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Essential Artists

• John Cage
• Daniel Carter/Ayumi Ishito/George Draguns/Ed Wilcox
• +Dog+
• Michel Doneda/Le Quan Ninh /Nuria Andorra
• Expanse
• Christopher Fox
• Satoko Fujii This is It! (w/ Natsuki Tamura/Takashi Itani)
• Steve Hirsh Trio w/ Eri Yamamoto & William Parker
• Charlotte Hug
• Hungry Ghosts (Yandsen/Svendsen/Nilssen-Love)
• Ramon Lopez
• Rob Mazurek
• Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins
• Simon Nabatov
• New Origin (feat. Christoph Rocher/Joe Fonda/Harvey Sorge)
• Kory Reeder
• Simulcrum
• Josh Sinton
• Sorry For Laughing (G. Whitlow/M. Bates/Dave-Id/E. Ka-Spel)
• Von Schlippenbach/Altschul Quartet w/ Joe Fonda & Rudi Mahal
• Christer Bothen 3

Essential Labels

577 Records
Another Timbre
Evil Clown
ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd
FiP recordings
Klanggalerie

Libra
Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!)
Love Earth Music
Mahakala Music
Nakama Records
RogueArt

New Releases

Jazz & Improvisation

Carter, Daniel / Ayumi Ishito / George Draguns / Ed Wilcox: Makeshift Spirituals
(577 Records)

Uniting four visionary improvisers — Daniel Carter on trumpet, flute, and saxophones; Ayumi Ishito on saxophones and effects; George Draguns on guitar and bass; and Ed Wilcox on drums — this dynamic quartet merges free jazz, psychedelic textures, and experimental energy into a powerful collective session recorded at Brooklyn's Metropolitan Sound.

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Doneda, Michel / Le Quan Ninh / Nuria Andorra: El Retorn De L'escolta (A La Memoria De Marianne Brull)
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

A powerful live performance recorded at Barcelona's L'Auditori in tribute to the late patron of free improvisation, Marianne Brull, capturing the first meeting of soprano saxophonist Michel Doneda, percussionist Lê Quan Ninh, and Barcelona-based improviser Núria Andorrà in a set of radical listening and deep interaction exploring spontaneous collective expression.

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Expanse: Panoramic Extent
(Evil Clown)

An electrified offshoot of Evil Clown's improvisational collective, this powerful quartet featuring PEK, Jonathan LaMaster, Robin Amos, and Michael Knoblach channels the post-rock energy of Boston's Cul de Sac through spontaneous electroacoustic interplay, melding elaborate electronics, extended strings, and an arsenal of percussive and wind instruments into a rich, groove-laced and sonically expansive performance.

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Fujii, Satoko This is It! (w/ Natsuki Tamura / Takashi Itani): Message
(Libra)

A tour de force third release from pianist-composer Satoko Fujii's trio This Is It!, recorded in Tokyo with long-time collaborator Natsuki Tamura on trumpet and kinetic percussionist Takashi Itani, blending angular composition, fierce improvisation, and creatively spirited interplay into inventive, high-energy, and emotionally rich performances.

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Hirsh, Steve Trio w/ Eri Yamamoto & William Parker: Root Causes
(Mahakala Music)

An inspired session of spontaneously lyrical collective interplay from drummer Steve Hirsh with pianist Eri Yamamoto and bassist William Parker (also performing on gimbri), recorded in a single afternoon at Brooklyn's Park West Studios, presenting four fully improvised pieces that balance nuance, empathy, and depth with free yet cohesive expression.

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Hug, Charlotte: In Resonance With Elsewhere
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Composer, violist, and vocal innovator Charlotte Hug presents her fourth solo album in a stunning multidimensional performance blending voice, viola, and spatial resonance, emphasizing her expanded vocal range across a set of immersive, sonically rich works drawn from her 2022 Ruhrtriennale commission and captured in vivid spatial detail at La Prairie in Switzerland.

