Xuanchuan by Jordan Venn and the Slizneys

Xuanchuan means publicity and it means propaganda.
We got the title from this NatGeo article: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/fuling-china/hessler-text
The album is a concept record that has a varying zoom lens on globalism and the human condition. When it is critical, it is mainly critical of the Harper Government and their extremist aversion to evidence. Unfortunately a lot of the themes are universal.

Videos:
Central Military Commission
https://youtu.be/wA1ZHmGp5aA
Central Publicity Department
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1iHxbrNMI0
National Energy Commission
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMQqFvzZIwM

Tracklist

1.	Central Publicity Department	4:14

2.	National Energy Commission	4:11

3.	Ministry of Culture	3:15

4.	Ministry of Civil Affairs	3:13

5.	Ministry of Water Resources	4:39

6.	Ministry of Supervision	2:20

7.	Ministry of Commerce	3:51

8.	Ministry of Foreign Affairs	3:40

9.	Central Military Commission	5:26

10.	National People's Congress	4:11

Credits

released September 25, 2015

Rick Salt mixed and mastered, Mountainview Studio, Nanaimo, BC www.facebook.com/MountainviewStudio

John Dinsmore recorded drums, The Lincoln County Social Club, Toronto, ON lincolncountysocialclub.com

David Atkinson recorded keys at his house, Toronto, ON
Jordan Venn and the Slizneys recorded everything else, Albany Garden Studio, Toronto, ON

Alex McMaster played cello on Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tristan Armstrong played guitar
David Atkinson played keys
Tristan Clark played guitar
Trevor Falls played drums, percussion and programs
Devon Henderson played bass
Jordan Venn sang, played guitar and made programs

Cover art characters hand painted by Mei-Chun Pau

Written by Jordan Venn Copyright 2013, 2014

Thanks to everyone involved in making this record, we couldn't have done it without you. Thanks to all our significant others who support us in our madness. Thanks to all our friends and family. Thanks to Yau-Chun "Donna" Kwok-Pau for getting her sister to make the gorgeous Chinese calligraphy on the cover. Thanks to you for downloading and listening and especially for voting. Together we can make Canada a world leader in evidence based practice. It's in our hands, it's in our hands, it's in our hands.

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