Diverse.
Precision, melody and sharing.
Around Resurgence: building an EP, sharing sounds and hearing your own tracks differently in a DJ set.
Gabriel Barta · Diverse
For Gabriel Barta, known as Diverse, Resurgence gives a clear place to a sound he has been developing across several releases. But our conversation goes beyond the finished record: it takes in track order, a sound library he first made for himself and the more comparative listening that comes with stepping behind the decks. Five questions about how he works and the encounters that encourage him to keep going.
Diverse is a Swiss producer and DJ. On Resurgence, released through Make Your Era, he sharpens a direction that combines experimental drum and bass, sound design and melody. Gabriel sent us these answers on 28 October 2026.
Giving that sound a place
With Resurgence, what did you want to try that you had not yet found room for on your previous releases?
With Resurgence, I mainly wanted to establish the sound I have been moving towards for a few months now: experimental, precise drum and bass that still keeps its melodic side. It is a sound I was already heading towards with my previous releases — Dead Inside, Kosma, Tell Them and Melody Theorem — but this EP matters to me because it gives that style a clear place in my discography.
Finding the beginning and the end
When you prepare several tracks for the same EP, how do you decide the order in which we will discover them?
For the order, I always prefer to start with what is most “obvious”: the first and last tracks. With “tear everything down”, the EP has time to introduce itself: a long introduction that hints at the themes explored throughout the rest of the project, and a first drop that does not arrive until after 1:30. In general, I also try to put the tracks that are more representative of the EP next to each other, so that the more experimental tracks sound like a development of the ideas introduced before them.
To be honest, that sample pack was first and foremost a way of building my own personal sound library.
A sound library to share
You have also shared a sample pack. How does it feel to let other producers transform sounds you created?
To be honest, that sample pack was first and foremost a way of building my own personal sound library. That way, my tracks sound more consistent with one another. But after doing all the synthesis and detailed work, it seemed natural to let other people benefit from it too!
Hearing your tracks in a set
When you play one of your own tracks in a DJ set, what do you listen for differently compared with a session in the studio?
When I play one of my own tracks in a DJ set, all the things that need improving jump out at me. Because I have often already spent more than half an hour playing tracks that are “industry-approved”, my ears have become used to them, and the differences with my own tracks are immediately audible. So I would say I listen much more comparatively than in the studio, where I often dive headfirst into my ideas.
The encounters that move things forward
Which encounter in the Swiss scene made you want to take your music further?
Honestly, the whole Swiss scene is lovely. There are not many of us, so most people lift you up and encourage you. But if I have to name names, I have to mention Sloth, who gave me my first opportunities, introduced me to DJing and still supports me a lot!
I have also played in Zurich a few times, where I met Lex, Enyx and Anemoia, to name just a few. They are all lovely people who encourage me to keep going in this scene! And finally, I recently met Eroxy, a DJ from Fribourg who, among other things, made it possible for me to open for QZB a few weeks ago!
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