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atish

Atish plays from the soul with a smile on his face. His charm flows as freely as his grooves, and his infectious personality is poured into every performance. The links he makes are not just musical but personal, too, as he communicates the highs and lows of life through his sounds. As an unmistakably warm person, he has quickly built up a dedicated fan base that feeds off his passion and energy. The Atish experience is about more than just dancing - it's about connection. There is an intimacy and elegance to the music Atish plays whether it's deep house, Romanian minimal, artful techno, or emotive progressive house. Melody unites it all - whimsical keys and curious synth patterns that stir a wide range of emotions and get lodged deep in the memory. For Atish, the challenge is to lead an audience into unexpected new worlds: they won't know how they got there but will be delighted when they arrive. It's a subtle skill he has mastered while never taking himself too seriously. His own productions have come on cultured labels like Anjunadeep, Satya, and Stil Vor Talent. The Manjumasi Music label he co-founded with Mark Slee in 2016 deals in house with real heart and musicality. The aim is simply to work with artists whose music they admire; to give a leg up to those who deserve it, then watch them grow, whether with his label or elsewhere. He is similarly open-minded and candid on social media and recently wrote some software to analyze a year's worth of playlists before discussing the results. He's also keen to demystify the often shadowy and secretive world of DJing and production and open it up to all, which is why he started his own unique party series, Late Night Tonite. Each event started with a sit-down interview with the guest and a conversation about the creative arts before the dancing began. That now dormant concept led Atish to start his own mentorship program during the Covid lockdowns. He continues it to this day, with students enjoying one-on-one coaching, feedback, and advice sessions in which he shares what he has learned about all aspects of the industry. In truth, this career chose him rather than the other way around: as a long-time and obsessive music collector, he was happy enough to play on the side around his software engineering day job. But he was making such a mark on the parties he played that word got out and the bookings kept on coming. He decided to throw himself into music rather than live to regret the missed opportunity and hasn't looked back since. Atish has forged his own path and proven that DJs need not hide behind the music. Instead, Atish is right there to share the moments with you. Contact: mgmt@atishmusic.com
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Episodes

atish - [065] - january 2017 - slightly

Happy new year, my friends. Given the nature of my gigs and timeslots over the last few months, I've been buying and playing a lot of "club music" which has been reflected in the sets I've been releasing. I love playing dance floor tunes, but I'm still collecting music I love that's fit for at-home listening, opening slots, and afterhours...most of which has been sitting untouched in my music collection these last few months. So it's been nice taking the time to do this studio mix that dusts off...

Jan 04, 201757 min

atish - [063] - october 2016 - live at stereobar, montreal

I'm happy to finally release my first extended set with you, recorded at StereoBar in Montreal. StereoBar is a club that's quickly jumped onto my shortlist of favorite venues in the world. Beyond the nailing the club fundamentals (sound system, layout, lighting, staff), they feature the "All Night" series where one DJ plays as opener, headliner, and closer. I love this format since it gives me the opportunity to build the energy from scratch and take the night in any direction without constraint...

Oct 12, 20165 hr 3 min

atish - [062] - august 2016 - waves

Everything comes in waves. Personal waves of good times, bad times, luck, love, fear, joy... in the physical world, water waves, sound waves, electromagnetic waves, radio waves...Trends, eras, and dynasties also come in waves, just over a longer span of time. Things come and go with crests and troughs, crests and troughs. Here's one more... Tracklist: http://bit.ly/atish-waves-fb Sign up for my mailer: bit.ly/atishmusic Support me on patreon: patreon.com/atishmusic - connect - facebook.com/atish...

Aug 09, 201658 min

atish - [061] - june 2016 - afterhours (electronic groove)

The music in this mix represents what I like to listen to when hanging out with just a few friends after a long night out. Sounds that I prefer as a soundtrack to my mindless spaced-out conversations on a couch rather than tracks designed to work a crowd on a dance floor...loopy, spacey, trippy, stripped, strangely structured, quirky, and subdued. I was actually glad that my friends at Electronic Groove (@egroove) asked me to do an afterhours-specific mix rather than a regular anything-goes mix....

