The Squid's Ear Magazine
Vinyl Recordings

Vinyl albums add a unique warmth to your music, provide a great tactile experience, and present larger artwork that brings the concepts of the artist to life. We're serious about selling vinyl records and getting them to you in mint condition! Vinyl records are shipped by customer requested standards using Mighty Mailers or double-boxed Uline mailers, which protect the corners of your albums. We removed inner jackets from outer sleeves to prevent albums from cutting through their jackets during shipment.



 
Nagano, Sana: Anime Mundi [VINYL]
Nagano, Sana:
Anime Mundi [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




In Stock

A superb chamber jazz trio from NY improviser and violinist Sana Nagano, with Karl Berger on piano & vibraphone and Billy Martin on drums & percussion, Nagano having a long history with each through Berger's Improvisers Orchestra and with Martin through Creative Music Studio, their connections evident in their articulately energetic and confident collective conversations.

Nakama: Worst Generation [VINYL]
Nakama:
Worst Generation [VINYL]

(Nakama Records -- Norway )


Price: $22.95    




Out of Stock

Freely improvised and unusual collective improv from the quintet of Christian Meaas Svendsen (double bass), Andreas Wildhagen (drums), Ayumi Nataka (piano), Adrian Loseth Waade (violin) and Agness Hvizdalek (voice), an abstract yet energetic album with Hvizdalek's voice adding an exotic edge to extended techniques based in free jazz strategies.

Necks, The: Mindset [VINYL]
Necks, The:
Mindset [VINYL]

(ReR Vinyl -- UK )


Price: $23.95    




Out of Stock

The Necks 16th release layers polyrhythmic material to form seething blocks of sound, in two long pieces, one more stripped back to the live trio, the other featuring multiple strata of swirling Hammonds, noise-guitar and electronics.

Necks, The: Travel [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]
Necks, The:
Travel [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

(Northern Spy -- USA )


Price: $34.95    




Out of Stock

Starting each day in the Australian studio with a 20-minute improvisation, The Necks trio of Chris Abrahams on piano & keyboards, Tony Buck on drums and Lloyd Swanton on bass developed this, their 21st album, as a collection of "shorter" and varied improvisations, released with minimal overdubs to present their music closer to their exceptional live performances.

Necks, The: Vertigo [VINYL]
Necks, The:
Vertigo [VINYL]

(ReR Vinyl -- UK )


Price: $26.95    




Out of Stock

Reissuing The Necks 18th album, finding the Australian trio of drummer/percussionist Tony Buck, bassist Lloyd Swanton and pianist/keyboardist Chris Abrahams in a vertiginous 44 minute dark excursion punctuated by cliff hanging moments through homemade instruments and unusual textures, one of the darker and more cathartic albums from The Necks large discography.

Nelson, Matt: Lower Bottoms [VINYL]
Nelson, Matt:
Lower Bottoms [VINYL]

(Tubapede -- USA )


Price: $11.48    




In Stock

Brooklyn saxophonist Matt Nelson in a solo album of extended saxophone techniques along with a litany of guitar effects pedals, all run through a large 70's era Peavy combo amp with real-time feedback manipulation, a unique album of muscular playing and unusual soundscape.

News From Babel: Letters Home [VINYL]
News From Babel:
Letters Home [VINYL]

(ReR Vinyl -- Italy )


Price: $24.95    




Out of Stock

Originally issued on vinly LP in 1986 and at last reissued on vinyl, this incredible band emerged post-Henry Cow, initiated by alumni Chris Cutler (drums) and Lindsay Cooper (reeds), plus bassist Bill Gilonis, Zeena Parkins on harp, and four outstanding vocalists taking on Chris Cutler's insightful texts: Phil Minton, Dagmar Krause, Sally Potter, and Robert Wyatt.

Niblock, Phill [CLEAR VINYL]: MMXX-12: Browned
Niblock, Phill [CLEAR VINYL]:
MMXX-12: Browned

(Matiere Memoire -- Belgium )


Price: $26.95    




Out of Stock

Recording in Cologne, Germany, the quartet of Arne Deforce on cello, Deborah Walker on cello, Erik Drescher on flute, and Dafne Vicent Sandoval on bassoon realize NY composer Phill Niblock's work of acoustic drone, using long sustained notes to create a seething combination of harmonic interactions with an ominous tone, ending somewhat abruptly to reveal its layers.

Nichunimu (Vergara / Carrasco / Mardones): Un Cacho de Metal, Un Resto de Vaiven [VINYL]
Nichunimu (Vergara / Carrasco / Mardones):
Un Cacho de Metal, Un Resto de Vaiven [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




In Stock

Experimental improvisation that moves in and out of jazz territory from the Chilean trio of Benjamin Vergara on trumpet, Nicolas Carrasco on synthesizer and Matias Mardones on percussion, recording in the studio the day after their performance at the 2019 Relincha Festival in Ciudad de Valdivia, focusing on patterns of circularity and repetition to inform their playing.

Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen): Firehouse [VINYL]
Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen):
Firehouse [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $24.95    




In Stock

Norwegian drummer Gard Nilssen (Zanussi 5, Bushman's Revenge, Puma, &c.) leads his new Acoustic Unity trio of Petter Eldh on double bass and Andre Roligheten (Albatrosh) on sax through 8 tightly conceived original jazz compositions with contributions from all 3 players.

Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity : Live in Europe  [VINYL 3 LPs + 3 CDs]
Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity :
Live in Europe [VINYL 3 LPs + 3 CDs]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $59.95    




In Stock

Three complete 2016 concerts at North Sea Jazz Festival, Ljubljana Jazz Festival and Oslo Jazz Festiva, and 3 CDs to present them, from drummer Gard Nilssen's Acoustic Unity, a superb free/post-bop group with a core of Nilssen, bassist Petter Eldh, and saxophonist Andre Roligheten, featuring 3 saxophonists: Fredrik Ljungkvis, Kristoffer Berre Alberts, and Jorgen Mathisen.

