Artist Info: Barton Smith

Bedroom electronics from a relatively unknown experimental composer on Folkways circa 1980. While there are a few acoustic guitar-only tracks, the majority of the record contains a wide selection of instruments, ranging from heavily processed synthesizers to Roland drum machines, zithers and brake drums. The notes go on to explain that no matter how frantic things may appear on the surface, there is always some type of order and form. [read more...]