
From Tuesday to Thursday this week, we're offering a select group of our favorite Squidco customers exclusive access to an unadvertised sale on our website:
Every so often, we make space on our shelves by selling the last copies of items we won't restock once they're sold out. These items will either be removed from our catalog entirely or become available by special order only. For this sale, we've reduced these items to our cost!
This is your chance to pick up exceptional music at the absolute lowest price we can offer. For many of these items, it's also your last opportunity to buy them from Squidco. After this exclusive sale, any remaining albums will be offered to our full mailing list customers at a 20% discount, but right now, you can get them at an even lower price.
This special list includes over 300 CDs, LPs, cassettes, box sets, books, and magazines, each with just one copy left in stock. But hurry — once an item sells out, it's gone from the store for good!
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![]() Abdelnour, Christine / Chris Corsano: Quand Fond La Neige, OU Va Le Blanc ? (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Through extended approaches to their instruments, Lebanese saxophonist Christine Abdelnour and NY drummer and slide clarinetist Chris Corsano create anomalous and unorthodox sound environments, Abdelnour making acoustics sound electronic through growls, smears and odd harmonics, while Corsano abuses an impressive palette of sound from every inch of his drums. |
![]() Akama, Ryoko: Songs For A Shed (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Six beautiful, fragile and mysterious works for piano in combinations with other orchestral arrangements and solo, including pitch-based compositions and a graphic work directed by photographs, performed by members of Apartment House in duos, quintets & sextets; works initially commissioned by Another Timbre and Philip Thomas and here performed on piano by Siwan Rhys. |
![]() Allbee, Liz: Rille (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Berlin trumpeter Liz Allbee's solo work focuses on the interaction of voice, extended approaches to her instruments, which includes her self-designed quadrophonic trumpet, electronics and acoustic homemade instruments, on Rille presenting four enigmatic works of dramatic pacing--environmental and rhythmic--guided by impressionistic spoken words and moments of tonal clarity. |
![]() Andel, Laura: Somnambulist (Red Toucan -- Canada ) Price: $8.95 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Anderson, Fortner: Solitary Pleasures (&Records -- Canada ) Price: $10.35 ![]() In Stock The 35 poems found on Fortner Anderson's "Solitary Pleasures", performed with Michel F Cote, Sam Shalabi and Alexandre St-Onge, speak of the obsessions, phantasies and encounters of Anderson's life. |
![]() Babel, Isaac : The Sin Of Jesus (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.05 ![]() In Stock Transcription of Soviet writer Isaac Babel's The Sin of Jesus into music by applying a rule system where words determine melody, letters determine rhythm & harmony, &c. |
![]() Bardeau / Couratier / Lecinte / Lemaire: Quaturo Machaut (Ayler -- France ) Price: $15.25 ![]() In Stock Taking their name from composer Guillaume de Machaut, Quentin Biardeau directs his saxophone quartet as they reinterpret his 1365 polyphonic mass "Messe de Nostre Dame", using the resonance of the the Abbey of Noirlac, France to enhance these beautifully paced compositions. |
![]() Bell, Clive / Bechir Saade: An Account of My Hut: Improvisations for Shakuhachi and Ney (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $16.15 ![]() In Stock Shakuhachi duets from veteran player Clive Bell and Lebanese improviser Bechir Saade recorded in England, 2007; lyrical, haunting and unexpected. |
![]() Belleli, Avi: Strawberry Cream and Gunpowder (Ad Hoc Records -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Beuger, Antoine / Apartment House: Jankelevitch Sextets (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock The 4th album on Another Timbre from a series of pieces by composer Antoine Beuger, each acknowledging a cultural or intellectual figure, here titled for philosopher, musicologist, educator and one-time member of the French Resistance, Vladimir Jankélévitch, represented by Beuger in a large dramatic work performed by the Apartment House sextet. |
![]() Blanc, Michel: Les Onze Tableaux De L'escouade (D'Autres Cordes -- France ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock French jazz and rock drummer Blanc in an album of extended compositions using unique structures and vocal styles, fascinating colors and tones for unusual works. |
![]() Blonk, Jaap : Songs of Little Sleep (Kontrans -- Netherlands ) Price: $16.15 ![]() In Stock Dutch vocalist and electronic artist Jaap Blonk takes on insomnia in 13 short works celebrating sleeplessness, including one piece for Dada sound poet Raoul Hausmann, and other "songs" using effective electronics and bizarre vocal utterances to accompany your own sleepless nights. |