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Hungry Ghosts (Yandsen / Svendsen / Nilssen-Love): Segaki
(Nakama Records)

Captured live in Austria during their 2022 tour, the ferocious trio of Yong Yandsen on tenor sax, Christian Meaas Svendsen on double bass, voice, and shakuhachi, and Paal Nilssen-Love on drums conjure a visceral yet nuanced ritual of free improvisation, fusing Buddhist themes and extended technique into a raw, dynamic, and spiritually charged performance.

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Lopez, Ramon : 40 Springs In Paris
(RogueArt)

Celebrating four decades of artistic evolution, Spanish-born, Paris-based drummer Ramon Lopez presents a spontaneous solo performance recorded in just two hours, merging the rhythmic inventiveness of jazz with poetic intuition, drawing on global influences from India, North Africa, and beyond in a deeply personal synthesis of gesture, memory, and improvisational mastery.

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Monk, Thelonious with Sonny Rollins : 1953 To 1957 Revisited
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Restoring and remastering three key sessions documenting the evolving creative relationship between Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins, alongside artists including Julius Watkins, Ernie Henry, Oscar Pettiford, and Max Roach, in a vital revisitation of formative collaborations that highlight Monk's unique brilliance and Rollins' early improvisational voice within shifting post-bop ensembles.

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Nabatov, Simon: Agree to Disagree
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Pianist Simon Nabatov leads three shifting ensembles through eight distinct compositions in this richly orchestrated and stylistically diverse studio recording, blending chamber elements and jazz improvisation with musicians including Angelika Niescier, Shannon Barnett, Pascal Klewer, and Roger Kintopf, as Nabatov explores contrasting textures, political undercurrents, and tonal interplay.

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New Origin (feat. Christoph Rocher / Joe Fonda / Harvey Sorge): The Poet Walks
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

Formed from a transatlantic friendship and deep musical rapport, the trio of clarinetist Christophe Rocher, bassist Joe Fonda, and drummer Harvey Sorgen create an inspired and richly expressive set of improvisations, balancing melodic clarity and spontaneous invention in a lyrical program that reflects themes of presence, connection, and creative renewal.

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Simulcrum: Automatons
(Evil Clown)

Originally intended as an octet, this quartet edition of Simulacrum features David Peck, Eric Dahlman, Robin Amos, and Michael Knoblach navigating a dense electroacoustic improvisation with expanded electronics, handmade instruments, and unorthodox sound objects, embracing radical lineup shifts and the spontaneous resilience of pure freeform experimentation.

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Sinton, Josh: Couloir & Book Of Practitioners Vol. 2 Book "W" [2 CDs]
(FiP recordings)

Baritone saxophonist Josh Sinton continues his deep engagement with Steve Lacy's saxophone etudes in this 2-CD release, presenting fifteen spontaneous solo improvisations on Couloir, alongside a meticulous yet personal interpretation of Lacy's Book of Practitioners Vol. 2 "W", a suite of six structured études that explore sonic character through repetition, variation, and improvisation.

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Von Schlippenbach, Alexander / Barry Altschul Quartet w/ Joe Fonda & Rudi Mahal: Free Flow [2 CDs]
(Listen! Foundation (Fundacja Sluchaj!))

A first-time meeting of four free jazz luminaries — pianist Alexander von Schlippenbach, bassist Joe Fonda, drummer Barry Altschul, and bass clarinetist Rudi Mahall — captured live in Vienna, delivering a vibrant and exploratory double CD of spontaneous interplay, deep lyricism, and uncompromising freedom from a quartet of master improvisers united in real-time invention.

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Experimental/Electronic

+Dog+: The Family Music Book Vol. 5 [2 CDs]
(Love Earth Music)

A sprawling double-CD of feral live improvisations recorded across Northeastern U.S. venues in 2023-2024, this fifth volume from +DOG+ brings together noise and experimental artists Steve Davis, Bobby Almon, Chuck Foster, Edward Giles, LOB, and Mackenzie Kourie in shifting configurations that conjure raw energy, anarchic spontaneity, and ecstatic sonic disarray.

