Squama HHV Records 26 Items

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Squama)

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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After the success of 2021’s Ursgal, Mongolian jazz singer Enji returns with her third album Ulaan. The line-up has grown in size with drummer Mariá Portugal and clarinettist Joana Queiroz from Brazil joining the band to create an invigorating blend of grounded Folk and brooding Jazz.

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Enji

Ursgal

25,99 €*

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Marja Burchard & Simon Popp

Percussive Maintenance

Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Squama)

16,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Percussive Maintenance is an initiative by drummer Simon Popp and Squama aimed at forming new ties through improvisation. For the monthly events at Zirka in Munich, Simon invites fellow artists to engage in an open-format collaboration. The second episode featured Embryo's Marja Burchard on vibraphone and the recording is now available on tape in a limited edition.

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9ms

Sound Measures Zenker Brothers Rework

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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II' is the second album by drum experimentalists Simon Popp and Florian König aka '9ms'. Following up on their debut 'Pleats', the Munich-based musicians further expanded their toolbox of synthesizers, effects and tonal percussion to create a dark and dense fusion of Trip Hop, Krautrock and Dub.

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Fazer Drums

12" | 2020 | EU | Original (Squama)

13,99 €*

Raymond Pettibon, Oliver Augst

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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A stunning 17-minute-drumming-trip from feathery spheres through bold grooves to a dense thundery finish by Simon Popp and Sebastian Wolfgruber, the two drummers known for channeling World Music, Afrobeat and Jazz drumming in solo projects and with Munich-based Jazz quintet Fazer. The B-side holds a rework by fellow Munich producers Zenker Brothers.

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Nature Boy

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Squama)

16,99 €*

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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“I’m not anti-hippie. I’m anti-unrealistic utopianism. Hell, I’m basically an anarchist.”

The realm of the hippies stretches between “Nature Boy”, Eden Ahbez’s international hit song from 1948, and Charles Manson’s “Trial Testimony” from 1970. NATURE BOY by Raymond Pettibon & Oliver Augst is a romantic-anarchistic search for the sources of punk. A must for all Pettibon fans.

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Polygonia, Popp

Candid

Sophia Jani, Teresa Allgaier

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Roots run deep on "Candid', the first LP by Munich-based producer Polygonia and drummer Simon Popp. The record is a perfect blend of their distinct voices, with Popp's drumset and his signature percussion sounds buzzing around Polygonia's bold and blooming productions.
Comprised of live material recorded at Munich's ZIRKA in late 2022 and over several studio sessions in-between touring duties, 'Candid' is a meadow of herbal Electronic, mystic at times, but joyful nonetheless.

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Six Pieces For Solo Violin

LP | 2024 | EU | Original (Squama)

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Squama)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Contemporary classical composer Sophia Jani and violinist Teresa Allgaier announce their new collaborative work Six Pieces for Solo Violin on Squama Recordings. Characterized by its calmness and poise, each movement focuses on a particular technical aspect, bending the boundaries of the instrument while maintaining the illusion of simplicity.

Sometimes the most complicated thing anyone can do is to try to create something that feels uncomplicated. Arvo Pärt, ballet, a delicious meal we didn’t cook ourselves, Ella Fitzgerald, a safe place to lay our heads at night, a quiet pine forest – […] In all these things, it takes a lot of effort to make us feel as if something is effortless.
– David Lang (from the liner notes)

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Julian Klaas

Impromptu

28,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Julian Klaas

Impromptu

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Squama)

Jonathan Bockelmann

Childish Mind

21,99 €*

Masako Ohta & Matthias Lindermayr

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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On his debut album, Childish Mind, guitarist Jonathan Bockelmann presents a series of light, serene acoustic guitar vignettes. The Munich-born musician has studied classical guitar for about two decades, perfecting his technique and gaining mastery of the instrument. Childish Mind sees him explore a new compositional path by crafting delicately interwoven melodies for the acoustic guitar. From the gentle webs and patterns Jonathan creates, there’s a sense of meditativeness throughout the album—his music radiates out, filling moments with a sense of ease and calmness.

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Mmmmh

LP | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Squama)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Pianist Masako Ohta and trumpet player Matthias Lindermayr's music flows in gentle waves, moving with ease between every theme they imagine. Their music is largely improvised, embracing chance and following sound down winding paths. Their debut collaborative album, Mmmmh, highlights this loose process through its relaxed pace, surprising turns, and drifting style. The album presents small vignettes that each encapsulate their free-flowing motion and tranquil melodies, drawing from simple ideas to create a fully bloomed, radiant sound.

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Martin Brugger

Music For Video Stores

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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On his debut album producer and Squama co-founder Martin Brugger hovers through Ambient, (upbeat) Downbeat and unfulfilled build-ups. Conceptualized as a blank soundtrack, the music was sent to fellow artists who shared their visual and verbal associations which became the source for the artwork and tracktitles, effectively making the album a collective effort. Evident in all of his recent projects is Brugger's passion for working and thriving within closely set limits. The only audio sources in the process of making the album were his record player and a Dave Smith Prophet 08 synthesizer. In an antithesis to most sample-based music, Brugger takes the more ephemeral moments of recorded music and uses pitching tools as a magnifying glass to dive deeper into the sound and bare layers that normally remain unheard.

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Joana Quieroz

Tempo Sem Tempo

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Tempo Sem Tempo' is the fifth studio album by São Paulo based clarinet player, singer and composer Joana Queiroz, now available on vinyl for the first time outside of Brazil. It is indeed a timeless record. A cocooning blend of looped reeds and low-key electronics holding melodies and lyrics. When Joana sings, it's with noble restraint and grace, as can be heard on four songs including Gilberto Gil's 'Seu Olhar' and 'Dois Litorais' by her friend and Quartabê band mate Mariá Portugal. Standing out on 'Tempo Sem Tempo' is a wistful beauty that makes it easy to immerse oneself in the intimate vastness of this album.

