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Don't Stop is getting the broadest airplay of any
previous BARTON
single to date - contact your local radio station and request Don't
Stop today!
- WRVU(Nashville, TN)
- WKZL (Winston-Salem, NC)
- KKUU (Palm Springs, CA)
- WKTU and Hot97online (New York, NY)
- WXLV (Long Island, NY)
- WMPH (Wilmington, DE)
- KNRJ and XM Radio (Phoenix)
- SIRIUS Radio (New York, NY)
- KSYU (Albuquerque, NM)
- KPMW (Honolullu, HI)
- partyradiousa.net
- clubunderground.org
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BARTON's social networking presence |
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BARTON have a presence on the following social networking sites - feel free to visit us there as well!




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TO CALL MY OWN - Record Pool Pick Hits |
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To Call My Own has been selected as a PICK HIT at the following twelve US Record Pools:
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From NEXT Magazine - June 30, 2006 |
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Spin Control
Cued Up: Manny Ward
A house of one’s own.
by Gregory T. Angelo
Manny Ward is hardly what you’d call a spring chicken—born in New York and
raised in an age when house music reigned supreme and greats like Frankie
Knuckles and David Morales served as step-parents who indoctrinated him with an appreciation of
the music, it wasn’t long before the tenderfooted turntablist was turning it
out himself with resident gigs at legendary spaces of old such as Sound Factory Bar and The
Tunnel. But Ward was always the baby of the bunch; a solid talent spinning
in the shadows of the more seasoned house music royalty.
“Everything happens for a reason,” Ward says, calling from Montreal as he
makes his woozy way from Club Stereo following a night on Danny Tenaglia’s
dance floor. “But it was frustrating after a while—for the longest time nobody would book me
because they thought I only played the deep classics I’d open with.”
It’s taken him the better part of a decade, but Ward has finally begun
coming into his own, finding artistic freedom in the most unlikely of
places. “Barton was always on my dance floor at Sound Factory Bar,” Ward recalls of his current
collaborator.
“I remember he was always into the music. When I moved to San Francisco I
noticed Barton at the gym. A few days later he gave me a demo CD and it blew
me away.” So began Ward’s work with dance-collective BARTON: Barton Friedland (from whom the
band takes its name) and partner Charlie Rogers.
Barton is hardly what you’d call a typical dance music group—Friedland is a
computer scientist with a knack for musical synthesis and a Broadway
standard voice; Rogers’ specialty is multimedia performance art. “When we
first got into the studio, I knew [their music] wasn’t really my style,”
Ward admits. “The challenge seeing how I could change it into my style, and
they were totally into that.”
Whatever Ward is doing, it’s working. “To Call My Own,” Barton’s latest
single featuring Ward’s thumping percussion, landed on Billboard’s Club Play
chart before it was released. “Each time we do something,” Ward says, “it just keeps getting
better.”
“To Call My Own” (.netspheres) is in stores now.
Visit netspheres.net for more info.
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BARTON's Take Me Up to appear in film |
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BARTON's Take Me Up to be featured in Q. Allan Brocka's feature film, Boy Culture.
Award-winning filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka's next feature film, Boy Culture will feature the music of BARTON. Brocka, a CalArts film school graduate, is best-known for his hilarious and entertaining film, Eating Out, which has been honored with over 25 different film festival awards, as well as enjoying wide commercial success.
Mr Brocka has licensed BARTON's Take Me Up for use in Boy Culture.
Boy Culture has been accepted to and will premiere at the 5th annual Tribeca Film Festival (April 25 - May 7, 2006). |
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artist Barton / photo credit: Kevin McDermott
BARTON's
new single Don’t
Stop can
be ordered online through cdbaby.com, iTunes, and a variety of other digital resellers.
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Don't Stop moves to 2 on Sirius Radio |
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The week of October 20th .netspheres is
celebrating
BARTON's
Don't Stop
moving to the NUMBER 2 position
of the chart.

