From the EP November Sun. Written in Glasgow in May 2006. 

Stay Strong

From the album Choose Your Weapon recorded in August 2004. Song written in London in 2004. 

Sellout

From the album Choose Your Weapon (2004). Completed the writing of the song in the studio while recording. 

Red Fringe

From the album November Sun recorded in 2008 and released in 2009. The music was written in Glasgow around September 2006. I started writing the lyrics in 2006 and wrote a few more lines during 2007 in Switzerland. I completed the lyrics in January 2008. 

Aline

This song was written in Glasgow in 2006, the day after a crazy drunken night out with my colleagues from the call centre I worked in. I was feeling very emotional the day after and quite melancholic. Alcohol is only a temporary fix to all the problems because as soon as one wakes up everything comes back again only with a sore head on top of it! Surprisingly I very often felt really inspired in Glasgow while I was having a hangover. The music has got something from The Beatles for sure or some 50’s style ballad. I completed the lyrics in Switzerland on 8th January 2008. 

Saving My Love

1997: Wrote first song when I was 17 using the guitar as my main tool. 1998: Formed rock band Chelsea Wharf with Chris Losey (drums), Mike Tschopp (Guitar), Seb Aebischer (Bass). 1999: Recorded 3 song demo with Chelsea Wharf called "Touch The Sky". Recorded by Dom Torche at Studio Relief, Belfaux (FR), Switzerland. 2004: Recorded first solo album titled "Choose Your Weapon". Recorded and mixed by Dom Torche at Studio Relief, Belfaux (FR), Switzerland in August with Jim McDermott (drums), Hubert Heritier (bass), Sacha Ruffieux and Kevin Flynn (Electric Guitars). 2005: Website www.alexbarysh.com is launched 2008: Formed rock band Extatic Ashes with Chris Losey (drums), Seb Vetter (bass) and Gégé Aebischer (Lead Guitar). Nov. 2008: Recorded second solo CD, a 6 track EP titled "November Sun". Recorded and engineered by Marcel Lappert at Studio Apollo 13, Madiswil (BE), Switzerland with Jim McDermott (drums), Hubert Heritier (bass) and Calais Brown (Acoustic and Electric Guitar). Mixed by Ken Rich at Grand Street Recording, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City. Mastered by Glenn Miller at Greenwood Studios, Nunningen (BL), Switzerland. Dec. 2008: Recorded 4 track demo with Extatic Ashes called "Dust To Dust". Recorded, engineered and mixed by Nico Karlen at our rehearsal room, "La Tuilerie", Le Mouret (FR) in December. April 2011: Recorded self titled debut album with punk rock side project Second Hand. Recorded, engineered and mixed by Marcel Lappert at Studio Apollo 13, Madiswil (BE), Switzerland with Chris Losey (drums). Mastered by Glenn Miller at Greenwood Studios, Nunningen (BL), Switzerland

Alex Barysh