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Rock/R.I.O./Prog

Sorry For Laughing (G. Whitlow / M. Bates / Dave-Id / E. Ka-Spel): Rain Flowers [2 CDS]
(Klanggalerie)

Revived as an experimental supergroup by Biota's Gordon H. Whitlow, Sorry For Laughing brings together a unique cast including Edward Ka-Spel, Martyn Bates, Dave-id Busaras, Patrick Q-Wright, and Janet Feder in Rain Flowers, a two-CD album weaving post-punk echoes, poetic reflections, avant-classical textures, and psychedelic nuance into a vivid and surreal sonic garden.

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Composed & Contemporary

Cage, John: Chamber Works 1943-1951
(Another Timbre)

A superb interpretation of John Cage's early chamber works, performed by members of Apartment House and pianist Kerry Yong, recorded at The Old School, in Starston, UK, highlighting Cage's intricate balance of rhythm and resonance through prepared piano, strings, and percussion, captured in detailed and intimate recordings by Simon Reynell at The Old School in Starston, UK.

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Fox, Christopher: Dissenting Voices
(ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

The second set of compositions from Christopher Fox emulating the Subharchord's sonic architecture through acoustic means, performed by Dominic Lash on double bass, Elisabeth Flunger on bass drum, and Kathryn Williams on bass flute, drawing deep resonance from extended techniques and elemental gestures in a richly textural exploration of dissent, descent, and transformation.

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Reeder, Kory: Homestead
(Another Timbre)

A deeply personal meditation rooted in the composer's time as artist-in-residence at Homestead National Historical Park, this four-movement string quartet performed by Chihiro Ono, Amalia Young, Bridget Carey, and Anton Lukoszevieze weaves archival fragments, traditional forms, and minimalist textures into a contemplative, resonant work of memory, place, and lineage.

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Books & Magazines

Mazurek, Rob: Flitting Splits Reverb Adage [BOOK]
(RogueArt)

Drawing from his projects and recordings to craft a textual soundscape as expressive and dynamic as his sonic explorations, cornetist and composer Rob Mazurek presents a vivid collection of poems and prose, merging impressionistic language with the sources of his instrumental art in a compelling companion to his body of improvised music.

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$10.95

Schindler, Udo / Werner Dafeldecker / Gunnar Geisse: Travelling Sound Images - Cognitive Transfers [Trio] (Creative Sources)

Mars Williams / Vasco Trilla: Awakening Nature From Her Dream (Not Two)

The Flying Luttenbachers: Spectral Warrior Mythos 2 (ugExplode)

Shaking The Squid Blog Entries 2024

Sound the Alarm (Clayton Thomas + Ensemble): Sound the Alarm (Relative Pitch)

Udo Schindler / Paul Rogers: Ephemeral Locations (Confront)

Daniel Carter / Ayumi Ishito: Endless Season (577 Records)

Albert Ayler Trio: Prophecy Live, First Visit (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Alexandra Grimal / Giovanni Di Domenico: Shakkei (Relative Pitch)

Abdou / Gouband / Warelis: Hammer, Roll and Leaf (Relative Pitch)

Paul Bley Trio: Floater & Syndrome - The Upright Piano Sessions Revisited (ezz-thetics by Hat Hut Records Ltd)

Zeena Parkins / Chris Brown / William Winant / Ben Davis: Scree (Relative Pitch)

Stay Current With Squidco

We're never quite caught up with new releases that constantly come in our door, and we don't like to rush a release to our homepage. That said, the following releases have already been stocked at Squidco, and are able to be ordered. In most cases we have images, often have samples, and some basic description of each release.

• You can see the newest additions to our catalog in our Just In Stock Section.

• You can see the latest fully cataloged items in our store by using our New Releases section.

• You can see Recently Restocked items on this page.

• You can ask to have us email you when Upcoming Releases are in stock.

