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A singer/songwriter and keyboardist/saxophonist,
Joey Dosik had recorded with artists spanning jazz, funk, indie rock, techno, and alt-R&B before releasing his first solo material in the mid-2010s. Suiting his buttery, sweet-tempered vocal quality, he committed to a smooth soul indebted to '70s R&B ballads,
Carole King, and
Marvin Gaye on his debut LP, 2018's
Inside Voice. He is also known as a frequent collaborator of instrumental R&B/funk outfit
Vulfpeck.
A Los Angeles native,
Dosik played in the
Henry Grimes Group in 2003 and 2004 alongside
Nels Cline,
Alex Cline, and
Vinny Golia, among others, while still in high school. He left to pursue a degree in Jazz and Contemplative Studies at the University of Michigan. During his time in Ann Arbor,
Dosik played saxophone on a track for
Build an Ark's 2007 LP Dawn and joined Afro-beat fusion group
NOMO for their 2008 release
Ghost Rock. Around that time, he also became a member of Ann Arbor electro-pop/funk group My Dear Disco, aka
Ella Riot, as keyboardist. He appeared on their 2008 Dancethink LP, which included a cover of
Stevie Wonder's "All I Do." Among the group's other members were
Dosik's roommate, multi-instrumentalist
Theo Katzman, and bass player Joe Dart.
Dosik completed his B.F.A. in 2008. In 2009, he relocated to L.A., while
Katzman and Dart went on to form
Vulfpeck with two other music majors, Jack Stratton and Woody Goss.
Dosik released his first solo EP, a diverse set of singer/songwriter pop called Where Do They Come From?, in 2012. That same year, he appeared on the
Vulfpeck EP
Vollmilch and played piano and keyboards on
Into the Wild: Live at Eastwest Studios for alternative singer/songwriter
LP. The following year, he wrote a track for
Vulfpeck's
My First Car EP and performed on it, and in 2014, he contributed to
LP's album
Forever for Now. He then rejoined
Vulfpeck for their 2015 full-length debut,
Thrill of the Arts, and co-wrote, sang, and played piano on lounge-inspired musician
Mocky's
Key Change album. As these recording projects saw release in 2015,
Dosik also spent time at home recording some of his own music while recovering from reconstructive ACL surgery. Settling into a piano-based smooth soul, the resulting love-and-basketball-themed Game Winner EP was self-released in 2016.
Mocky and members of
Vulfpeck were among the guests on the record. Later the same year,
Dosik provided another song and saxophone performance for
Vulfpeck's
The Beautiful Game album, and he and Stratton were among the production team for
Jack Garratt's 2016 debut,
Phase.
Dosik collaborated with
Vulfpeck again for their third LP, 2017's
Mr. Finish Line. That album included a re-recording of
Dosik's song "Running Away" from his second EP, this time with
Vulfpeck and such elite studio musicians as guitarist
David T. Walker and drummer
James Gadson backing
Dosik. He toured with the band for
Mr. Finish Line, opening shows as well as joining them on-stage for some of their set. He made his network television debut in February 2018 on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, performing "Running Away" with a backing band that included
Katzman and Dart.
In the meantime, Secretly Canadian added
Dosik to its roster. The label issued an expanded edition of Game Winner in June of 2018 before releasing his full-length solo debut,
Inside Voice, that August. Sticking with a warm retro-soul sound, its guest musicians included
Katzman,
Mocky, and
Moses Sumney. ~ Marcy Donelson