Using a text-to-speech program, Bruce Atchison converted a free-verse poem into the basis for this track from his 2003 CD-R album called Darkness Path. Using analogue synthesizers, effects pedals, and Windows Sound Recorder, Atchison created this bleak ambient tune which was inspired by a lucid dream he 

"Footprints in Time"

As part of his homage to northern Canadian airports, Bruce Atchison recorded this track at his Edmonton, Alberta home studio using his Yahama CX5M music computer and Concertmate 500 Keyboard. The track appeared on his Seventeen Sites cassette album which was released in the spring of 1989.

"Springbank"

Seventeen Sites was originally released on cassette in 1989. Bruce Atchison composed these tracks in honour of seventeen airports in Alberta, Yukon, and Northwest Territories. Hay River was issued as a cassette single in July and it soared to number 1 on CJSR's hit parade.

Seventeen Sites

Track 10, Lethbridge

Track 09, Inuvic

Track 08, Hay River

Track 07,Grande Prairie

Track 05,Fort Smith

Track 04,Fort Simpson

Track 06,Fort Saint John

Track 03,Fort Nelson

Track 2, Fort McMurray

Track 01, Cambridge Bay

While surfing the shortwave bands, I came across this strange signal. After a few minutes, it morphed into the sign on of WIMB. I tuned this in using my CCrane Skywave SSB portable with about 15 feet of random wire strung around my kitchen.

Odd WIMB Sign On, 19Jul19@0359UT, 9265KHZ

Bruce Atchison is a freelance writer, author, and electronic music composer. He lives in a tiny Alberta hamlet with his house rabbit, Deborah.

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