Abrasion Addict / Animal Machine: Split (Love Earth Music)	Sophie Agnel: Song (Relative Pitch)	AGogol / NaabtalDeath / Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues: Mistika Jpeg Oscillations (Creative Sources)
Akmee: Sacrum Profanum (Nakama Records)	Bloomers (Efternoler / Dybbroe / Goodwin): Cyclism (Relative Pitch)	Dan Brown / Dan Reynolds: Live At The Grange Hall [unauthorized][CASSETTE] (Sacred Realism)
Jim Denley / Dale Gorfinkel / Peter Farrar: Vents (Relative Pitch)	+DOG+: Our Beloved..... (Love Earth Music)	+DOG+: Peace (Love Earth Music)
+DOG+: The Light Of Our Lives (2CDRs) (Love Earth Music)	E.O.C. (Engineering Of Consent): Dreams (Love Earth Music)	Elka Bong: Without Walls (Love Earth Music)
Eternities: Rides Again [CASSETTE] (Sacred Realism)	Expanse: The Insistance Of Cacophony (Evil Clown)	Expanse Percussion Edition: Sonorant Pandemonium (Evil Clown)
FDF Trio: Possibility And Prejudices From Within A Cup [VINYL] (Konnekt)	Fohn Ensemble (Foschla / Duerinckx / Northover): Fohn Ensemble (Creative Sources)	Philip Gayle : Sunrise Crazy (Public Eyesore)
Evan Johnson : Dust Book (Another Timbre)	Juice Machine: Yachats (Love Earth Music)	Stefan Keune / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith: Two Felt-Tip Pens: Live At Moers (Balance Point Acoustics)
Leap Of Faith: Crawling Into Consciousness (Evil Clown)	Leap Of Faith: Isotropic Radiators (Evil Clown)	Leap Of Faith: Pinpoint Diffractions (Evil Clown)
Timothy McCormack : Mine But For Its Sublimation (Another Timbre)	Metal Chaos Ensemble: Barsoom (Evil Clown)	MNE (Mikawa / Numata / Escalante): MNE Is Not NME (Love Earth Music)
Money : Money 2 (2CDs) (Love Earth Music)	Nakama (Holm / Roysum / Tanaka / Wildhagen / Svendsen): New World (Nakama Records)	Neurodivergent Orchestra: Beyond the Planet of Banana Cream Pies (Evil Clown)
Nil by Nose: Pictures On Trains Repainted (Love Earth Music)	Re-Ghoster Extended: The Zebra Paradox [VINYL] (Konnekt)	Sam Rivers: The Quest (Red Records)
Ernesto Rodrigues / Ana Albino / Hernani Faustino / Carlos Santos: A Glimpse To An End Of A Cycle (Creative Sources)	Ernesto Rodrigues / Guilherme Rodrigues / Maximilian Glass: Beyond The Mist And The Unforeseen Encounters (Creative Sources)	Ernesto Rodrigues / Miguel Mira / Flak / Tiago Varela / Manuel Guimaraes: Genius Loci (Creative Sources)
Ferdinand Schwarz : Listening Time (Another Timbre)	Havard Skaset: 8:15 (Conrad Sound)	Laura Steenberge : Piriforms (Sacred Realism)
Christian Svendsen Meaas : Body Of Sound - Body Of Music (Nakama Records)	Thee Checkered Shoed Dude: A 'Lil Test Of That (Love Earth Music)	The Touchables : Svart/Hvitt (Conrad Sound)
Turbulence: Nested Phenomena (Evil Clown)	Turbulence: Objections To Realism (Evil Clown)	ukya (Bo / Lien / Sorenmo): We Come For An Experience Of Presence (Nakama Records)
Unredeemable (Tracy Lisk / Andrea Pensado): Preverbal (Love Earth Music)	Andreas Wildhagen's Spiralis : Beauty No Beauty (Nakama Records)

Squidco has been in business as a mail-order store since 2003. In 2010, we moved to Wilmington, NC, providing regional and visiting customers access to our catalog of over 9,000 items, including hundreds of discounted, used, and promotional items not listed on our website. We're open for visits by appointment during weekday afternoons, so if you're in the North Carolina coastal region, please email us to set up a time — we'd love to play some music for you!

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