Music video from Babelshack Theater

Hailing from Albuquerque in New Mexico, musician Barnaby Hazen has recently started a new solo project under the alias Babelshack Theater after leading the hard-hitting rock band known as Babelshack for years. Previously working professionally as a sideman on both bass and guitar for several outfits in his local area, he’s performed with the likes of Kevin Wood or the original Seattle grunge act Malfunkshun, Katie P and Angela Pope among others.

With his new sonic adventure, he seeks to explore the realms of electronic music, taking influence from everything from Duke Ellington to Goldfrapp and Hooverphonic to Mudhoney as well as his long standing fascination with the electronic sphere.

After building his own studio in a trailer as the world was struck by the pandemic, he set out working on his new material as Babelshack Theater. Playing bass, guitar, keys and laying down his vocals and programming, the result is his new album titled Babelshack Theater: Volume 1.

Bringing us a taste of his creative output, he shares the opening track from the record with the song “Edible Product”. Written about metaphorically falling from height in life, such as in romance, on the track he called on a couple members of the original Babelshack lineup as well as a former audio coach from college to help bring the track to life.

Paired with the song is a new music video that captures a trippy blend of performance scenes with abstract background shots to reflect the spacey and whimsical tones of the music. To access more of his highly original LP, you can get two free downloads of the tracks “Into the Wrong Hands” and “Strange to Say” via his website here.

Watch the music video for Edible Product below