Tag: Jef Barbara

Montreal has developed a reputation for having a rather vital and intriguing independent, electronic music scene as the city is the home of artists such as Grimes, BRAIDS, Majical Cloudz, Jef Barbara and others. Comprised […]

Jef Barbara’s English language debut, Soft to the touch quickly became one of my favorite albums of the past year or so, as the material manages a sly, winking wit backed by a slickly produced, shimmering glam […]

Much like David Bowie,Janelle Monae, Prince and others, the Montreal, QC-based Jef Barbara uses androgyny to play with and blur gender lines and roles – and like those artists that preceded him, Barbara has an uncommonly delicate, strangely […]

Montreal, QC-based singer/songwriter Jef Barbara released his debut effort The Contamination last year and the album gained quite a bit of attention – first, for the fact that the  songs were entirely written and recored in French […]

The Montreal, QC-based artist Jef Barbara released his French language debut, The Contamination last year, and the album reportedly employed elements of minimalist electronica, and frank sexual lyrics. He’ll be releasing his (mostly) English language debut, Soft […]