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The Squid's Ear Magazine
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Squidco & The Squid's Ear

UPDATE
May 1, 2026

"If the audience desires something,
Is seeking a new path,
They will find a path to you."
—Mark Wastell

 Essential Artists

• Chris Abrahams/Mark Wastell
• AMM (Prevost/Rowe/Tilbury)
• Luciano Biondini/Lucas Niggli/Michel Godard
• Marion Brown
• Sylvie Courvoisier Trio (w/ Gress/Wollesen)
• Mary Halvorson Amaryllis
• Steve Lacy
• Dominic Lash/Mark Wastell
• James Lewis Brandon Quartet
• Angelika Niescier
(Niescier/Adasiewicz/Mitchell/
Reed/Rempis/Stewart)
• Adam O'Farrill (O'Farrill/Rogers/Stinson/Holzman)
• Pauline Oliveros/Mia Masaoka/Issui Minegishi
• Tomeka Reid Quartet (w/ Roebke/Halvorson/Fujiwara)
• Marta Sanchez
• Triple Point (Jonas Braasch/Pauline Oliveros/Doug Van Nort)
• Uebele/Rodrigues/Rodrigues

 Essential Labels

Aguirre Records
Confront
Creative Sources
Important Records
Intakt

 Matchless
Nonesuch
Ojo de Mujer
Out Of Your Head Records

 New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation
Squidco Pick
 Abrahams, Chris / Mark Wastell: Two Thousand Sacred Steps
(Confront)

Expanding their earlier duo work into a live setting, pianist Chris Abrahams and percussionist Mark Wastell engage in a patient, textural session of free improv, where rippling piano figures and resonant cymbal washes unfold in a deeply attentive dialog, shaping a meditative, slowly evolving sound world defined by subtle interplay, spatial awareness, and restrained, ritual-like intensity.
Buy $13.95Listen
Squidco Pick
 AMM (Prevost / Rowe / Tilbury): Phlegm
(Matchless)

A late-period live recording from AMM — Eddie Prévost, Keith Rowe, and John Tilbury — capturing their refined electroacoustic free improv language of near-silence, where percussion, electronics, and piano dissolve into a shared sonic field shaped by extreme restraint, microscopic detail, and a collective focus on texture, duration, and deep listening.
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Biondini, Luciano / Lucas Niggli / Michel Godard: Fables of Time
(Intakt)

Accordionist Luciano Biondini, tubist and serpent player Michel Godard, and percussionist Lucas Niggli weave composition and free improv into a richly expressive dialogue drawing on Mediterranean lyricism, early music, and contemporary jazz, where original pieces, Radiohead and Monteverdi reinterpretations, and spontaneous interplay unfold with poetic depth, wit, and an ever-shifting sense of narrative.
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Brown, Marion: Awofofora [VINYL]
(AGUIRRE RECORDS)

An overlooked 1976 session led by Marion Brown on alto sax with a rhythmically driven ensemble including Ambrose Jackson, Billy Patterson, Rene Arlain, Fred Hopkins, Ed Blackwell, Jumma Santos, and Chris Henderson, merging funk and Afro-Caribbean grooves with free jazz principles through layered rhythms, collective improvisation, and Brown's distinctive, lyrical tone.
Buy $39.95Listen
Squidco Pick
 Courvoisier, Sylvie Trio (w/ Gress / Wollesen): Eclats - Live in Europe
(Intakt)

Captured during a European tour, the trio of pianist Sylvie Courvoisier with bassist Drew Gress and drummer Kenny Wollesen presents a finely honed language shaped through deep trust and evolving interplay, where Courvoisier's compositions unfold with precision and openness, balancing intricate detail, shifting textures, and spontaneous free improv with subtle complexity and vivid expressiveness.
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Squidco Pick
 Halvorson, Mary Amaryllis: About Ghosts
(Nonesuch)

Expanding her Amaryllis ensemble with the addition of saxophonists Immanuel Wilkins and Brian Settles, guitarist and composer Mary Halvorson presents eight new works, balancing spectral beauty and sly unease as vibraphone, layered brass, flexible grooves, and her singular harmonic distortions cohere into a richly orchestrated and restlessly inventive large-ensemble statement.
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Squidco Pick
 Halvorson, Mary Amaryllis : About Ghosts [VINYL]
(Nonesuch)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
Buy $28.95Listen
Lacy, Steve: The Straight Horn Of Steve Lacy [VINYL COLORED]
(Ojo de Mujer)

