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Borbetomagus: Snuff Jazz (Agaric -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Long awaited reissue of this 1998 LP, originally of live performances at ABC No Rio in NYC and now expanded to include live performances at DC Space in Washington, DC. |
Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017 (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock On the 30th anniversary of the Victo Festival Anthony Braxton took to the stage for a magnificent solo performance on the alto sax, performing 8 spontaneous compositions and an 8+ minute version of "Body and Soul", seamlessly crossing lyrical and complex approaches to the horn using his unique intervallic, trimbral and diagrammatic language, a stunning and embraceable accomplishment. |
Butcher, John / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: Last Dream Of The Morning (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock A studio album between three UK master improvisers -- John Butcher on sax, John Edwards on double bass, and Mark Sanders on drums -- the trio pushing the envelope in technique and dialog in nearly telepathic playing that transports the listener into their environment, as the music builds and releases in effortless ways that are stunning and exulant; highly recommended. |
Cascone, Kim: Dagger and Guitar (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Using field recordings collected around the world, Kim Cascone has constructed a CD which is neither an exploration of inner space nor a meditation on hearing. |
Cavallanti, Daniele & Tiziano Tononi's: Rings of Fire (Long Song Records -- Italy ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Italian saxophonist and composer Daniele Cavallanti and drummer/percussionist Tiziano Tononi produced these two enterprising suites played here by a powerful octet that includes Jenny Scheinman. |
Charbin / Van Isacker: kryscraft (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Tense and subtle improvisation from the Belgian duo of pianist Marjolaine Charbin playing inside and out of the piano and alto saxophonist Frans van Isacker using microtonal and extended approaches with the sax. |
Cote, Michel F: Flat Fourgonnette (mescal Free style) [Used Item] (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.50 In Stock Michel F Cote in a hybrid release of country and actuelle music that is unpredictable and funny with help from artists such as Bernard Falaise, Frank Martel, Billie Folliday, etc. |
Davis, Matt / Phil Durrant / Mark Wastell: Confront Collectors Series (Confront -- Great Britain ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Re-issue of one of the earliest Confront releases, the trio of trumpeter Matt Davis, violinist Phil Durrant and cellist Mark Wastell performing subtle and sophisticated free improvisation at St. Michael's and All Angels church, Chiswick, London in 2000. |
Drumm, Kevin: Battering Rams [VINYL] (A Sunken Mall -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $26.95 In Stock An album of transporting drones and industrial soundscapes from Chicago experimental artist Kevin Drumm, drawing the listener into his soundspace slowly through distracted studio clatter and then journeying deep into textures and tones, maintaining a natural quality to synthetic and obscure sources in this fine addition to his expansive discography. |
Duboc, Benjamin: Primare Cantus (Ayler -- France ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $39.55 In Stock A 3 CD set from bassist Benjamin Duboc: a solo disc of low register improv; plus 2 discs in duo and trio settings with Didier Lasserre, Sylvain Guerineau, Jean-Luc Petit, Pascal Battus, Sophie Agnel & Christian Pruvost. |
Eclectic Maybe Band: The Blind Night Watchers' Mysterious Landscapes (Discus -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Univers Zero bassist Guy Seger brought this eclectic group of improvisers into the studio to develop the music on this genre-defying album, informed by a sextet of musicians who have performed and recorded with projects and artists including Vanishing Pictures, X-Legged Sally, Wrong Object, Tony Levin, Tony Bianco, Paul Schutze, Trevor Watts, Zeena Parkins, Jim O'Rourke, &c. |
Edwards, Michael: For Rei As A Doe (for piano and computer) (Aural Terrains -- Greece/UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $16.15 In Stock UK Composer Michael Edwards wrote these quiet compositions using his "slippery chicken" software, originally written as a challenge to pianist Rei Nakamura, in contrast to his technical skills, instead requiring pensive accuracy over a steady line of quiet chords. |