Nilssen-Love, Paal Large Unit: Erta Ale [4 LP BOX SET]
Nilssen-Love, Paal Large Unit:
Erta Ale [4 LP BOX SET]

(PNL -- Norway )


Price: $59.95    




Out of Stock

Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit of some of Norway's brightest young improvisers in a 4 LP box set with a bonus CD & flexi disc, recorded live during their 2014 tour, performing Nilssen-Love's compositions that focus on interaction, free improvisation, sound, dynamics and energy.

Nilssen-Love, Paal Large Unit: First Blow [VINYL EP]
Nilssen-Love, Paal Large Unit:
First Blow [VINYL EP]

(PNL -- Norway )


Price: $15.95    




Out of Stock

Norway's younger generation of improvising musicians, acoustic and electronic, perform in percussionist Paal Nilssen-Love's Large Unit from their first EP, a live recording from Molde Jazzfestival 2013.

Nilssen-Love, Paal: News From the Junkyard [VINYL]
Nilssen-Love, Paal:
News From the Junkyard [VINYL]

(PNL -- Norway )


Price: $24.95    




Out of Stock

Assembling a wide range of percussive instruments accumulated through world travels, from Korean gongs to scrap metal sheets from Ethiopia, Paal Nilssen-Love presents an intense and wide-ranging solo percussion tour-de-force, recorded in Oslo by frequent collaborator Lasse Marhaug.

Nilsson, Anders: Aventyr [VINYL]
Nilsson, Anders:
Aventyr [VINYL]

(zOaR Records -- USA )


Price: $17.60    




In Stock

A impressive album of virtual guitar duos from Swedish-born and New York-based experimental guitarist Anders Nilsson, challenging himself to imagine playing the pieces as 4-handed piano music, or as performed on a kora, or by a string quartet, through three extended pieces that balance complex interaction with thoughtful beauty and instrospection; exceptional.

Nobuka (Michel van Collenburg): Reiko [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD & BOOKLET]
Nobuka (Michel van Collenburg):
Reiko [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD & BOOKLET]

(esc.rec. -- Netherlands )


Price: $26.95    




In Stock

The pre-apocalyptic intertwining story of a woman named Reiko, living in a city scarred by climate change and burdened with the imminent threat of viruses, wandering the streets haunted by demons, abstractly envisioned in sound through stunningly effective electronics, field recordings, and developed in parts with Michel Banabila and Rutger Zuydervelt (Machinefabriek).

Nono, Luigi: A Carlo Scarpa; A Pierre Dell'Azzurro Silenzio, Inquietum; Guai ai Gelidi Mostri [VINYL
Nono, Luigi:
A Carlo Scarpa; A Pierre Dell'Azzurro Silenzio, Inquietum; Guai ai Gelidi Mostri [VINYL]

(Edition Rz -- Germany )


Price: $15.95    




In Stock

3 works by composer Luigi Nono: "A Carlo Scarpa" for orchestra; "A Pierre..." for bass flute, bass clarinet and live elektronics; and "Guai ai Gelidi Mostri" for ensemble, voices and live elektronics.

O'Malley, Stephen: MMXX-11: ...st-Vast Sommaren [CLEAR VINYL]
O'Malley, Stephen:
MMXX-11: ...st-Vast Sommaren [CLEAR VINYL]

(Matiere Memoire -- Belgium )


Price: $26.95    




Out of Stock

A rich and beautiful drone work from Stephen O'Malley recorded at EMS in Stockholm, the title translating to "East-West Summer", as the piece emulates an accommodating evening, electronic crickets introducing and then settling into a slowly rotating and absorbing combination of tones, the flickering crickets returning to fade out the sense of restful night.

O'Rourke, Jim / Giovanni Di Domenico: Immanent in Nervous Activity [VINYL]
O'Rourke, Jim / Giovanni Di Domenico:
Immanent in Nervous Activity [VINYL]

(Die Schachtel -- Italy )


Price: $29.95    




Out of Stock

The collaboration between electroacoustic artist Jim O'Rourke and Giovanni Di Domenico continues with this composition, a second chapter to the duo's 2015 album, Arco, here in two extended parts performed by the composers and Eiko Ishibashi on flute and Tatsuhisa Yamamoto on snare drum, starting with rolling piano figures and emerging into expansive electronic textures.

Obnox (Lamont Thomas): Templo del Sonido [RED VINYL]
Obnox (Lamont Thomas):
Templo del Sonido [RED VINYL]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $12.45    




In Stock

Ohio garage and free rock mainstay Lamont Thomas, AKA Obnox, was approached by Astral Spirits to make a free jazz record, the unexpected results sounding more like a rock record in a wild ride of noise, funk, electro, voice, and percussion, a savage album with the protest and pointed sensibilities of the early 60s; pressed on translucent red vinyl.

Obomsawin, Mali (Harris / Elhajli / Burik / Campbell / Ho Bynum): Sweet Tooth [VINYL]
Obomsawin, Mali (Harris / Elhajli / Burik / Campbell / Ho Bynum):
Sweet Tooth [VINYL]

(Out Of Your Head Records -- USA )


Price: $21.95    




In Stock

Wabanaki bassist, composer and songwriter Mali Obomsawin presents a compositional suite that highlights the art and culture of her people, binding together blues, jazz, hymns and folk songs with an ensemble of exceptional NY improvisers: Savannah Harris (drums), Miriam Elhajli (guitars, voice), Allison Burik (reeds), Noah Campbell (sax) and Taylor Ho Bynum (cornet & flugelhorn).

Oceans Roar 1000 Drums: [VINYL]
Oceans Roar 1000 Drums:
[VINYL]

(Sacred Realism -- Germany )


Price: $19.95    




In Stock

Their first proper vinyl release since forming in 2008, this studio album recorded in Berlin finds Berlin saxophonist and electronic artist Bryan Eubanks, double bassist Andrew Lafkas, and NY drummer & cymbal player Tod Capp in an extended and dark improvisation, with Catherine Lamb's "secondary rainbow synthesizer" interacting and filtering their work as a 4th member.