A 1962 quartet session on Candid — then directed by Nat Hentoff — featuring Steve Lacy on soprano sax with Charles Davis on baritone sax, John Ore on bass, and Roy Haynes on drums, interpreting two pieces by Cecil Taylor, three by Thelonious Monk, and Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee" in a focused, where incisive lines and lyrical restraint reveal a forward-thinking voice of free improv.
Buy $29.95Listen
Lash, Dominic / Mark Wastell: Polyvalent Creativity
(Confront)

Bringing together two prolific figures in the UK's improvised music community, guitarist Dominic Lash and drummer/percussionist Mark Wastell explore a stripped yet expansive duo format that nods toward free jazz, where a seemingly conventional setup gives way to a language rooted in texture, gesture, and sonic detail rather than pulse or harmonic progression.
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Squidco Pick
 Lewis, James Brandon Quartet: Abstraction Is Deliverance
(Intakt)

A powerful quartet session led by James Brandon Lewis on tenor sax with Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones, and Chad Taylor, blending lyrical melodic clarity with dynamic, responsive interplay, where rich tonal expression and groove-sensitive improvisation draw from the lineage of John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, and David S. Ware while forging a deeply personal, contemporary voice.
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Squidco Pick
 Niescier, Angelika (Niescier / Adasiewicz / Mitchell / Reed / Rempis / Stewart): Chicago Tapes
(Intakt)

Marking her return to Chicago, German alto saxophonist Angelika Niescier reunites with a powerhouse sextet of the city's improvisers, including Nicole Mitchell, Dave Rempis, and Jason Adasiewicz, for a high-velocity session of free improv, where fierce interplay, shifting textures, and spontaneous structures bridge European and AACM-informed traditions with raw, contemporary energy.
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Squidco Pick
 O'Farrill, Adam (O'Farrill / Rogers / Stinson / Holzman): Elephant
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Leading his new quartet Elephant, trumpeter Adam O'Farrill presents a forward-looking jazz session of original compositions that shift fluidly between rhythmic drive and abstraction, where contrasting textures, layered structures, and expressive interplay animate a dynamic ensemble sound shaped by subtle electronic elements and a contemporary, cross-genre sensibility.
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Squidco Pick
 O'Farrill, Adam (O'Farrill / Rogers / Stinson / Holzman): Elephant [VINYL]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
Buy $21.95Listen
Squidco Pick
 Oliveros, Pauline / Mia Masaoka / Issui Minegishi: Two Days In Dreamland [2 CDs]
(Important Records)

Two days across 2 CDs capture trio sessions featuring Pauline Oliveros on Roland V-accordion, Miya Masaoka on 21-string koto, and Issui Minegishi on ichigenkin (a single-string koto), in a richly textured and immersive dialogue of cross-cultural instrumentation unfolding with patient sensitivity and Deep Listening, where expressive interplay balances tradition, experimentation, and sonic intimacy.
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Squidco Pick
 Reid, Tomeka Quartet (w/ Roebke / Halvorson / Fujiwara): Dance! Skip! Hop!
(Out Of Your Head Records)

RESTOCKED - Led by cellist Tomeka Reid, this longstanding quartet with Mary Halvorson on guitar, Jason Roebke on bass, and Tomas Fujiwara on drums delivers a rhythmically propulsive and structurally nimble set that balances grounded low-end drive with agile drumming, incisive guitar textures, and Reid's expressive counterpoint, channeling echoes of 1960s jazz while asserting an exuberant, and yes — danceable — release!
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Squidco Pick
 Reid, Tomeka Quartet (w/ Roebke / Halvorson / Fujiwara): Dance! Skip! Hop! [VINYL]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

RESTOCKED - Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
Buy $21.95Listen
Sanchez, Marta : For The Space You Left
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Drawing from periods of isolation spanning a 2017 residency and the early pandemic, pianist Marta Sanchez presents a solo prepared piano work that transforms the instrument into a layered, multi-voiced sound world, where interlocking rhythms, fragile textures, and introspective passages of free improv reflect contrasting emotional states shaped by solitude, vulnerability, and a deeply internal creative process.
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Sanchez, Marta : For The Space You Left [VINYL]
(Out Of Your Head Records)

Vinyl edition of the CD listed above.
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Triple Point (Jonas Braasch / Pauline Oliveros / Doug Van Nort): Empac Sessions
(Important Records)

An active trio session at EMPAC from Jonas Braasch on soprano saxophone, Pauline Oliveros on V-accordion, and Doug Van Nort on GREIS electronics engage in a free improv dialog where acoustic, physically modeled, and electronic sound sources continuously merge and diverge, Van Nort's real-time processing reshaping the ensemble's output as Oliveros bends timbral models and Braasch explores extended techniques.
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Uebele, Gerhard / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues : Solitude
(Creative Sources)

A Berlin-recorded trio of violin, viola, and cello with voice, where Gerhard Uebele, Ernesto Rodrigues, and Guilherme Rodrigues shape twelve concise movements of hushed, textural free improv, blending extended string techniques and subtle vocalizations into a fragile, reductionist sound world of intimate interplay, suspended time, and finely detailed sonic nuance.
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Squid Note Records is our in-house label created to support adventurous new recordings. We launched Squid Note Records to release music we believe in — directly, carefully, and fairly. But we didn't set out with a formal plan to start a label. Squid Note grew from conversations with artists who trusted us and asked for a way to release work that might not otherwise find its audience.

