Bart Hawkins, Electronic Music

11/07/2025

Listening to music is a creative act, blurring the line between the listener and the music, subject/object. As Alan Watts said "To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking 'I am listening to this music' you are not listening."

The Chinese character for medicine actually comes form the character for music. Music has always played an important role in healing throughout all cultures. It is an integral part of any psychedelic healing journey. Its connects us, breaking down cultures, languages, and deep traumas that separate.

I believe in the power of music as a creative force of medicine and healing. With headphones on, deep introspective listening, one may lose the thought "I am listening" and be carried on a journey of neither here or there.

As I continue my journey in modular synthesis, my next album will be long format tracks that dive deeper into both the dark and light aspects of the soul. As Jung says "...you make the unconscious conscious..."

In the upcoming months I am excited to share a truly amazing healing modality as a certified practitioner. An exciting time to be alive!

The Musical Enactment Framework combines neuroscience, developmental psychology and psychodynamic theory to explain how music evokes meaning and emotion,…

10/23/2025

Claudio Bustamante is on a mission. He has interviewed well over 1000 of some of the world's greatest musicians so far. And he is just getting started. This is my second interview with Claudio. This time Shane Thomas and I talk about our new band, The Modal-Modular Interchange debut album VIGIL, THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES. Music, life, spirit, inspiration, the recording progress and what is next for us.

Check out Claudio's extensive interview collection at https://www.youtube.com/fairfaxcitymusic

and listen in to our VIGIL interview at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFX6REsg43o

Listen to the album VIGIL at https://themodal-modularinterchange.bandcamp.com/album/vigil-the-three-angels-messages

Cheers!!

VIGIL: THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES is a bold, concept-driven album that explores the interconnectedness of sound, vision, and spirit. Bart Hawkins’ multifacet...

10/02/2025

A review of VIGIL, the debut album from Modal-Modular Interchange with Bart Hawkins and Shane Thomas.

"In today’s musical landscape, where innovation is often diluted by preconceived formulas, VIGIL emerges with force....The result of this «modal-modular interchange» is a sonic triptych of overwhelming coherence." -Industrial Complexx

https://industrialcomplexx.com/the-modal-modular-interchange-vigil-the-three-angels-messages/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNLRz9leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFZb25ReHF0ZGJzZUlXTG1kAR5UWFEXJ1j0NbSXenyJSHI3P-0MrzR4IX5NM9-lV7e9Y5bYzSjFNEU9osifRw_aem_GHxPivlgIO5qQ43Ejvi_2

In today’s musical landscape, where innovation is often diluted by preconceived formulas, VIGIL emerges with force. This debut project from The Modal-Modular Interchange presents its first album as a thesis on the interconnection between sound, vision, and spirit. The core of their proposal lies i...

09/16/2025

The debut album from The Modal-Modular Interchange is coming out on September 30th featuring Shane Thomas on guitar and Bart Hawkins on modular synth.

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...