Ghoti

Patrick Gostovic, aka Ghoti, started dabbling in music in the late 80s, making home recordings using equipment mostly borrowed from friends, including a 4-track recorder, a drum machine, an acoustic guitar, and lots of synths. His evolution to playing guitar in local rock cover bands was abruptly diverted in the early 90s after going to a rave. Being exposed to (and enchanted by) techno music inspired Patrick to trade in his rock instruments for an arsenal of pre-vintage analog gear, including several Roland x0x pieces. After putting out a few releases and playing a bunch of live shows in late 90s and early 00s, Ghoti’s interest in making electronic music waned. He went dark…

Almost 20 years later, despite being decades into a career as a computer programmer, Ghoti realized that it may have been computers themselves that dampened his desire to make music all those years ago. He ditched his old dust-collecting analog gear (now very vintage!) and started building his modular synth setup. This hands-on, tactile, arrangement-less way of making music has been fruitful.

Ghoti’s music is abstract, sparse, often mathematical, usually trippy, and covertly groovy.