Calgary’s introduction to this active, prolific audio/visual purveyor of psych-laden songcraft was his 2010 album Supermodern World of Beauty, produced with Jay Crocker, who introduced him to psych band Dead Horse. His utterance “I just bought a bass, I could fill in until you find someone else” set the stage for over a decade of collaboration and multi-instrumental session work with them, Ghostkeeper, Labcoast, Chad VanGaalen, Matt Swann and others, which ranged from multi-disciplinary experimental folk to post-disco.

The chemistry in Chad VanGaalen’s band, under the moniker The Bleach Wipes, lent itself to 2023’s Plant City collaboration with drummer Chris Dadge. Bourne played most other instruments and VanGaalen lent melody, synth, backing vocals. Other pals added violin, hurdy-gurdy, flute, bowed saw and saxophone. Recorded low-fi on voice memo and a 4-track tape machine, the sound evokes an enchanting futuristic, utopian/dystopian, peaceful post-apocalyptic vibe with ‘60s rock-and-roll, psychedelic and baroque pop sensibilities, a few field recordings and musique concrete nods woven in.

- Kerry Clarke