Oker (Larsen / Myhr / Rasten / Gismervik): Susurrus [VINYL]
Oker (Larsen / Myhr / Rasten / Gismervik):
Susurrus [VINYL]

(Shhpuma -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




In Stock

Existing between composition and free improvisation, this Norwegian quartet of Torstein Lavik Larsen on trumpet, Adrian Myhr on double bass, Fredrik Rasten on acoustic guitar, and Jan Martin Gismervik on drums & percussion are informed by minimal composed, folk and improvised musics, applying unusual technique and methodology to create beautiful textural and impressionistic sound.

Oki, Itaru / Nobuyoshi Ino / Choi Sun Bae: Kami Fusen [VINYL]
Oki, Itaru / Nobuyoshi Ino / Choi Sun Bae:
Kami Fusen [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $22.95    




Out of Stock

An exciting and uniquely orchestrated free jazz trio concert recorded live at Cafe Amores, Hofu, Yamaguchi in Japan in 1996 from the trio of Itaru Oki on trumpet and bamboo flute, Nobuyoshi Ino on bass, and Choi Sun Bae on trumpet, Ino providing often stunningly quick bass lines over which the otherwise rhythm-less band are afforded great flexibility.

Oki, Itaru Quartet: Live At Jazz Spot Combo 1975 [VINYL]
Oki, Itaru Quartet:
Live At Jazz Spot Combo 1975 [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $23.95    




Out of Stock

Late Japanese free jazz trumpeter and flute player Itaru Oki--one of the significant and early free jazz players in Japan in the 1970s, moving to France in the mid-70s to seek more opportunities to play--recorded this concert at Jazz Spot Combon as part of his farewell tour, performing with winds player Yoshiaki Fujikawa, bassist Keiki Midorikawa ad drummer Hozumi Tanaka.

Old And New Dreams (Redman / Cherry / Haden / Blackwell): A Tribute To Blackwell [VINYL]
Old And New Dreams (Redman / Cherry / Haden / Blackwell):
A Tribute To Blackwell [VINYL]

(Black Saint -- Italy )


Price: $27.95    




Out of Stock

A vital reissue of this 1990 album of Ornette Coleman associates--Don Cherry on pocket trumpet, Charlie Haden on double bass, Ed Blackwell on drums and Dewey Redman on tenor saxophone--recorded live in Atlanta during a three day Ed Blackwell festival, performing original material by Redman and Blackwell, and three Ornette tunes ("Happy House", "Law Years" and "Street Woman").

Oliveros, Pauline: The Well & The Gentle [VINYL 2 LPs]
Oliveros, Pauline:
The Well & The Gentle [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Important Records -- USA )


Price: $30.79    




In Stock

Reissuing two essential, major works from improviser, conceptualist, accordionist and composer Pauline Oliveros--The Well & The Gentle--recorded in 1984 with participation including fellow accordionist Guy Klucevsek, The Well recorded in the studio in Pennsylvania, The Gentle using the resonance of the drinking watertank Severin of Cologne in West Germany.

Onda, Aki: Nam June's Spirit Was Speaking To Me [VINYL]
Onda, Aki:
Nam June's Spirit Was Speaking To Me [VINYL]

(Recital -- USA )


Price: $25.95    




Out of Stock

NY sound artist Aki Onda pays tribute to multi-media pioneer Nam June Paik (1923-2006), a work inspired after Onda's series of performances at Nam June Paik Art Center in South Korea, here using submerged and anonymous radio signals as a shamanic invocation of Paik's work; includes a 20-page booklet with photos & a remembrance of Paik plus 2 essays on radio-wave phenomena.

Ongon: Exuvia [WHITE VINYL]
Ongon:
Exuvia [WHITE VINYL]

(Loup editions -- Italy )


Price: $17.95    




In Stock

String player Antonio Bertoni (Leo Records, Astral Sprits) in his solo Ongon project seeks to bring back the shamanic elements of Moroccan Gnawa Music, particularly using the trance-inducing bass instrument guimbri, his hypnotic and exotic music set into a rich weaving of electronics, samples and concrete synthesis built ad hoc by Bertoni himself.

Ongon: In Dispersione [VINYL]
Ongon:
In Dispersione [VINYL]

(Loup editions -- Italy )


Price: $20.95    




In Stock

Antonio Bertoni's solo Ongon project, trying to remove the mistreatment that the Moroccan Gnawa Music suffers due to the heavy western productions, as he performs on the trance-inducing bass instrument guimbri, his hypnotic and exotic music set into a rich weaving of electronics, samples and concrete synthesis built ad hoc by Bertoni himself; reference Natural Information Society.

Orcutt, Bill: Bill Orcutt [VINYL]
Orcutt, Bill:
Bill Orcutt [VINYL]

(Palilalia -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




Out of Stock

Guitarist Bill Orcutt's self-titled solo album brings a mix of standards and original compositions, starting with Ornette Coleman's "Lonely Woman" and eclectically running us to "The Star Spangled Banner", each song unfolding as he delivers in an unhurried way with rich sustain and reverb on a 4-string Telecaster, performing at The Living Room in San Francisco.

Orcutt, Bill: Music for Four Guitars [VINYL]
Orcutt, Bill:
Music for Four Guitars [VINYL]

(Palilalia -- USA )


Price: $24.95    




Out of Stock

Using four guitars tracks, each assigned to a specific melody in counterpoint, Bill Orcutt presents an assertive set of fourteen compositions in a minimalist form--think Steve Reich--each part organized through controlled freneticism that tames the wild nature inherent in each piece; a downloadable 80 page score illustrates the complex madness of the guitarist's mind.

Ouat (Simon Sieger / Joel Grip / Michael Griener): Elastic Bricks [VINYL]
Ouat (Simon Sieger / Joel Grip / Michael Griener):
Elastic Bricks [VINYL]

(Umlaut Records -- Sweden / France / Germany )


Price: $19.95    




In Stock

Setting out to explore a standard song format for modern times through the instrumental piano jazz format, the French/German trio of basist Joel Grip, drummer Michael Griener and pianist Simon Sieger present a set of six Grip compositions along with two Sieger/Grip and one Sieger piece, all sophisticated, creative and lyrically infused modern jazz.

