Bacon & Quarmby
MANNA
When Debussy met Vangelis on a dark rainy night in Sheffield
01The Acoustic Integrity Paradox
“The music that AI would love to train itself on.”
Every sound here — piano hammers, seat creak, drifting analogue oscillators — is unprocessed, first-generation signal: no modelling, no compression, no correction.
02The Concept
MANNA is Bacon & Quarmby, performing as a duo: acoustic piano, vintage synthesisers and electric bass.
The concept was born in Sheffield thirty years ago. No sampling, no virtual instruments — every part on the record was performed, not assembled.
03The Instruments
Steinway Upright
Yamaha CS80
Oberheim Expander
Minimoog
Roland Juno-106
Fender Bass
Neve
04The Discipline
- No EQ
- No compressors
- No plugins
- No virtual instruments
- Nothing that isn't needed
05The Music
