Down to the Beat

This week on Down to the Beat we sat down with rising Ottawa artist, T. Chandy and chopped it up about everything from his versatility as an artist, his parents influence on his music and how social media affects the current music game. We also dive into the Ottawa music scene and he hints at some upcoming singles and projects coming this year.

In this episode of Down to the Beat we kick it off with our hopes for Bobby Shmurda after his release as well as discuss what we think about Daft Punk's separation. We then move into a long discussion about censorship and swearing in music, covering their history and how it has evolved to what we see in the present day.

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This week we welcome on a very special guest, Toronto based music journalist, Adriel Smiley. Smiley is the host of live radio show 'The Cool Table' and makes up half of the 'Album Mode Podcast'. In this episode, we chop it up with him about everything from his start in broadcasting to where he sees it going in the near future. In between there are many great conversations covering a variety of topics such as experimental albums, his thoughts on interviewing guests and the parallels between the Toronto scene and Ottawa scene.

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This weeks episode of Down to the Beat welcomes on Ottawa recording artist and Dreamland co-founder, Hevve. We chop it up about his role in Dreamland along with his sound and how he's evolved as an artist throughout his discography. We get into how he's dealt with the previous year and how it's lead up to his upcoming project 'Cosmic Wonderer', produced by Dreamlands very own, Quest. 

This week on Down to the Beat we kick off the episode with our segment "Got but Not Forgotten" where we remember the life of the late rapper 6Dogs. We then move into our segment "Let's Talk" where we give an overview of the history the relationship between anime and hip hop music. We then ask ourselves some hypothetical questions and then give hypothetical answers to said questions. We then cap it off with a brief history of Southern rap music with a focus on Houston. Enjoy! 

This week's episode of Down to the Beat is kicked off with our segment "Gone but not Forgotten" where we talk about the late, revolutionary producer turned maniac, Phil Spector. We then move into our segment "Let's Talk" where we discuss artistic versatility and presidential pardons. We then cap off the episode with our segment "Blast from the Past" where we leave you guys with some old tracks to work into your rotation. Enjoy1 

This week we kick off Down to the Beat with a review of the new Pixar movie "Soul". We then move into our segment "Let's Talk" where we talk about artistic evolution and some of the most admirable moments of certain artist's creative journeys. We then talk about the art of trolling and ho it seems to have died a lot sooner than we had anticipated. Enjoy! 

On todays episode of Down to the Beat we open with our Gone But Not Forgotten segment and discuss the life and music of MF DOOM. We then review 2 albums including Bobby Brugal and Quest's 'Next World' followed by Playboi Carti's 'Whole Lotta Red'. Finally we cap off the episode by talking about producers flipping beats and how dope it is.

This week on Down to the Beat, we use our time to reflect over the year we just had in 2020, talking about the artists we've interviewed and what 2021 has in store. After this we move into a conversation about the Juice Wrld documentary and Man on the Moon III.