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Matthias Lindermayr

Sequence

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Following his trio debut ‘Triptych’ last year, trumpeter Matthias Lindermayr presents his duo record ‘Sequence’ with long-time companion and ECM Recording Artist Matthieu Bordenave on tenor saxophone. In contrast to its technical title, ‘Sequence’ is a very lyrical record, sacral at times. Like two figure skaters, the voices gracefully glide along and whirl around in perfect synch, always sensing where the other one is going. A fitting comparison also, as the recording session was equally exhausting, due to the level of concentration required to perform this music. The minimalist line-up and the hyper-focused playing gives the album both a breath-like purity and solemn depth.

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Damian Dalla Torre

Happy Floating

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Squama)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Happy Floating is the debut LP of Italian composer, producer and reed player Damian Dalla Torre. Over the course of two years, the Leipzig-based artist recorded 19 musicians in all kinds of places to bring to life his unique blend of Avant Folk and Electronic. With reeds, brass, guitars, bass, drums, mallets, synthesizers, organ and electronics, the album feels like a mindful walk through a flowering meadow, tickling and caressing all at once. Born in Northern Italy to a family of non-musicians, his knack for woodwind instruments was uncovered by the sight of a big shiny baritone saxophone in a red velvet case that belonged to his grandma’s neighbour. It was and still is an odd instrument for anyone to play in the Val di Vizze, which may have added to young Damian’s excitement. He opted for the slightly smaller tenor saxophone, took up lessons and eventually studied music in Vienna and Leipzig, where he’s currently living and working within a spirited network of musicians, of which many are featured on this record.

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Matthias Lindermayr

Triptych

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Squama)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Known for his soothing trumpet work in German jazz group Fazer, Matthias Lindermayr is back on Squama with an all-new trio and his third album ‘Triptych’. With Philipp Schiepek on acoustic guitar and Simon Popp on percussion, the Munich-based musician created a forward-thinking record between jazz and contemporary classical, conceptually bold and utterly beautiful. ‘Triptych’ is a thrillingly quiet record. While the album’s predecessor ‘Newborn’ (2018) featured a quintet, the rather unusual trio line-up on ‘Triptych’ gave Matthias more room to share the nuances of his playing. His compositions, most written especially for this group, are of a noble simplicity allowing the musicians to focus more on interaction and sound.

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9ms

Pleats

19,99 €*

Carlos Cipa, Martin Brugger & Simon Popp

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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A download code is included. 9ms is the duo of Simon Popp and Florian König. On their wide ranging debut album ‚Pleats’ the tech-savvy drummers offer grooves from the dubbier realms of World Music and Krautrock - some meditative and light, some thick as wall and steady as a clock. The album was recorded live in a large wooden hall in the Bavarian Alps with only three microphones. Using various infrared and magnetic field sensors, Popp and König were able to translate their movements into control voltage, which they then used to trigger and tweak synthesizers and a myriad of effects. A way for two humans to become one with their mystic machinery.

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Runden

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Squama)

LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Squama)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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A download code is included. Runden is a collaboration by Martin Brugger (bass) and Simon Popp (drums), both of contemporary Jazz quintet Fazer, and neo-classical pianist Carlos Cipa. Their debut LP is a conceptual record reflecting on Minimal Music, Afrobeat, and Dub Techno of the late 90s/early 2000s. While Cipa's solo works build on clear harmonies, for the recordings of Runden he prepared the piano to make it sound like a faintly tonal percussion instrument and his mechanical patterns contrast the syncopated drum grooves of Popp and the deep and sparse basslines of Brugger. The musicians explore, over the course of seven tracks, the concept of circular music. Each piece is based on a four-bar-motif played in a loop and varied subtly but steadily over time, creating a sense of eternal recurrence and timelessness. This makes Runden a meditative but demanding record, that only grows with every listen.

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Fazer

Mara 2020 Repress

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Squama)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Replaces Faz001 wich will be discontinued! Mara is the debutalbum of Munich-based jazz group Fazer. Short Info: Mara is the debutalbum of Munich-based jazz group Fazer. The young musicians combine African and Latin rhythms with dubby basslines and melancholic melodies. The unusual lineup with two drummers (Simon Popp, Sebastian Wolfgruber), bass (Martin Brugger), guitar (Paul Brändle) and trumpet (Matthias Lindermayr) leaves an open space for unfettered improvisation. Through the concept of repetition and finely measured dynamics, Fazer create a drawing energy that can be felt directly at their live shows and has been captured perfecty on this record.

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Paul Brändle

Solo

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Squama)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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A download code is included. After releasing two records with the quintet Fazer, German guitarist Paul Brändle presents his solo debut on Squama Recordings. Paul’s minimalist compositions move in slow-motion between Straight Ahead Jazz, Folk, and Blues, only subtly disclosing their musical origins. The album was recorded in Vienna during the annual ‘Hundstage’, a period in the summer during which the whole city succumbs to the sweltering heat. Short on oxygen, but not on ideas, Paul created 9 tracks of soothing excellence that are worth calming down for.

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Fazer

Nadi

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Organic Grooves

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Laya 2023 Transparent Vinyl Repress Edition

Popp

LP | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Squama)

23,74 €* 24,99 € -5%

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Electronic & Dance

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Paul Brändle

Paul, Rick & River