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Mike Shannon
Slight of Hand
Force Inc.
One word comes to mind when speaking of Mike Shannon
"experience", and adding on to create a sentence
"distills the soul". Mike Shannon has been
involved with the techno scene since he was 12. Back
then, he would create mix tapes using a belt driven
turntable, a CD player and a tape player. He would distribute
the tapes amongst his friends at school to educate them
in the know. Since then, he has climbed the circuits
to make a name for himself. Mike has dabbled in various
excursions everything from promotion to starting his
very own record label, which he called Cynosure. His
goal with Cynosure is to explore the possibilities of
abstract non-linear sound with linear structure and
mixing appeal. With this in mind, he sought out to attract
artists of the same intent, most of which were his close
friends and acquaintances. Since then, he has journeyed
into the vast realm of production in which he can truly
expand to an extent that encompasses his entire endeavor
thus far. I found his new cd entitled "Slight of
Hand" which has been released on Germany's own
Force Inc. to be a mesh of everything from acid-house
to micro-house to the minimal Detroit sound that Canada
has become so familiar with. It tends to be dark at
times, yet it still holds onto that simple element that
maintains the techno and house scene so well. "Slight
Of Hand" is an obvious step in Mike's career. His
transition from hardware to software in the production
of this album adds to the whole concept as well. It
brings together the many layers of history that have
enveloped techno, and it shows you that techno is growing
up, distilling it's own soul down to the purest element
...Futurism.
-Philo
Tracklisting:
- Crawl Through
- Unexpected Vengence
- Munlighta
- Beach Look
- Drool String Espresso
- Essence Of The Usual Myth
- Sextoy
- Nostalgic Inhale
- Flaco Blaco Funk
- Scorpio Libidio
- Humid
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