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Canadian born Dj/producer Mike Shannon founded cynosure in 1999. Cynosure was designed to serve as a platform for like-minded producers who were working with an aesthetic similar to his own, to voice a distinct Canadian sound and to spread that sound throughout the world. Mike applies the same rigor
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Canadian born Dj/producer Mike Shannon founded cynosure in 1999. Cynosure was designed to serve as a platform for like-minded producers who were working with an aesthetic similar to his own, to voice a distinct Canadian sound and to spread that sound throughout the world. Mike applies the same rigorous integrity to his DJ selections and productions as he does in curating the label. Mike has always chosen uncompromising acts for Cynosure that are unique and original without the restraints of genre.
Mike's origins in Kitchener Ontario and the developing relationship with his Montreal comrades led to a distinct sound, which spanned from Detroit to Montreal, influenced from everywhere in between and abroad. Cynosure provides a platform for unique left side dance floor tracks that fuse the finer elements of house, techno and experimental sound design. If you take a listen to the label back catalogue, Deep Funk is always a major factor in the sound that makes up Cynosure recordings. Cynosure is the brother label of Revolver Canada records that Mike and Jeff Milligan founded together simultaneously Since 1999, Cynosure and Revolver Canada have collectively released a catalog primarily consisting of Canadian artists and friends including Montreal's Akufen, Mole, Mike Shannon, Mossa and Deadbeat, Toronto's Adam Marshall, Tomas Jirku, Matt Thibideau (Altitude) and Pan/tone, and Kitchener's, Jay Hunsberger, Tim Bones and Tunji. Many titles in the back catalogue were the debut releases for a majority of the aforementioned artists. Revolver Canada and Cynosure have collaborated with various prolific international artists with remix work appearing by artists like Perlon's Dimbiman (Germany), Sud Electronic's Portable (UK), Pier Bucci (Chile) Sieg uber die Sonne's Pink Elln and Dandy Jack(Germany), Monolake (Germany) SLG (Poland) and ARK from Paris.
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