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SQUIDCO Email Update + VICTO 50% Sale, October 31, 2025

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Essential Artists

• Brennan, Patricia
• Bucher - Countryman
• Bucher/Tan/Countryman
• John Butcher/Ute Wassermann/Martin Blume
• Paul Dunmall
• Bryan Eubanks
• Bertrand Gauguet/Didier Lasserre
• Bertrand Gauguet/Jean-Luc Petit
• Anouck Genthon/Lionel Marchetti
• Impro-Viziok 2.2.
• Le UN (Agnel/Battus/Chiesa/Doneda/Gauget/Marchetti/Petit)
• Marcello Magliocchi/Adrian Northover/Domenico Saccente
• James McKain/Damon Smith/Weasel Walter
• Oakland Reductionist Orchestra
• Tim Richards Trio (w/ Alex Keen/Daniel Howard)
• Simon Rose/Nicola Hein
• Udo Schindler/Katharina Weber
• Udo Schindler/Paul Rogers
• Kasper Toeplitz T.

Essential Labels

Akousis Records
Balance Point Acoustics/
International School of Evidence
Confront
FMR

Pyroclastic Records
Queen Bee Records
Sacred Realism
UnRec

Squidco Victo 35th Anniversary Sale

This weekend we're partnering with Les Disques VICTO to offer 20 albums from the Victo catalog at a special price of $7.95 each — a savings of ~~$8.00~~ per album, or 50% off their regular $15.95 retail price!

Click to see the Victo 50% Sale Albums

From Thursday, October 30 to Sunday, November 2, discover the adventurous world of Les Disques VICTO — one of the most daring labels in experimental and improvised music. From electrifying live performances at the Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville (FIMAV) to rare collaborations, VICTO captures artists who continually redefine sound.

Orders must be placed through our shopping cart. The Victo Sale ends Sunday, November 2, 2025, at 11:59 PM EST. Orders will ship approximately two weeks after the sale ends; we�ll send an email confirmation when your order ships. Victo Sale items do not qualify for Squidco Reward Points. Orders including non-sale items will be held until Victo Sale items are in stock.

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Brennan, Patricia: Of The Near And Far
(Pyroclastic Records)

A stellar ensemble of strings, piano, guitar, drums and electronics performs Patricia Brennan's constellation-derived compositions, weaving data-mapped harmonies, celestial mythology and improvisation into vivid chamber-jazz textures that balance luminous exploration with introspective depth as each instrument expands its sonic role in the music's cosmic design.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Bucher - Countryman: Phra-se-ol-o-gy
(FMR)

Captured live in the Manila studio, the duo of Swiss drummer/percussionist Christian Bucher and alto saxophonist Rick Countryman engage in improvisation built on the idea of musical phrasing as syntax, where saxophone lines, punctuated drums and responsive space converge into a series of sound-sentences in which tone, pause and gesture become elements in a live lexicon of form.

$15.95

Bucher / Tan / Countryman: Nonlinear Expressions
(FMR)

Recorded in Quezon City, Philippines during Typhoon Crising, the long-running trio of Christian Bucher (drums), Simon Tan (double bass), and Rick Countryman (alto saxophone) capture urgent and agile free improvisation between canceled gigs and storm delays, their 13 years of collaboration driving vibrant exchanges that balance volatility with poised, spontaneous form.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Butcher, John / Ute Wassermann / Martin Blume : Leaflight: Close Calls
(FMR)

In a live Cologne performance the trio of Butcher (reeds), Wassermann (voice & bird-calls) and Blume (drums/percussion) transform ambient impulse and acoustic detail into a series of "close-call" ensemble gestures, where bird-like vocal fragments, saxophone multiphonics and micro-percussion co-here in porous space, yielding an improvised chamber of attentiveness, ecological flux and sonic shadow play.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Dunmall, Paul: A Bad Day At The Office for Charles Ives
(FMR)

Uncovering long-shelved recordings from 2006 and 2010, Paul Dunmall reveals a rare side of his artistry at piano and organ, freely improvising with harmonic collisions, lyrical fragments, and bold dynamics that echo the adventurous spirit of Charles Ives, whose humor, vision, and audacity serve as both inspiration and dedication for these spontaneous performances.

