Ki5 & Jordan Hamilton

Vocalist, songwriter, and producer Kyler Wilkins from Ann Arbor, Michigan, has been performing as Ki5 (rhymes with high-five), using nothing but a loop station and a simple effects unit since 2017. His vibrant composition style—influenced by his time in a cappella groups—explores the human voice meshed with beatboxing and delivers familiar genres such as R&B, pop, and soul. Cellist and vocalist Jordan Hamilton is a mix of mastery and maverick musicality; hip-hop influenced, rhythmically layered, melodically robust. He makes avant garde folk-soul music, a key to navigating space, time, and change gracefully. John Sinkevics of Local Spins describes his music this way; “Plucking, sawing, pounding and caressing the cello to extract sometimes other-worldly sounds; melding live looping with classical music interludes, hip hop, and jazz.” Tonight these highly innovative Michigan musicians join forces in a duo show.