![]() Butcher, John / Rhodri Davies: Carliol (Ftarri -- Japan ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock Dark and beautiful improvisation from saxophonist and electronics artist John Butcher and harpist Rhodri Davies, an incredible display of timbre, technique, and pacing. |
![]() Cage, John: Music Of Changes (1951) (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() In Stock "Music of Changes" was composed by John Cage using the hexagrams of the I Ching and has no sense of structure, continuity, rhythm, or speed; change itself is the only consistent aspect of the work. |
![]() Ciciliani, Marko: 81 Matters in Elemental Order (Evil Rabbit -- The Netherlands ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock 81 short tracks performed on the no-input mixer without multitracking or processing, intended to be played in a random sequence. |
![]() Crumb, George: Vox Balaenae (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Cutler, Chris: Solo (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $11.65 ![]() In Stock |
![]() d'incise / Cristian Alvear: Appalachian Anatolia (14th Century) (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock A composition for solo 'modified guitar' from Swiss composer d'incise peformed by guitarist Cristian Alvear, music "at the confluence of sound, melody and rhythm. Something quiet but somehow driven by a pulse, existing somewhere between the electroacoustic and the tonal conceptions of music." |
![]() Davidson, Neil: Grain (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Davies, Rhodri / Nikos Velitotis: Hotel Art Head [BOOK] (gwasg amgen -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock A curious book of images from artists including Rhodri Davies, John Butcher, Angharad Davies, Richard Dawson, &c. photographed in a location familiar to a touring musician--a budget hotel room--pictured laying on the bed with each artist's head covered by that room's hotel wall painting, from typically insipid to perplexingly unexpected. |
![]() Deane, J.A.: Nomad (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock "Even though J.A. Deane has collaborated with many American avant-garde musicians, his solo albums are few. Sadly, his most accessible is also one of his less interesting. Nomad is an untypical release in the catalog of the label Disques... |
![]() Drake, Bob: Antiquities [6-CD BOX SET] (Recommended Records -- UK ) Price: $40.45 ![]() In Stock Collecting multi-instrumentalist & vocalist Bob Drake's albums Little Black Train, The Skull Mailbox and Other Horrors, XIII Songs and a Thing, The Shunned Country, and Bob's Drive-In in a solid box set, with a bonus CD, a specially curated collection of outtakes and oddities from this amazing avant-rocker, a member of Thinking Plague, 5uu's, Hail and The Science Group. |
![]() Duchesne, Andre: Reflexions (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock A solo poetic album by Andre Duchesne on acoustic guitar playing 14 beautiful songs. |
![]() Ducret, Marc: Lady M (Illusions -- France ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Taking on one of Shakespeare's most famous and frightening female characters, Lady Macbeth, in an 11-piece ensemble that include luminaries Liudas Mockunas, Samuel Blaser, and French guitarist Marc Ducret himself, using operatic form to focus his compositions on the emotional depth of his character, blending composed, improvised and sonic material into an exciting and unsettling work, drawing incredible performances from his players. |
![]() Dunmall, Paul / John Edwards / Tony Marsh: To Be Real (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Hard working free improv session from the UK trio of Paul Dunmall on tenor sax, John Edwards on double bass and the late Tony Marsh on drums, performing live at the Vortex in 2010, and at UWE in Bristol, 2007, never released material reminding of Marsh's stature and skill. |
![]() Dunmall, Paul / Philip Gibbs / Neil Metcalfe: The Ravens Look (FMR -- Great Britain ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Paul Dunmall performs on soprano sax along with clarinets and contra bassoon, in a give and take album with flutist Neil Metcalf and guitarist Philip Gibbs, a trio that allows space and a free melodic approach to guide their intelligent discourse. |
![]() Dunmall, Paul with Metcalfe / Owston / Jozwiak: Unmasked (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock The other side of Paul Dunmall's characteristic saxophone work is heard here on the alto flute, bringing Dunmall together with fellow flutist Neil Metcalf and the rhythm section of James Owston on bass and Tymek Jozwiak on drums for four exceptional improvisations that focus more on interaction and less on soloing, showcasing all four through sophisticated performance. |
![]() ElSaffar, Amir / Hafez Modirzadeh: Radif Suite (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock An important new recording in the continuing advancement of jazz from the trumpeter Amir ElSaffar and tenor saxophonist Hafez Modirzadeh. |
