Tom Barton
singer, composer, educator
Tom Barton is a vocalist, composer and educator based in Naarm/Melbourne.
He builds his music live from his own voice, looping and processing it in real time, working across jazz, free improvisation, extended vocal techniques and electronic production.
His debut album Aspirations drew a 4.5-star review in The Weekend Australian and a Jazz Bell Awards shortlist. He has performed at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne Recital Centre and Wangaratta Festival of Jazz, and live on ABC Radio National’s The Music Show.
Listen
Tom has a number of releases spanning jazz, improvised and electronic music, including Aspirations (2014), Connections (2015) recorded in Osaka with guitarist Diego Villalta, through to improvised electronic trio Voyage’s 2025 self-titled debut with Diego Villalta and Nathan Liow.
WATCH
Live vocal looping, solo and in company: Björk’s ‘Hyperballad’, Kurt Elling’s setting of Roethke, Coltrane with Stephen Magnusson, and work with The Surface Project.
LIVE
Tom performs solo and with Voyage across Australia and abroad. Dates as they are confirmed.
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