The Radar tracks new music by Washtenaw County-associated artists and labels.

This week: Kozora Quartet, T. Greens, Otherseas, Kylee Phillips, My Salamander, Manifest Zone, The Night Assembly, Brynn Hilliker, Atlas the Kid, and new music from the Intensity Recordings and AGN7 labels.

Kozora Quartet
Live
Genre: Jazz fusion
Location: Washtenaw County
Notes: Manchester's Ken Kozora might be best known as a trumpeter and creator of Horns for the Holidays charity program, but he also plays percussion, keyboards, and, on this collection of live recordings, bass. It's also the instrument on which he composed these funky world-jazz jams, performed alongside fellow area locals Paul Vornhagen (reeds), Robert Spalding Newcomb (guitars, sitar), John Churchville (drums), and Enrique "Jito" Pardo (drums). Some of the compositions go back to the 1980s but all the concert recordings come from 2024-2025.
Links: terapixelinc.wixsite.com/kozora-quartet/live-cd

T. Greens
"Vortex"
Genre: Funky fusion
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: Fundamental Sound Co. and Fun Fest honcho Taylor Greenshields picked up the drumsticks and laid down some booty-shaking grooves with Dylan Risinger (bass), Jordan Smith (organ), Ian Griffiths (guitar), and Joey LeClerc (tenor sax).
Links: instagram.com/tgreens

Otherseas
Goodbye Seas
Siris film
Genre: Ambient techno
Location: Former Ann Arbor-ite
Notes: Tom Maher lives in Chicago now, but he released some beautiful mixes and music while at U-M. This collection—"5 hours of music; 60 old songs and 2 new songs"—might be his swansong under the Otherseas moniker, but let's hope he continues creating. The physical edition of the release also includes a full 'zine, which you can read digitally here. He also recently released an experimental short film, Siris, which is subtitled, "A film for stereo sound systems."
Links: instagram.com/otherseas1 | otherseas1.com

Kylee Phillips 
"Beautiful Still (alt)"
Genre: Singer-songwriter
Location: Ypsilanti
Notes: Stripped-down version of a lovely track from her 2024 EP, The Good Parts.
Links: instagram.com/p/DQcAjD6jj_Z | linktr.ee/kyleephillipsmusic

Winning Team featuring Kaita
"Out of Tune"
Genre: Techno, EDM
Location: Ann Arbor record label
Notes: Intensity Recordings loves releasing big-room party jams.
Links: linktr.ee/intensityrecordings

Arkins and Aurede
"Sadang"
Genre: Techno, EDM
Location: Ann Arbor record label
Notes: This Intensity Recordings tune is a bit darker than most of the label's releases, and it even has some lower-tempo sections.
Links: linktr.ee/intensityrecordings

Offish & Attempt
Rokle EP
Genre: Atmospheric drum 'n' bass, techstep
Location: Ypsilanti record label
Notes: The AGN7 label never misses with these modern takes on 1990s-style drum 'n' bass.
Links: linktr.ee/agn7audio

My Salamander
"Underplace"
Genre: Progressive art pop
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: Second single by this excellent group of current and former U-M music students, following My Salamander's excellent August debut, "So New." Recommended for fans of the expansive, atmospheric music of Pink Floyd and Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree.
Links: mysalamander.band

Manifest Zone
"Everybody's Problem"
Genre: Nu-metal, hip-hop, electronic
Location: Ypsilanti
Notes: Latest project from Deadstring Orkestra's prolific Johnathan Killstring. Linkin Park-esque.
Links: instagram.com/johnnykillstring

The Night Assembly
Fear Takes Hold
Ossuary Reef
Genre: Ambient
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: Two new albums from Keith Rondinelli, aka The Night Assembly.
Links: thenightassembly.com

Brynn Hilliker
Trio at Canterbury House
Genre: Jazz
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: Another fab concert album from bassist Brynn Hilliker—this time with Kenji Lee (tenor sax) and Max Welterlen (drums)—following July's Live at the Michigan Jazz Festival. Recorded on October 3 at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor.
Links: linktr.ee/brynnmae

Atlas the Kid
The River Phlegethon EP
Genre: Hip-hop
Location: Ann Arbor
Notes: First new music in four years from this laidback MC.
Links: instagram.com/mad4tlas

Send your music to pulp@aadl.org if you're an artist or label with Washtenaw County associations.