Friday Five highlights music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.

This week features a cappella techno by Ki5, Americana by Turner Luce, quirky pop by Studio Lounge, electronica by kaito ian, and dream folk by Mree.

Ki5, Body EP
Ypsi's Ki5 has become a first-call performer for local events, from street fairs and summer concert series to opening for Reggie Watts at Mendelssohn Theater and hosting a Silent Disco on Saturday, December 16, at AADL's Downtown branch. Kyler Wilkins' growing success is a testament to his skills as a singer who loops his voice to create music but it's also because Ki5's feel-good songs appeal to a wide swath of people, from dancing families to techno heads. His new three-song EP leans into the dance-music vibe he's projected on certain songs over the past few years, but the a cappella roots of the songs are still at the fore. (I would love to hear these songs remixed by a straight-up techno artist.) Be sure to watch the video for "Soul" until the end for some fun bloopers.

Turner Luce, Nothing Left to Say
Ann Arbor's Turner Luce took its Americana-steeped songs to nearby Big Sky Recoding to record its debut album. But despite making Nothing Left to Say in one of the region's premiere recording venues, Luce kept the instrumentation minimalist and didn't go wild with overdubs or studio musicians. Acoustic guitar and voice are front and center with additional support from violin, bass, and piano.

Studio Lounge, Saturday Morning Cartoons EP
Ann Arbor's Studio Lounge returns with a two-song EP highlighting the quartet's silly indie-pop sensibilities. The title track is from the perspective of a person who wants to have a sleepover with a friend so they can watch cartoons in the morning. The B-side, "Crusty Old Smelly Dog," is only partly about a stinky canine as the lyrics morph into riffs about living in a crap small town or becoming a broken-down old man.

kaito ian, Audio System EP
When I heard the title track of this new EP by kaito san, I had to do a double-take to make sure the record wasn't released by Ypsilanti's AGN7 label, which specializes in drum 'n' bass. The answer is no despite ian being an Ypsi artist, and the rest of Audio System has nothing to do with d 'n' b: "memoryfade v2" and "progress harmony" are twinkly techno pieces somewhere between Aphex Twin's more whimsical works and Tycho's lilting electronica, while "teku" is pure hard techno. All of it is really good, too. (But AGN7 and ian should definitely link up for a future release.)

Mree, Re-imagined EP
Ann Arbor's Mree has been creating beautiful dream-folk music for several years, but this is the first time she's come across my radar. (All those descriptions can also be used for her husband, Herni Bardot, who I also only discovered this year, too.) The Bandcamp page for Re-imagined says it features three reworked songs to honor the 10th anniversary of Mree's Winterwell album (which appears to have come out in 2017?), though only "Lift Me Up" appears in both places.  "Face Down" and "All the Stars" are the other two songs on this EP, and the trio of tunes is worth your time if you love reverb-laden pop balladry. (As someone who finds himself listening to the Spa channel on Sirius XM more than I'd care to admit, I could easily hear Mree's spacious music in heavy rotation there.)

Christopher Porter is a library technician and the editor of Pulp.