There is no musician on earth even remotely similar to Shahzad Ismaily. Largely self-taught as a musician, composer, recording engineer and producer, his luminous work as featured-artist/co-producer on BIG BEND's "Last Circle in a Slowdown" (Shimmy-2026) adds to his growing list of collaborations with artists as diverse as Grammy Award winner Arooj Aftab, Yoko Ono, Laurie Anderson, Jim White, Tom Waits, Lou Reed, Vijay Iyer and a host of others. He is a founding member of Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog, and he is the owner/creator of Brooklyn's renowned 'Figure 8' recording studio, his creative base in NYC.