LP – Bizhiki – Unbound

1 LP – Indie version on ‘sky blue’ vinyl

Bizhiki is almost wholly a made-in-Wisconsin project, a collaboration between Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings, Joe Rainey, and the multi-instrumentalist Sean Carey (S. Carey), who for years has been a secret weapon within the Bon Iver family. “Unbound” opens with a single, trembling chord that rises and descends before meeting a warm, beguiling voice, a voice singing in a tradition that’s been heard in northern river country for millennia. The music that follows is a soulful dialogue between the ancient tradition of powwow singing and a contemporary musical palette.

On “Unbound”, the powwow style of singing is entwined with synthesized voice modulation, and hand drumming is accented with electronic samples and beats – the harmonies and resonances are equal parts cultural and musical. Recording steadily over the course of years, the trio chipped away at an expansive, ambitious and unique record that sounds like no other music being made today.