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Essential Artists

• Christer Bothen 3
• Vilhelm Bromander Unfolding Orchestra
• Sylvie Courvoiser/Mary Halvorson
• Illusion Of Safety
• La Noed (w/ Carlos Mascolo)
• Ingrid Laubrock
• Steve Lehman Trio + Mark Turner
• Ikue Mori
• MouthWind (Van Schouwburg/Casserley)
• Jackie Myers
• Painkiller (Harris/Laswell/Zorn)
• Ernesto Rodrigues/Jung-Jae Kim/Alvaro Rosso
• Ches Smith
• Tret Trio (Hall/Weindorf/Van Endert)
• Turbulence Orchestra
• Unsub
• Various
• Liang Yiyuan/Li Daiguo
• John Zorn (Edgcomb/Greene/Hanes)
• John Zorn (Medeski/Marsella/Hollenberg/Grohowski)

Essential Labels

577 Records
Creative Sources
Evil Clown
FMR
Full Spectrum

Love Earth Music
Pi Recordings
Pyroclastic Records
thanatosis produktion
Tzadik

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Bothen, Christer 3: L'INVISIBLE
(thanatosis produktion)

A deeply intuitive trio session from Swedish bass clarinetist Christer Bothen with bassist Kansan Zetterberg (aka Torbjourn Zetterberg) and vibraphonist/drummer Kjell Nordeson, balancing lyrically meditative spaciousness with surging energy through dreamlike, open-ended improvisations that reflect Bothen's lifelong pursuit of spiritual expression in sound.

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Bromander, Vilhelm Unfolding Orchestra: Jorden Vi Arvde
(thanatosis produktion)

A stunning second album from Swedish bassist and composer Vilhelm Bromander's Unfolding Orchestra, expanding on his acclaimed debut with richly textured, spiritually resonant compositions inspired by political urgency and environmental reflection, featuring a 13-piece ensemble delivering lush orchestrations, patient development, and profound, hopeful expression.

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Courvoiser, Sylvie / Mary Halvorson: Bone Bells
(Pyroclastic Records)

Their third album in collaboration, pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and guitarist Mary Halvorson deepen their intuitive musical dialogue in a set of alternately composed pieces — melding percussive piano, swirling guitar effects, and poetic abstraction into a haunting, fluid, and visceral soundworld shaped by mutual experience, instinct, and a sense of sonic adventure.

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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.

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Lehman, Steve Trio + Mark Turner: The Music of Anthony Braxton
(Pi Recordings)

Alto saxophonist Steve Lehman leads his trio with bassist Matt Brewer and drummer Damion Reid, joined by tenor saxophonist Mark Turner, in a vibrant live homage to Anthony Braxton's small ensemble works, blending intricate modern jazz interplay with searing emotional expression in a bold, high-energy celebration of Braxton's enduring influence.

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MouthWind (Van Schouwburg / Casserley): Corps Et Biens - Hommage à Robert Desnos
(Creative Sources)

A surreal and visceral homage to French poet Robert Desnos, this collaboration between Belgian vocal improviser Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg and British electroacoustic pioneer Lawrence Casserley transforms the human voice through expressive physicality and real-time electronic processing — fifteen vivid episodes unfolding as a dreamlike, humorous, and haunting exploration of language, body, and sound.

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Myers, Jackie: What About The Butterfly
(577 Records)

Pianist and vocalist Jackie Myers delivers a lyrically rich and microtonally innovative album recorded with an exceptional ensemble, including Bobby Watson, Rich Wheeler, Trent Austin, and members of the Fountain City String Quartet, blending spectral composition, soulful jazz vocals reminiscent of Billie Holiday, and detailed arrangements into an expressive and compelling release.

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Painkiller (Harris / Laswell / Zorn): The Great God Plan
(Tzadik)

The legendary Painkiller trio of John Zorn, Bill Laswell, and Mick Harris reunites to deliver two expansive tracks that blend heavy metal intensity with ambient textures and brooding lyricism, a significant evolution in the trio's sonic journey as they create two haunting tapestries inspired by Arthur Machen's gothic novella The Great God Pan.