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Don't Stop moves to #3 on Sirius Radio |
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The week of October 13th .netspheres is celebrating
BARTON's
Don't Stop
moving to the NUMBER
3 position of the chart.

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BARTON and Manny Ward LIVE in San Francisco October 21, 2007 |
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.netspheres are very pleased to announce that BARTON
will be
perfoming Don’t Stop LIVE in San
Francisco on Sunday, October 21, 2007 at Vessel on Union
Square with .netspheres' own Manny
Ward at the decks.
Please join us for a great evening where you can experience for
yourself Manny's amazing talent as a DJ as well as the opportunity to
experience the power of BARTON performing live at one of San
Francisco's finest venues which still carries off nightclub chic.
Performance Date: October
21, 2007
Press Contact: Gina DeVries
(gina at netspheres dot net)
Promo Contacts: Sergio
Goncalves (323) 878-0327
Bookings: To book BARTON in
the US and Worldwide contact Neil Stoddard at .netspheres directly here.
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DON'T STOP IS A BREAKOUT ON BILLBOARD AND OTHER CHARTS |
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In its
initial week of release, Don’t
Stop has been selected as a Breakout on the Hot
Dance Club play chart. We are pleased and honored to be selected along
with the likes of Yoko Ono and Junkie XL for such an honor.
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Breakouts for Hot Dance
Club Play
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No, No, No
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Ono
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Mine Train
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Crocodile
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Underworld
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Side One
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Junkie XL
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Nettwerk
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Goodnight Tonight
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DJ Scotty K Featuring Knockhopper
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Dauman
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Don't Stop
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BARTON
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Don’t Stop has also been
selected as a Breakout / Pick hit on many other regional record pool
charts in the US, including:
- Long Island Record Pool
- Our Mid-Atlantic Record Pool
- Pittsburgh DJ Association
- Starfleet Record Pool
- Resource Record Pool, LA
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Don't Stop - Coming September 15, 2007 |
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| DON'T STOP - From BARTON: September 15, 2007

BARTON will be releasing their fourth single, Don’t Stop, on September 15, 2007. As with previous releases, Don’t Stop will be released on two CDs which will be sold separately. The first, identified as Don’t Stop: Light (NET009), contains the happier, brighter mixes of the package, featuring a series of mixes from Josh Harris as well as BARTON’s club mix. The second CD, Don’t Stop: Dark (NET010) explores the darker, deeper, more mysterious side of the track, with entries by Jaimy, Manny Ward, Charlie X and an additional mix from BARTON. Like most BARTON compositions, Don’t Stop is a pop song at its core. The song explores the value of a deep and challenging emotional connection and is really a study on the importance of trust.
BARTON’s previous single, To Call My Own went to #1 on SIRIUS radio and #15 on Billboard, and was a hit in both the United States and throughout Europe. The video for To Call My Own is still playing on screens across the country.
BARTON continue the development of their unique sound with the release of Don’t Stop. BARTON’s vocals are distinctive and instantly recognizable, with a hint of an 80’s retro-feel, yet their songwriting and production is decidedly forward-looking. As with previous releases, BARTON wrap their composition in a variety of remix styles, cutting a wide swath across the genres currently found in dance music, including electro , house, pop, progressive, and tribal.
Josh Harris’ mixes explore an amalgamation of pop, rock and electronic sensibilities while still carrying his signature beat, inventively mixing live guitar, electronic pulses and a distinctively electro-pop synth line. BARTON’s club mix takes a progressive route, starting with a minimal synth bass-line and building to an unstoppable big room club sound. Jaimy’s Club Mix is a dark, sexual and slightly menacing tour de force that matches the lowest registers of lead singer Barton’s vocals with a fierce tribal rhythm. The Manny vs. BARTON mix pits the veteran DJ’s renowned house sound against the more progressive influence of BARTON. In Manny’s Ode To Danny mix, Manny pays homage to his mentor Danny Tenaglia with a cacophony of percussive layers and detuned harmonics. BARTON’s Cessation Mix is a great blend of electro elements, new and vintage, with an unwavering pop sensibility. Charlie X’s Powerhouse Mix provides the DJ who spins at cruise bars with an intense hypnotic piece, heavily infused with industrial and electro elements.
BARTON take a meticulous approach to their production process, not just for their own mixes but inclusive of their remix partners as well. Vocals for each remixer have unique features; they are not simply reused across the various cuts, but are instead improvised and embellished on a per-mix basis by lead vocalist Barton with backup vocals by Charlie Rogers.
This song is the first that Barton and Charlie wrote together, and while it has seen a long road to its imminent release, BARTON believe that it will stand the test of time. They leave that up to you to judge for yourself, and hope that you enjoy the message, the journey, and what might end up being one of the hottest tracks out this fall.
Catalog: NET009 / NET010
Release Date: September 15, 2007
Press Contact: Jason Whipley
Promo Contacts: Sergio Goncalves (323) 878-0327
Bookings: To book BARTON in the US and Worldwide contact Neil Stoddard at .netspheres directly here. |
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THE CYCLE - MANNY WARD - JANUARY 01, 2007 |
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WARD featuring DANNY “BUDDAH” MORALES: January 1, 2007

