Faceless Recordings cofounder, OFF Recordings newcomer and Nurvous Records debutant Barber has quickly established himself an artist to keep a close eye on in 2013.

His introductory release saw the Faceless Recordings team come together on what was also the labels first release – ‘Left Your Love’. Climbers produced it, Barber and Silky remixed it, and DJ Mag backed it to the hills by featuring as a download on their website.

The trio came together once again to stamp some signature club vibes on their next EP for OFF Recordings. Frozen & Mindset both set the tone for future releases, sitting nicely bridging the gap between house and techno, and always retaining underground appeal.

OFF took the support one step further by inviting Barber to join Vanilla Ace on the remix for Bruce Leroys & Dr. Shinigami’s ‘Get Me Right’. The remix placed highly in the Beatport deep house charts, inviting attention to Barbers next moves.

This interest fell further afield than the underground, with Columbia Records asking for Barber to remix his childhood heroes, Depeche Mode. His remix of ‘Should Be Higher’ takes the original on a new journey. It retains the original’s feeling and intelligence, whist giving it a straightforward club ready feel.

His greatest attribute when it comes to production is his flair for improvisation, which is exactly how he learned to play the keys on blues & jazz scales. As a result, he doesn’t read or recite pieces but constructs his works through pure feeling. Taking influences from a samba background, percussion is an obvious crucial element in the music he creates where the grooves are designed to compliment Barber’s most prominent factor, his voice.

This was one of the key features that drew the attention of New York based record label, Nurvous Records, who were quick to snap up Barber’s next release – Making It Up.