shn shn 'everything from before lives here.' [CS]

Special limited edition orange cassette featuring 21 tracks, comprehensive liner notes, and custom painted labels. Limited to 50 only.

Imaginary North is delighted to share this compilation of music by an artist we have long admired, and whose music has won hearts anywhere it has been heard. Toronto's Shanika Lewis-Waddell, better known as shn shn, has been sharing her unique blend of ambient electronic pop since 2020, releasing three EPs, several remixes, compilation appearances, and collaborations. We are collecting all of her music from 2020-2024 in one 21-track compilation, available digitally and on cassette, and featuring one previously unreleased track.

Titled 'everything before lives here.', this serves as an introduction as well as a way in which shn shn's fans can find all of her recorded works dating back to fall 2020.

Included in this compilation are her EPs:
structura (2020)
e.strange.d (2021)
Form(s) (2023)

Remixes shn shn created of tracks by:

Marie
Kilometre Club
Tewksbury
Moonbean

Plus a collaboration with Ben McCarthy, compilation appearances (courtesy Age of Leisure and mainstream x Imaginary North), and new track 'light breaks through'. 

We could always start over
Originally featured on Impressions, released by Age of Leisure on April 5, 2024
Performance, Production, Mixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Mastered: Chad Skinner

growth
Performance, Production, Arrangement, Mixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Arrangement and mix contributions: Brett Klassen
Mastered: Beau Cass

first light
Performance, Production, Mixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Mastered: Chad Skinner

Maladaptive daydreams
Performance, Production, Arrangement: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Performance, Arrangement contributions: Evelyn Coyne
Mixed: Nimal Agalawatte from Four String Audio
Mastered: Sage Kim

silk
Performance, Production, Arrangement, Mixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Arrangement and mix contributions: Brett Klassen
Mastered: Beau Cass

Remaining by Marie (shn shn remix)
Originally featured on Remaining Fragments: A Rework Album,released by Imaginary North on March 1, 2024
Music, Mastered: Mariana Sousa Aguiar
Remixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell

melt
Performance, Production, Arrangement, Mixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Arrangement and mix contributions: Brett Klassen
Mastered: Beau Cass

IAWIA
Performance, Production, Mixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Mastered: Chad Skinner

divine
Performance, Arrangement, Production: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Mixed: Nimal Agalawatte
Mastered: Sage Kim

The Marrow Thieves by Kilometre Club (shn shn remix)
Originally featured on Kilometre Club’s ‘Futures Reworks’, released by Imaginary North on
August 19, 2022
Music, Mastered: Daniel Field
Remixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell

never say goodbye
Performance, Arrangement, Production: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Performance, Arrangement Contributions: Evelyn Coyne
Bass, Mixed: Nimal Agalawatte
Mastered: Sage Kim

strange states
Performance, Arrangement, Production: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Mixed: Nimal Agalawatte
Mastered: Sage Kim

one after another
Performance, Production, Mixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Mastered: Chad Skinner

essence
Performance, Production, Arrangement, Mixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Arrangement and mix contributions: Brett Klassen
Mastered by Beau Cass

Descend into Ft Ben McCarthy
Production, Performance: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Production, Performance, Mixed, Mastered Ben McCarthy

I am home BY Moonbean (shn shn remix)
Originally featured on I AM HOME Remix, released June 3, 2023
Music: Valentina Morelli and Colin Harrington
Remixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Mastered by Colin Harrington

hollow
Performance, Production, Arrangement, Mixed: Shanika Lewis-Waddell
Arrangement and mix contributions: Brett Klassen
Mastered by Beau Cass

Light breaks through
Performance, Production, Mixed, Mastered: Shanika Lewis-Waddell

Special Thanks to:
Hush Hush Records, Age of Leisure, Moonbean, all of shn shn's collaborators