Ouat (Simon Sieger / Joel Grip / Michael Griener): The Strange Adventures of Jesper Klint [VINYL 2 L
Ouat (Simon Sieger / Joel Grip / Michael Griener):
The Strange Adventures of Jesper Klint [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Umlaut Records -- France )


Price: $33.95    




In Stock

Focusing on the compositions of Swedish pianist Per Henrik Wallin, the energetic piano trio of Simon Sieger on piano, Joel Grip on double bass and Michael Griener on drums puts new life into Wallin's 1998 trio album Coyote with the intention of putting Wallin's music in front of a new audience while clearly reveling in his compositions amid their own impressive mastery.

Oyauchi / Deku Duo: Now's The Time? [VINYL]
Oyauchi / Deku Duo:
Now's The Time? [VINYL]

(Armageddon Nova -- Japan )


Price: $29.95    




In Stock

The first release on Japan's Armageddon Nova, now reissued as a limited 180gm double vinyl LP, presenting a 2012 concert at Performing Arts Center, in Japan in 2012 by the duo of free improvising alto saxophonist Aishi Oyauchi, a peer of Karou Abe in the 60s, and contrabassist Deku, a member of the 70s free improvising group New Jazz Syndicate.

Palestine, Charlemagne: MMXX-06: VVVOOOODDDOOOO DDDDOOOOODDDDDOOOOO [CLEAR VINYL]
Palestine, Charlemagne:
MMXX-06: VVVOOOODDDOOOO DDDDOOOOODDDDDOOOOO [CLEAR VINYL]

(Matiere Memoire -- Belgium )


Price: $26.95    




In Stock

The expansive mind of composer and experimenter Charlemagne Palestine presents an extended drone work performed on organ, building from a peaceful single note to a harmonically rich combination of tones with a haunting vocal quality, subtly shifting and building in momentum then slowly fading out to the 20 minute mark; an epic journey in polyphonic transition.

Parker, Evan / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton: Live at Maya Recordings Festival [VINYL 2 LPs]
Parker, Evan / Barry Guy / Paul Lytton:
Live at Maya Recordings Festival [VINYL 2 LPs]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $30.00    




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, Evan: Monoceros [VINYL]
Parker, Evan:
Monoceros [VINYL]

(Treader -- UK )


Price: $28.95    




Out of Stock

The four part "Monoceros" was recorded by saxophonist Evan Parker, here on soprano, in 1987, originally for the Incus label, here in a remastered form with Parker showing his masterful use of the extended techniques that have influenced a generation of players.

Parker, Evan: Saxophone Solos [VINYL]
Parker, Evan:
Saxophone Solos [VINYL]

(Otoroku -- UK )


Price: $20.85    




In Stock

Virtually unprecedented for the time, Evan Parker's 1976 solo soprano saxophone album captures Parker's prowess and unusual harmonic approach to the saxophone in a 1975 concert at the Unity Theatre in London and in the FMP studio the same year, using the instrument in startling ways as he captivates his listeners through a unique revelation of logic, drama and staggering skill.

Parker, Evan: Six of One [VINYL]
Parker, Evan:
Six of One [VINYL]

(Otoroku -- UK )


Price: $26.95    




Out of Stock

London's Otoroku label keeps this magnificent album in print with a 2021 reissue of the 1982 Incus release featuring Evan Parker performing solo on soprano saxophone, using the natural resonance of the Church Of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, in Hampstead London as he explores upper tones and high frequency split tones in a technically brilliant display.

Parker, William: I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield [VINYL]
Parker, William:
I Plan To Stay A Believer: The Inside Songs of Curtis Mayfield [VINYL]

(Aum Fidelity -- USA )


Price: $31.95    




Out of Stock

Parker's definitive document of his Curtis Mayfield songbook project with Hamid Drake, Dave Burrell, Sabir Mateen, Darryl Foster & Amiri Baraka, promoting Mayfield's positive messages of hope and fortitude.

Parkins, Zeena / Jeff Kolar: Scale [VINYL]
Parkins, Zeena / Jeff Kolar:
Scale [VINYL]

(Two Rooms Records -- USA )


Price: $17.95    




Out of Stock

Commissioned by choreographer Jennifer Monson, the collaboration of Downtown NY electric harpist and sound artist Zeena Parkins and Chicago sound artist Jeff Kolar explore the intersection of acoustic phenonema against electronic, synthetic & radio sounds, inspired by the timing of natural phenomena like ocean currents and daylight emergence; fascinating.

Parmegiani, Bernard: Violostries [VINYL]
Parmegiani, Bernard:
Violostries [VINYL]

(Recollection GRM -- Austria )


Price: $16.79    




Out of Stock

Three works from Italian composer and sound artist Bernard Parmegiani, the title track "Violostries" performed with violinist Devy Erlih and Parmegiani on sound projection, intersecting several of Parmegiani's research concepts and presented as simultaneous dialogues; plus "Capture Ephemere" an active acousmatic work; and the rotating composition "La Roue Ferri".

Peck, Dan: Solo [VINYL]
Peck, Dan:
Solo [VINYL]

(Tubapede -- USA )


Price: $11.00    




In Stock

Inspired by Nikola Tesla and Karlheinz Stockhausen's collection of text pieces, "From the Seven Days", tuba player Dan Peck's solo album is an intense collection of deep tones in bold minimalism, and in clatteringly frightful tuba interactions.

Periferiya (Kobi / Korber / Liedwart / Muller / Myasoedov / Shershenkov) : Boundary Scan [VINYL 2 LP
Periferiya (Kobi / Korber / Liedwart / Muller / Myasoedov / Shershenkov) :
Boundary Scan [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Mikroton Recordings -- Russia )


Price: $29.95    




In Stock

A Russian-Swiss collaboration between Boris Shershenkov (St. Petersburg), Kurt Liedwart and Mikhail Myasoedov (Moscow), Thomas Korber (Zurich), Christian Kobi (Berne) and Christian Muller (Biel), recording in the remote Vallée de Joux, on the border between Switzerland & France, leveraging diverse approaches to sound to create these six detailed electroacoustic improvisations.