![]() Emulsion: Blue Sky Objective (Lens Records -- USA ) Price: $7.15 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Ensemble en pieces: Jardin d'exil (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich: Women Composers (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() In Stock The Ensemble Fur Neue Musik Zurich perform the works of modern women composers: Katharina Rosenberger; Ada Gentile; Carmen Maria Carneci; Liza Lim; and Noriko Hisada. |
![]() Erica Dicker / Dennis Sullivan: Blood Luxury [CASSETTE w/ DOWNOAD] (Tubapede -- USA ) Price: $7.15 ![]() In Stock Delicate abrasions and corruption of their instruments from the NY duo of Erica Dicker (Till by Turning) on violin and Dennis Sullivan (Radical 2), 9 works of improvised soundscape and avant-raw chamber music through prepared strings, tapes, looped feedback, resonant metals, modified snares and liberally bowed surfaces, richly constrained and luxuriously blood-curdling. |
![]() Erosonic: Mystery Theatre (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride: Pulverize The Sound (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock The trio of trumpeter Peter Evans, electric bassist Tim Dahl, and drummer/percussionist Mike Pride have played together since 2010, crossing the boundaries of improvisation, composition and rock in dynamic genre-defying music intended to be played loud. |
![]() Exploding Customer: Live at Tampere Jazz Happening (Ayler Records -- France ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Falaise / Guilbeault / Lepage: Joue Free (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $11.65 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Falaise, Bernard : Clic (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Guitarist Falaise (Klaxon Gueule, Les Projectionnistes) in pieces that reference Aksak Maboul, Braxton, Beefheart, Donatoni, Les Granules, Nancarrow, Stravinsky, & Wyatt. |
![]() Fega, Roberto: Un Geco Nella Mia Casa (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Electronic improvisations from Formian reed & electronics artist Fega, a member of Taxonomy with Elio Martusciello, as well as IATO and IXEM, Pangolino Orchestra, &c. |
![]() Feldman, Morton : For John Cage (Hat [now] ART -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() In Stock Morton Feldman was a friend, flatmate and student of John Cage's innovative approaches to composition; he wrote this 3 part work for violin and piano in 1982 as a 70th birthday present for Cage, here performed by violinist Josje Fosie Ter Haar and pianist John Snijders. |
![]() Filip, Klaus / Dafne Vicente-Sandoval: Remoto (Potlatch -- France ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock The minimalist duo of Klaus Fili performing on sinus-waves and Dafne Vicente-Sandoval on bassoon, performed deconstructively and amplified with miniature microphones, in two extended recordings of introspective and austere dialog. |
![]() Flaherty, Paul : Focused & Bewildered (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock An expressive and truly unique tour de Force on the tenor and alto saxophones by American free jazz legend Paul Flaherty, recording in the studio for 10 improvisations showing strength, melodic beauty, powerful technique, unusual and idiosyncratic approaches to soloing, and above all, a distinctive and individual voice on the horn. |
![]() Forge, Mathias / Olivier Toulemonde: pie 'n' mash (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock Virtuosic French-based trombonist Mathias Forge and Brussels-based electroacoustic composer-turned improviser Olivier Toulemonde recording live in Sheffield, 2010. |
![]() Foster, Michael / Michael Zerang / Katherine Young: Bind the Hand(s) That Feed (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Captured at Elastic in Chicago, the free improvising trio of Katherine Young on bassoon & electronics, Michael Zerang on percussion, and Michael Foster on soprano & tenor saxophones, use contrasting timbres and techniques throug wind instruments, percussion and electronics to create unusual and captivating dialog, evolving with great composure, a sense of wonder, and mastery. |
![]() Fujii, Satoko: Ninety-Nine Years (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $15.25 ![]() In Stock Composer-pianist Satoko Fujii's new Orchestra Berlin, a ten-piece ensemble, presents a powerful work written specifically for this group in thought-provoking compositions of and uninhibited energy, with performers including saxophonists Gebhard Ullmann, Paulina Owczarek & Matthias Schubert, trombonist Matthias Muller, bassist Jan Roder, and drummers Peter Orins and Michael Griener. |
![]() Fujii, Satoko: Stone (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $15.25 ![]() In Stock A stunning solo album working inside and outside of the piano and coaxing electronic response from the strings from pianist Satoko Fujii, caputered at Samurai Hotel in NY in September of 2018, and in the studio in Brooklyn three months later, during her prolific 60th "kanreki" birthday year, here in 15 dynamic and far-ranging improvisations revealing her depth and creative powers. |