.netspheres is especially proud to present a collaborative effort between
Manny Ward and Danny “Buddah” Morales, entitled “The Cycle”, a classic
underground track from the hands of these modern masters.
Featuring vocals by Morales himself, Manny and Danny’s “Same Main Mix” is deep
and dark with a slow build. Congas and percussion are lush, with beautiful
string atmospheres and deep strong house stabs. Pulling from the elements of the
late-night club genre, theirs is completely modern yet classic in its approach,
serving up the absolute club realness for which Manny and Danny are well known.
Also included on the release is a “Bonus Beats” jam that features the underlying
beat to the “Same Main Mix”
Complementing Manny and Danny’s mix is “BARTON’s Homoestatic Mix”, remixed by
BARTON (Charlie Rogers and Barton). Highlighting darker elements, this mix has a
both a sense of urgency and spaciousness that beckons the dancer to the floor
with its hypnotic rhythm.
Already appearing on several record pool charts in the US, this track is sure to
be in the minds and hearts of serious dance music lovers everywhere.
Catalog: NET008
Release Date: January 01, 2007
Press Contact: Jason Whipley (866) 305-8910
Promo Contacts: Sergio Goncalves (323) 878-0327
Bookings: To book MANNY WARD in the US and Worldwide contact Neil Stoddard at .netspheres directly here. |
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BARTON INTERVIEWED ON SIRIUS RADIO THIS WEEK |
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The week of October 9th .netspheres is celebrating 15 weeks in the top 20 on
SIRIUS radio with a special treat:
BARTON are being interviewed
live on Jeremy Hovies' Last Call
at 1AM US Eastern Time on Saturday 14 October / 10:00PM US Pacific Time on
Friday October 13. Currently at number 14 on the chart,
BARTON's To Call My Own has
been on this national radio top 20 since June 24, 2006, peaking at
NUMBER 1 on September 2, 2006. |
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BARTON SCORES A NATIONAL RADIO NUMBER 1 |
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Now in its tenth week on the SIRIUS OUTQ chart, To Call My Own is NUMBER 1 on the September 02, 2006 chart.
This is BARTON's first national radio #1 - congratulations to BARTON and many thanks to the listeners SIRIUS OUTQ radio for their support!
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BARTON MOVES TO NUMBER 2 ON 19 AUGUST 2006 SIRIUS RADIO CHART |
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Now in its eighth week on the SIRIUS OUTQ chart, To Call My Own has moved to the number 2 position on the August 19, 2006 chart.
Last week, BARTON travelled to New York where they were interviewed and performed live on SIRIUS radio with OUTQ radio's own Jeremy Hovies. BARTON performed their current single, To Call My Own, as well as some material from their forthcoming album. The interview / performance was recorded Friday, August 18, 2006. Air date will be announced shortly. |
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FRONTMAN Barton INTERVIEWED ON DANCEMUSIC.ABOUT.COM |
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