Graventown
A kindness, positivity, mental health and music-magic-based informal conversational town hall created, authored, and produced by award winning Canadian singer songwriter and ex-journalist Matty McKechnie (known musically as Graven). Whether he has acclaimed or interesting pals, comedians, musicians or artists to interview - or even if it's just a solo-yolo convo that he "sends into the universe", Matty would always want you to know that you - whoever and wherever you are - are ALWAYS welcome in Graventown.
Graventown
Episode 36: Interview w/ Stephen Paul Taylor
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My golden goose of a wild creative energy guru guest today in Graventown almost needs no introduction, but he's gonna get one anyway. We talked about music, art, creative forces, manifestation and the modern age of content creation and it was a real lovely chat. Stephen Paul Taylor is a Neo-Synthpop-Punk, genre-hopping artist who graced hundreds of stages all over Europe, went viral (10 million views across all platforms) and had his music featured in a commercial for Spotify. His shows are electrifying, energetic and colourful and he has attracted attention from the likes of Dieter Bohlen (Modern Talking) and Dick Valentine (Electric Six). After playing with the duo Trike (Taylor and Xania Keane) for five years, Taylor decided to strike out on his own in 2013. Armed with his keyboard and a handful of songs he began playing in the streets of Berlin, Stephen immediately began booking shows. In November 2014, he was filmed briefly playing his song EKSF and went viral. This virality led to him getting booked all over Europe (touring 23 countries - Russia four times), playing on Das Supertalent and being interviewed from Arte, RTL2, RBB, Joiz.de TV and many more. He’s released a few albums, including 2020’s “Synthpop is Dead” (produced by Marco Haas aka T Raumschmiere) which garnered plenty of positive reviews. Stephen is currently working on a new album which features the talented Preston Heyman (Kate Bush, Terence Trent D’Arby) and Derrick McIntyre (Jamiroquai). His shows are known for being extremely energetic and lively, involving glitter, face paint, very catchy pop songs and a lot of love for his craft. He’s definitely quite a phenomenon. As Dick Valentine (Electric Six lead singer) stated “(SPT is) a firecracker!" I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Follow Stephen's wild creative journeys on his youtube channel and on insta here.
UPCOMING SHOWS:
MAR 3 - JETHROS (PETERBOROUGH, ON) - TICKETS
MAR 4 - THE ACOUSTIC GRILL (PICTON, ON)
My new album "Geographics" is releasing (on my Bandcamp page only) through late January into late February 2026, and every Monday and Friday of those months, I'll have a new song up for you to digest into your ear canals. You can preorder the digital, cd and vinyl versions of the album, (which helps me greatly) but I understand that cash is tight all over the map, so you can also order a five dollar Geographics sticker. 5 beans! This album is really special to me (as my friends Melissa Payne and Charles Austin played all over it) and I hope you'll come along for the supersonic ride. Follow me @gravencanada on all the socials, and check my website to see when I'm playing live in a town near you. Join Graventown today to support yours truly for only 8 clams a month.