![]() Fujii, Satoko / Natsuki Tamura: Pentas: Tribute to Eric and Chris Stern (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Japanese pianist Satoko Fujii and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura (The NatSat Duo) launch their project Pentas with this album, their 7th as a duo, with compositions from each musician and dedicated as a tribute to Eric and Chris Stern, elder inspirational fans who spoke with the duo after the NY premiere of this music, upon learning that Eric passed away that very night. |
![]() Fujii, Satoko Min-Yoh Ensemble: Watershed (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $15.25 ![]() In Stock After studying jazz and classical music, pianist Satoko Fujii became interested in Min-Yoh, which means folk music in Japanese; this is her 2nd lovely and powerful release with her Min-Yoh Ensemble. |
![]() Fujii, Satoko Orchestra New York: ETO (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $15.25 ![]() In Stock Satoko Fujii Orchestra New York in a work based on the Chinese zodiac, referred to as "Eto", in a celebration of husband and trumpeter Natsuki Tamura's 60th birthday, and of the 12 animals of the zodiac. |
![]() Fujii, Satoko Orchestra Tokyo + KAZE: Peace (Tribute To Kelly Churko) (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $15.25 ![]() In Stock Pianist Satoko Fujii's Orchestra Tokyo + the band Kaze, bringing guests trumpeter Cristian Pruvost and drummer Peter Orins alongside trumpeter Natsuki Tamura into a spectacular big band of great power but also subtle meditation, in four works that include a tribute to the late guitarist and Fujii collaborator Kelly Churko. |
![]() Garcia, Violeta / Chris Pitsiokos: Uanmortaim (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock From fractured and fragmented to assertively raw improvisation in the unusual pairing of saxophone and cello from Chris Pitsiokos on alto and Argentinian cellist Violeta Garcia, using intense approaches to their instruments in a reactive set of 11 concise dialogs, a well-matched meeting of innovative improvisers uniquely responding to and clearly enjoying an eccentric conversation. |
![]() Gato Libre: DuDu (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $15.25 ![]() In Stock The first Gato Libre release since the passing of bassist Norikatsu Koreyasu, adding trombonist Yasuko Kaneko alongside leader Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, Satoko Fujii on accordion, and Kazuhiko Tsumura on guitar, for eight beautiful, melodic "free cat" recordings. |
![]() Gato Libre (Tamura / Fjuii / Kaneko): Koneko (Libra -- Japan ) Price: $15.25 ![]() In Stock The 8th album from Gato Libre with compositions from trumpeter Natsuki Tamura in a trio with Yasuko Kaneko on trombone and pianist Satoko Fujii here on accordion, Koneko translating to "Kitten", as Tamura explores 8 new cats from strays to shop cats through deceptively simple pieces of melodic appeal of warm color, tone & texture; absolutely charming. |
![]() Gjerstad, Frode with Matthew Shipp : We Speak (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Meeting in the Park West Studios in Brooklyn in 2022, acclaimed Norwegian free jazz multi-reedist Frode Gjerstad, here performing on alto saxophone & Bb clarinet, joins with New York pianist Matthew Shipp to record eight discerning and warmly paced improvised dialogs, each titled through a wide range of topics, including "about music"; "about equality"; "about Conspiracies"; "about peace". |
![]() Goldstein, Malcolm / John Heward / Rainer Wiens: Chants caches (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock The trio of Rainer Wiens, John Heward, and composer/ improviser Malcolm Goldstein on guitar, drums, and violin respectively, in their first album. |
![]() Gonzalez, Dennis Yells at Eels: Cape of Storms (Ayler -- France ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Trumpeter Gonzalez's band with sons, bassist Aaron Gonzalez and drummer Stefan Gonzalez, joined by saxophonist Tim Green and legendary UK/South African drummer Louis Moholo-Moholo. |
![]() Gonzalez, Dennis Yells at Eels: Resurrection and Life (Ayler -- France ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Named for the miraculous recovery of drummer and AACM founder Alvin Fielder, who travelled to Dallas in 2010 to record with trumpeter Gonzalez and his sons bassist Aaron and vibraphonist Stefan, with Gaika James on trombone. |
![]() Gorzycki / Szczesny / Nowinski: Trio Poems (Monotype -- Poland ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock The latest project from Rafal Gorzycki, leader of "Ecstasy Project" & "Sing Sing Penelope", here with music composed for poems and inspired by modern electronic, jazz and chamber music. |
![]() Gronvold, Daniel / Havard Volden: (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Volden and Gronvold are two Oslo-based improvising acoustic tabletop guitarists whose work focuses on textures and timing creating large and impressionistic soundscapes. |
