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THE MEMORY TAP Track Listing
1. The Memory Tap
2:48
2. A Passing
2:53
3. Phases of a Wave
4:12
4. In the Garden of Night
3:54
5. Dreaming In Sanukit
6:04
6. A Chameleon’s True Colours
3:10
7. Alluvium
3:10
8. Textured Fields of View
7:24
9. Between Earth and Space
7:02
10. Comfort Zone
5:50
11. The Mind’s Ear
5:43
12. The Prodigal Muse
5:06
13. Passport
4:42
THE MEMORY TAP Notes
Stephen Bacchus played, performed, sound-designed, programmed, and recorded using the following software, hardware, and musical instruments in the creation of this album:
Synthesizers (Hardware): Korg Wavestate Synthesizers (Software): Spectrasonics Omnisphere II; Logic Alchemy, Logic Retro Synth, Logic Sculpture; Arturia Analog Lab 4, Arturia Buchla Easel V, Arturia Synthi V, Arturia Pigments; Korg Wavestation, Korg M1 Samplers (Software): Logic Sampler; iZotope Iris2; UVI World Suite 2 Musique Concrete and Nature Sound field recordings: Zoom H6 Recorder Guitar: Epiphone Les Paul “Standard” electric guitar Percussion: Inuit wave drum on Dreaming in Sanukit
ARTIST’S COMMENT In many ways, this album "taps" into my most distant sound and music memory. What drew me into the world of "aural" art was sound first before music. Intuitively I began to compose in Musique Concrete (the experimental technique of musical composition using recorded sounds as raw material). From there, I expanded into experimental electronic music and modern music (or classical Avant-guard). Sound and Music, for me, have always been vehicles for discovering new realms of the unknown within. "The Memory Tap" as a whole is a reintegration of my earlier sound and music explorations into my overall composer identity.
New Releases
OF MAGICKS, MYTHS & MORTALS (2022) Stephen Bacchus Now AVAILABLE on BANDCAMP
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NOW AVAILABLE! LAKESIDE SAVANNAH: DELUXE EDITION (2023) Grant Mackay
This Deluxe Edition has been remastered in 2022, with special gatefold packaging in a limited-edition, numbered (1-50) release of Grant Mackay's 2nd nature sounds album "LAKESIDE SAVANNAH "
"...the clarity of the recordings is superb...It resonates with me..." Rob Stimpson of Rob Stimpson Photography
"The Savannah disc is crisp and clear as if nature were itself in the living room." Beck H.
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Of Magicks, Myths & Mortals (2022 New Release) Stephen Bacchus In 2000, Stephen Bacchus was specially commissioned by Frog and Nightgown Theatre Productions to compose incidental music and soundscapes for a theatrical performance of the play, “Of Magicks, Myths & Mortals and The Serpent’s Egg. This album is the first time the complete incidental music to this play has ever been released. Fully remixed and remastered. Listen on Bandcamp
THE MEMORY TAP (2021 Release) Deluxe Gatefold Ed. Stephen Bacchus In many ways, this album "taps" into my most distant sound and music memory. What drew me into the world of "aural" art was sound first before music. Intuitively I began to compose in Musique Concrete (the experimental technique of musical composition using recorded sounds as raw material). From there, I expanded into experimental electronic music and modern music (or classical Avant-guard). Sound and Music, for me, have always been vehicles for discovering new realms of the unknown within. "The Memory Tap" as a whole is a reintegration of my earlier sound and music explorations into my overall composer identity. Listen on Bandcamp
THE KEEP (2020 Reissue) 10th Anniversary "Keepsake" Collector's Edition Stephen Bacchus In a Limited Edition Digipack CDr (50 copies only!) “The Keep" is a three-decade retrospective spanning the years 1979-2009 of Bacchus' writing career. Carefully curated and remastered by the artist, "The Keep" contains unreleased tracks and showcases the spectrum of his musical styles. This essential release fills in missing gaps in his discography and unlocks "The Keep" of his recording archives that contain some of his earlier works. Buy CD on Bandcamp
CIRCADIA (2018 Release) Special Digipack Limited Edition (Only 100 copies!) Stephen Bacchus Infused with “enhanced” nature sounds, ambient atmospheres, and surprising musical manifestations, this album features eight new tracks. Buy CD on Bandcamp
Born in 1959, Stephen Bacchus a.k.a. Grant Mackay has many decades of experience as a composer, producer, and field recordist. He has a large repertoire of best-selling and artistically adventurous albums that he has both authored and produced. Stephen Bacchus began working in sound at age nine. MORE
Artist’s Blog
The Wilderness Mysterium, If you travel far enough into the wilderness, you eventually reach a region where you feel the bonds of civilization slowly slip away. Here in the primordial vastness of black spruce forests, kettle lakes, and endless skies, if you listen not with your ears but with your heart, the wilderness will speak to you. The narrative of the land becomes audible. In powerful yet elusive whispers, it tells a tale of timelessness, mystery, and awe, MORE
Stephen Bacchus creates a range of music enjoyed by thousands of fans for its tranquility and peaceful qualities. Using his primary instruments, synthesizers, and samplers, Bacchus combines composed music, nature sounds, and ambient sounds of the outside world to tap into the "sweet spot" where music and sound meet. His music is best described as "ambient melodic." Heartfelt melodies, inventive arrangements, along with lushly ambient backdrops.
When you're looking for a soundtrack for your meditation, yoga, or other relaxing activities, allow Stephen Bacchus to provide the relaxing music for your inner space. Whether you're meditating for holistic health reasons or simply enjoying a relaxing evening alone, the music composed by Stephen is sure to offer you harmony and peace.
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About Stephen Bacchus
Stephen Bacchus has over twenty albums both under his artist-alias name (Stephen Bacchus) and under his birth name, Grant Mackay. Based in Camborne, ON, Canada his music is available on Compact Disc, Limited-edition CDr and as downloads from his Bandcamp website as well as other download sites. You can stream his music on Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube Music and Amazon Music. During his career, he has released several albums of instrumental music, often combining world music instruments, orchestral instruments, and originally designed synthesizer sounds for each release. As a music producer, Stephen has also worked on over fifty albums, including Celtic Mysteries which garnered sales in excess of 100,000 units worldwide!