Fuchs / Lindsay / Smith / Baghdassarians / Baltschun: The Happymakers (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock
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Gross, Jean-Philippe / Golden Oriole: Optical Cadillac / Golden Oriole [VINYL 10-inch] (BeCoq -- France ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock A split 10" vinyl album of two very different works: first French sound artist Jean-Philippe Gross in a sonic assault of garish rhythmic electronic persistence and noise; then the Golden Oriole instrumental rock duo of Kristoffer Riis on guitar and Thore Warland on drums in a compelling work of grooving structure with diverse percussive interaction. |
Houle, Viviane: Treize (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Out free improvising vocalist Viviane Houle's debut solo release in duos with a veritable who's-who of Vancouver's finest improvisers including Peggy Lee, Jesse Zubot, &c. &c. |
International Nothing, The: In Doubt We Trust (Ftarri -- Japan ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $15.25 In Stock The duo project of Berlin-based clarinetists Kai Fagaschinski and Michal Thieke, (Magic I.D., Christof Kurzmann, Splitter Ochester) in their 5th album of timbre-rich, harmonically fascinating and slowly evolving reed interactions, returning to their core duo after their previous quartet album, here presenting a large rich and beautifully weaving work. |
Kaiser, Henry / John Oswald / Paul Plimley: At One Time - Improvisations for Cecil Taylor (Metalanguage -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $8.95 In Stock In tribute to late free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor, the West Coast/Vancouver trio of guitarist Henry Kaiser, alto saxophonist John Oswald and vibraphonist Paul Plimley explore the intention of Taylor's singular style in six anagrammatically titled improvisations, with Chicago violinist Tracy Silverman joining for the massive "Oceans Felons Salad", and Scott Amendola joing for "fir loom". |
Kurka, Irene : Chants (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Soprano vocalist Irene Kurka performs two works works by Antoine Beuger, and one each by Christopher Fox, Eva-Maria Houben, and Thomas Stiegler, accompanied by Antoine Beuger on flute for his composition "Chants de Passage"; 5 beautiful, unhurried works that bring the delicate beauty of each compositions, and of Kurka's refined voice, to a resonant foreground. |
Kwang, Goh Lee: The Lost Testimony Of Rashomon (Herbal International -- Malaysia ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $10.75 In Stock A diverse set of electronic compositions from hauntingly beautiful to tormented soundscapes, composed by Goh Lee Kwang for a multimedia stage work based on Rashomon, a short story about moral ambiguity written in 1915 and based on a 1000-year-old Japanese tale. |
Lamb, Catherine / Harmonic Space Orchestra: Prisma Interius VII 7 VIII (Sacred Realism -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Two hauntingly beautiful works in microtonal composer and violist Catherine Lamb's "Prisma Interius" series, the first a duo with violinist Johnny Change and Xavier Lopez on the "secondary rainbow synthesizer", which channels the sound outside of the performance space as a generator of ambient sound; then a sextet of strings and winds with two secondary rainbow synthesizers. |
Maroney, Denman Quintet: Udentity (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Hyperpianist Denman Maroney in a quintet with Ned Rothenberg, Dave Ballou, Reuben Radding and Michael Sarin, complex and rewarding structured & multi-tempo music. |
Master Oogway: The Concert Koan [VINYL] (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $20.65 In Stock Powerful electric jazz roots from the Norwegian quartet of Lauritz Lyster Skeidsvoll on saxophone, Havard Nordberg Funderud on guitar, Karl Erik E. Horndalsveen on double bass, and Martin Mellem on drums, shredding inspirations from 60s electric Miles and Ornette, with a rock influenced rhythm section and electric guitar work driving great soloing. |
Mayas', Magda Filamental (w / Davies / Caddy / Theriot / Davies / Parkins / Thieke / Abdelnour): Confluence (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Composed by pianist Magda Mayas for an octet of superb avant improvisers including Rhodri Davies, Zeena Parkins, Michael Thieke, Angharad Davies, &c. and performed live at the 2019 Music Unlimited 33, in Wels, Austria, this extended work uses a graphic score to interpret 12 photographs taken over an hour observing the merging waters of the Rhone and the Arve rivers. |
