Piano player, music maker, and DJ.
Portland, OR
Minimal composition, soundtracks, classical music, glitchy worldbuilding scores, wonky dub, and more.
︎ ︎ ︎ ︎
Poster Print - Shared Window x Ethos
“Shared Window is a project initiated by Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette that aims to uplift the community and celebrate the North Portland MLK neighborhood. Connecting small businesses with local artists, FISK Gallery helps showcase the beauty of collaboration. Together, we can all be a good neighbor.”
Ethos is a unique and important non-profit that has provided the Portland community with access to music education and outreach, ensuring that music lessons and resources are available to any student regardless of their class or background. As a pianist and music educator, it’s a big deal for me to see this type of institution impact hundreds of children’s lives—where they might not otherwise have had the opportunity. The ability to write and play music changed the trajectory of my life. It gave me the ability to share a universal language and feel through the intensity of being a person in the world. Everyone deserves access to that. When tasked with making artwork that would reflect Ethos’ ethos, I wanted to create something that illustrates the joy of being immersed in music and what it can feel like to experience unity with an instrument. Sometimes educational posters and print materials can feel a bit sterile, so I aimed to make something fun that both kids and adults can identify with. Places like Ethos do not exist in every city and private lessons are not accessible to most people. I am honored to share a piece of myself with the educators and students at Ethos.
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
SEP 2023
Portland, OR
Carb’s Bong Orchestra
Conductor:
Carly Barton
Performers:
Ryan Carlisle, Wolf Black, Coco Madrid, Dr. Brianna Sas, Alec Marchant, Emily Stennes, Tony Remple, John Kammerle, Matthew Henderson, Derrick Spotts, Dr. Sarah K-D, Dan K-D, Emma Barnett
Carb’s Bong Orchestra was created to observe the 4/20 holiday in a celebration of bubbles and laughter. Inspired by my experience performing in the Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra (NGO), I felt compelled to gather an orchestra of my own. Loosely modeled by his conducting styles, this is a semi-freeform PERFORMANCE piece. Thank you, Nakatani!
The 13-person bong orchestra is made up of friends/musicians divided into 4 sections: winds, bongs, bubblers, and percussion, mic’ed through a sound system with additional FX modules. Is this a bastardization? perhaps. Incredible? yes. A joke? no.
Special thank you to all of the performers for your collaboration, without you this would’ve been impossible!
Photography by Corbin
Video by Catherine Ross
Machine Music, Human Dance
Machine Music, Human Dance is a conceptual EP created for Takahiro Yamamoto’s performance NOTHINGBEING, which premiered on September 9th, 2022 at TBA:22.
“Based on philosophical and physical research in the approaches to nothingness as well as extensive discussions and reflections with participating artists about their own sense of existence in society, their needs in life, and their embodied daily experiences, this work will invite the viewers to “be” in the space together as they witness the performers engaging in questions of not thinking, feeling, surrendering, transforming, conjuring, and forgetting.”
– Excerpt from NOTHINGBEING description at PICA.
Produced and mixed by Coast2c
Additional mixing by Zac Parker
Mastering by Febe Esquerra (Ometusco Sound Machine)
Nyoro-Nyoro remixed by Carly Barton
Artwork by Milagros Rojas
NOTHINGBEING instigated and EP concept by Takahiro Yamamoto
Circle of Fifths Music Theory Guide
The Circle of Fifths poster is intended as a music theory guide/art object for students, music lovers, and print media enthusiasts. Keep this close to your instrument or display it with your print collection.
1st Edition: Purple
2nd Edition: Gunmetal
11”x17” Tabloid Poster
Custom ink on white 80lb paper
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
MAY 2022
Print [2 Editions]
Silkscreened at
Grilka Press
Portland, OR
Self-Released
Subs Before Dubs Vol. I
The 1st volume of Subs Before Dubs is a compilation of original soundtracks and scores of various animated television shows and films, such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Dragon Ball, Fruits Basket and more!
Artwork/Silkscreen by Carly Barton
Created in 2016
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
APR 2022
Cassette [Edition of 26]
Portland, OR
Self-Released
Lilycove City Limited Edition Sheet Music
“Lilycove City” Piano Sheet Music (Intermediate)
Transcription in A Major
Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire (GBA, 2003)
Generation III : Hoenn Region
Composed by Go Ichinose, Hitomi Sato & Minako Adachi
Transcription, arrangement, and design by Carly Barton
secondnature & friends Vol. II
“The second volume of our secondnature & friends series brings together contributions from some of our close friends and collaborators who we weren't able to host on the first go around. We've shared dance floors and DJ booths with all of them, and if we can't be together IRL, we're happy we can at least be together URL.”