Jun 15, 20161 hr

atish - [057] - december 2015 - reason

In contrast to the approach I took with my last studio mix, "Intuition (#055)," I decided to take this on from a calculated approach relying on reason rather than feeling. The mixes I respect and enjoy listening to the most are stylistically varied, so for this mix (not unlike most of my mixes) I aimed for an output that achieves the same, balancing lush vs stripped, angry vs delicate, synthesized vs organic, serious vs quirky. The fun challenge of assembling a mix in this fashion is finding a w...

Dec 28, 201557 min

atish - [056] - live @ burning man 2015 kalliope art car

Burning Man 2015, What a week. What a challenge. What a breeze. What a great time. What an awful time. At times, I wished it wouldn't end. At times, I wanted to go home...REAL home. This was my 6th burn, and what I walked away with was largely a reinforcement of what I learned the year before: Burning Man is complicated. There are lots of ups and downs. It's unpredictable. Is this conclusion I've reached the same conclusion all experienced burners eventually come to? Or did I happen to have 2 ch...

Nov 24, 20151 hr 58 min

atish - [055] - september 2015 - intuition

Intuition: the ability to know directly and instantaneously without rational or conscious thought. Intuition is different than instinct, which is something animalistic. Intuition is higher level, often linked with spirituality, sometimes described as a sixth sense or a taste of enlightenment. Intuition is also important artistically. Art is a creative form of communication, which requires outward thinking and analysis. But art is also a creative form of self-expression, which requires the creato...

Sep 28, 201557 min

atish - [054] - july 2015 - a swan's song

Sometimes I'm asked to describe my sound in a few words. Trying to describe my sound is a task I don't enjoy doing and actually something, as a DJ, I hope I'm never able to do. If I *can* describe my sound, I take that as a sign that I've constrained myself or gotten too comfortable with what I'm doing. The moment I realize I'm artistically comfortable is the moment I start to get artistically uncomfortable. As of late, I've been starting to get a little too comfortable, so this mix is a respons...

Jul 13, 20151 hr 4 min

atish - [051] - april 2015 - electronic groove

Here's a mix I did for my friends down at Electronic Groove. Thanks for listening! Full Tracklist: http://bit.ly/2015aprildesc Sign up for my mailer: bit.ly/atishmusic Support me on patreon: patreon.com/atishmusic - connect - facebook.com/atishmusic instagram.com/atishmusic twitch.tv/atishmusic Check out my upcoming gigs here: www.bandsintown.com/atish / bit.ly/atishsk

Apr 01, 20151 hr 1 min

atish - [049] - february 2015 - devotional

As of late I've been observing recurring themes of devotion in my life and in those of people around me. Devotion to the artform, devotion to our friends, family, and lovers, devotion to what we want to achieve. Devotionals, in the religious sense, are a way for humans to get closer to God. While personally I'm not one to preach any religious dogma, I do believe there is a spiritual message is house music that we can all understand, and I tried to communicate that in this mix. Hopefully it came ...

Feb 09, 201559 min

atish - [047] - december 2014 - deep sleep

December and its early days of winter are upon us: the perfect time for peaceful slumber, the depths of hibernation, the deepest of sleeps. I have the tracklist posted here: https://www.facebook.com/atishmusic/posts/758811194154067 Sign up for my mailer: bit.ly/atishmusic Support me on patreon: patreon.com/atishmusic - connect - facebook.com/atishmusic instagram.com/atishmusic twitch.tv/atishmusic Check out my upcoming gigs here: www.bandsintown.com/atish / bit.ly/atishsk

Dec 01, 20141 hr 1 min

atish - [046] - october 2014 - introverted

These last few years, I've observed a change in my personality transitioning from an extreme extrovert towards an introvert. I now find myself deriving energy by being alone rather than surrounded by people. It's a strange thing though, since as a DJ, I feel most alive when I'm on stage as the center of attention surrounded by people, which happens more now than it did before. How can this contradiction exist? Is a shift in personality correcting itself against a change in my behavior? Or would ...

Oct 06, 20141 hr 2 min

atish - [044] - june 2014 - soundpark music

SoundPark Music was nice enough to invite me to do a podcast for them as well as an interview feature here. It's a bit lengthy, but maybe something nice to read while you listen to this mix: https://pulseradio.net/articles/2014/06/soundpark-cityfox-listed-with-atish-the-perfect-experience For this mix, I take a turn towards my interpretation of the darker side of my love affair with house music: at some points haunting, other times beefy, perhaps lush at points, but consistently melodic. I've al...