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Rodrigues, Ernesto / Jung-Jae Kim / Alvaro Rosso : Meari: Instant Waves
(Creative Sources)

A live trio improvisation from violist Ernesto Rodrigues, tenor saxophonist Jung-Jae Kim, and bassist Alvaro Rosso, recorded at Lisbon's CreativeFest#18 at Casa do Comum, in Lisbon, unfolding as a 28-minute journey from hushed, lowercase textures to dynamic, scrabbly interplay, emphasizing timbral nuance and collective exploration in an intimate acoustic setting.

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Smith, Ches: The Self
(Tzadik)

A solo debut on Tzadik from Downtown NY percussionist Ches Smith, presenting eighteen concise works performed on drums, vibraphone, timpani, glockenspiel, and small percussion — an intimate and exploratory set of improvisations revealing Smith's deep command of rhythm, texture, and form across a dynamic and extended palette of percussive sound.

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Tret Trio (Ron Hall / Tobias Weindorf / Phillipp Van Endert): Crow Jam
(FMR)

A beautifully lyrical and introspective trio recording from saxophonist Rob Hall, keyboardist Tobias Weindorf, and guitarist Philipp van Endert, sharing compositional duties across a set of chamber-like modern jazz works recorded in Germany, where nuanced improvisation, melodic sensitivity, and a refined sense of space define this elegant and democratic debut from the pan-European Tret Trio.

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Turbulence Orchestra: Strum And Drang
(Evil Clown)

An octet of seasoned Evil Clown improvisers — led by multi-instrumentalist PEK — delivers a sprawling, electrified 70-minute session of free jazz intensity and ceaseless sonic transformation, with constant instrumental shifts and a broad palette of horns, percussion, electronics, and found objects creating a dynamic series of vividly contrasting textural episodes.

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Various: Evil Clown Shorties Volume 5 (2024-2025)
(Evil Clown)

Spanning 14 compact improvisations drawn from nine shifting ensembles within the modular Evil Clown collective, this volume distills the creativity of PEK's longform sessions into concise sonic snapshots — each "Shortie" capturing a distinct moment from the various ensembles as a focused sampler of the label's wide-ranging free improvisation ethos.

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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.

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Zorn, John (Medeski / Marsella / Hollenberg / Grohowski): Through The Looking Glass
(Tzadik)

The sixth chapter in the Downtown NY quartet of Matt Hollenberg (guitar), Brian Marsella (piano), John Medeski (organ), and Kenny Grohowski (drums), performing John Zorn�s compositions inspired by Chaos Magick — an individualistic practice that values personal experience over tradition — expressed through intricate, soulful, and powerfully imagined works.

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Experimental/Electronic

Illusion Of Safety: Float
(Full Spectrum)

An immersive electroacoustic meditation from Dan Burke's Illusion Of Safety project, exploring the sonic essence of water through field recordings, granular synthesis, and processed textures — an evolving narrative that honors water's beauty and power, while reflecting on our fragile relationship with the natural world through deep listening and multichannel design.

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Mori, Ikue: Of Ghosts And Goblins
(Tzadik)

Electronic innovator Ikue Mori presents a captivating 9-part work drawing inspiration from Lafcadio Hearn's chronicles of Japanese folklore, through intricate laptop electronics and synthesizer work, conjuring a series of instrumental miniatures that evoke the ethereal presence of fox spirits, phantoms, and other spectral entities, a mysteriously enchanting and seductive work.

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Unsub: Ambitious Victim
(Love Earth Music)

An intense and texturally rich album from the Los Angeles duo of Kevin Bernier and Steve Davis, blending heavy guitar drones, rhythmic pulses, post-rock structures, and synth atmospheres across six expansive tracks that oscillate between moody abstraction and beat-driven momentum, forging a dark yet melodic hybrid of noise, ambient, and industrial-infused experimentation.

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Yiyuan, Liang / Li Daiguo: Sonic Talismans [VINYL]
(Full Spectrum)

Bridging Chinese folklore and avant-garde exploration, yangqin innovator Liang YiYuan and multi-instrumentalist Li Daiguo conjure an entrancing tapestry of shadowy textures and melodic splinters on this long-form collaboration — recorded in Yunnan and blending traditional Eastern timbres with free improvisation and experimental form in a deeply narrative, otherworldly sonic journey.

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Composed & Contemporary

Laubrock, Ingrid: Purposing The Air [2 CDs]
(Pyroclastic Records)

Drawing on poet Erica Hunt's sixty-part "Mood Librarian," composer Ingrid Laubrock presents a stunning 2-CD song cycle of miniature vocal duets — performed by an extraordinary ensemble including Fay Victor, Theo Bleckmann, Sara Serpa, and others — each piece a poetic and sonic fragment brought vividly to life with precision, emotion, and profound collaboration.

