Steven Barsky



Music is life. I feel inspired to record the sonic patterns and sounds that are running around in

my head. Sometimes they come fast and furious, I don’t think I’ll get the Logic up and

recording before the ephemeral soundscape spewing from the speakers is gone. It happens so

fast sometimes…



Here are some examples of those dreams that got captured. Some meander, some bleep and

bloop, some have something resembling an actual song structure. Some are part of my Tribute

series of songs that pay homage to and remind you of the original song. Rain Dancing is an

example of that. It is highly evocative of the end of the song Rain Dances on the Camel album

of the same name. Listened to it as a teen, then it bounced around my head for several

decades. Voila! Tribute! Give both a listen and you’ll see what I mean. Some of these songs

pay homage to classic Buchla Styles. At least in my view. There’s a bit of Pop style here too,

enjoy that.



I love my Buchla gear. It takes me to a whole different place than my other synths do. Buchla is

deep. I bought my Music Easel about 5 years ago and it’s only recently that I feel I understand

a good part of it. The same with my 248r v2 MARF running v2.5 firmware ;-) At first I used it just

like a sequencer for notes and gates, but with the special ability to change inter-step timing.

Over the past year and a half the MARF has taught that it is oh so much more. Arbitrary

Function, indeed!



Thanks for the listen,

Steven



Tracks

1. Einstein Walks his Cat

2. Ropes Course

3. That Feeling’s Gone

4. Sticks

5. Reverse Guitar Thingy

6. Sparky’s Charge

7. Inner Space

8. Supercharged Roadtrip to the North

9. Funhouse

10. Gunfight at Noon

11. We are Siamese if you don’t please

12. Everybody, Now We Got It

13. So Falls Niagara Falls

14. Diamonds at Dusk

15. Slowly Now

16. FerryRide

17. Rain Dancing

18. DigiDooDoo

19. Afternoon on the Nestucca

20. Swing your MARF