So this isn't simply "our" label. It's something we are building together with the musicians themselves. The direction is shaped as much by the artists as by us — a collaborative effort grounded in mutual respect and shared commitment; each release is an equal partnership.

New Release: Barry Chabala & Clara Byom: Bella's Ghost
Bella's Ghost (upcoming)

Blending acoustic guitars, clarinets, accordion, voice and found objects, Barry Chabala and Clara Byom craft a deeply intuitive duo session that moves between unedited studio improvs and expanded "extractions," weaving folk-inflected fragments, graphic score realizations and haunting textures into a raw yet lyrical free improv language shaped by trust, contrast and evolving interplay.

Listen / Buy on Bandcamp

Also Available Now
Joel Futterman - Absorb

Joel Futterman — Absorb
Solo piano, deep-flowing narrative arcs and resonant detail.

Listen / Buy

Joel Futterman - Reflective

Joel Futterman — Reflective
Nineteen concise vignettes: sustain, staccato, and shifting harmonic mirrors.

Listen / Buy

Daniel Levin - At Dropa House

Daniel Levin — At Dropa House
Solo cello exploring extended techniques, theatrical gesture, and resonant physicality.

Listen / Buy

Remergency - Wave Benders

Remergency — Wave Benders
Avant-rock intensity meets free jazz interplay in a dynamic trio setting.

Listen / Buy

Coming in May
Ivo Perelman & Damon Smith — Duologue: Core of Existence
Ivo Perelman & Damon Smith (upcoming)

Ivo Perelman & Damon Smith — Duologue: Core of Existence

Continuing his expansive Duologues series, saxophonist Ivo Perelman joins bassist Damon Smith for a deeply interactive session where spontaneous form emerges through close listening and exchange, their lines intertwining with fluid lyricism and raw intensity, mapping a dynamic terrain of free improv that reflects both distinct voices and a shared, evolving musical language.

Pre-Order on Bandcamp



The Squid's Ear

The Squid's Ear is Squidco's companion online magazine,
featuring reviews of Squidco items from independent writers.



Jane in Ether (Klein Mayas / Voutchkova): Oneiric (Confront)
Jane in Ether (Klein Mayas / Voutchkova): Oneiric (Confront)

Ray Anderson / Joe Hertenstein Quartet feat. Michael Moore & Michael Formanek: The 7th Dinner Live (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
Ray Anderson / Joe Hertenstein Quartet feat. Michael Moore & Michael Formanek: The 7th Dinner Live (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Ivo Perelman / Nate Wooley: Polarity 4 (Burning Ambulance Music)
Ivo Perelman / Nate Wooley: Polarity 4 (Burning Ambulance Music)

Mike Westbrook: The Piano In The Room And The Blues (ALAY)
Mike Westbrook: The Piano In The Room And The Blues (ALAY)

Martin Escalante / Charlie Mumma / Tete Leguia: This Molten Salt (Wash and Wear Records)
Martin Escalante / Charlie Mumma / Tete Leguia: This Molten Salt (Wash and Wear Records)

Jerome Deupree / Sylvie Courvoisier / Lester St. Louis / Joe Morris: Canyon (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))
Jerome Deupree / Sylvie Courvoisier / Lester St. Louis / Joe Morris: Canyon (Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Eldritch Priest: Dead-wall Reveries (Another Timbre)
Eldritch Priest: Dead-wall Reveries (Another Timbre)

Barry Chabala / Clara Byom: Bella's Ghost (Squid Note Records)
Barry Chabala / Clara Byom: Bella's Ghost (Squid Note Records)

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

Uneven Eleven (Segers / Hawyard / Kawabata): Live in Brighton (Discus)
Uneven Eleven (Segers / Hawyard / Kawabata): Live in Brighton (Discus)

Daniel Levin: At Dropa House (Squid Note Records)
Daniel Levin: At Dropa House (Squid Note Records)

Mike Osborne / Stan Tracey: Original (Cadillac)
Mike Osborne / Stan Tracey: Original (Cadillac)



 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.





HCK / STR / ZBL:
Koln 60
(Creative Sources)

Carlos Zingaro / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues :
'Pataphysique
(Creative Sources)


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