Phillips, Barre / Motoharu Yoshizawa: Oh My, Those Boys! [VINYL]
Phillips, Barre / Motoharu Yoshizawa:
Oh My, Those Boys! [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $23.95    




Out of Stock

Two bass players--European free improv legend Barre Phillips and Japanese master Motoharu Yoshizawa--met at Cafe Amores in Yamaguchi, Japan in 1994, with Phillips on an amplified acoustic upright and Yoshizawa using an electric vertical 5-string bass of his own design, as the two weave and merge their unique sounds and approaches in a brilliant concert.

Pilz, Michel / Peter Kowald / Paul Lovens: Carpathes [VINYL]
Pilz, Michel / Peter Kowald / Paul Lovens:
Carpathes [VINYL]

(Cien Fuegos -- Austria )


Price: $35.95    




Out of Stock

Reissuing the 1976 album on the German FMP Label, this trio session with Michel Pilz on bass clarinet, Peter Kowald on bass and Paul Lovens on percussion is an impressive example of the European Free Jazz scene of the time, all three musicians contributing compositions that unleash serious interplay of passionate expression and unorthodox approach to song structure and instrumental technique.

Piotrowicz, Robert / Lukas Jincka: Samoobrona [VINYL]
Piotrowicz, Robert / Lukas Jincka:
Samoobrona [VINYL]

(Bolt -- Poland )


Price: $17.95    




In Stock

Helmut Kajzar's theatrical play with themes of physicality and death with sound performed on synthesizers and electronics, in it's 4th recording including stage directions in the narrative (in Polish) with an insert providing English translations of a selection of dialog.

Pitsiokos, Chris: Carny Cant [VINYL]
Pitsiokos, Chris:
Carny Cant [VINYL]

(Eleatic Records -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




In Stock

In the spirit of Downtown NY by merging forms of jazz, rock and experimental music, Chris Pitsiokos bookends his album with two solo pieces, joining forces with NY electric guitarist Rick Eye for 4 tracks and drummer Jason Nazary joining for 3 tracks, as Pitsiokis performs on alto & baritone sax, harmonica, electric bass, guitar & drums, electronic instruments & voice.

Plan B (Joe Mcphee / James Keepnews / David Berger): From Outer Space [VINYL with DOWNLOAD]
Plan B (Joe Mcphee / James Keepnews / David Berger):
From Outer Space [VINYL with DOWNLOAD]

(Roaratorio -- USA )


Price: $18.95    




Out of Stock

Spinning an unusual story, the trio of saxophonist and pocket trumpeter Joe McPhee, guitarist and laptop artist James Keepnews, and drummer David Berger envision the first encounter between alien life and a delegation of earthlings, while giving a nod to jazz's original man from another planet, Sun Ra, with a side-long suite dedicated to him.

Plan Kruutntoone / Reinier van Houdt : Pas Maar Op, Want Deze Tas Is Van Zorro (En Zorro Houdt Van M
Plan Kruutntoone / Reinier van Houdt :
Pas Maar Op, Want Deze Tas Is Van Zorro (En Zorro Houdt Van Mij)[VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

(esc.rec. -- Netherlands )


Price: $18.95    




In Stock

Plan Kruutntoone joins forces with avant-garde pianist Reinier van Houdt for a conceptual narrative blurring improvised music, compositional and rock forms, with a narrative based around Zorro and Rosa, geography (and Spielberg) and Brodski, or in their terms: composed and deranged music and lyrics (and other words) on guitars, basses, drums and a piano.

Plan Kruutntoone: Wat Doen De Handen [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]
Plan Kruutntoone:
Wat Doen De Handen [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

(esc.rec. -- Netherlands )


Price: $22.95    




In Stock

The fifth album from Amsterdam avant rock band Plan Kruutntoone led by Hans Visser on guitar, banjo & voice, and drummer/percussionist Chris MŸller, is a diverse set of recording that bring a sense of isolation and introspection, including spoken word pieces with Samuel Beckett text fragments, and a string quartet composed by Hans Visser; unique and singular.

Postmarks (Boris Hauf / D Bayne / Martin Siewert): National Parks [Vinyl] <i>[Used Item]</i>
Postmarks (Boris Hauf / D Bayne / Martin Siewert):
National Parks [Vinyl] [Used Item]

(Monotype -- Austria )


Price: $14.36    




Out of Stock

The duo of saxophonist Boris Hauf and pianist D Bayne team up with guitarist Martin Siewert in this collection of tracks inspired by different U.S. national parks and their representation in iconic posters.

Pukwana, Dudu / Misha Mengelberg / Han Bennink: Yi Yole [VINYL]
Pukwana, Dudu / Misha Mengelberg / Han Bennink:
Yi Yole [VINYL]

(Our Swimmer -- Germany )


Price: $26.95    




Out of Stock

Recorded at the ICP Jubileum festival in Uithoorn, Holland, in 1978, this concert brings together the core of the Instant Composers Pool--pianist Misha Mengelberg and drummer Han Bennink--with legendary South African alto saxophonist Dudu Pukwana (Blue Notes), Bennink also playing trombone, clarinet, and viola, in a lyrical and unpredictable set filled with humor and astounding playing.

Punkappella: Wake Up [7-inch VINYL]
Punkappella:
Wake Up [7-inch VINYL]

(Front Rock -- USA )


Price: $6.00    




In Stock

A 7" 6 song release of Mike Pride's "punk" vocal troupe Punkappella, with Dusan Hedl, Bojan Tmoazic, Rick Klaus Theis, and Jessica Pavone on vocals; double sided sleeve contains lyrics for these unusual vocal vignettes.