Jun 23, 201455 min

atish - [043] - april 2014 - anicca

This month, we explore the concept of anicca, the Buddhist word for impermanence or change. The mix weaves through sounds that are bombastic vs modest, dark vs light, groovy vs trippy, haunting vs heavenly, and so on...My approach to DJing is to keep sounds and feelings in a constant state of flux, never getting stuck in a single place. I believe a well-crafted mix is a metaphor for life: anicca, anicca...constantly changing, changing... Here's a little video feature mybeatfix was kind enough to...

Apr 21, 201453 min

atish - [042] - march 2014 - electronic groove

For the 3rd year running, here's a mix I did for my friends down at Electronic Groove. Similar to my 2013 effort, this mix takes you from melodic point A to B with heavy hints of prog. Hope you like it! This mix also doubles as a WMC promo for the parties I'll be playing this year: Listed presents PLAY in Miami w/ Three, Konrad Black, Bill Patrick & atish Listed presents Ship of Fools Reloaded - Part Tres! Feel free to follow me on facebook: http://facebook.com/atishmusic And be sure to chec...

Mar 17, 20141 hr 5 min

atish - [041] - BPM 2014 - Live At Mamita's Beach Club

Hi friends, here's my set from listed's PLAY party at BPM. My set was quite early in the day with the first few guests just arriving, so I got to start things really light (as I love to do) and slowly build a vibe for Naveen to take things over followed by Three, Konrad Black, and Bill Patrick. Thanks to Mike Perry for starting the day off with some light deep grooves, too. Overall, it was a really nice party with some really nice people. I hope to get to do it again next year (but maybe with le...

Feb 03, 20141 hr 27 min

atish - [039] - november 2013 - elderflower

While assembling mix these last few weeks and thinking about the direction I wanted it go, I noticed that elderflower had been popping up in various points in my life. Elderflower is one of my favorite words...it's oxymoronic with the sophistication and experience of an elder contrasted by the youth of a flower in bloom. The taste itself is worth mentioning, which is delicate and sweet in nature…I tried to capture all these things in this mix, sophistication, spirit, delicacy, and sweetness, and...

Nov 04, 201357 min

atish - [038] - september 2013 - anti-gravity (cityfox experience podcast)

Greetings, Earthlings. For September, we take a departure away from June+August's emo/sensitive side of house music and move towards a spacier, darker, and more driving sound. It's a sound that's been making its way into my gigs a bit more these last couple months, so it's nice to pull them into a mix. Here's a list of my upcoming gigs these next couple months, hopefully you can catch on: Sept 28 | The Cityfox Experience: Space Knights | The Well, Brooklyn Oct 8 | Tutu Tuesday | Harlot, San Fran...

Sep 23, 201356 min

atish - [037] - august 2013 - music

Hello, August. I consider this month's mix as an extension of where June left off on the lighter, melodic side of deep house. Usually I try to contrast sounds from month to month, but as you may have noticed, there is an absence of a July mix which would was intended to be a darker, more driving collection of music. The truth is that kind of mix didn't work at that particular time for me, so when stepping into August, I threw July out the window and stuck my gut and what I was feeling: easy, bea...

Aug 19, 201350 min

atish - [036] - june 2013 - soft spectrum

Spectrum: a broad range of varied but related ideas whose individual features overlap and form a continuous sequence. By definition, a mix is a spectrum, and in this case, a collection of songs unified and differentiated by the softer, more delicate side of house music. This mix also marks the 3 year anniversary since releasing first mix back in June 2010. After going back and listening to my first few mixes, it's interesting to reflect on how my mix styles and taste have varied as much as they'...

Jun 25, 20131 hr

atish - [035] - may 2013 - insomniatic dreams

I spent the last month traveling to various corners of the world. Some of the time was spent for gigs, some of the time at AfrikaBurn, and some was visiting friends and family. Amidst all the excitement, flying, partying, and jet lag, I'd often waver between desperately trying to stay awake and the opposite, hopelessly trying to fall asleep. During these bouts of insomnia, I found myself in a half-asleep dream-like state that I think made its way through into the feeling of this mix: varying lev...

May 29, 20131 hr

atish - [034] - april 2013 - dynamism

Dynamism....from a metaphysical perspective, it's the belief that the nature of every substance contains an expression of the universe. As an artistic movement, dynamism is the capture of an objects motion - both intrinsic and relative to its environment. To me, Dynamism is the push and pull of intensity and energy. I consider this mix one of my more ambitious efforts, aiming to work through strong swings of intensity, melody, and motion while still staying on some semblance of a cogent course. ...

