Bio

Stealphish is the solo music project created by guitarist and producer Josh Barker.

Josh plays lead guitar for the band Cafe Fistfight who regularly play shows around Auckland and although he writes his own parts, the majority of the music in CFF comes from the mind of talented front man Chris Moutter. So Stealphish was created in early 2020 as an outlet for Josh's love of composing and arranging original music.

It's early Days for Stealphish as only a couple songs have been made so far. The sound of the music can be described as "dream prog" as it has emotional orchestral and classical piano often building to powerful lead guitar and modern djent elements.

While it is mainly instrumental music so far, Josh plans to collaborate with other like minded musicians including vocalists and plans to have guests record parts to the songs at his home studio. His first single Procidens featured a beautiful classical piano track played by Caitlyn Abbot.

The name "Stealphish" is a computer username Josh has used since he was a kid and couldn't spell "stealth" properly. "It just stuck and I couldn't think of anything else that didn't sound pretentious haha".

Links

• Artist Website
• Instagram Page
• Spotify Page