Stephen Bacchus is the recording alias for Grant MacKay, founder and owner of Oasis/Mirage Records, a Canadian new age and electronic ambient label. Bardo is an orchestral and electronic new age soundscape.
Bacchus recruited an eclectic orchestra with Native American and bamboo flutes, whistles, shakuhachi, ethnic harps, lutes, and zithers. The diversity of ethnic influences gives the soundscape world music textures and new age timbres. The idea is sound and solid. Many artists have been able to pull this off, but
Bacchus is not one of them. There is no feeling to this music -- it comes across as superficial muzak. ~ Jim Brenholts