ATSIC S06E06 - We Got You

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Below this write-up, you’ll find the track list, complete with artists and their hometowns. You can listen here and follow along, or if you’re using the Mixcloud app, hit the “…” to check out the track list while you listen.

It’s another hour long mix of the best new Hip Hop in Canada, picked by Doobyis and spun by DJ Dice. If you want to know what's what in the national scene, we got you covered.

This one features a couple exclusives: an ATSIC Remix to a Tone Chop & Frost Gamble track featuring an additional verse from your humble host, and a track from O P Yeti called "belybutonsoup" that isn't online yet. There's also brand new songs from Epic & Deadly Stare, Cadence Weapon, Decay & Hippy Junior, Ivason Black & Nige, JD Era & Fredro Starr, Hardbody Dreams, Supa Kaliente & Imperetiv, Maze Overlay & Slang Hugh, Private Name Private Number & DJ Disspare, Yk the Mayor, K-Blitz, Slik Jack & Vincent Pryce, kid100 & New Villain, JRoberts & Asun Eastwood, and more.

If you want to check out what I had to say about this music as I was making the episode, I posted the “Making Of ATSIC” stream below - feel free to chop a clip of me saying things about your favourite artists music if that’s the sort of thing you do. This time around I also watched a diss song about Tom MacDonald, and checked out the masterpiece that is Xavier Trudeau’s new music video (I didn’t like it very much).

Fly in Formation is flying high. This week I talked with BC Twitch, and for now, Mixcloud is the only place to listen to it in audio only podcast format. He has a new double vinyl project on the way titled “Yesterday/Tomorrow”, so we talked about that, the interior BC scene, and a bunch of other important stuff. Tune in every Tuesday for interviews with artists across the country as I learn more about local scenes and artists creative processes, talking to artists we play regularly on ATSIC. I’m looking forward to my next interview for FiF - Hermitofthewoods, who is a veteran emcee from the East coast with chops backed up by holding a doctorate in Hip Hop - I intend to find out exactly what that means. We talk March 4! Come through, hit subscribe on Twitch, skip the ads, and chat live while we stream.

I buy every track I play on ATSIC unless it’s sent to me directly. Streaming barely pays, so it’s essential to support indie artists by buying their music, tickets, or merch to keep them creating. Listening to #ATSIC on Mixcloud is free for you, and makes sure that each song you hear pays the artist at least SOMETHING. Spotify pays 0.006 CAD per stream, and only if the song hits 1000 plays in 3 months. Assuming a song gets 1000 spins, that means it takes around 125 Spotify plays to earn an artist the same .76 cents they earn from my 1.29 cent purchase on iTunes.

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