A new music super-group featuring Matt Hollenberg (Simulacrum, Shardik, Secret Chiefs 3) on electric guitar, Simon Hanes (Gargantua, Tredici Bacci, Tsons of Tsunami) on electric bass, and Ches Smith (Clone Row, We All Break, Laugh Ash) on drums, “Flatlands” is a dynamic rock power trio in the Simulacrum/Naked City/ Insurrection mold. The music is intense, quirky, and wildly ecstatic—twelve com-pact stop-on-a-dime kaleidoscopic miniatures that astonishingly defy musical logic and reveal a deep philosophical edge. Filled with infectious riffs, atonal melodies, complex rhythms, virtuosic solos, and ever-surprising structural innovations “Flatlands” is one of the most mind-bendingly extreme guitar trios ever created.

Mastermind of Zion80, Rashanim, and so much more, guitarist Jon Madof steps out with a dynamic power trio featuring two of his closest collaborators, Yoshie Fruchter and Nate Rappaport. With a heavier sound and a more orchestral produc-tion, these lyrical compositions provide a perfect springboard for Madof’s brilliant guitar pyrotechnics. “Netzach,” Jon’s eighth CD for Tzadik, is modern Jewish music at its raging best, a masterful blend of Jewish music, surf, and metal by this legendary twenty-year veteran of Radical Jewish Culture.

A special CD/DVD package by Ikue Mori, one of the most accomplished and acclaimed masters of electronic music alive today. Here she illustrates some of her greatest musical masterpieces with an imaginative collection of videos starring her family of handmade dolls and puppets that interact with startling animated back-grounds and mysterious stage sets. Featuring her closest musical cohorts who assist in these mythic tales of fantasy, science fiction, Japanese ghosts, and more, “Enchanted and Delighted” is her greatest achievement to date.