Thinking about Steve Balbi the artist and his creative output, for some reason I’m reminded of Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates. You just never know what you’re going to get! So diverse are Steve’s live and recording projects that he refuses to be even labelled a musician. He’s a music maker who creates with whatever means available to him to produce something of interest. Whether that involves playing a musical instrument or producing noise in any other way is insignificant, it’s the result that matters.
His biography suggests,” Coalescing melody, sophistication, and soul, Balbi bespeaks Bowie and Lennon in myth and verse,
meanwhile exploring the diversity, refinement, and dirty rotten groove of Radiohead,” and I’m inclined to whole heartedly agree but also add that his music is so much more and difficult to pigeonhole.
Steve Balbi has just released his 4th studio solo album’Breakdown’. Unsurprisingly Steve delivers a colourful blend of hummable grooves, ethereal ballads, whimsical electronica, folk jaunts, Beatlesque string excursions and a dose of straight up pop rock. Australian Musician editor Greg Phillips caught up with Steve Balbi to chat about the creation of his new album Breakdown and in a moment of deep reflection, discusses to the complexities of addiction.
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3 окт 2024
