It’s difficult to think of a type of music Todd Barton, composition instructor at SOU and resident composer for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, has not explored, from medieval to electronic and everything in between. His recent album, “analogie,” released on the VicMod label out of Australia, shows his passion for exploring musical genres. Inspired by “it’s endless potential for patching connectivity and its responsiveness,” his synthesizer, the Buchla 200e Electric Music Box, helped him create the music on this CD, all of which revolves around his love of the electronic music of the 1950s and 60s.

Even as someone who’s never previously experienced music like this, it is difficult not to appreciate the artfulness of his work and sense his excitement for working with the sounds he discovers while using this synthesizer.

Check out this interview with Todd.