Featured artists:
Carly Barton, Simic, My Flower, Slowfoam, Patricia Wolf, Golden Donna, Xminus1, Sketch Artist
Mastered by Alex Markey
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
MAR 2021
V/A Compilation
Digital [1/8 Tracks]
Seattle, WA
Released by
︎ secondnature
Forage
“This 4 tracker, conceived in late 2017, prioritizes a collection of sounds and samples as a pool, with the goal of producing different energies constructed from the same source materials unique to Carly’s archive.”
Artwork by Sean Christensen
Layout design by Carly Barton
Mastered at Spaventi Studio
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
FEB 2021
Digital [4 Tracks]
Cassette [Edition of 50]
Vancouver, WA
Released by
︎ Disposable Commodities
Break Mode - Wash One (Carly Barton’s Swamp Mix)
“Bed of Roses head honcho Break Mode turns out two tracks of introspective, breaks inspired head spinners with choice remixes from Carly Barton and Sound Believer. Carly Barton splits Stabs in two with a darker rolling baseline, trance-inducing use of stereo and one eye towards sunrise.”
Featured artists:
Break Mode, Carly Barton, Sound Believer
Artwork by Andrew Heuback
Photograph by Fawn Gehweiler
Mastered by Hobbess
Real Heads Know
“Hailing from Portland, OR, Carly Barton is a puzzle enthusiast and crossword novice. Today’s puzzle centers around a theme chosen to suit party people and snobs alike. This is Carly’s first crossword and they hope that the ‘real crossword heads’ will forgive any errs.”
To Bloom, To Glow – fundraiser compilation in support of Russian LGBTQIA+ community
“The LGBTQIA+ community in Russia today is extremely unsafe and stigmatized, and, unfortunately, activist organizations don't get enough support from people inside the country. That's why we decided to organize an international financial support event for the Russian LGBTQ+ organization that we consider one of the most influential ones in Russia right now.”
– Ekaterinburg Resource Center For LGBT
“While being mostly a city-level organization, its activists have been sharing a great amount of important articles and informational resources about LGBTQIA+ issues in Russia on their social media, and they are doing amazing job of educating people and helping LGBTQIA+ folks in need of financial, psychological, and legal aid. Unfortunately, they also are under constant harassment and threats from various hate groups.”
If you want to learn more about the current situation of LGBTQIA+ people in Russia, please check these links (cw: homophobia, transphobia, violence): DAZED, them, Pink News
Featured artists:
more eaze, JQ, Dialect, Sofie Birch, Hideo Nakasako, fricochet, Casper Gottlieb, Yialmelic Frequencies, Carly Barton, Power Therapy, Sam Machell, AGF, Calum Gunn, Moon RA, bleeech, Kiki Kudo, blusher, N Chambers, JC Leisure, anthéne, Aylu, Goodnight Cody, Eli Rainsberry, Unknown Mobile, PJS, Loto Retina, tuuun, Euglossine, Melos Han-Tani, Kyle Yerhot, Masahiro Takahashi & Matthew Bailey, Vinzenz, Yaffle, Bug Bus Piano, Lung Dart
Artwork by rayzones
Mastered by Marie Rose (Fix In The Mix LABS)
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
NOV 2020
V/A Compilation
Digital [1/35 Tracks]
100% of the proceeds from this compilation will go to Ekaterinburg Resource Center For LGBT
Russia
Released by
︎ `hdmr
Heart Scale
Swirling ambient dub from the deep.
I close my eyes and see swirls of navy blue,
what color do you see?
Artwork by Carly Barton
Mastered by Max Wolf
VARIOUS ARTISTS - V/A 6
Manic! presents the sixth volume of their compilation series highlighting IDM, breakbeat, dub, grime, trip hop, and more from artists across North America.
Featured artists:
I2terzon3, Terminal 11, C Barton, DivPro, Perfect Health, Bodynet, Ryan Wick
OST
The piano has always been the most effective tool for me to meditate — to check in with myself. A way to be mindful or mindless, ponder aimlessly or with focused intent, and mostly, a way to feel through the intensity of being a living thing.
“OST collects five contemplative pieces written for piano by Carly Barton, representing a life-long dive through N64 deep cuts and anime ambience. Evoking the lonely and ethereal spaces where Nausicaä first meets a living Ohmu, and Hyrule’s protector awakes from a century long slumber, these compositions continue Carly’s exploratory work reimagining the worlds coded within soundtracks of anime and video games, otherwise seen in their year-long monthly installment based projects Vidya World (2018) and ARC: Anime Resource Center (2020). With this limited edition, Carly has self published the sheet music in a beautifully minimal Riso pressed book, and included a USB drive filled with MIDI and audio realizations of the songs in both console and arcade versions.”