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Abdou / Gouband / Warelis: Hammer, Roll and Leaf (Relative Pitch)

Paul Bley Trio: Floater & Syndrome - The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Zeena Parkins / Chris Brown / William Winant / Ben Davis: Scree (Relative Pitch)

Arthur Blythe Quartet: Live from Studio Rivbea (NoBusiness Records)

Hubbub (Blondy / Denzler / Guionnet / Mariage / Perraud): abb abb abb (Relative Pitch)

Rob Mazurek Quartet: Color Systems (RogueArt)

Cecil Taylor Unit: Live at Fat Tuesday's February 10, 1980 First Visit (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Elliott Sharp (w/ Coleman / Dulberger / Green II / Insell / Jiang / McKenzie / Salomon / Wooley): Hudson River Compositions 1973-74 (zOaR Records)

Tadd Dameron: Fountainbleau & Magic Touch Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Szilard Mezei Quartet: Jaguar-Flower (FMR Records)

AMM: Aura (Matchless Recordings)

Don Ellis: How Time Passes To Essence, Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

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.

Jean-Jacques Birge : Perspectives Du Xxiie Siecle (Musee d'ethnographie de Geneve)	+DOG+: Our Beloved..... (Love Earth Music)	+DOG+: Peace (Love Earth Music)
+Dog+: The Family Music Book Vol. 5 (2 CDRs) (Love Earth Music)	+DOG+: The Light Of Our Lives (2CDRs) (Love Earth Music)	E.O.C. (Engineering Of Consent): Dreams (Love Earth Music)
Elka Bong: Without Walls (Love Earth Music)	Expanse: Panoramic Extent (Evil Clown)	Expanse: The Insistance Of Cacophony (Evil Clown)
Expanse Percussion Edition: Sonorant Pandemonium (Evil Clown)	+Felladog+: +Felladog+ (Love Earth Music)	Erik Klinga: Elusive Shimmer (thanatosis produktion)
Deli Kuvveti : Kuslar Soyledi [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes)	Denis Lavant / Jean-Jacques Birge / Lionel Martin: Les Dements (2 CDS) (GRRR / Ouch!)	Leap Of Faith: Crawling Into Consciousness (Evil Clown)
Leap Of Faith: Isotropic Radiators (Evil Clown)	Leap Of Faith: Pinpoint Diffractions (Evil Clown)	Leap Of Faith: Prior Credences (Evil Clown)
Leap Of Faith: Spectral Radii (Evil Clown)	Magical: The Gift Of Today (Love Earth Music)	Metal Chaos Ensemble: Barsoom (Evil Clown)
Metal Chaos Ensemble: Room 2017 (Evil Clown)	MNE (Mikawa / Numata / Escalante): MNE Is Not NME (Love Earth Music)	Money : Money 2 (2CDs) (Love Earth Music)
Tetsuya Nakayama : Edo Wan [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes)	Neurodivergent Orchestra: Beyond the Planet of Banana Cream Pies (Evil Clown)	Nil by Nose: Pictures On Trains Repainted (Love Earth Music)
Poudingue: La Preuve (GRRR)	Tommaso Rolando / Andy Moor : Biscotti [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOADS] (Tsss Tapes)	Jonathan Segel / Chaos Butterfly: Hall of Mirrors [2 CDs] (Demagnetized)
Simulcrum: Automatons (Evil Clown)	Thee Checkered Shoed Dude: A 'Lil Test Of That (Love Earth Music)	Turbulence: Nested Phenomena (Evil Clown)
Turbulence: Objections To Realism (Evil Clown)	Turbulence Orchestra and Sub-Units: Tempestuous Hubbub (2 CDRs) (Evil Clown)	Julia Uehla and Dalava: Understories (Pi Recordings)
Unredeemable (Tracy Lisk / Andrea Pensado): Preverbal (Love Earth Music)	Unsub: Suffer Apathy (Love Earth Music)	Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg / Nuno Torres / Ernesto Rodrigues / Joao Madeira / Carlos Santos : La Rambarde Des Songes, Les Congruences Des Soupirs (Creative Sources)
John Zorn: The Bagatelles Vol. 4 Ikue Mori (Tzadik)

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