New release!!!

Performed and recorded with Eric Leonardson at Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago. From 1994 until 1999 we performed as a duo, and with other local and internationally known artists, including Dan Burke (Illusion of Safety), Carol Genetti, Fergus Kelly, Tatsu Aoki, Chris Heenan, Yuko Nexus6, Yasuhiro Otani, Satoru Wono, Claude Wiley, and many more.

Rarebit is the culmination of a four-year project by sound artists and instrument inventors Steve Barsotti and Eric Leonardson. Taking their cues from 20th Century sound artist-inventors Luigi Russolo and Harry Partch, the self-built instruments of Barsotti and Leonardson use coil springs, eyebolts, various pieces of wood, and other familiar materials These objects are amplified by contact microphones, resulting in sounds of incredible depth, texture, producing amazing richness and variety that belie their humble origins. Given these novel sounds, Leonardson and Barsotti's music retains human-level gestures as one expects from traditional acoustic music, yet with an emphasis on texture and timbre instead of melody or meter. Nine tracks, (72 minutes total) are improvised and two were composed (tracks 1 and 9). Streams of sound are created that move fluidly from scene to scene with a communicative style and a dramatic sense of presence and dynamic range, from effervescent burbling, animal-like whines, and grunts to gritty metallic drones that transform into forlorn hissing and ethereal soundscapes. Some passages are nearly silent, breathy, and tranquil.

Rarebit is available at Seattle's Wall of Sound Records. Contact them through their website by clicking here.
You can also purchase directly from the lable by emailing to meridianavenue@yahoo.com

For info about these and other releases check out my discography section.

 Contact: steve at kazbar dot org