– Musique Plastique
Artwork and design by Carly Barton
Mastered by Max Wolf
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
MAY 2020
Digital [10 Tracks]
Sheet Music Book + USB
[Edition of 111]
Printed at
Secret Room
Portland, OR
Co-released with
Variform Gallery
Tripped: 6 Years Of Blankstairs Vol. III
The third installment of the “Tripped” compilation series via NY based label Blankstairs.
My track, “Lullaby for Frederic,” is a lulling bastardization of selected chord progressions from Chopin’s “Ballade No. 1 in G Minor.” I’m sure he would roll in his grave, but that’s okay…shhhhh, go to sleep my friend.
Featured artists:
St. Warren, Dennis Young, Furtive, The Spiral, Chloe Lula, Warren Winter, MKD, Narkomfin Procedue, Womannequin, Choonhum, Kroba, Frankia P., Carly Barton, Cambo, Verita Gómez, Teo Wollrabe, Chloe Alexandra, Ben Glas
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
APR 2020
V/A compilation
Digital [1/18 Tracks]
Brooklyn, NY
Released by
︎ Blankstairs
VARIOUS ARTISTS - V/A 5
Manic! presents the fifth volume of their compilation series highlighting IDM, breakbeat, dub, grime, trip hop, and more from artists across North America.
Featured artists:
Perfect Health, Humanfobia, Filmy Ghost, femaledj, AshTreJinkins, Cherry Morris, Terminal 11, Yaka-anima, Jonstar, Diversion Program
A Little Seal vs. The World
“Eternal Ocean is proud to present its second musical offering in the format of a cassette mixtape and digital compilation of remixes, one-offs, flips and versions sourced from the broader Eternal Ocean family. This 18-track release, ‘A Little Seal vs. The World’ draws on the long history of bootlegs, remixes, acapella reworks and edits of Pop, RnB, and Hip-Hop tracks. Centered around the melding of familiar voices and new rhythms, the compilation pays tribute to the enduring power of pop music to connect and inspire both on and off the dancefloor.
Proceeds from this release will be donated to the Ocean Preservation Society, an organization that raises awareness of environmental issues threatening the ecosystems and biodiversity of our oceans, turning the global appeal of these original compositions towards a shared sense of both the contemporary and the future.”
Featured artists:
Ronan, J. Albert, D.F.G., Vidya World, Boundary, Alien D, Differences x Jock Club, Diversion Program, Light Web, Bodyman, Jonny Oso, DJ Myst, Bell Curve, Past Life, Eduardo, Starfox94,
Mixed by Ronan in Bogota, Colombia
Re-Edit by Teleself in Berlin, Germany
Artwork by Alison Johnston
Distribution by Jungle Gym
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
APR 2019
V/A Compilation
Digital [1/18 Tracks]
Cassette [Edition of 50]
France
Released by
︎ Eternal Ocean
VARIOUS ARTISTS - V/A 4
Manic! presents the fourth volume of their compilation series highlighting experimental, breakbeat, post-grime, illbient, and more from artists across North America.
Featured artists:
Diversion Program, Perfect Health, Carly Barton, BodyNet, I2terzon3, Ryan Wick
VARIOUS ARTISTS - V/A 2
Manic! presents the second volume of their compilation series highlighting dancehall, breakbeat, reggaeton, trip hop, and more from artists across North America.
Featured artists:
Astral Deeps, Sin Fardella, Carly Barton, Omeed Norouzi, Perfect Health, Jock Club, Diversion Program
ANIME
RESOURCE
CENTER
Anime Resource Center (ARC) is a fan-made project that celebrates selections from a series’ original soundtrack. Source materials are manipulated and edited using hardware and digital production tools, re-imagining these themes into something new.
ARC Volume V (Made in Abyss)
Synopsis:
“The Abyss—a gaping chasm stretching down into the depths of the earth, filled with mysterious creatures and relics from a time long past. How did it come to be? What lies at the bottom? Countless brave individuals, known as Divers, have sought to solve these mysteries of the Abyss, fearlessly descending into its darkest realms. The best and bravest of the Divers, the White Whistles, are hailed as legends by those who remain on the surface.”
