Artist Spotlight: Steven Barsky

Source Of Uncertainty: A Buchla Podcast 4U

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