Vancouver sound comes from Brisbane, a sub tropical city in Queensland Australia. So the use or choice of the name (vancouver sound) is part escapism into another land or world and cunjures up a feeling for the listner of a cold and mysterious place in which the music emerges. vancouver sound is influenced by the down beat sound of Tosca, Portishead, Massive Attack, old school grooves like Al Green, Lonie Liston Smith, Marvin Gaye, Lou Rawls and rare grooves. Read more on Last.fm