ARC Volume IV (Fruits Basket)
Synopsis:
“After she lost her mother, 16-year-old Tōru moves in with her grandfather but is unable to continue living with him and decides to secretly live in a tent in the woods. The school ‘prince,’ Yuki Souma, stumbles across her tent and invites her to stay with his family. Upon arriving, she uncovers their secret: if a Souma is hugged by someone of the opposite gender, they temporarily transform into one of the animals of the zodiac! Will her kindhearted nature be enough to prepare her for what lies behind the Souma family’s doors?”
ARC Volume III (Haibane Renmei)
Synopsis:
“Born from a cocoon in the village of Old Home, a young Haibane—a being with a halo and small gray wings—awakens to a world she does not understand with no memories of her past. Named Rakka for the dream of falling she had while inside the cocoon, she soon becomes accustomed to life in the strange town in which the Haibane are forbidden to leave. These, along with mysterious disappearances of their kind on their “Day of Flight,” begin to unsettle Rakka and the others since they know almost nothing about their own kind.”
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
MAR 2020
Digital [4 Tracks]
Portland, OR
Self-released
ARC Volume II (NANA)
Synopsis:
“Nana Komatsu is a helpless, naïve 20-year-old who easily falls in love and becomes dependent and clingy to those around her. Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is a proud, enigmatic punk rock vocalist from a similarly rural background. Through a fateful encounter in their journey to Tokyo, the young women with the same given name are brought together. As their friendship deepens, their deeply intertwined lives filled with romance, music, challenges, and heartbreaks will ultimately test their seemingly unbreakable bond.”
ARC Volume I (Hunter×Hunter)
Synopsis:
“Hunter × Hunter is set in a world where Hunters exist to perform all manner of dangerous tasks like capturing criminals and bravely searching for lost treasures in uncharted territories. Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss is determined to become the best Hunter possible in hopes of finding his father, who was a Hunter himself and had long ago abandoned his young son. However, Gon soon realizes the path to achieving his goals is far more challenging than he could have ever imagined.”
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
JAN 2020
Digital [4 Tracks]
Portland, OR
Self-released
Coven•Ant Official OST
Coven Ant is a video game created for the Pig Squad PDX Summer Slow Jam / June 2019 showcase (pigsquad.com). Pig Squad is a nonprofit based in Portland, OR supporting indie game developers with events, game jams, resources, and outreach. With only 10 days from conception to final product, we created an occult themed character creator.
All OST tracks are “perfect loops,” extended versions included for listening purposes.
You can play the game online at drewtooroo.itch.io/coven-ant
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
JUN 2019
Digital [10 Tracks]
Portland, OR
Self-released
Mystery Mixtapes
The Mystery Mixtapes are limited edition cassettes, printed and dubbed in Portland, OR—no two tapes are alike. Your tape may include (but is not limited to) self-released and / or unpublished materials, dj mix, playlist, sound collage, etc.
Springshine
Layered piano and processed synths to usher in the new spring. A poem to the blooming cherry blossoms and sun showers.
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
APR 2019
Digital [2 Tracks]
Portland, OR
Self-released
Sounds from the Periphery
“Sounds from the Periphery explores work by emergent Artists across the electronic music spectrum. The ~80min double LP covers a wide tonal territory and catalogs a slice of each Artists' output as realized in 2017 and 2018.”︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
FEB 2019
V/A compilation
Digital + 2xLP Vinyl
[3/16 Tracks]
Portland, OR
Released by
︎ Periphery Records
Interludes
A collection created with sounds sourced from home and travels (blending encouraged).
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
JAN 2019
Digital [8 Tracks]
Portland, OR
Self-released
︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎︎
DEC 2018
Digital [4 Tracks]
Portland, OR
Self-released
The Vidya World collection was produced and released as monthly mini albums from 2018-2019 as a series of original soundtracks for imaginary video games. These 12 volumes span the vidya multiverse—complete with scores, scenes, and loops for side scrollers, RPGs, 3D worlds, mini-games, and more.
vidya world - 1
JAN 2018
Volume 1 includes sounds from the ice, cave, and main worlds, including cut screen and quest levels.
vidya world - 4
APR 2018
Volume 4 is a collection of piano compositions, an open world, no quests; the game is simply to keep exploring.
vidya world - 8
AUG 2018
Volume 8 is a soundtrack to the rpg world of water, cathedral and cave maps can be found here.
vidya world - 10
OCT 2018
Volume 10 includes the soundtrack to skate world—single/multiplayer can choose a board, scooter, or blades.
vidya world - 12
DEC 2018
Volume 12 includes sounds from the main quest—jrpg style mushroom mania, don't forget to save your game.