Pupillo, Massimo / Alexandre Babel / Caspar Brotzmann: Live At Candy Bomber Studios, Vol.1 [VINYL]
Pupillo, Massimo / Alexandre Babel / Caspar Brotzmann:
Live At Candy Bomber Studios, Vol.1 [VINYL]

(KARLRECORDS -- Germany )


Price: $19.95    




Out of Stock

The insanely powerful work of this new trio--bass player Massimo Pupillo (Zu, Laniakea), drummer Alexandre Babel (Sudden Infant) and Caspar Brotzmann on guitar--captured live at Candy Bomber Studios, in Berlin for two monumental free improvisations of raw energy that blend noise rock, drone, and improvisation into something uniquely fearsome and wonderful.

RED trio: Rebento [VINYL]
RED trio:
Rebento [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $10.97    




In Stock

After records with John Butcher and Nate Wooley, the Red Trio of Rodrigo Pinheiro (piano), Hernani Faustino (bass) and Gabriel Ferrandini (drums and percussion) return to their trio roots for an album of superb free improvisation.

RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata: RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata [VINYL RSD]
RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata:
RG Rough / Makoto Kawabata [VINYL RSD]

(Bam Balam Records -- France )


Price: $19.95    




Out of Stock

A Record Store Day 2020 LP of the collaboration between Acid Mothers Temple guitarist Kawabata Makoto and French/British multi-instrumentalis RG Rough, using guitar drones, electronics, concrete sounds and percussion to create a sonic junble, occasionally soothed by a near-lullaby, only to be subsumed by a cascade of strings or fades into a repetitive minimal piano figure.

ROIL (Chris Abrahams / Mike Majkowski / James Waples): Raft Of The Meadows [VINYL]
ROIL (Chris Abrahams / Mike Majkowski / James Waples):
Raft Of The Meadows [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $22.95    




Out of Stock

Free improvisation using the jazz idiom as a jumping off point from the trio of pianist Chris Abrahams (The Necks), bassist Mike Majkowski, and drummer James Waples, superb technical playing with a melodic intent and excellent pacing.

Radical Empathy Trio: Reality and Other Imaginary Places [VINYL]
Radical Empathy Trio:
Reality and Other Imaginary Places [VINYL]

(ESP-Disk -- USA )


Price: $24.95    




Out of Stock

Recorded during Thollem's 2017 residency at Brooklyn's multi-discipline center Pioneer Works, the trio of Nels Cline on electric guitar and Michael Wimberly on drums apply treatments, alterations and processes to acoustic-electro improv, their unusual approach often inviting the listener to discover organization under a wonderful commotion of sound.

Radigue, Eliane: In Memoriam-Ostinato / Danse des Dakinis [VINYL]
Radigue, Eliane:
In Memoriam-Ostinato / Danse des Dakinis [VINYL]

(Alga Marghen -- Italy )


Price: $32.95    




Out of Stock

The last chapter in Alga Marghen's archival series of Éliane Radigue's Feedback Works, unreleased tape and feedback compositions of rich hypnotic electronics, noise and drone: "In Memoriam-Ostinato" from 1969 recorded at the Centre Artistique de Verderonne in France; and "Danse Des Dakinis (Pour Marion)" from 1998 recorded at Mills College in Oakland.

Radulescu, Horatiu: Clepsydra / Astray [VINYL]
Radulescu, Horatiu:
Clepsydra / Astray [VINYL]

(Edition Rz -- Germany )


Price: $16.95    




In Stock

Romanian-French composer Horatiu Radulescu with 2 works from 1983: "Clepsydra" for 16 Sound Icons played on a sideway piano, and the 1984 work "Astray" for 6 saxophones and Sound Icons.

Raia, Antonio : Asylum [VINYL]
Raia, Antonio :
Asylum [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




In Stock

Naples tenor saxophonist Antonio Raia's album of solo saxophone improvisations employs a mix of traditional and unusual techniques in 12 concise pieces that fragment "scraps" of melody into a diverse ruminating streams, recorded at the city's Filangeri Asylum by sound artist Renato Fiorito, using ten microphones to capture the unique qualities of the space.

Ranaldo, Lee / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balazs Pandi: [VINYL]
Ranaldo, Lee / Jim Jarmusch / Marc Urselli / Balazs Pandi:
[VINYL]

(Trost Records -- Austria )


Price: $22.95    




Out of Stock

Producer & bassist Marc Urselli devised this first meeting between himself and Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, filmaker/guitarist Jim Jarmusch, and drummer Balazs Pandi's, recording in Urselli's NY studio to capture these live analog recordings of improvisations using no overdubs, a twilight set of evolving and absorbing explorations merging rock & experimental approaches.

Ravenstine, Allen : Waiting For The Bomb [VINYL]
Ravenstine, Allen :
Waiting For The Bomb [VINYL]

(Recommended Records -- UK )


Price: $17.95    




Out of Stock

Many years after Pere Ubu and his work as a pilot, one of the world's most unique synth players, Allen Ravenstine, releases an album of composed works, 18 discrete hybrid miniature sound worlds that blend acoustic, real-world and synthetic sounds in unorthodox ways that elusively twist conventional approaches with unexpected elements and narrative twists.

RedGreenBlue (Paul Giallorenzo / Charlie Kirchen / Ryan Packard / Ben LaMar Gay): The End and The Be
RedGreenBlue (Paul Giallorenzo / Charlie Kirchen / Ryan Packard / Ben LaMar Gay):
The End and The Beginning [VINYL]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




In Stock

After a 4-week residency in 2018 at The Burlington in Chicago, the quartet of Paul Giallorenzo (keys & electronics), Charlie Kirchen (bass), Ryan Packard (drums, electronics) and Ben LaMar Gay (cornet & electronics) workshopped their exploratory approach to free electric improv for 6 months before recording this mesmerizing version live at Chicago's Hungry Brain.

Reid, Tomeka / Fred Lonberg-Holm: Eight Pieces for Two Cellos [VINYL]
Reid, Tomeka / Fred Lonberg-Holm:
Eight Pieces for Two Cellos [VINYL]

(Corbett vs. Dempsey -- USA )


Price: $17.09    




In Stock

Two Chicago improvising cellists--Tomeka Reid & Fred Lonberg-Holm--explore the repertoire for cello music in jazz, presenting works by Fred Katz ("Pluck It"), Sam Jones ("In Walked Ray"), Ron Carter ("Rally") and Harry Babsin ("Monti-Cello"), adding 3 new, original works by Fred Lonberg-Holm and a piece by Tomeka Reid paying homage to bassist Charles Mingus & violinist Billy Bang.

