Zorn’s work has been deeply influenced by the work of Gysin and Burroughs, beginning in the late ’60s when he first became aware of their art, writing, and revolutionary techniques of third mind collaboration. Dreamachines celebrates this connection with nine compositions combining the quirky atonality of Zorn’s classical music, the cut up techniques of Naked City and the soulful lyricism of the Masada songbook. A companion piece to Nova Express (2011), the music is incredibly varied and jumps from tonality to atonality with dramatic surprise. Another complex and intense program of modern chamber music filled with meticulous detail and emotion performed by an all-star quartet of virtuosos from Zorn’s inner circle.

Born in Japan and a resident of New York since 2001, Aya Nishina is a very special and beautiful spirit whose work touches upon nature, spirituality and the deepest human emotions. Five years in the making F l o r a is a brilliant suite of pieces for the human voice. At times layering hundreds of voices at the same time, the music is lush, orchestral and healing. Meticulously written, rehearsed, guided and recorded, this is a fabulous debut CD by a brilliant composer who has worked with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Greg Osby and many others.

The music of composer, violinist, and conductor David Fulmer is some of the most rigorous, demanding and imaginative work around. Greatly acclaimed in the classical world, Dave studied with Milton Babbitt, was a recipient of the Charles Ives Award, and the first American to win the coveted Edvard Grieg Prize for Composition. His first CD for Tzadik presents a dynamic masterpiece for chamber ensemble and soprano saxophone. Filled with brilliant colors and a striking virtuosity, this is exciting new music from a dynamic sonic explorer who is reaching beyond spectralism and the new complexity to dramatic uncharted regions!

Noah Creshevsky composes some of the most meticulously constructed electronic music around. For his third Tzadik CD he has created a sonic history of his life work, inspired by the idea of a retrospective. The Four Seasons presents a new largescale composition that reflects his work from 1992 on to his present work with Hyperrealism, creating virtual “super-performers” using the sounds of voices and traditional instruments pushed beyond human capacities. Another brilliant and varied program charting the history of one of the world’s most important composers of electronic music!

Active since the mid-'60s, Alvin Curran is one of America’s most courageous and outrageous musical mavericks. A true forefather to the Downtown scene, his music embraces the dialectics of composition/improvisation, tonality/atonality, minimalism/maximalism, electronic/acoustic and more. His works are performed worldwide and he has received commissions from most of the world’s most important ensembles. Alvin's use of the Shofar in experimental music making goes as far back as 1988, and this long awaited release features several compositions for Shofar and electronics, and ranges from meditative Ambient environments to flamboyant, fast moving collage. Shofar Rags is a fabulous and historic release by one of the world's most eclectic and underappreciated musical explorers!

A mainstay of the Radical Jewish series since their first release in 2000, Jaroslaw Bester is one of the most consistently creative and imaginative musicians in the New Jewish Renaissance. His quartet, formerly The Cracow Klezmer Band has released no less than seven CDs on Tzadik, two interpreting John Zorn's Masada songbooks. Here they approach the classic compositions of Cracow-born Mordechaj Gebirtig, the preeminent Yiddish folk artist and one of the most influential poets and songwriters of his time. Killed in the Cracow Ghetto on Bloody Thursday, his songs were a staple of the Yiddish Theatre and continue to be widely performed today. Bester's arrangements are lush and filled with emotion, setting the tone of Gebirtig's lyrical melodies into a modern and powerful new context.

David Buchbinder teams up with JUNO-winning pianist and composer Hilario Durán and a crew of Canada’s top jazz and world musicians to present the second volume of his exciting Jewish-Cuban fusion. Working with award-winning producer (and band member) Roberto Occhipinti, the ensemble has captured a fresh, fiery and innovative new sound inspired by the Jewish Mambo craze of the 1950s. Celebratory and joyous music for dancing, listening and fressing from these brilliant musical masters!

Dan Blacksberg is the mastermind behind Electric Simcha, and his newest project is an ecstatic trip through the world of Hasidic nigunim as seen through the intense lens of Doom Metal. Inspired by bands such as Earth, and Sunn O))), the music on this album presents classic Spiritual Melodies out of the Hasidic tradition in re-composed and re-arranged versions aimed at a heavy rock sound. Featuring the leader on trombone, with Nick Millevoi and Yoshie Fruchter on guitars, Johnny Deblase on bass, and Eli Litwin on drums, this is music that blends the spiritual fire of Hasidic melodies with Albert Ayler and Dark Metal. Fabulous!