Mengis, Manuel Gruppe 6: Dulcet Crush (Hatology -- Switzerland ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $17.05 In Stock Trumpeter Manuel Mengis 3rd Hat release, 8 original compositions of sophisticated and enjoyable modern jazz from a sextet with dual sax and guitar leads. |
Miguel, Sei: The Original Drum (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Four unique compositions from Portuguese trumpeter Sei Miguel, whose work embraces jazz history while incorporating his own music systems, here each piece varying the size of each grouping with one constant, his frequent sideman, alto trombonist Fala Mariam; plus luminaries including Rodrigo Amado, Ernesto Rodridgues, Helena Espvall, Nuno Torres, Rafel Toral, Paulo Curado, &c. |
Moondoc, Jemeel: The Zoopkeeper's House (Trio/Quartet/Quintet) (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock A series of exceptional compositions by saxophonist Jemeel Moondoc plus one by Alice Coltrane, performed in a variety of group settings, from duos to quintet, with sidemen Matthew Shipp, Roy Campbell, Steve Swell, Hilliard Greene, and Newman Taylor Baker. |
Munro, Scott : Monty (Bug Incision Records -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Ever-active Calgary guitarist Scott Munro (Bent Spoon Duo) in his debut solo album of freely improvised guitar performed on a baritone guitar, treated and untreated, captured live at Weeds Cafe in 2010 & 2011. |
Neumann, Calle / Ketil Gutvik / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love: New Dance (PNL -- Norway ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock After the 2019 retrospective box-set of the late 90s, legendary band The Quintet, and after the sad passing of bassist Bjornar Andresen, saxophonist Carl Magnus Neumann, guitarist Ketil Gutvik and drummer Paal Nilssen-Love decided to form a new quartet, adding bassist Ingebrigt Haker Flaten, commencing their organization with this outstanding 2020 live concert in Oslo. |
P.O.P. [Psychology Of Perception]: Ikebana (FMR -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Fascinating sound and drone music from this interesting German ensemble led by Reinhold Friedl, "ikebana" takes its name from the tradition of Japanese flower arranging which dates back to the 7th century, with 8 tracks named as such: Shoka, Rikka, Nigeria and Morimono. |
Plimley, Paul Trio: Safe-Crackers (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock "Vancouver pianist Paul Plimley and his comrades, bassist Lisle Ellis and drummer Scott Amendola, have issued a tough little gem of a recording in Safe-Crackers. Plimley's pianism ranges in voice from fierce avant-garde improvisation to... |
Ratchet Orchestra: Hemlock (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock The Ratchet Orchestra is a large ensemble of 30 fringe musicians from Montreal headed by director Nicolas Caloia whose compositions allow for improvised chamber jazz and showcase the talents of the orchestra's most passionate players. |
Schiano, Mario (Schiano / Guy / Lovens / Parker / Tramontana): Social Security (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock "Recorded live at the Victoriaville Festival in 1996, this disc features the Italian saxophone and improvisation master surrounded by a band from heaven -- or hell, depending on your view of modern free jazz -- ensuring his own "social s... |
Schirmer, Brode Unit (w/ Jan Roder / Matthias Broede): Berlin, Germany (FMR -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Led by bass clarinetist Tobias Schirmer and harmonica player Matthias Broede, also on piano, with Jan Roder on bass and drummer Bernd Oezsevim, this German quartet blends contemporary jazz through four original Brode compositions and two collective improvisations, performed with melodic intent and tight, quick interaction as recorded live at Tito's Zentrifuge in Berlin. |
Sick Boss (Schmidt / Meger / Peggy Lee / JP Carter / Naylor / Page): Sick Boss (Drip Audio -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock A richly refined and sophisticated album drawing on improvisation, experimenation and rock elements from the collaborative Vancouver ensemble Sick Boss of core members guitarist Cole Schmidt, bassist James Meger and drummer Daniel Gaucher, with guests including guitarist Tony Wilson, cellist Peggy Lee, trumpeter JP Carter, synth player Tyson Naylor, &c. &c. |
Stackenas, David: Bricks (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock An amazing solo CD of free improvisation from guitarit David Stackenaus, showing incredible technique and melodic intent, equally at ease when exploring tonality and melody or abstract noisy textures; compelling and impressive playing! |