Rempis, Dave / Avreeayl Ra: Bennu [VINYL]
Rempis, Dave / Avreeayl Ra:
Bennu [VINYL]

(Aerophonic -- USA )


Price: $16.50    




In Stock

The first recorded document of longtime collaborators performing as a duo, Dave Rempis (alto & tenor saxophones) and Avreeayl Ra (drums & percussion), in a thoughtfully building and muscular sax/drum pairing of both meditative and joyful free playing, captured at Constellation in Chicago after months where both players were unable to perform in person; exceptional!

Residents, The: WARNING: UNiNC.: Live And Experimental Recordings 1971-1972 [VINYL 2 LPs]
Residents, The:
WARNING: UNiNC.: Live And Experimental Recordings 1971-1972 [VINYL 2 LPs]

(CRYPTIC CORPORATION -- USA / EU )


Price: $34.09    




In Stock

The Pre-Residents years, as exhumed from the band's extensive master tape archive. BLACK 2xLP. Double LP set featuring two live shows recorded in 1971 and 1972 plus the complete '1-10 (with a touch of 11)' album, recorded in 1972 and previously only released in short excerpts.

Riley, Howard : 10.11.12 [VINYL]
Riley, Howard :
10.11.12 [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $20.95    




Out of Stock

Five original compositions and a great rendering of "Lush Life" from British pianist Howard Riley performing solo at the Jazz Jungtys Festival in Kaunas, 2012, brilliant and focused playing showing his masterful skills deeply steeped in tradition and freedom.

Roadworks (Gallio / Streuli): As If You Were Here / Glassware [2 LPS + CD + DOWNLOAD]
Roadworks (Gallio / Streuli):
As If You Were Here / Glassware [2 LPS + CD + DOWNLOAD]

(Percaso -- Switzerland )


Price: $35.96    




In Stock

A deluxe 2 album release: "Glassware" on CD was composed by Swiss saxophonist Christoph Gallio for a commission by the Art Council Of The Canton Aargau, performed with Raphael Loher (piano), Ernst Thoma (synth), Dominique Girod (bass), and Nicolas Stocker (drums); then reworked into something creatively experimental in the 2 LP "As If You Were Here"; engaging and spellbinding!

Roigk, Stefan : Suffering For The Promised [VINYL]
Roigk, Stefan :
Suffering For The Promised [VINYL]

(Fragment Factory -- Germany )


Price: $19.95    




In Stock

Multi-disciplinary artist living in Berlin, Stefan Roigk developed "Suffering For The Promised" over a 14 year period, composing this large work of acousmatic music as an atmospherically intense yet utterly fragile piece, combining concrete sounds, field recordings and devotional vocal fragments in an eclectic and highly intimate composition of great depth and detail.

Roman Radkovic Collective: Televize [VINYL]
Roman Radkovic Collective:
Televize [VINYL]

(Mappa -- Slovokia )


Price: $21.95    




In Stock

A Slovokian experimental group with rock roots and a somewhat DaDa approach to unusual song forms using perplexing repetitions and interventions, led by guitarist and vocalist Roman Radkovič with Josef Novák on keyboard, Jiří Šíla on accordion, Zdeněk Řihošek on harmonica & double bass Zdeněk Caha on drums & voice, and Miloš Šandera on percussion.

Roots Magic (Pololla / De Fabritiis / Tedeschi / Spera): Take Root Among The Stars [VINYL]
Roots Magic (Pololla / De Fabritiis / Tedeschi / Spera):
Take Root Among The Stars [VINYL]

(Clean Feed -- Portugal )


Price: $22.95    




In Stock

Mining the area between the blues and creative jazz with pieces by Charles Tyler, Ornette Coleman, Phil Cohran and Sun Ra, this is the 3rd album from the Italian quartet of Alberto Popolla on clarinets, Errico De Fabritiis on saxophones, Gianfranco Tedeschi on double bass, and Fabrizio Spera on drums & percussion, joined by Eugenio Colombo on flute and Francesco Lo Cascio on vibes.

Rosenfeld, Marina: Deathstar [VINYL 2 LPs]
Rosenfeld, Marina:
Deathstar [VINYL 2 LPs]

(Shelter Press -- France )


Price: $29.95    




Out of Stock

Each side of these 2 LPs is take from one of four installations by Marina Rosendfeld in Frankfurt, Donaueschingen, and NYC, presenting the installation Deathstar; a piano performance within the Deathstar; a re-notation in the form of a concerto for piano and chamber orchestra; and the orchestration's reduction to something like chamber music.

Rosenfled, Marina: Teenage Lontano [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]
Rosenfled, Marina:
Teenage Lontano [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Room40 -- Australia )


Price: $18.66    




In Stock

Two large scale choral compositions recorded at New York City's Park Avenue Armory and at South London Gallery: ""Teenage Lontano" re-envisions composer Gyorgy Ligeti's 1960s orchestral work, using an immersive sound environment and the collective voices of an ensemble of teenagers; in "roygbiv&b" a teen ensemble in London riff off of mis-hearings of the acronym "ROYGBIV".

Rumback, Charles: Seven Bridges [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]
Rumback, Charles:
Seven Bridges [VINYL + DOWNLOAD]

(Astral Spirits -- USA )


Price: $19.95    




In Stock

Merging disparate styles into music that is clearly jazz-based, warm and beautifully structured, Chicago drummer and composer Charles Rumback's 7th album as a leader assembles a large group of luminaries including Jim Baker, Ron Miles, Jason Stein, and Greg Ward for a set of instrumentals and songs that are effusive but never sentimental, a beautiful balance.