![]() Guionnet, Jean-Luc / Eric La Casa / Philip Samartzis: Stray Shafts of Sunlight (Swarming -- France ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Using extended saxophone (Guionnet), microphones, prepared recordings & laptop (La Casa) and electronics, field recordings & laptop (Samartzis) this release comprises various live recordings made in 2007 while on tour in France, Germany and Italy. |
![]() Harnik, Elisabeth / Didi Kern / Jaap Blonk: Steamology (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $16.15 ![]() In Stock Joyfully assertive and somewhat twisted, the first of three improvisations on this live album at Wels Unlimited 2020 is the duo of Austrian pianist Elisabeth Harnik and drummer Didi Kern, starting at high speed then shifting to unusual approaches in a quirky dialog, made quirkier with Jaap Blonk adding wonderfully nonsensical vocalizations on the last two pieces. |
![]() Hawkins, Chester: Magnetisk Nord (Intangible Arts -- USA ) Price: $8.05 ![]() In Stock Chester Hawkins' curiosity for Denmark resulted in his renting an apartment in central Kobenhavn, bringing along his electronically modified lapsteel guitar, wind and reed instruments, tabletop noise-boxes, mobile synthesizer apps and a shortwave radio, which he joined with field recordings from the capital region, creating this magnificent loveletter to Denmark. |
![]() Hayward, Charles : (Begin Anywhere) (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $16.15 ![]() In Stock This Heat and Camberwell Now drummer, songwriter, vocalist, experimenter and sociological observer Charles Hayward steps away from his drums for an intimate album of song, performing on piano with minimal accompaniment as he presents new songs and new versions of songs including pieces from Camberwell Now; powerfully fragile, insightful, fascinating. |
![]() Henry Cow: Concerts [remastered][2CDs] (Recommended Records -- Great Britain ) Price: $20.65 ![]() In Stock Henry Cow captured in concert between their "In Praise of Learning of Learning" and "Western Culture" releases. in concerts that featured Robert Wyatt in his last public performances. |
![]() Heumen, Robert van : Fury (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock Dutch improviser van Heumen (N Collective, OfficeR, &c.) in a dynamic and shifting solo work of laptop electronics, noise textures, and text. |
![]() Insub Meta Orchestra: 13 & 27 (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Coordinated and composed by d'incise and Cyril Bondi, this incredible Swiss-based collective of 30 to 40 experimental musicians was founded in 2010 and has presented concerts and recordings since; this CD presents two works, "13 unissons" splitting the orchestra into 13 subgroups; and "27 times" where each musician plays 27 times in 30 minutes; phenomenal. |
![]() Jackson, Keefe / Jason Adasiewicz: Rows And Rows [VINYL] (Delmark -- USA ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock An inventive and lyrical set of duos between Chicago tenor saxophonist and bass clarinetist Keefe Jackson and vibraphonist Jason Adasiewicz, nine concise pieces that blend free improvisation with compositions seamlessly in a really delightful duo. |
Jerman / Barnes: Goethe (Confront -- Great Britain ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock An extended improvisation of muted sound from the long-running duo of Jeph Jerman and Tim Barnes, performing live at Non-Event in Boston, creating mysterious analog sounds and cycles of drones with underlaying metallic textures creating an environment of suspense. |
![]() Jerman / Barnes: Hiss Lift (Room40 -- Australia ) Price: $17.05 ![]() In Stock Two extended sound collages and cut-ups from field recordings and percussion recorded during tours from 2014 to 2017, the title taken from a sign in one of the hotels that Jerman & Barnes stayed at, apt for the mix of punctuating locations, dissipating noise and unusual percussive passages, a fascinating journey that expands and contracts to make captivating stories. |
![]() Johannesen / Furu: The Eco Logic (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock Guitarist Kim Johannesen and clarinetist Svein Magus Furu in a set of works with interacting tonalities that rely almost completely on texture, tones, scraping, &c.. |
![]() Johnson, Hermione : Tremble (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Using an imaginative set of piano preparations, Auckland, New Zealand pianist Hermione Johnson draws unusual timbral and tonal qualities from the prepared piano, deftly improvising with dexterous technical skills to create unusual rhythmic and timbral environments, each a marvelous, miniature universe of unexpected voicings, evoking gongs, guitars, kotos, &c. |
![]() Josephson / Wachsmann / Lindsay / Smith / Blume: Zero Plus (Balance Point Acoustics -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock The Triple D Trio of Aurora Josephson (voice), Jacob Lindsay (clarinet) & Damon Smith (bass) met with visiting European improvisers Philipp Wachsmann (violin) and Martin Blume (drums) to record these live concerts in Oakland and SF. |
