Bart Hawkins, Electronic Music

03/02/2025

This week is program 111 and in Numerology that number is an “Angel” number, relating to opportunity, achievement, good fortune and new beginnings. Inspired by the recording is “Nonlinear Crossroads” by Bart Hawkins from 2023. Check out the recording and this week’s playlist at BeyondTheBarrier.net.

10/21/2024

"The World is a Mirror" from my new album MIRROR ends the playlist from One World Music Radio show #679. Check it out.

10/04/2024

My bandcamp page https://barthawkins.bandcamp.com/

Some reviews of MIRROR:

"if Phillip Glass was married to Suzanne Ciani and they had a son named Steve Reich, this may be Steve's sibling." -Craig Padilla

"Ambient music doesn't usually hold my interest but this one is different Its like being immersed in an ever changing kaleidoscope of sound..." David Bessell

"Repeating patterns drift in and out of phase with a distinct nod to Terry Riley, while drones and melodies slowly rise up, vie for attention, and then drift away, adding further detail to this complex, ever-evolving tapestry." Chris Meyer

"The sound is powerful and complex, distancing the listener by allowing empathy, meaning and closure; to some an image of the associated sensibility or ‘double consciousness.’" Robin James

https://barthawkins.bandcamp.com/

09/24/2024

He is my experience at the Sacred Steel Summit 2024.

The steel guitar is considered to be a “voice” and a holy sacrament to a group of related Pentecostal churches and is associated in particular with The Church of the Living God.

Some say “this music is not taught, but caught.”

https://youtu.be/Iuyqk3KarwE

Sacred Steel is a musical style and African-American gospel tradition that features the steel guitar as part of religious services. The steel guitar is consi...

09/10/2024

MIRROR is back on Sound + Vision Radio! Check out their awesome show.

This edition of Sound + Vision features brand new music from Pete International Airport, more from Bark Hawkins great recent analogue synth release, "Mirror", the second single from the forthcoming electro-pop album, “Dead of Night” by Sjöblom, and we will commemorate the anniversary release da...

09/10/2024

MIRROR is in the top 12 album releases for September in Cyclical Dreams' Cyclical Magazine.

MIRROR at: https://barthawkins.bandcamp.com/album/mirror

Magazine at: https://online.pubhtml5.com/qori/ucdg/?fbclid=IwY2xjawFNEdpleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHWf-T0XnXfYpSPVsWxC9irVGd_Mae2wHF9uOAqZtS-3DJlnBZ000lQ7XmA_aem_Tg7EcVrP-UZCA-EhUTUCBw

09/06/2024

Celebrating the success of the album MIRROR on BandCamp Friday! Download it today!

Here is Craig Padilla's experience, track by track, of MIRROR.

"-Ripping the Fabric of Reality is a perfect title for this track, and a great way to start the album. It shines many hints of what is lies ahead. With the variety of sounds and moments that come and go throughout this piece, it is what walking through a dream would sound like. This is all over the map!
-Bending Gravity flows along in a similar dreamlike fashion, with a variety of sounds weaving in and out of the gravity stream of consciousness, particularly as if the mind was filled with the weight of so many thoughts. This is a sublime piece of music.
-Out of Time is quite a nice hypnotic track. Big-time hints of Steve Reich come to mind on this one. As a matter of fact, if Phillip Glass was married to Suzanne Ciani and they had a son named Steve Reich, this may be Steve's sibling. I also like how the ending comes out of nowhere with a different pace. Interesting.
-Riding Waves of Light... heartedness! This is a nice happy tune with a positive glow. It's like a long drive along the freeway at dawn, only somebody else is driving, and I'm the passenger.
-Mirror Master is a cool Berlin-School track with a nice sequence that carries the dream-like variety of sounds within itself. Once again, the sounds weave in and out of the mirror/dream. They are free to stay as long as they like within the reflection, and are welcome to leave when they want. I like this one a lot.
-Roll Up the Carpet of Time is a very pleasant way to close the album. It has a nice bouncy sequence that pulses along in an uplifting light. We are left wondering if what we see and hear in the Mirror is actually our reflection, or is it an unfamiliar reality and we are only living in a dream of reflection?"

09/04/2024

Chris Meyer did a wonderful review of MIRROR. Give it a listen at https://barthawkins.bandcamp.com/album/mirror and if you like what you hear, please support the musical arts by purchasing a download. Thank you.

"The world is a messy, noisy, complex place. Inside this apparent chaos are multiple threads of coherence and beauty, which reveal themselves to those willing to pause, observe, absorb, and reflect. Bart Hawkins’ new album Mirror indeed mirrors life with its numerous aural threads, winking like excited fireflies surrounding you in a vibrant, unfamiliar, yet welcoming landscape. Repeating patterns drift in and out of phase with a distinct nod to Terry Riley, while drones and melodies slowly rise up, vie for attention, and then drift away, adding further detail to this complex, ever-evolving tapestry. Like life itself, Mirror may initially seem overwhelming, but if you are willing to sit quietly and allow it to swirl around you, it reveals its inner beauty, rewarding multiple listens to discover seemingly endless new threads and patterns."

09/03/2024

A recent review of my new album MIRROR by Robin James. Check it out.....https://medium.com//sustained-rising-infinitely-revolving-electronic-meditations-76660719990b

08/05/2024

This week's edition of Sound + Vision featured the first single from the brand-new recording "Crocodile Promises" from the legendary post-punk/goth rock act The March Violets, more from one of our fav

08/02/2024

Head over to https://barthawkins.bandcamp.com/album/mirror and help celebrate BandCamp Friday with me.

07/28/2024

Today at 2pm EST, I give a quick intro and explain my new album MIRROR on the radio show Stratosphere. Tune in to this awesome show by Liam Borg. https://mixcloud.com/live/antimatterstudio

07/24/2024

Tune in TONIGHT.

"Bart Hawkins, Electronic Music released two of our favorite recordings of 2023, "Entering the Axis Mundi" and "Nonlinear Crossroads". He is back with a great brand-new modular synth album titled "Mirror" and we are featuring a selection from Mirror as part of this week's show!"

We are going full on electronic with this week's edition of Sound + Vision!

Bart Hawkins, Electronic Music released two of our favorite recordings of 2023, "Entering the Axis Mundi" and "Nonlinear Crossroads". He is back with a great brand-new modular synth album titled "Mirror" and we are featuring a selection from Mirror as part of this week's show!

We are also featuring more from the great recent riveting, cinematic space music release "Planetary Forces" from Cosmic Cadence, another selection from Dissociate's new sci fi influenced, dark electronic recording "Derealizer" and a piece from the new collaboration by Cousin Silas & Michael Brückner - Ambient, Electronica & more..., "Passages and Spheres"!

Tune in tonight at 9pm ET to WPPM 106.5 FM, listen from anywhere at https://wppm.phillycam.org/ and on Sunday at 1pm Mexico time / 8pm UK time to Artefaktor Radio, worldwide at https://artefaktorradio.online/