Rutherford, Paul / Sabu Toyozumi: The Conscience [VINYL]
Rutherford, Paul / Sabu Toyozumi:
The Conscience [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $22.95    




Out of Stock

The 1st in a series of unreleased concerts from the 90s recorded in Japan by Chap-Chap Records, acquired by NoBusiness to bring them to light; this duo album brings the late and influential UK free improvising trombonist Paul Rutherford together with drummer Sabu Toyozumi for five far-ranging dialogs of both reflective and enthusiastical energetic playing.

Samartzis, Philip / Eugene Ughetti: Array [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]
Samartzis, Philip / Eugene Ughetti:
Array [VINYL w/ DOWNLOAD]

(Room40 -- Australia )


Price: $23.95    




Out of Stock

A 3-part performance work exploring the effects of powerful climate forces affecting the poles of our planet, as Philip Samartzis and Eugene Ughetti use recordings of radar & scientific instrumentation used in upper atmospheric research along with custom built instruments, producing a unique series of textures, rhythmic cycles, resonances, and timbral phenomena.

Sanguedolce, Lorenzo & Michael Bisio: Live at the Yippie [VINYL]
Sanguedolce, Lorenzo & Michael Bisio:
Live at the Yippie [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $19.00    




Out of Stock

Part of a performance by tenor saxophonist Lorenzo Sanguedolce and bassist Michael Bisio, two extended and adventurous jazz works composed by Sanguedolc.

Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part I) [VINYL - SLIGHTLY DAMAGED]
Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman:
A Lifeboat (Part I) [VINYL - SLIGHTLY DAMAGED]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




In Stock

Dinged Sleeve corners from rough postal handling

The first of two planned volumes of studio improvisations between Brooklyn trumpeter & flugelhorn player Michael Sarian and keyboardist Matthew Putman, recorded in Sarin's home studio during the 2020 pandemic, allowing freedom in exploration as they sought out cadences, rhythms and melodies, this 1st volume presenting the finest of their investigations.

Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part I) [VINYL]
Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman:
A Lifeboat (Part I) [VINYL]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $18.99    




In Stock

The first of two planned volumes of studio improvisations between Brooklyn trumpeter & flugelhorn player Michael Sarian and keyboardist Matthew Putman, recorded in Sarin's home studio during the 2020 pandemic, allowing freedom in exploration as they sought out cadences, rhythms and melodies, this 1st volume presenting the finest of their investigations.

Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman: A Lifeboat (Part II) [VINYL CLEAR]
Sarian, Michael / Matthew Putman:
A Lifeboat (Part II) [VINYL CLEAR]

(577 Records -- USA )


Price: $25.95    




In Stock

The second of two volumes of studio improvisations between Brooklyn trumpeter & flugelhorn player Michael Sarian and keyboardist Matthew Putman, recorded in Sarin's home studio during the 2020 pandemic, allowing freedom in exploration as they sought out cadences, rhythms and melodies, this 2nd volume presenting the most interesting of their investigations.

Satoh, Masahiko / Sabu Toyozumi: The Aiki [VINYL]
Satoh, Masahiko / Sabu Toyozumi:
The Aiki [VINYL]

(NoBusiness -- Lithuania )


Price: $22.95    




Out of Stock

Working together often over decades, free improvising drummer Sabu Toyozumi and composer/improvising pianist Masahiko Satoh are heard here in a 1997 duo concert at C S Aka-Renga, in Yamaguchi City, Japan, for an engaging concert of energetic interaction, emphasizing Satoh's percussive approach to the keys and Sabu's inherent melodicism in his approach to drumming.

Scherchen, Hermann: Orchesterproben Ludwig Van Beethoven 6. Sinfonie [VINYL]
Scherchen, Hermann:
Orchesterproben Ludwig Van Beethoven 6. Sinfonie [VINYL]

(Edition Rz -- Germany )


Price: $14.36    




In Stock

An historical recording of Hermann Scherchen directing the RTSI Orchestra in a rehearsal of Beethoven's 6th Symphony, 1964, one of the works Scherchen is most associated with.



Go back:


See More Items:

In-stock items only. Sold out items will disappear from store. Orders must be placed through our shopping cart. Price shown is discounted price. Sale ends Sunday, June 25, 2023 at 11:59 PM EST. While quantities last. Discounted items will receive Squidco Reward Points.


Best Sellers in This Category:

Alcorn, Susan / Joe McPhee / Ken Vandermark: Invitation To A Dream

Bradford, Bobby / Frode Gjerstad / Kent Carter / John Stevens: Blue Cat [VINYL]

Angles 9: Injuries [VINYL 2 LPs]

Bradford, Bobby / Hafez Modirzadeh / Mark Dresser / Alex Cline: Live At The Open Gate [VINYL]

Abrams', Joshua Cloud Script: Cloud Script [VINYL]

Universal Indians w/ Joe McPhee: Skullduggery [VINYL 2 LPs]

Toyozumi / Countryman / Tan: Chasing The Sun [VINYL]

Gjerstad, Frode / Kent Carter / John Stevens: Detail-90 [VINYL]

Mats Gustafsson / Craig Taborn: Ljubljana [VINYL]

Amba, Zoh / Chris Corsano / Bill Orcutt: The Flower School [VINYL]

Bradford, Bobby / Hafez Modirzadeh / Roberto Miranda / Vijay Anderson: Live At The Blue Whale [VINY

ISM: Japanese Flower [VINYL]

Bang, Billy Survival Ensemble: Black Man's Blues [VINYL]

Cortex (Johansson / Alberts / Hoyer / Nilssen): Live in New York [VINYL]

Honsinger's, Tristan Hopscotch: Cloud Reading Society [VINYL]

Company: Trios [VINYL 2 LPs]

Mela, Francisco feat. Cooper-Moore / William Parker: Music Frees Our Souls, Vol. 2 [VINYL]

Angles 9: In Our Midst [VINYL]

Amba, Zoh / William Parker / Francisco Mela: O Life, O Light Vol. 2 [VINYL]

Nilssen's, Gard Acoustic Unity (Roligheten / Eldh / Nilssen): Firehouse [VINYL]

The Squid's Ear Magazine

The Squid's Ear Magazine

© 2002-, Squidco LLC