![]() Justine (Hetu / Labrosse / Roger / Trudeau): Langages fantastiques (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock The second CD from Justine, a group of all women composers, arrangers, instrumentalists, and singers who are an offshoot of Wondeur Brass and who create music of dissonance and organized chaos. |
![]() Kasyansky, Grundik: Light and Roundchair (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Kaze (Fujii / Tamura / Pruvost / Orins) w/ Ikue Mori: Sand Storm (Libra/ Circum-Disc -- Japan ) Price: $15.25 ![]() In Stock The cooperative quartet Kaze of Satoko Fujii on piano, Peter Orins on drums, Christian Pruvost on trumpet, Natsuki Tamura on trumpet, joins with elextroacoustic improviser Ikue Mori for seven exploratory pieces recorded in the studio after a one-week tour in Austria, France, and Russia, their enthusiasm for their extraordinarily unique group sound clearly evident. |
![]() Knuffke, Kirk / Ben Goldberg: Uncompahgre (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Two extraordinary players from two coasts--clarinetist Ben Goldberg from the West and cornetist Kirk Knuffke from the East--in an exuberant duo of lyrical and virtuosic free jazz that astonishes the listener with the ease of their interactions in both parallel and contrasting lines, supporting the other as they express themselves uniquely; an impressive achievement! |
![]() Knuffke, Kirk Trio (w/ Bisio / Shipp): Gravity Without Airs [2 CDs] (Tao Forms -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() In Stock A mix of original compositions and collective improvisations from the NY trio of cornetist Kirk Knuffke, bassist Michael Bisio and pianist Matthew Shipp, in a double album of exemplary creative jazz from three players steeped in both tradition and forward-thinking approaches to improvisation, filled with spectacular playing from enthusiastic to introspective; a superb release. |
![]() Labrosse, Diane: Petit traite de Sagesse pratique (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock A collection of miniature songs with mocking, satirical lyrics that reform out-of-date proverbs into modern pearls of wisdom, paired with improvisation and written composition. |
![]() Langevin, Pierre / Pierre Tanguay: La Boulezaille (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock Duo improvisations on pieces composed by clarinetist Pierre Langevin and percussionist Pierre Tanguay, using unusual instruments such as bagpipes, jaw-harps, accordions, etc. |
![]() Lee Pui Ming: Who's Playing (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Strange and expansive music from the duo of Lee Pui Ming (piano, objects, body) and Joane Hetu (vocals, alto saxophone). |
![]() Legmann, Shira: Giacinto Scelsi: Suite No.9 / Quattro illustrazioni / Un Adieu (elsewhere -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Three piano works by Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi: 'Suite No.9 "Ttai"' (1953); 'Quattro illustrazioni' (1953); and 'Un Adieu' (1978/1988); performed live in Tel Aviv by Israeli pianist Shira Legmann, who found these pieces particularly fascinating as she studied Scelsi's oeuvre, impressed by his compositional method of notating improvisations to create finished pieces. |
![]() Lehman, Steve / Craig Taborn: The People I Love (Pi Recordings -- USA ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock Saxophonist Steve Lehman's trio with drummer Damion Reid and double bassist Matt Brewer is expanded with pianist Craig Taborn for an album of Lehman originals and compositions by Autechre, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Kenny Kirkland, and Jeff "Tain" Watts, plus three duo recordings between Lehman and Taborn; intricate cutting edge jazz made effortless and exuberant! |
![]() Lepage, Robert Marcel: Pee Wee et Moi (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Clarinetist Robert Marcel Lepage in a "sweet and slightly skewed homage" to the American clarinetist and swing player Pee Wee Russell. |
![]() Lerner, Marilyn: Luminance (Ambiances Magnetiques -- Canada ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Pianist Marilyn Lerner in a compilation of improvisations created by setting up different microphones in various configurations to highlight different sound qualities of the piano. |
![]() Long, Ashley John: PSI (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Virtuoso UK bassist Ashley John Long presents a startling array of approaches and techniques on the double bass over 11 improvisations, from concise shorter presentations to expansive displays of skill, excitement or introspection, all with an ear to captivating his listener. |
![]() Lopez / Nelson / Nicodemou / Cleaver: The Industry Of Entropy (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock A great example of Downtown New York modern improvisation that takes unexpected twists and turns, from the collective quartet of bassist Brandon Lopez, a frequent collaborator with Nate Wooley and Ivo Perelman, tenor saxophonist Matt Nelson ( tUnE-yArDs), vibraphonist Andria Nicodemou (Thread Ensemble, Taylor Ho Bynum), and Gerald Cleaver (Veil of Names, Uncle June, &c). |