Trio Viriditas: Live at Vision Festival VI (Clean Feed -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock The excellent trio of Alfred Harth on sax, Kevin Norton on percussion, and the late Wilber Morris on bass, performing at the 2001 Vision Festival VI in New York City.f |
Ughi, Federico (w/ Buckley / Musson / MF Morris): The Space Within (Slam Productions -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $15.25 In Stock Drummer Federico Ughi is heard in three duo configurations of three improvisations each with British improvisers Steve Buckley on alto saxophone and bass clarinet; Rachel Musson on tenor saxophone; and Matthew F. Morris on baritone saxophone, recording in the studio in London, 1998. |
Ughi, Federico: Songs For Four Cities (Skycap Records -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock A collection of compositions from drummer/composer Federico Ughi dedicated to the four cities where he's lived: Rome, London, Montreal and New York, performed in a quartet with Darius Jones (sax), Eri Yamamoto (piano) and Ed Schuller (bass). |
Underriner, Chaz: Meditations (Edition Wandelweiser Records -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Composer and sound artist Chaz Underriner composed these eight meditation in 2021 during residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts and the NYU Music Technology studios, recorded at Stetson University in Florida with an ensemble including four vocalists, cello, piano, percussion, electronics and field recordings; beautifully introspective and thought provoking works. |
Variable Geometry Orchestra: Quasar (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock A 46-member orchestra of electroacoustic improvisers performing live at St. George's Church in Lisbon in 2015, for an extended and dynamic tapestry of sound conducted by leader Ernesto Rodrigues, with an impressive list of artists familiar to those following the CS label. |
Various Artists: 910 Noise Presents: Douceur Violente (ACK Recordings -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $8.95 In Stock 910 Noise presents: Douceur Violente A 14 track compilation of electronic and noise artists from Wilmington, North Carolina. |
Various Artists: Inventionen '98 - 50 Jahre Musique Concrete (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $26.05 In Stock An excellent compilation of modern Musique Concrete featuring compositions by Chin, Kosk, Cee, Donato, Minard, Mitterer, Dhomont, Karlsson, and Wishart. |
Various Artists: Tesla: Werkstatt_Klangapparate [DVD] (Edition Rz -- Germany ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Four artistic projects concerning historic sound devices from Steve Roden & Martin Riches, Thilges and Frank Bretschneider in a DVD of sound and video performance captured at Tesla in Berlin, 2006. |
Weber, Allen: Hot Shock [Used Item] (NO LABEL -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $5.67 In Stock Grooves with Energy, or Sandunga Jazz Fusion as guitarist and leader Allen Weber describes his mix of jazz rock fusion infused with Latin, Carribeo, Funk, Blues, R & B and Rock. |
Yes Deer: Get Your Glitter Jacket [VINYL] (BeCoq -- France ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock The Norwegian & Danish freejazz-noise-rock trio Yes Deer of Anders Vestergaard on drums, Karl Bjora on guitar and Signe Dahlgreen on sax, in their second album of high energy, cacophonous and brutally joyful (they say "enthusiastic despair") collective improvisation. |
Blasco, Merche / Lucie Vitkova: Anette [2 CDs] (XI Records -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock An unusual pairing of effected accordion and a 3D printer from Czech accordionist living in NY, Lucie Vitkova, also performing on harmonica, Korg Volca Bass and Moog, and NY multimedia artist Merch Blasco, the album titled for the name of Blasco's 3D printer "Anette", which also printed the thimble-microphones she wears on her fingers to capture parts of this performance. |
Eventless Plot: Schemata [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes -- Italy ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $8.05 In Stock The Thessaloniki trio Vasilis Liolios, Aris Giatas and Yiannis Tsirikoglou, aka Eventless Plot, pays great attention to sonic details through experimental sound and sonic expression, here in a two-part work performed on percussion, analog modular synth, tapes/Revox A-77, field recordings, electromagnetic mic & objects, joined by double bassist Antonis Argyriou for the 2nd part. |
