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Atmosphere is an American hip hop group from Minneapolis, Minnesota. The group is composed of rapper Slug (Sean Daley) and DJ/Producer Ant (Anthony Davis). Atmosphere has been a driving force in Twin Cities hip hop and Independent Hip-hop for over 20 years.[citation needed]. Slug credits most of group's success to large amount of touring the group does. In the early days of the group, they once drove from Minneapolis to Dallas to play a show for $250.. During 2005's 8 nights in a row at the legendary 7th St. Entry, the "Big Day Out" in Australia and the '@ it again' tour, Atmosphere was accompanied by a live band, featuring Nate Collis on guitar, Brett Johnson on bass, Erick Anderson on keyboards and Patrick Armitage on drums. Patrick (Drums) was replaced in late 05' by Brian McLeod for the "Pour Me Another" tour. The live setup brought a jazzy, more improvisational feel to Atmosphere's sound. Slug has said he wanted to play with a live band to add more of a challenge to playing live. Atmosphere has been playing with a live band since at least 2001, and this can be heard on Sad Clown Bad Dub III....
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