![]() Lopez, Brandon Trio: Live at Roulette (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Calling his music jazz and not jazz, bassist Brandon Lopez demands of his listeners to dance, as the quartet of Lopez, Steve Baczkowski on saxophones, Gerald Cleaver on percussion and Cecilia Lopez on synthesizer are heard in this energetic live concert at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, blurring free jazz with experimental sound that never loses its strong grooves. |
![]() Lucas, Joao: Abstract Mechanics (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock Pianist and accordionist Joao Lucas' music for Andresa Soares' choreography "It was a very abstract thing", structured acoustic improvisation with a slight electronic edge. |
![]() McPhee, Joe: The Loneliest Woman [CD EP] (Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA ) Price: $13.45 ![]() In Stock A rich and unusual interpretation of Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman" recorded in Boswil, Switzerland in 1981 with McPhee, Pierre Favre, Irene Schweizer, Radu Malfatti, Daniel Bourquin, &c., in its first-ever release. |
![]() McPhee, Joe / John Edwards: Tell Me How Long Has Trane Been Gone (for James Baldwin And John Coltrane) (Klanggalerie -- Austria ) Price: $17.05 ![]() In Stock The incredible first meeting between legendary saxophonist Joe McPhee and double bassist John Edwards is this performance at the 2019 Artacts festival in Austria, a powerfully reflective free jazz concert with McPhee speaking & preaching about the loss of giants John Coltrane, Albert Ayler and James Baldwin, as they stand upon their shoulders through free music. |
![]() Mengis Manuel, Gruppe 6: The Pond (Hatology -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() In Stock Swiss trumpeter Manuel Mangis and his Gruppe 6 in 4 extended original compositions of post-Bop acumen and rollicking audacity in intrepid improvisation. |
![]() Mezei, Szilard Vocal Ensemble: Fujj Szel, Zenta, Visshangozz Szel (Not Two -- Poland ) Price: $17.95 ![]() In Stock Avant improvisation from violist Szilard Mezei's vocal ensemble, a 10 piece orchestra with two vocalists, performing live at CNESA, Serbia; complex and fascinating music with a mix of unusual and traditional orchestration. |
![]() Miller, Cassandra : O Zomer! (Another Timbre -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Two ensemble works and two solo pieces by Christian Wolff's favourite contemporary composer, Cassandra Miller, who is blazing a very personal trail through the experimental music world, with brilliant performances by Apartment House, Mira Benjamin, Philip Thomas, and Charles Curtis with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov. |
![]() Mincek, Alex : Torrent (Sound American/Pleasure of the Text Records -- USA ) Price: $17.95 ![]() In Stock NY Composer and Zs founder Alex Mincek's first release since 2011 also launches Sound American's Young Composer Portrait series, presenting 4 chamber works--"Pendulum VII"; selected movements from "Harmonielehre"; "Pneuma"; and "Torrent"--performed by Wet Ink Ensemble, Mivos Quartet, and Yarn/Wire, in a deluxe hardcover book package with interviews and notes. |
![]() Morris / Fernandez / Wooley: From The Discrete To The Particular (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock An incredible trio of two New York improvisers - Joe Morris on guitar and trumpeter Nate Wooley - with European free improv legend pianist Augusti Fernandez, for 7 remarkable free improvisations of astounding skill. |
![]() Morris, Joe : Solos - Bimhuis (Relative Pitch -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Live recordings from guitarist Joe Morris, performing solo at Bimhuis in Amsterdam in two Octobers from 2013 to 2014, showing remarkable technical and creative skills while captivating his audience with accessible progressions and story-telling; masterful! |
![]() Munich Rat Pack (Schindler / Kolb / Tramontana): Hell Dunkel: Sound Notes For Wind Trio Plus (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock Live recordings from Pollat-Pavillion in Munich, Germany in 2015 from this seriously fun spontaneous collective improvising trio of Udo Schindler on reeds, cornet, euphonium, and monophonic analogue synthesizer, Philipp Kolb on trumpet, tuba and live electronics, and Sebastiano Tramontana on trombone, voice and whistling; expect the unexpected! |
![]() Muntzing, Herman: DeConstruCt (10 Solo Pieces) (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Murayama, Seijiro / Eric La Casa: Paris: Public Spaces (Ftarri/Swarming -- France ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Twelve recordings constructed from 2012 field recordings of public locations in Paris by Eric La Casa and Seijiro Murayama, including subway stations, parks, open gardens, tunnels and fountains; a fascinating portrait of communal sound in this great city. |