$15.95

Eubanks, Bryan: Songbook [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]
(Sacred Realism)

A compelling solo work from Bryan Eubanks, recorded in Berlin in early 2021, where soprano saxophone and electronics trace fragile forms and fleeting memories, shifting from intimate acoustic subtleties to fierce circuit-bent resonances in a poetic exploration of sound, presence, and the quiet suspension of time.

$31.95

Gauguet, Bertrand / Didier Lasserre: Mehr
(Akousis Records)

Intertwining alto saxophone and percussion in an intimate recording made at BAFF Studio in Montreuil, Bertrand Gauguet and Didier Lasserre craft four spacious improvisations rooted in attentive silence, where breath, multiphonics, resonant impacts and subtle frictions converge into quiet tensions and delicate textures that reveal a profoundly sensitive musical conversation.

$14.95

Gauguet, Bertrand / Jean-Luc Petit: Radiesthesie
(UnRec)

Leveraging the resonance of a Romanesque chapel, the duo of reedists Bertrand Gauguet and Jean-Luc Petit bring together alto and baritone saxophones with contrabass clarinet and sopranino in five improvisations whose instrument pairings shift from track to track, the changing light and hour colouring breath, multiphonics and resonance into patient spectral dialogues of evolving harmonics.

$14.95

Impro-Viziok 2.2.: Anna (The Music Of Szilard Mezei)
(FMR)

Recasting theatre music composed by Szilárd Mezei along with a Hungarian folk song arranged by Mezei in an intimate live improvisation from a duo of violin/voice and viola, drawing out folk-tinged motifs and open forms into tensile dialogues, balancing chantlike lines and earthy drones with quicksilver bow work to reveal a spare, luminous chamber language that breathes beyond the stage.

Squidco Pick

$15.95

Le UN (Agnel / Battus / Chiesa / Doneda / Gauget / Marchetti / Petit): Le Havre [VINYL + CD]
(UnRec)

A 26-member, non-hierarchical improvising ensemble recorded live over three days in Le Volcan in April 2021, where individual instrumental voices — from saxophone and guitar to rotating surfaces and electronics — merge into a shifting mass of acoustic and electric event, preserving each performer's singular identity even as the group spins into turbulent collective invention.

Squidco Pick

$24.95

Magliocchi, Marcello / Adrian Northover / Domenico Saccente : Over The Edge
(FMR)

Live from Padua, Magliocchi (drums/percussion), Northover (soprano sax) and Saccente (prepared accordion) forge an improvisational terrain of lean material and sharp focus, their sparse instrumentation allowing micro-gestures, discreet textures and sudden tonal shifts to articulate an open-ended search for sound, essence and interaction in the spirit of discovery.

$15.95

McKain, James / Damon Smith / Weasel Walter: ... Seeing the Way The Mole Tunnels...
(Balance Point Acoustics / International School of Evidence)

Energetic trio interplay from saxophonist James McKain with Damon Smith and Weasel Walter, recorded in Collinsville, Illinois, where taut lines, volatile textures, and razor-cut dynamics sketch "free jazz by way of the European tradition," six concise pieces whose titles nod to Thomas Bernhard and whose restless momentum — anchored by springy bass and splintered drums — turns spontaneity into vividly shaped form.

$13.95

Oakland Reductionist Orchestra: West And East Baying
(Queen Bee Records)

Bringing together a remarkable ensemble of Bay Area experimentalists rooted in the Mills College lineage, this debut by the Oakland Reductionist Orchestra merges live and studio explorations of reductionist improvisation, transforming acoustic sound into richly textured, electronically inflected sonic environments of deep focus and collective restraint.