Bacci, Chiara / Nicola Lancerotti: Settembre [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tsss Tapes -- Italy ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $8.05 In Stock Two mysteriously veiled electroacoustic improvisations recorded live at Maison des musiques, in Brussels, Belgium between performers Nicola Lancerotti, an Italian-born double bassist & sound artist, and sound artist Chiara Bacci, using glitch, veiled voices, synthetics and acousmatic sources, packaged in a sparkly green tinted cassette with download code. |
O'Malley, Stephen / Anthony Pateras: Sept Duos Pour Guitare Acoustique & Piano Prepare [VINYL 2 LPS] (SHELTER PRESS -- France ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $35.05 In Stock A gorgeous album of acoustic improvisation from Anthony Pateras performing on a prepared piano and Stephen O'Malley on steel string acoustic guitar, recorded live with no overdubs during O'Malley's residency at La Becque on Lake Geneva in the summer of 2021, slowly interacting through resonant harmonics and percussive tones that glide and fill the air with contemplative sound. |
Lopez, Cecilia / Ingrid Laubrock: Maromas (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock An unusual duo of sax, electronics and live processing from New York reedist Ingrid Laubrock on soprano & tenor saxophones, and Cecilia Lopez on electronics and processing Laubrock's playing, releasing an intense yet masterfully controlled set of ten recordings that range from freight trains of powerful disruption to mischievous interactions of alien expression. |
Frith, Fred / Sudhu Tewari / Cenk Ergn: Lock Me Up, Lock Me Down (Carrier Records -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock Recorded thirteen years before this release and rediscovered during pandemic lockdowns, the improvising and extremely open-minded trio of Fred Frith on electric guitar, Sudhu Tewari on percussion (or as credited, "recuperated junk") and Cenk Ergun on electronics recorded these seven superb improvisations in the studio at Expression College for Digital Arts, in Emeryville, CA. |
Bonney, Alex / Paul Dunmall / Mark Sanders: The Beholder's Share (Bead -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Joining long-time UK improvising collaborators, saxophonist Paul Dunmall and drummer Mark Sanders is London performer and engineer Alex Bonney performing on trumpet, modular synthesizer and laptop, the trio recording in the studio for three conversations of lyrically inclined electro-acoustic improv, Bonney's synthetics adding an alien aspect to sophisticated dialog. |
Hyper.object: Inter .independence (Phonogram Unit -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Formed in 2019 by Red Trio members Rodrigo Pinheiro on piano and Hernani Faustino on double bass plus core Creative Sources electronic musician Carlos Santos, with Joao Almeida on trumpet and Joao Valinho on drums, the "inter.independence" referencing an experimental approach to collective improv through independent layers that interact to create unexpected intersections. |
Emaille / dieb13 / Koch: Abe (Confront -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock An impressive set of recordings from the electroacoustic improvising trio of Camille Émaille on percussion, dieb13 on turntables and Hans Koch on soprano sax, clarinet & bass clarinet, recording live in Switzerland at Le Singe and at Poestremeis for eleven intricate exchanges of mystery and suspense using remarkable technique and patient attention to each player's contribution. |
Sakata, Akira / Toshimaru Nakamura / Raiga Hayashi: Kinjo no Tabibito (Meenna -- Japan ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock A wild live improvisation at Apollo, in Shimokitazawa, Tokyo from legendary Japanese reedist Akira Sakata on alto sax and clarinet, Raiga Hayashi on drums, and Toshimaru Nakamura on no-input mixing board, the latter adding unusual electronic elements to otherwise characteristically energetic free jazz from the Tokyo scene, making this a wonderfully unique album. |
Claman / Rodrigues / Rodrigues / Tallone: Three Shadows (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Berlin recordings from the lowercase chamber improvising string quartet of New Zealand violinist Sarah Claman, Portuguese violist Ernesto Rodrigues and cellist son based in Berlin, Guilherme Rodrigues, with Swiss sound artist Caroline Cecilia Tallone on electroacoustic hurdy gurdy & amplified objects, exploring three shadow aspects of "Umbra", "Penumbra" and "Antumbra". |
Omawi (Warelis / Gvaert / De Joode): Waive (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock The band name Omawi is a conglomerate of this Dutch trio's name, appropriate for the nearly telepathic interaction of pianist Marta Waleris, drummer Onno Govaert and double bassist Wilbert de Joode, captured in their first live performance after the pandemic lockdown at Zaal100, in Amsterdam, their enthusiasm and pent-up expression clearly evident in five extraordinary improvisations. |
