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In the past nine years Montreal-hailing Mike Shannon has gone from being hotly-tipped to being world-renowned, rapidly establishing himself as one of the most reliable and dancefloor-curdling techno DJ/producers in the galaxy.

His career began at the front-end of this century with the release of 'Sunaj Assassins' on his own Cynosure imprint. Cynosure is a by-word for quality experimental techno, releasing records by Shannon himself as well as the likes of Deadbeat, Mark Henning and Brett Johnson. Shannon has gone on to record for a number of other celebrated labels including Wagon Repair and Dumb-Unit. In 2002 he released his debut album on the legendary Force Inc; it was followed in 2006 by Possible Conclusions To Stories That Never End for Scape, and most recently came the excellent Memory Tree, recorded for Hawtin's Plus8.

With a glitchy, swinging sound that proves there's still plenty of life in minimal techno if it's done right, Shannon is always an enthralling listening. His mix for FACT is essentially a "best of Cynosure", featuring seven Shannon productions alongside tracks from Monoblock, SLG, Sieg Uber Die Sonner and more. It's pretty fucking good.

Download: FACT Mix 92 - Mike Shannon
(Available for three weeks)

Tracklist:


Mike Shannon - Under the Radar(Deadbeat remix) - CYN040
Horror inc. - Untitled - CYN000
Mike Shannon - Under the Radar(Rozzo remix) - CYN040
Andrea Fiorito - Just a bit - CYN038
Sieg Uber die Sonne - Regular - CYN017
Horacio - Durango - CYN036
John Shananigans - Bankrupt Bounce - CYN018
SLG - Fridgefunk - CYN023
Ernesto Ferreyra - The Last Shooter - CYN024
Monoblock - untitled bao - CYN037
Andrea Fiorito - Boti's World - CYN031
John Shananigans - Charlie's on the Dance floor - CYN009
Sunaj Assasins - Spherian (filter mix) - CYN002
Brett Johnson - Space(basstrumental mix) - CYN030
Mike Shannon - The Box is Open - CYN033
Mike Shannon - Red Tide - CYN021
Matt Thibideau - Archenar - CYN001
Mossa - Blastula - CYN011
Monoblock - Untone - CYN025
Bucci and Pink Elln featuring Raz'O'Hara - Mavis 350 - CYN013
Adam Marshall - Rose Mountain - CYN032

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