Nostic Peruvian/Canadian shares his gifts as a multicultural rapper, singer, beatboxer, and producer. He aspires to hold space for celebration through creative expression and conscious messages. His intention is to create ceremony through freedom of expression by fusing cultures of music and movement.
His music is a mixture of Electronic, Peruvian Traditional music, Hip-Hop, Afro, Latin & World Music. Based in Victoria, BC, his music and performance consists of mixing original music, rapping and singing in Spanish, English and hints of Quechua; and live looping with Andean instruments such as pan flute and quena.
Nostic aspires to use his music as a tool for spreading conscious messages to uplift and inspire, strengthen community, bridge cultures, promote social and environmental justice, and to celebrate life through the gift of creation and connection.
Nostic is currently focusing on his solo act, as well as recording and performing with La Chuparosa, a Latin Electrónica group playing psychedelic Afrobeat and Cumbia.
Other projects and collaborations include: Dia-Nos, The Leg Up Program, and Nostic & Nicki.
Nostic has performed at Shambhala Music Festival, Tall Tree Festival, Phillips BackYard Weekender, Vancouver Pride, San Diego Pride, 5 Acre Shaker, Rifflandia, Laketown Shakedown, and many venues throughout Victoria and Vancouver. He has opened for acts such as: Macklemore, Halucination, Wu-Tang clan, The Bug and Magna Beats, AC Slater, What's So Not, Toots and the Maytals, Fishbone, and more. Nostic has performed in Victoria with Garden City Grooves/Victoria Ska and Reggae Society, Extinction Rebellion, Wet'suwet'en Solidarity Camps, Fairy Creek Camp & at Forest Defender Rallies.
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