![]() My Cat Is An Alien: Il Suono Venuto Dallo Spazio (Les Disques Victo -- Canada ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock "Each album or performance by My Cat Is an Alien is an invitation to leave on a cosmic journey, without resorting to the numerous cliche's of the space music genre. Think instead of a synth-less Ash Ra Tempel coming across the quiet impr... |
![]() My Fun: Sonorine (The Land Of -- USA ) Price: $9.85 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Myers, David Lee: Reduced to a Geometrical Point (Cronica -- Spain ) Price: $11.65 ![]() In Stock Using feedback matrices, oscillator banks and multi-processing, NYC sound and feedback artist David Lee Myers, A.K.A. Arcane Device, references the quote from metaphysics scholar Frithjof Schuon--"You must detach your life from an awareness of the multiple and reduce it to a geometrical point before God"--which he manifests in four focused works of rich, slowly evolving sound. |
![]() Neumann, Calle / Ketil Gutvik / Ingebrigt Haker Flaten / Paal Nilssen-Love: New Dance (PNL -- Norway ) 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. |
![]() Niblock, Alan: Scratching the Surface (FMR -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock A solo album from Belfast double bassist Alan Niblock, known for his own group Ambient Forces, and his work in a trio with Paul Dunmall and Mark Sanders (Dark Energy), on his own demonstrating a powerfully warm approach to the large strings, augmented and transformed through preparations and objects, improvising in a flowing continuum of rich strategies and concepts. |
![]() Niggli, Lucas / Big Zoom: Celebrate Diversity (Intakt -- Switzerland ) Price: $17.05 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Nomad Trio (feat Gordon Grdina / Matt Mitchell / Jim Black): Boiling Point (Astral Spirits -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock The second release from guitarist and oud improviser Gordon Grdina's Boiling Point Trio with Matt Mitchell on piano and Jim Black on drums, following their excellent 2020 Martian Kitties album, solidified into a tight unit from touring, Grdina's writing showcasing each player's ability to improvise around complex rhythmic, harmonic, and melodically rich compositions. |
![]() Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere: Theta Five (Discus -- UK ) Price: $14.35 ![]() In Stock The 5th album from the UK collective improvising progressive rock band of reedist Martin Archer, drummer Steve Dinsdale, bassists Lorin Halsall & Terry Todd, percussionist Walt Shaw, keyboardist Andy Peake, violinist Yvonna Magda and string player & vocalist Jad Todd, merging acoustic and electronic instruments in rich and often dreamlike forms that flow with spirited refinement. |
![]() Palier, Agnes / Toulemonde, Olivier: Rocca (Creative Sources -- Portugal ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock |
![]() Parker, Evan / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton: Live at Maya Recordings Festival [VINYL 2 LPs] (NoBusiness -- Lithuania ) Price: $26.95 ![]() In Stock Superb improvisation from three masters - Evan Parker on sax, Barry Guy on bass and Paul Lytton on drums - performing at the Maya Recordings Festival, September 23 - 25, 2011 at Theater am Gleis, Winterthur, Switzerland. |
![]() Parker, William: Migration of Silence Into and Out of The Tone World (Volumes 1-10) [10 CD BOX SET] (Centering Records -- USA ) Price: $71.95 ![]() In Stock A 10-album collection in a solid box set of vocal and instrumental suites recorded expressly for this set between late 2018 and early 2020, with women's voices at its core (both on voice & other instruments), taking a vast view of music from around the globe through free improvisation and re-imagined sonic collage, performed by groupings of extraordinary performers. |
![]() Pisaro, Michael / Greg Stuart: ricefall (2) (Gravity Wave -- USA ) Price: $12.55 ![]() In Stock Ricefall (2), the 2nd is a 72-minute piece for 64 separate tracks of rice falling on objects, performed with percussionist Greg Stuart, a composition of unusual dynamics and pacing. |
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Van Hove, Fred / Roger Turner: The Corner
Fujii, Satoko: Ninety-Nine Years
Wooley, Nate: Battle Pieces 2
This Is It! (Satoko Fujii / Natsuki Tamura / Takashi Itani): 1538
Fujii, Satoko Orchestra Tokyo + KAZE: Peace (Tribute To Kelly Churko)
Evans, Peter / Tim Dahl / Mike Pride: Pulverize The Sound
Lopez / Nelson / Nicodemou / Cleaver: The Industry Of Entropy
Wooley, Nate: Argonautica
Abdelnour, Christine / Chris Corsano: Quand Fond La Neige, OU Va Le Blanc ?
Lopez, Brandon Trio: Live at Roulette
Morris, Joe : Solos - Bimhuis
Kaze (Fujii / Tamura / Pruvost / Orins) w/ Ikue Mori: Sand Storm
Fujii, Satoko: Stone
Wachsmann / Taylor / Mattos / Brighton: Strings
Zethson, Alex Ensemble: Some Of Them Were Never Unprepared
Dunmall, Paul / John Edwards / Tony Marsh: To Be Real
Foster, Michael / Michael Zerang / Katherine Young: Bind the Hand(s) That Feed
Crumb, George: Vox Balaenae
Knuffke, Kirk / Ben Goldberg: Uncompahgre
Miller, Cassandra : O Zomer!