ATSIC S06E10 - It’s a Vibe
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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. There’s also a video below from the stream where I slapped this mix together. I’m having fun week to week.
Back at it with another hour long mix of the best new Hip Hop in Canada, hand picked and mixed by yours truly. It’s music that might not be what you’d think of as “dance music” but is all definitely dance-able, and some of it is full on made for movement, especially further into the mix once things get going. This playlist was a long time coming, so it includes a few tracks that I’ve had in the vault since last year, or that I found after talking to an artist and checking his older work out recently, so there’s even a track from 2023 in the mix (Hermitofthewoods - “A Beagle Named Goose” brought that dawg to the party). There’s also plenty of new new though, and one track “Gasoline” from Edmonton’s Illiam (produced by my homie Deez Waxx) isn’t actually available to listen to anywhere else, that I know of. Illiam sent that over a while back but this was the first time it worked out to include it.
If I get time to, I’ll type something up about the individual songs, but suffice it to say that it’s got you covered from coast to coast with that new new. Check the playlist at the bottom if you want to know what’s included!
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 - I’m practicing on the turntables and having fun documenting the scene while I do.
Fly in Formation is flying high. This week I talked with Trippz, and for now, Mixcloud is the only place to listen to it in audio only podcast format. We spoke about his new album “Water”, his evolution as an artist, engineering school, the Edmonton Hip Hop 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 - Halfcut! He’s a Calgary based emcee who’s done some big shows and landed some big placements for his music over the years and should have plenty of knowledge to share about the indie grind! 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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