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BAY AREA REPORTER
Issue: Vol. 36 / No. 2 / January
12 2006
BAY
AREA
REPORTER
ON THE WEB
Music: Gregg Shapiro Bedroom
Sounds
A few years ago, I was introduced to the instrumental compositions of
Butt Boy, whose recordings were intended to be a soundtrack for the
bedroom. The "erotic soundscapes to set the scene" on Barre Parts
by Tony Barre www.barreparts.com
function in a similar way. Song titles such as "Enjoy the Ride" and
"Stiff Proposition" go a long way in setting the tone. If you prefer to
dance vertically, this disc may meet your needs.
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Ask any
kink/leather sex player and they’ll confirm – the right music in
the dungeon play space makes all the difference, setting the mood
and bridging scenes. Those of you who think that kink means sex
with the lights on might want to just go
buy another Luther Vandross album and stop reading now. For those of you who buy
Crisco in bulk, read on.
Dungeon music is a relatively new musical genre. Leather sex
players were always on the lookout for something with that
certain ‘feel.’ Penetrating a bottomboy’s sphincter with a dildo
the diameter of a Louisville Slugger just doesn’t feel right if
Eartha Kitt & Bronski Beat are singing “Cha Cha Heels” on the
sound system.
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Classical is a good
standby. Some of the Warhorses add power and atmosphere to the scene.
Imagine hearing Vagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries” as you’re tying up your
favorite bondage victim. Hot. Until you look over and he’s softly
singing “Kill the Wabbit, Kill the Wabbit.”
So-called ‘new age’
music offers a few options. Countless gay men have been deli-ciously
abused to Vangelis’ “L’apocalypse des Animaux” soundtrack. However, the
entire album is only 34 minutes long. Not so great for a 3-hour scene.
Enter the fabulously
twisted and fiendishly talented minds of those who write real dun-geon
music – music specifically designed for leather/kink/BDSM play. These
are the perverts who are mentally composing new tracks while the welts
are still forming on their freshly-caned asses.
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OUTLOOK
WEEKLY MAGAZINE
MOS MAKING MUSIC, March Issue 2005
Dungeon
Music "Soundscapes For Kink"
Music Review by Michael Daniels, (excerpt from article...)
The latest entrant
on the scene is no Newbie. Tony Barre has been crafting music for many
years, and his work has set the scene for a number of hardcore, raunchy
bareback vids from Hot Desert Knights studios. Barre’s first offering,
"Barre Parts", is more than an hour of dark, synthesized trance with an
excellent core rhythm. Barre has skillfully and subtly mastered
including enough variation to avoid the “lather-rinse-repeat” monotony
of many minimalist composers, while including enough consistency to
enhance virtually any scene. Tracks are spiced with dungeon artifacts –
moans and groans of pain and pleasure – to keep testos-terone oozing out
of your speakers. You’ll want to keep this CD with those
at the top of your queue – and if Barre’s future offerings ("Barre
Handed"
is set for release May 2005) are as good as this one, prepare to make
space right next
to Butt Boy for the entire Barre catalog. Listen and buy at
www.barreparts.com.
Go to www.outlooknews.com
Mos Making Music (page13) for complete article.
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OUTLOOK WEEKLY MAGAZINE
LEATHER & FETISH, May Issue 2005
Tony Barre to Release Second Dungeon CD
Music Review by Michael Daniels, (excerpt from article...)
Tony Barre, producer
and creator of the amazing dungeon music CD Barre Parts, is set
to release Barre Handed later this month. The CD will premiere at
International Mr. Leather in Chicago.
Ambient and thick,
Barre Handed was was “written and produced with a vision ... to
create music that fits, one note at a time,” says Barre. “After ample
test driving, leathermen tell me that they totally find their zone,
literally and figuratively with Barre Handed.”
Barre Handed
consists of 4 tracks, each 15-17 minutes long. The first selection is
en-titled "Social,” and delivers the message that part of what kink
players do is simply social activity among a group of like-minded
individuals. The second track, "Ten Digits,” and the third, “Within Arms
Reach," need no further comment. The final track is the title track.
This CD is darker in
places than Barre Parts and more ambient in others, yet retains
the masculine-edgy and in-charge attitude associated with Tony's work
for Hot Desert Knights films.
I can’t wait to get
my hands on Barre Handed. – MD
Go to
www.outlooknews.com
Leather & Fetish (page22) for complete article.
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HOT DESERT KNIGHTS
May 20 2005
www.hdknewsletter@hotdesertknights.com
BARRE HANDED
Over an hour of music that oozes testosterone out of
your speakers. This new CD is “Ambient and Thick” as
the title implies, BARRE HANDED was written and
produced with a vision, Music that Fts -
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After
ample "Test Driving", those who raved about BARRE PARTS, say
they totally find their zone, literally and figuratively,
with BARRE HANDED. And are still raving about BARRE PARTS.
BARRE HANDED consists of 4 tracks, each 15-16 minutes long.
The first selection is entitled "Social", and delivers the
message that part of what we do is simply social activity
among a group of like-minded individuals. The second title
is "Ten Digits", first things first. The third track is
entitled "Within Arms Reach", life can be that way. And
track 4 is "Barre Handed", need I say more? This track
smokes.
BARRE
HANDED is darker in places than BARRE PARTS and more ambient
in others, yet retains the edgy-masculine and in-charge
attitude associated with Barre Parts and Tony's work in
general.
The next project (currently untitled) is in the works and
the third CD is tentatively set for release September 2005.
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INSTIGATOR MAGAZINE JUNE
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DESERT
DAILY GUIDE
Palm Springs, California
"Music That Fits".Tony Barre’s debut CD “Barre Parts” is HOT. Barre has written and pro-duced a CD delivering over 60 minutes of erotic soundscapes in seven simmering audio tracks designed to heighten the senses and set the scene. No Vanilla here…
“Barre Handed” is a mix of music and sound, which Barre calls “soundscapes”, due to their inher-ent tex-tures and depth.
Moans, groans and other dungeon artifacts, mixed with Ambient, Trance and a hint of Rock for good measure, urges on all comers.
Imaginations may begin to wander to their innermost fantasies with titles like “You Know What to Expect”, Stiff Proposition”, “Every-thing is Reasonable” and “Enjoy the Ride”...exactly what the Artist had in mind.
Tony Barre’s soundscapes have set the scene for a number of Hot Desert Knights video releases and the
"Barre
Parts” CD is currently available on-line through HDK dis-tributing and through Tony Barre’s website at
www.barreparts.com.
A long time resident of the Palm Springs community and crafting and producing music for many years, Tony is currently working
on another CD as a follow-up tenta-tively titled “Barre Handed,” and another video project with HDK set for release by year’s end.
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ODYSSEY HAWAII MAGAZINE
Maxxx Music Aural Sex,
by D J Maxxx, June 2005
www.odysseyhawaii.com
(excerpt from article)
A recent release aimed at the leather
and fetish market is Tony Barre's, "Barre Parts." According to to the
accompanying press release, the CD is 60 minutes of erotic soundscapes
in seven sim-mering audio tracks designed to heighten the senses and set
the scene." Pretty much what we've been talking about, eh? But what does it actually sound like?
Hmmm. "Gay Nine Inch Nails" just sounds wrong. But the album is chock
full of downtempo electronica...dark and not so much sensual as
bordering on sleazy... which I guess was the intention. No lyrics per se
but plenty of distorted vocals and come-ons. Literally. Not for
everyone, but the musically and sexually adven-turous should take note.
Check out www.barreparts.com.
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