Apr 24, 20131 hr

atish - [033] - march 2013 - lush (electronic groove podcast)

For March, we explore what I like to call the richer side of deep house. I offer deep sub-bass lows complemented by warm spacey highs, lush synth sweeps, sensual vocal hooks, and a prog-influenced resolution. Progressive house has been entering my consciousness these last few months in various manifestations. These last few years, I admittedly thought "prog" was a dirty word, but as of late I've been finding music that holds on to the melodic beauty of prog, injects deep house grooves, yet still...

Mar 26, 201358 min

atish - [032] - february 2013 - citrus and whiskey

Everything goes in cycles, both at a macro and micro level. Perhaps subconsciously in response to the sensitivity of December's mix, which was in response to the thickness of November, which was in part was a response to October's delicacy, which I think may have been a turn from the intensity of my experience at Burning Man, I open February with an obvious driving (dare I say less sophisticated?) edge before cycling and sliding into a comfortable melodic descent. If you like the music, please s...

Feb 19, 201352 min

atish - [031] - BPM festival - live at mamita's beach club (2013-01-07)

I had a nice time at the BPM festival this year down in Playa del Carmen, Mexico....There was consistently great music, perfect weather, and I got to see my friends from all over the world. I was lucky enough to have a chance to play a couple gigs when I was down there....Here's a recording of me playing some daytime beach tunes at the listed cityfox party at Mamita's Beach Club.... For updates on my gigs and thoughts, you can follow me on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/atishmusic Marcu...

Jan 16, 20131 hr 15 min

atish - [030] - december 2012 - dark white

Taking a turn away from the driving sounds of November, December explores a more sensitive soundscape...my favorite and most comfortable style of music to play. I assembled this mix thinking about these next few winter months where lots of us friends and family gather and spend more time inside at home. These tunes may be something for a long night around the fireplace or perhaps something to relax to on a long flight home...or in the words of my sister, "perfect for under a warm blankie" You ca...

Dec 10, 20121 hr 2 min

atish - [029] - november 2012 - orbit

For November, we explore the synthesized dark sounds of space... While melodic, these tunes are a bit bigger than the last couple months and not indulging on vocal hooks...just like outer space...a big dark beautiful place with no one around. Premiesku - E Codat Jacob Phono & Jens Bond - Su-she Deepchild - Neukolln Burning Kaarel - You Make Me Feel Better (Cesar Coronado Remix) Talal & Zoi - Dreams Siler & Dima - Organic Flow Eeva - Body & Soul (Matthias Meyer & Patlac Deeper...

Oct 31, 201256 min

atish - [028] - september 2012 - god and us

"i'm just gonna talk to you for a couplea minutes and it's really important, and i really wanna get the point ova and i guess it's easy to kinda look at all of the bad things and look at the things that have been happennin' and feel a bit scared, yeah? are you scared? [...] said that he was scared and sometimes, we concentrate on the bad things that happen in life don't we? and we concentrate on the bad things that some people do i, i suppose i imagine that we feel a little bit on our own a litt...

Sep 16, 201256 min

atish - [027] - august 2012 - meer

For August, I pull things back a bunch from where June left off. Opening at 100 bpm and climaxing at at mere 123, this mix is as much about melody (per usual) as much as restraint, two of my favorite things. Hopefully this leaves off with you wanting a little more... WhoMadeWho - Keep Me In My Plane (Max Pask Remix) Francis Harris - Living Lips Worst Friends - Del Boca Vista Jay West - As A Kite Hanna - Sometimes (Karol XVII & MB Valence Remix) Matthias Meyer - Levant Ripperton - I Haven't S...

Jul 31, 201254 min

atish - [026] - june 2012 - europe

I recently spent about a month traveling abroad in Asia and Europe...In Europe, I was constantly on the run between DJ gigs, sightseeing, visiting friends, and getting swindled by the Turkish mafia...Between all these adventures, I managed to find pockets of down time and over 3 weeks, assemble this mix at various European airports, airplanes, Swiss trains, Dutch coffee shops, and apartments...This mix is as well-traveled as I am, and perhaps the various feelings the mix takes on represent the v...

Jun 19, 20121 hr
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