Blasco, Merche / Lucie Vitkova: Anette [2 CDs] [Used Item] (XI Records -- USA ) Price: $10.95 In Stock An unusual pairing of effected accordion and a 3D printer from Czech accordionist living in NY, Lucie Vitkova, also performing on harmonica, Korg Volca Bass and Moog, and NY multimedia artist Merch Blasco, the album titled for the name of Blasco's 3D printer "Anette", which also printed the thimble-microphones she wears on her fingers to capture parts of this performance. |
Darge, Moniek / Vanessa Rossetto: Dream Soundies (erstwhile -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Bringing together two generations of sound artists and field recording specialists--Belgian composer Moniek Darge, known for her ethnomusicologist "soundies" from global locations; and American sound composer Vanessa Rossetto transforming everyday occurrence--for a meeting at Lincoln Center in NYC to record the city and reshape its sound into four impressionistic sonic reveries. |
Lambkin, Graham / James Rushford: Gondolas [2 CDs] (erstwhile -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $18.85 In Stock The first collaboration between electroacoustic composers and performers, Graham Lambkin (The Shadow Ring) from Kent, England and Australian composer, improviser and concrète collagist James Rushford, the two developing a series of fascinatingly mysterious and detailed sound compositions that incorporate live playing; beautifully packaged. |
BEAM SPLITTER + Lonning & Reinertsen: Beauties (Neither/Nor Records -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock Aberrant, expressive and idiosyncratic improvisations from the merging of two unique duos--Audrey Chen on voice and Henrik Munkeby Norstebo on trombone; and Eivind Lonning on trumpet and Espen Reinertsen on tenor sax--all using electronics, recording in Norway together while in separate rooms linked by headphones to create these two beautifully strange improvisations. |
Suspensao: Frottage (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Configured as an electroacoustic chamber nonet led by Ernesto Rodrigues on viola & crackle box, with two saxophones, bass clarinet, piano, electric guitar, double bass, electronics & percussion, in two live, highly concentrative and subtly detailed improvisations performed in 2023 at O'Culto da Ajuda, during Ciclo Indeterminação na Música do Séc. XXI. |
+DOG+: The Family Music Book Vol. 4 [2 CDs] (Love Earth Music -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $8.05 In Stock Two CDs presenting a series of recordings captured live in venues throughout northeast America between 2021 and 2023, led by +DOG+ sound artist Steve Davis with Bobby Almon, Chuck Foster, Edward Giles, Jack Szymczak, LOB, Mackenzie Kourie, Ron Karlin, at venues and festivals including Sonorium at SATV, Buddyfest, Milwaukee's Jazz Gallery Center, &c. &c. |
Elka Bong: Elektro Locution [VINYL] (Love Earth Music -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Elka Bong is the experimental sound art duo of Al Margolis and Walter Wright, here joined by guests Andrea Pensado on voice and electronics and Steve Davis on electronics, Margolis performing on synth, electric guitar & objects, and Weiss on Board Weevil and drum kit, in a mix of improvisation, extended technique, cacophony and indeterminacy. |
Dunston, Nick: Skultura [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Tripticks Tapes -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $8.95 In Stock Bassist & composer Nick Dunston's Berlin band Skultura creates a uniquely experimental and fascinatingly sculpted approach to free jazz through layers of sound and serious playing punctuated by voice and concrete elements, each piece keeping the listener in anticipation of what might happen next, eased into serious jazz grooves, then whisked away in new directions; not to be missed! |
Frequency Distasters (Beresford / Magaletti / Martino): Naize (Confront -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.55 In Stock An expressive piano trio from Steve Beresford on piano, Italian-born, UK-based drummer/percussionist Valentina Magaletti, and Italian Bassist Pierpaolo Martino, Beresford using piano preparations, electronics & toys to expand the palette of their instrumentation, all three bringing a wealth of experience in jazz, free improv and experimental sound to their solid conversations. |