Squidco Pick

$14.95

Richards, Tim Trio (w/ Alex Keen / Daniel Howard): Four Aces
(FMR)

The fourth piano trio release from veteran UK pianist and composer Tim Richards, joined by bassist Alex Keen and drummer Daniel Howard, drawing on the deep traditions of McCoy Tyner and Thelonious Monk while embracing calypso, Brazilian rhythm and soul-jazz colour, the trio's years of residency shaping fluid interplay, melodic clarity and an unforced balance between swing, lyricism and joyful invention.

$15.95

Rose, Simon / Nicola Hein : Moon
(Confront)

A 2020 Berlin recording uniting British baritone saxophonist Simon Rose and German guitarist/electronic musician Nicola L. Hein in a richly textural duo of sustained microtonal guitar, gravelly saxophone rumbles, layered drones, and shifting intensities, balancing intense and sometimes corrosive abstraction with earthy, lyrical interplay.

$13.95

Schindler, Udo / Katharina Weber: Sichtungen & Lichtungen
(FMR)

In an incisive Munich set, multi-reedist Udo Schindler and pianist Katharina Weber transform breath, wood and wire into tensile, reductionist improvisations that pivot from hushed, inside-piano timbres to bristling polyphony, their acute listening and timbral agility forging a vivid, moment-to-moment architecture of detail, momentum and quietly luminous intensity.

$15.95

Schindler, Udo / Paul Rogers: Ephemeral Essences
(FMR)

A striking Munich concert from Udo Schindler and Paul Rogers, where reeds, brass and seven-string double bass trace Burnside-inspired titles into supple, slow-burning forms, their precise timbral interplay and dynamic restraint yielding an improvised chamber drama of quiet intensity, eruptive weight, and finely poised, moment-to-moment architecture.

$15.95

Experimental/Electronic

Genthon, Anouck / Lionel Marchetti: Suite Blanche [2 CDs]
(UnRec)

Exploring the fusion of acoustic presence and electronic projection, violinist Anouck Genthon and electronic musician Lionel Marchetti shape a two-disc journey where the violin's resonance folds into shifting synthetic textures, spatial loudspeaker design guiding evolving sound-forms that radiate like a focused beacon through immersive, exploratory improvisation.

$23.95

Toeplitz, Kasper T.: Erosions Programmees [CD + BOOKLET]
(Akousis Records)

An epic collaboration between saxophone and real-time electronics recorded at La Muse en Circuit in France, where Bertrand Gauguet's breath, multiphonics, and shifting overtones are continuously transformed by Kasper T. Toeplitz into evolving timbral landscapes that erode instrumental identity and build an expansive, immersive sound-mass through slow, majestic transformation.

$14.95

CHANGES TO blind: Volume 9: I Wave on a Fine Vile Mist (Squidco)

CHANGES TO blind: Volume 9: I Wave on a Fine Vile Mist (Squidco)

Michel Doneda / Le Quan Ninh / Nuria Andorra: El Retorn De L'Escolata (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Michel Doneda / Le Quan Ninh / Nuria Andorra: El Retorn De L'Escolata (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Rutger Zuydervelt a.k.a. Machinefabriek
The Squid's Ear Interview

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: S/T (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters: S/T (Corbett vs. Dempsey)

Jaap Blonk
The Squid's Ear Interview

Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records)

Sylvie Courvoisier and Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records)

Joe Henderson: Our Thing to In 'N Out Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut, Ltd.)

Joe Henderson: Our Thing to In 'N Out Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut, Ltd.)

Jason Kao Hwang
The Squid's Ear Interview

AMM and Sachiko M: Testing (Matchless Recordings)

AMM and Sachiko M: Testing (Matchless Recordings)

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)

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.

Don Cherry / Krzysztof Penderecki: Actions [VINYL 180g] (Intuition)	Don Ellis: The 1960s Albums (4CDs) (Enlightenment)	Donny McCaslin: Lullaby For The Lost [VINYL] (Editions)
Evan Parker / Joelle Leandre: Long Bright Summer (RogueArt)

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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