ATSIC S06E16 - Selected
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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.
This week the mix was slapped together in one go by yours truly, cuz Dice was busy this week. I have fun doing these mixes, and I’m really happy if I can maintain the tempo and allow the head nod to stay steady as songs transition. It’s still a learning curve tho, plenty to learn as I go. The important part is that it’s all new Canadian Hip Hop on display that people might miss if they aren’t paying attention to the local scenes across the country.
There’s an exclusive from B1 the Architect & Blu to kick off the mix! It’s called Morning Rain and I’m assuming B1 got the feature when Blu came through town on his recent cross Canada tour. I know he played Calgary and Edmonton as well and I think I know some of the other guys who opened for him, so props to whoever booked that tour for actually reaching out and building with artists in each city who actually deserved a chance to get on stage before one of the biggest underground emcees out there. The track itself is a self reflective and somber soundscape, leaving plenty of room for both emcees to kick some introspective bars. It hits streaming platforms next week, May 14! I’m a big fan of artists who let me play shit early, so spread the word and let B1 know you heard the track on ATSIC, maybe it’ll encourage him or others to send more.
There’s a bunch more new new to follow up - 100 percent Canadian as always. If I get a chance I’ll type more about specific tracks, but I’m a bit too busy to do it right now.
If you want to check out what I had to say about this music as I was making the episode, you can find a “Making of ATSIC” stream below! . Tap in on weekdays over on Twitch, I’m on all the time either working on ATSIC, listening to the new releases each week to make picks, or workin gon my own music.
Fly in Formation is flying high. On the episode attached to this ATSIC, I talked with Kryple for a second FiF episode. We spoke about his last album “Johnny Rich”, which was a more personal offering from the Doom Squad front man, plus 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, HellnBack! He’s a legendary First Nations Hip Hop originator who deserves his flowers! 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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