Heinemann, Jakob: Opacity (Kashe Editions -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $11.65 In Stock The debut as a leader for Chicago double bassist and composer Jakob Heinemann, in a series of peacefully sophisticate, through-composed compositions of acoustic orchestration with subtle field recording & object accents from Heinemann, each piece leaving room for improvisation, performed in a quartet with Ishmael Ali on cello, Jeff Kimmel on clarinet and Molly Jones on flutes. |
Meirino, Francisco / Jerome Noetinger: Drainage, In Six Parts [Used Item] (Klanggalerie -- Germany ) Price: $13.00 In Stock Recording in Switzerland at La Becque Residency Center, the experimental improvising duo of Francisco Meirino on synth & field recording and Jerome Noetinger using electronics, tape, reel to reel player & radio, create a 6-part series of unusual sonic interactions, patiently exposing unidentifiable sounds and synthetic punctuation, neither subtle nor explosive but wonderfully engaging. |
Vuoto Bersagli (Carlo Mascolo / Giacomo Mongelli / Pino Montecalvo): Vuoto Bersagli (FMR -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock A unique approach to improvisation, the Italian trio of Carlo Mascolo on trombone & no-input trombone, Giacomo Mongelli on drums & objects and Pino Montecalvo on trombone & toy junk, use a "Blind Instant Composition" approach to their live studio improvisations, where the players are unable to see each other, forcing close listening & response to their quirky and fascinating conversations. |
Nakamura, Toshimaru / Tetuzi Akiyama: Idiomatic Expressionism [Used Item] (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $9.00 In Stock A singularly beautiful and quirky album of electroacoustic improvisation from long-time collaborators and organizers of Japan's "Meeting at Off Site", Tetuzi Akiyama on acoustic guitar and Toshimaru Nakamura on no-input mixing board, their second duo album since 2009's Semi-Impressionism on the Spekk label, here recording in the studio for five dialogs of lovely eccentricity. |
Orins, Peter (Orins / Pruvost / Dang / Pym): Dead Dead Gang (Tour de Bras / Circum-Disc -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock A musical work composed by French drummer Peter Orins inspired by Alan Moore's 2016 novel Jerusalem crossing geographical and temporal space, recorded during a residency with the Muzzix collective at La Malterie in Lill and performed with Maryline Pruvost on voice & indian harmonium, Barbara Dang on piano, and Gordon Pym on electronics & amplified objects. |
ErikM / vrrrbitch : L'Horizon des Evenements (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Like aberrant robots chattering, French sound artist ErikM and Czech multi-instrumentalist Petr Vrba aka vrrrbitch developed these compositions to function like vocal conversations of extreme discourse, set over effected synthetics, disruptions, dark rhythmic pulses and inexplicable sonic digressions, in seven powerfully compulsive quasi-conversations. |
Hove, Erik: Solo (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Splitting time between Montreal and New York, Canadian saxophonist Erik Hove recorded these twelve deceptively restrained solo improvisations in various locations in 2020 & 2021, applying electronics to his playing which is influenced by both improvisers like Steve Lehman, Henry Threadgill or Steve Coleman and spectral composers like Gerard Grisey or Tristan Murail. |
Bazzicalupo, Andrew: The Ball I Threw Has Not Yet Reached The Ground (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Recording in the studio in Nice, France, guitarist Andrea Bazzicalupo's solo album is a collection of pieces, consisting exclusively of improvisations and instant creations, moving between sonic explorations, melodic textures, experimental material and spontaneous compositions, a well-paced collection of introspective and assertive explorations. |
Paquet X Landry: Planter du sel (Tour de Bras -- Canada ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock Alternating between classical and electric guitars, Pascal Landry and Francois Paquet use a non-traditional broadcast system where the signal from their electric guitars is sent through materials selected by the musicians, creating unique tones and timbres, and providing an interesting visual aspect to their dialogs, captured here in the studio in Beauport, Quebec in 2021. |
Freboeuf, Didier / Jean-Luc Petit: Crusts [Used Item] (Fou Records -- France ) Price: $8.00 In Stock An open-minded duet between French pianist Didier Fréboeuf, also performing on clavietta and objects, and tenor & sopranino saxophonist and contrabass clarinetist Jean-Luc Petit, in an improvisatory exploration of three crusts--"Bark", "Scab" and "Crisp"--music of impressive, creative dexterity that balances scrabbly playing with introspection around each crusty littoral. |
