-Flaten leads his (Exit) Knarr septet through graphic scores that blend visual art, mythology, electronics, and free jazz into a vivid collective process, the ensemble — now including Amalie Dahl and Marta Warelis — shaping long and short forms alike into explosive, texturally rich works of improvisational energy and imagination.

Squidco Pick

$29.95

Haker-Flaten, Ingebrigt (Exit) Knarr: Breezy
(Sonic Transmissions Records)

Bringing together his Knarr ensemble for a second recording, bassist and composer Ingebrigt Håker Flaten leads Mette Rasmussen, Karl Hjalmar Nyberg, Erik Kimestad Pedersen, Oscar Grönberg, Jonathan F. Horne, Olaf Moses Olsen, Oddrun Lilja Jónsdóttir, and Joakim Rainer Petersen in an exuberant homage to Jaimie Branch, weaving spirited improvisation, textured arrangements, and collective joy into a vibrant and heartfelt statement.

$16.95

Henry Threadgill: Listen Ship
(Pi Recordings)

Composer Henry Threadgill conducts a suite for six acoustic guitars and two pianos, bringing together Bill Frisell, Miles Okazaki, Brandon Ross, Gregg Belisle-Chi, Jerome Harris, Stomu Takeishi, Maya Keren, and Rahul Carlberg in an intricately orchestrated work whose intervallic syntax and meticulous counterpoint entwine with unexpected timbres to reveal his singular and sublime vision.

$14.95

Hwang, Jason Kao: Myths of Origin
(True Sound Recordings)

Recorded live at the 2022 Vision Festival in Brooklyn, Jason Kao Hwang conducts a remarkable ensemble of strings, guitars, bass, and percussion in a work that blends notated passages with conduction-driven improvisation, forging a powerful and fluid language that transcends cultural and stylistic boundaries while illuminating collective individuality and truth.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Leap Of Faith Orchestra: Sentence Types And Tokens
(Evil Clown)

Expanding to a nine-piece ensemble, Leap of Faith Orchestra with PEK and Glynis Lomon joined by John Fugarino, Eric Dahlman, Michael Caglianone, Tor Snyder, Albey onBass, Dennis Warren, and Joel Simches, transforms through broad palette improvisations where horns, strings, guitar, bass, percussion, electronics, and real-time processing converge into a richly layered orchestral improvisation.

$12.95

Leap Of Faith: Problems Of Time And Causality
(Evil Clown)

With PEK and Glynis Lomon joined by John Fugarino, Eric Dahlman, Michael Caglianone, Tor Snyder, Albey onBass, Scott Samenfeld, Cliff White, and Joel Simches, Leap of Faith expands into a richly textured septet where strings and horns form the core dynamic, augmented by percussion, electronics, and processing in an improvisation that evolves through a vast range of sonorities.

$12.95

McCaslin, Donny: Lullaby For The Lost
(Editions)

With longtime collaborators Jason Lindner, Ben Monder, Tim Lefebvre, Zach Danziger, Nate Wood, Ryan Dahle, and Jonathan Maron, visionary saxophonist Donny McCaslin channels the raw intensity of improvised jams into a cinematic, high-energy sound world, blending jazz with rock, electronica, and soulful urgency, a fierce and timeless statement.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Mitchell, Roscoe / Michele Rabbia: In 2
(RogueArt)

The duo of Roscoe Mitchell on bass and sopranino saxophones with percussion, and Michele Rabbia on percussion and electronics, engage in a meticulous and expressive dialogue where the smallest breath or strike is amplified into vivid detail, redefining improvisation as an inclusive and responsive art of conversation that balances order, disorder, and creative transformation.

$16.95

Novoa, Eva Trio (w/ Daniel Carter / Francisco Mela): The Freedom Suite, Vol. 2
(577 Records)

Brooklyn pianist Eva Novoa joins saxophonist Daniel Carter and drummer Francisco Mela for the second volume of The Freedom Suite, a set of twelve pieces blending piano, Rhodes, harpsichord, gongs, and vocals with Carter's multi-reed brilliance and Mela's Cuban-inflected drumming, creating an urgent, intimate, and fluidly improvised dialogue of words, sound, and fearless imagination.

Squidco Pick

$16.00

Novoa, Eva: Novoa / Gress / Gray Trio Vol. 2
(577 Records)

New York pianist Eva Novoa joins bassist Drew Gress and drummer Devin Gray for their second trio release on 577 Records, weaving melodic themes with swing and groove as Novoa expands the palette with Chinese gongs and whistling, Gress layers in modular synth textures, and the ensemble explores freedom, interplay, and evocative electronic landscapes.

