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Essential Artists

• Nicolas Collins/Birgit Ulher
• +D:A+
• Isidora Edwards/Biliana Voutchkova/Zosha Warpeha
• Marty Ehrlich/Julius Hemphill
• Joel Futterman
• Christopher Hoffman
• Rainer Jancis/Elliott Sharp
• John Butcher
• Memphis Metaphysics (Moses/Westgaard/Oswald/Edmaiston/Cheli)
• Max Ridley/Eleanor Elektra/Nat Mugavero
• Wrens

Essential Labels

577 Records
Love Earth Music
Out Of Your Head Records
Relative Pitch

Sonic Transmissions Records
Squid Note Records
zOaR Records

From January 29th to February 6th, we've partnered with the Portuguese label Creative Sources to reduce the price on 250 albums to $9.95 - a savings of $7.00 on each release! Under the guidance of Ernesto Rodrigues, Creative Sources has built one of the most diverse and compelling catalogues of improvised music, spanning free improvisation, lowercase, free jazz, chamber jazz, and a wide range of experimental forms. The label presents recordings from intimate small-group settings to expansive large ensembles, including performances from its own CreativeFest festivals. For listeners in the US, Creative Sources has offered a consistent and trusted window into vibrant improvisation scenes from around the world, making exploration both accessible and rewarding.

Shop the Creative Sources Sale

Orders must be placed through our shopping cart, prices shown are the discounted price. In-stock items only, items will disappear from the store if they sell out. Sale items are not eligible for reward points. Sale ends Thursday, February 6, 2026 at 23:59 EST, GMT-5.

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Collins, Nicolas / Birgit Ulher: Spark Gap [CD + DOWNLOAD]
(Relative Pitch)

Two radically reimagined trumpets meet as Nicolas Collins' sensor-driven "!trumpet" electronics and Birgit Ulher's object- and radio-extended brass collide and converge, producing a strikingly unified language of shifting textures, pressured breath, metallic resonance, and quick-fire interplay that constantly blurs the line between acoustic gesture and electronic artefact.

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$13.95

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Edwards, Isidora / Biliana Voutchkova / Zosha Warpeha : A Far Within [CD + DOWNLOAD]
(Relative Pitch)

Cellist Isidora Edwards, violinist Biliana Voutchkova, and hardanger d'amore player Zosha Warpeha create an immersive trio of intuitive improvisations, blending luminous overtones, delicate harmonics, and tactile bowing textures into slowly shifting sound-fields where silence, resonance, and timbre drive the music's quietly intense momentum.

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Ehrlich, Marty / Julius Hemphill : Circle the Heart [CD + DOWNLOAD]
(Relative Pitch)

An archival recording from 1982 at The Piedmont Center For The Arts in Worcester, MA captures visionary saxophonist Julius Hemphill and multi-reedist Marty Ehrlich in a deeply intuitive exchange across soprano and alto saxophones, flute, and bass clarinet, blending open exploration with blues-rooted lyricism as their long-standing creative dialogue unfolds in richly expressive improvisation.

Squidco Pick

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$13.95

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Futterman, Joel: Absorb [DIGITAL RELEASE]
(Squid Note Records)

Pianist Joel Futterman presents a compelling solo program of concise yet richly layered improvisations, weaving sustained resonances, sharp staccato gestures, evolving tonal relationships, and intimate melodic fragments into a reflective and interconnected musical journey marked by continual transformation and emotional depth.

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Futterman, Joel: Reflective [DIGITAL RELEASE]
(Squid Note Records)

Pianist Joel Futterman presents a compelling suite of concise yet intricately connected solo improvisations, weaving sustained resonances, sharp staccato gestures, shifting dynamics, and evolving tonal relationships into a richly reflective musical journey that continuously transforms while maintaining a strong sense of unity and expressive depth.

Squidco Pick

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Hoffman, Christopher: REX
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Recorded in the former home of self-taught painter Rex Brasher, Christopher Hoffman performs a deeply introspective solo work for acoustic and electric cello, channeling solitude and creative intensity into resonant textures and evolving melodic forms that echo both the environment and Brasher's singular artistic vision, creating a powerful meditation on place, perception, and personal expression.