Niggli, Lucas / Matthias Loibner: Still Storm [Used Item] (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $12.00 In Stock A series of sixteen succinctly expansive, dramatic and moody collective improvisations, evocative music of rich melodic and rhythmic foundation that coax inspired tempests from misty lands and seas, at the intersection of Austrian Hurdy Gurdy master Matthias Loibner and Zurich-based West Kamerun drummer Lucas Niggli; absolutely impressive and beguiling. |
Gustafsson, Mats: Hidros 9 Mirrors (Trost Records -- Austria ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $16.15 In Stock Forming his NU Ensemble in 1997 to merge free-jazz, improv, noise and contemporary forms, Mats Gustafsson presented Hidros One for 9 improvisers, tape & conductor that same year, progressing over 25 years to this 9th conduction of the Hidros concept in his largest ensemble yet: 25 musicians in two 9-piece ensembles plus soloists, captured live at the 2022 Avant Art Festival in Warsaw, Poland. |
Butcher, John / Thomas Lehn / John Tilbury: Lights (Fataka -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock Recorded for the release concert of their 2013 album Exta, the trio of John Butcher on saxophones, Thomas Lehn on analog synthesizer and John Tilbury on piano captured this extraordinary live concert at Cafe Oto in London, only the second time the group had performed together, recording in two extended sets but segmented into four exceptional and dramatic improvisations. |
Davies, Angharad / Phil Julian: Neutral Red (Fataka -- UK ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $13.45 In Stock At the request of Fataka, amplified violinist Angharad Davies and electronic improviser Phil Julian met at Cate OTO in 2014 & 2018, the two exploiting their distinct approaches to free improvisation to perform these evolving works that ebb and flow in almost hallucinatory intensity while exploring the timbral potential of their unique instrumentation. |
Dorner, Axel & Mark Sanders: Stonecipher (Fataka -- Great Britain ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $14.35 In Stock The mystifying duo of Axel Dorner (trumpet, electronics) and Mark Sanders (drums, percussion) blurs the line between electronic and acoustic in this enthralling album. |
Gentile, Kate (w/ Mitchell / Casss / Viner): Find Letter X [3 CDs] (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $23.35 In Stock Three CDs in a beautifully constructed fold-out cross with liner notes and recording data from NY drummer Kate Gentile, in a set of 41 studio recordings with her working band of Matt Mitchell on piano & keys, Kim Cass on acoustic & electric bass and Jeremy Viner on reeds, each disc exploring a distinct yet connected approach to her fascinating compositions and group interaction. |
Mori, Ikue & Steve Noble: Prediction and Warning (Fataka -- Great Britain ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $10.35 In Stock Drummer Steve Noble assaults his drum kit in a way that excellently parallels Ikue Mori's electronics, producing an enthralling blend of acoustic and electronic music. |
Silbert, Stella / Nat Baldwin: 01.30.22 [CASSETTE w/ DOWNLOAD] (Notice Recordings -- USA ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $8.95 In Stock Cantankerously informed and paced like a perfect tumble, the duo improvisations of Massachusetts collaborator Stella Silber on turntables and Nat Baldwin on upright bass augment their work through turntable preparations and static, Baldwin performing all over his instrument, as the duo surprise and maintain interest through accessible abrasiveness. |
Turner, Roger / Otomo Yoshihide: The Last Train (Fataka -- Great Britain ) Squidco RSD 2024 Sale! Price was Price: $12.11 In Stock UK free improvising drummer Roger Turner meets Japanese guitarist Otomo Yoshihide at the Hara Museum, Tokyo in the winter of 2013 for a performance that balances introspective improvisation with assertive and authoritative playing for a captivating and dynamic album. |
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Butcher, John / John Edwards / Mark Sanders: Last Dream Of The Morning
Braxton, Anthony : Solo (Victoriaville) 2017
Butcher, John / Thomas Lehn / Matthew Shipp: The Clawed Stone
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Marteau Rouge / Keiji Haino: Concert 2009
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Oxley, Tony: Unreleased (1974 to 2016)
Dagg, Henry / Evan Parker: Then Through Now
Lytton, Paul / Nate Wooley: Known / Unknown
McPhee, Joe: Route 84 Quarantine Blues (Black Cross Solo Sessions 2)
King Ubu Orchestru 2021: Roi
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