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.

(Available for three weeks)

Tracklist:

Mike Shannon – Under the Radar(Deadbeat remix) – CYN040 Horror inc. – Untitled – CYN000Mike Shannon – Under the Radar(Rozzo remix) – CYN040Andrea Fiorito – Just a bit – CYN038 Sieg Uber die Sonne – Regular – CYN017 Horacio – Durango – CYN036John Shananigans – Bankrupt Bounce – CYN018SLG – Fridgefunk – CYN023 Ernesto Ferreyra – The Last Shooter – CYN024Monoblock – untitled bao – CYN037 Andrea Fiorito – Boti’s World – CYN031 John Shananigans – Charlie’s on the Dance floor – CYN009 Sunaj Assasins – Spherian (filter mix) – CYN002Brett Johnson – Space(basstrumental mix) – CYN030Mike 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