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Hoffman, Christopher: REX [VINYL]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Recorded in the former home of self-taught painter Rex Brasher, Christopher Hoffman performs a deeply introspective solo work for acoustic and electric cello, channeling solitude and creative intensity into resonant textures and evolving melodic forms that echo both the environment and Brasher's singular artistic vision, creating a powerful meditation on place, perception, and personal expression.

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$21.95

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Jancis, Rainer / Elliott Sharp: Uhhuu
(zOaR Records)

Elliott Sharp and Rainer Jancis fuse dense guitar textures, electronics, and driving rhythms into a raw and psychedelic blend of polymetric grooves and alchemical sound transformations with experimental intensity, joined by drummer Rob Heth and accordionist Tuulikki Bartosik to create stormy and highly expressive sonic landscapes.

Squidco Pick

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John Butcher : Away, I Was [CD + DOWNLOAD]
(Relative Pitch)

UK saxophonist John Butcher presents a diverse collection of solo performances across tenor and soprano saxophone, ranging from expansive live improvisations to intimate studio explorations, feedback-driven textures, and multitracked works, with several pieces referencing artists including Derek Bailey, Keiji Haino, Eliane Radigue, Lester Young, and Joe McPhee.

Squidco Pick

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Memphis Metaphysics (Moses / Westgaard / Oswald / Edmaiston / Cheli): Memphis Metaphysics
(Sonic Transmissions Records)

The quintet of Ra Kalam Bob Moses (drums), Hein Westgaard (electric guitar), Margaux Oswald (piano), Art Edmaiston (tenor saxophone), and Kevin Cheli (percussion fuse spiritual free jazz with European improvisational energy, drawing on ancient Egyptian concepts of the soul to shape a fiery and resonant sonic ritual, recorded live in Memphis in an atmosphere of raw and uncompromising interplay.

Squidco Pick

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Ridley, Max / Eleanor Elektra / Nat Mugavero: Playing, Praying
(577 Records)

The trio of Max Ridley (double bass, voice), Eleanor Elektra (guitar, voice), and Nat Mugavero (drums, voice) create an intimate and spiritually charged improvisation that weaves deep listening, expressive interplay, and moments of resonant silence into a continuous musical communion, recorded live in Cambridge as a heartfelt exploration of sound, stillness, and collective devotion.

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Wrens: Half Of What You See
(Out Of Your Head Records)

The quartet of Ryan Easter (trumpet, voice), Elias Stemeseder (synths, una corda piano), Lester St. Louis (cello, electronics), and Jason Nazary (drums, synths) unleash a feverish collision of noise-encrusted free jazz, spoken word, mutant hip-hop rhythms, and fractured traditions, weaving sinister intensity with playful unpredictability through deeply reactive and explosive improvisation.

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Wrens: Half Of What You See [VINYL]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

The quartet of Ryan Easter (trumpet, voice), Elias Stemeseder (synths, una corda piano), Lester St. Louis (cello, electronics), and Jason Nazary (drums, synths) unleash a feverish collision of noise-encrusted free jazz, spoken word, mutant hip-hop rhythms, and fractured traditions, weaving sinister intensity with playful unpredictability through deeply reactive and explosive improvisation.

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Experimental/Electronic

+D:A+: III
(Love Earth Music)

Dan Greenwood and Steve Davis fuse noise-driven textures and unpredictable sonic collisions into an uncompromising experimental work on III, channeling their rooted DIY and extreme aesthetics into fractured soundworlds that confront, unsettle, and expand the boundaries of underground audio exploration.

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Joel Futterman: Absorb (Squid Note Records)

Joel Futterman: Reflective (Squid Note Records)

Morton Feldman: GBSR Duo with Taylor MacLennan: Trios [6 CD Box Set] (Another Timbre)

philz
Top 2025 Album List

Carl Kruger
Top 2025 Album List

Webber/Morris Big Band: Unseparate (Out of Your Head Records)

McPhee, Joe & Strings (w/ Maneri / Lonberg-Holm / Bisio): We Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (RogueArt)

Alexander Zethson
The Squid's Ear Interview

Lao Dan: To Hit A Pressure Point (Relative Pitch)

Szilard Mezei Quartet: Old Book For Quartet (FMR)

MARANATA (Wesseltoft / Stiberg / Escalante): Ugly Euphoria (Relative Pitch)

Birgit Ulher
The Squid's Ear Interview

Squid Note Records (Digital/Streaming)

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Visit Squid Note Records Website

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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