(XSN 036) Various - Our Back Yard

Various - Our Back Yard
Label: Xynthetic Netlabel
Catalog#: XSN036
Format: 10 x File, MP3
Released: Nox 2009
Genre: Electronic
Style: IDM, Techno, Minimal, Tech House, Leftfield

Welcome to Our Back Yard, Xynthetic Netlabel’s first real look around the place to see what our neighbors are up to.
Graeme and I started Xynthetic in late 2006 with the intent of working with artists both local to and remote from Vancouver. Up ‘til now we’ve been very successful working with remote artists, but our presence in our home base has been slow in coming. Outside of our own tracks, and artists like The Square Root of Evil, Daega and Revelostoker, Xynthetic hasn’t had a lot of interaction with the local crowd.
In July of this year I performed at Sequential Circus 5 along with a couple of the other acts on this compilation: Filip Gorecki and Konketsu. I had a chance to meet and catch up with a number of other e-muso’s there and the idea to do a Vancouver-focused compilation became obvious. I started to put this compilation in motion that night.
This compilation should not be taken as a summation or encapsulation of the Vancouver electronic music community. The Vancouver electronic music scene is large and varied, and we wouldn’t presume to speak for it. This is a collection of music by artists who called Vancouver home at the time the tracks were assembled and happened to be tuned into our wavelength. Some of the artists are native Vancouverites, but a number are immigrants to the city like myself (I moved from around Detroit in early 2000).
In the end it comes down to 10 tracks by electronic musicians and producers who happen to be located in Vancouver. Neither inclusion nor omission is in any way a poltical statement. As always Xynthetic casts a wide styiistic net rather than a laser focus on a genre or sound... this is music we like united by a unique piece of geography. We hope you enjoy the compilation, and thanks for your continued support of Xynthetic Netlabel and the artists who work with us.

Tracklist:
1. The Automatic Message - Ham and Enos
2. Bloodway - Mr. Sawatzky's Silent Visit
3. Tim Gerwing - Thinking of You
4. Konketsu - Pinnacle
5. Stimuless Package - Far Larger
6. JGarrett - Clockerz (Spucky Mix)
7. Trent Crawford - To Run From Light
8. Mind's Eye Robot - Eyes of the Demon
9. Dialectic - Ubik
10. Filip Gorecki - Comrade

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