About Attic Beats
Attic Beats is a (somewhat) weekly podcast of music ranging from hip-hop to jazz to soul to noise to reggae to international folk. Shows generally run from 30-60 minutes, with the most recent five shows (and one older, archived show) available at any given time. The music used is generally out-of-print or hard-to-find with vinyl as the primary source. The broadcasts are 128kb CBR mp3s. I make no money from this and am truly trying to “spread the music.” That’s all.
“Attic Beats” is a misnomer, as the show is recorded in my basement, not my attic. But the show’s title refers to shows I DJed in college: “Sounds from the Attic” during my freshman year and “Return to the Attic” during my senior year. Those shows were appropriately named, as the radio station was at the very top of the building it was housed in. See “The Timeline” below for more information.
I don’t take specific song requests, but I will take suggestions for show themes. Feel free to let me know about your music if you’d like me to feature it. I encourage feedback… let me know you’re listening and that I’m not just talking to myself like I was during college.
Enjoy the vibes.
The Timeline
From my bedroom, to the attic of college radio, and back to the basement. This DJing thing is glamorous.
- 1984-1986: Hosted shows in my bedroom on my boombox by holding it up to the speakers on my turntable. Long live WQIR!
- 1994-1995: College radio starts: Sounds from the Attic - freeform, but mainly hip-hop and reggae
- 1995-1996: The Jazz Corner - Three hours a week of classic jazz and Level the Vibes - reggae and dub
- 1996-1997: A three-hour slot split into three shows: Trancelike State - electronica, Level the Vibes, and The Jazz Corner
- 1996-2003: Semi-annual episodes of Holiday On the Edge
- 1997-1998: Return to the Attic - Freeform show in the vein of Sounds from the Attic
- March 2005: Attic Static - A one-shot freeform mix show return to WMWC.
- 2005-present: Attic Beats - Bringing the vibes you’ve come to know and love.