$16.00

Perturbations: Intractable Problems
(Evil Clown)

The ninth set from Evil Clown's Perturbations project brings together reed players David Peck and Michael Caglianone with brass player John Fugarino, each expanding their roles through percussion, electronics, and objects, while Joel Simches provides real-time processing, creating a vivid and continuously transforming improvisation of shifting sonorities and electro-acoustic textures.

$12.95

Rave, Ada / Marta Warelis: Peel Mondo
(Relative Pitch)

In a live set at Amsterdam's club & workspace Splendor, Argentinian tenor/sopranino explorer Ada Rave and Polish pianist Marta Warelis shape an intimate but volatile dialogue, fusing air, resonance, clusters, and melody into patient arcs that bloom from microscopic detail to surging release, a great example of the city's improvising community at their most attentive and fearless.

$13.95

Senso di Voce: Through Itself
(Sonic Transmissions Records)

The duo Senso di Voce, with Esin Gunduz on voice and Paul J. Ferington on oboe, create an immersive chamber work of voice, oboe, and electronics whose movements balance the ancient and the contemporary, weaving resonances, silence, and philosophical imagery into a meditative and exploratory sound world that rewards repeated listening with new layers of detail and emotional depth.

$15.95

Shipp, Matthew: The Cosmic Piano
(Cantaloupe)

In a fully improvised solo recording, pianist Matthew Shipp channels a lifetime of discipline and influence into an expansive and deeply personal work whose shifting architectures, sly dissonances, and luminous pacing unfold with the gravity of composed modern classical music while retaining the spontaneous intensity of free jazz, reframing his sound in a broader, genre-fluid context.

$16.95

Weiss, Dan (w/ Evans / Okazaki / Brennan): Unclassified Affections
(Pi Recordings)

Drummer and composer Dan Weiss brings together Peter Evans (trumpet), Patricia Brennan (vibraphone), and Miles Okazaki (guitar) in a set of compositions written for their distinct voices, shifting from meditative calm to intense peaks, weaving intricate contrapuntal textures and improvisations into a mysterious and transcendent collective sound.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Young Mothers, The (Haker-Flaten / Rosaly / Taylor / Jackson / Gonzalez / Horne ): Better If You Let It
(Sonic Transmissions Records)

After a six-year hiatus, The Young Mothers return with their third album as Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Jawwaad Taylor, Jason Jackson, Stefan Gonzalez, Jonathan F. Horne, and Frank Rosaly merge jazz, hip-hop, experimental rock, electronics, and free improvisation into a restless and unpredictable collective statement, balancing cinematic flair with raw immediacy in their most dynamic release to date.

$15.95

Young Mothers, The (Haker-Flaten / Rosaly / Taylor / Jackson / Gonzalez / Horne): Better If You Let It [VINYL]
(Sonic Transmissions Records)

After a six-year hiatus, The Young Mothers return with their third album as Ingebrigt Håker Flaten, Jawwaad Taylor, Jason Jackson, Stefan Gonzalez, Jonathan F. Horne, and Frank Rosaly merge jazz, hip-hop, experimental rock, electronics, and free improvisation into a restless and unpredictable collective statement, balancing cinematic flair with raw immediacy in their most dynamic release to date.

$29.95

Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins: 1953 To 1957 Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut, Ltd.)

Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins: 1953 To 1957 Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut, Ltd.)

Mark Wastell
The Squid's Ear Interview

Dave Burrell / Sam Woodyard: The Lost Session: Paris 1979 (NoBusiness)

Dave Burrell / Sam Woodyard: The Lost Session: Paris 1979 (NoBusiness)

Frequency Disasters: Naize (Confront Recordings)

Frequency Disasters: Naize (Confront Recordings)

Tatsuya Nakatani
The Squid's Ear Interview

Sophie Agnel: Song (Relative Pitch)

Sophie Agnel: Song (Relative Pitch)

Rhodri Davies: Telyn Wrachiod (Amgen)

Rhodri Davies: Telyn Wrachiod (Amgen)

Luke Martin: To Be Worthy of Pessoa (Editions Verde)

Luke Martin: To Be Worthy of Pessoa (Editions Verde)

Emil Karlsen
The Squid's Ear Interview

Ava Mendoza / Gabby Fluke-Mogul / Carolina Perez: Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance Music)

Ava Mendoza / Gabby Fluke-Mogul / Carolina Perez: Mama Killa (Burning Ambulance Music)

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

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

Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley: Flashing Spirits (Burning Ambulance Music)

Cecil Taylor / Tony Oxley: Flashing Spirits (Burning Ambulance Music)

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.

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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