Dark pop producer Bara Hari releases debut single / music video 'Carving Flesh'

Dark pop project Bara Hari has released their debut single / music video 'Carving Flesh'. Coming from Los Angeles-based artist Sam Franco, they blend an influence of industrial, classical, trip-hop, darkwave, and pop music for their sound. Bara Hari also takes keen interest in silent films combined with modern day technology for their hand-crafted audiovisual experience. You can purchase / stream the music video directly below and you can purchase the single HERE.


This song was written in late 2017 but sat on the shelf because I couldn't come up with a vocal melody that I was happy with. At that point, I had only been dabbling in music for a couple of months so it was extremely lo-fi. I was still learning Ableton Live and experimenting with different synth patches. It was kind of a mess so I left it alone for a long time. It was written on my old laptop which kept crashing so I almost discarded it completely until transferring it onto another computer. Once I brought it to my partner, Ian Flux, to work on the production a bit more, the song really came to life. The melody and lyrics clicked in my head almost immediately. I don't usually have a solid idea of what a song is going to be about until I start to just let random words spill out. Then I kind of take a step back and go, "Oh, wow, I guess I was thinking about ___." This song ended up being about letting go of any sort of guilt (especially religious) when it comes to sexuality. I grew up Catholic and, though I don't identify with that faith, the guilt that comes with it is hard to shake. It really took me till my mid-twenties to get comfortable with being myself and living how I wanted to. I wanted it to have a contrast of really heavy elements and strong vocals with some lighter, ethereal breaks in between. -Bara Hari

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