Bigtree Bonsai
Bigtree Bonsai Bigtree Bonsai, hailing from Duluth Minnesota, is a new experimental project recently gaining notoriety for taking multiple genres of music and synthesizing them into one extremely captivating live performance. After a few years of performing as an acoustic duo and feeling a bit unfulfilled with the endeavor, long time friends Ben Berg and Brandon Hagstrom decided to take their sound electric. With this decision made and not knowing exactly how to make the transition Zach Mullan who had been sitting in with the duo at shows for sometime now had the energy and presence necessary to assist and tastefully add depth to Hagstrom's technical and intricate song writing. The only thing the trio was missing at this point was a compliment to the deep bass grooves provided by Berg. Then one sunny afternoon as the boys were playing catch across the street from their Duluth residence, Colin Hacklander after just moving into his new summer apartment down the street was on his way to purchase some bananas and milk and happened across the boys, and as fate would have it, he was also looking to jam. Hacklander's discipline, energy and knowledge of music forced the string trio to elevate they?re playing and writing to a much more conscious and orchestrated style. The quartet's friendships and music has been on an extremely fast paced ride and their evolution has no signs of decay. Since their inception in the summer of 2008, Bigtree Bonsai has been dreaming big for the expansion and development of their sound. This is as far as words will take us in this story. Your ears will explain the rest.