All Trap Music

All Trap Music is a music brand founded and curated by Jim Kirk (aka JiKay). It began as a YouTube channel aimed to support the new wave of electronic trap music emerging from North America. All Trap Music has developed from its YouTube roots and now creates and sells compilation albums, hosts international events and sells its own range of merchandise. Since February 2013 All Trap Music has been run as a joint venture with AEI Media.
History
Established 18 July 2012, All Trap Music launched with 10 tracks uploaded on the same day. Its inaugural upload was RL Grime & Salva's remix of Kanye West's ‘Mercy’. This was followed by early tracks from UZ, Munchi, Flosstradamus, DJ Sliink, D!RTY AUD!O, CRNKN, ETC!ETC! and more.
Many of these artists have been cited as leading producers within the genre and have consistently featured on the channel ever since. Other artists who have appeared on All Trap Music and are recognised as innovative and influential are TNGHT, Baauer, Bro Safari, Hucci, Keys N Krates, gLAdiator, Loudpvck and Mr. Carmack.
Subscribers & Views
All Trap Music has been cited as one of the earliest channels to promote and celebrate the new wave of electronic trap music. A year after inception All Trap Music had 177,630 music fans subscribing to the channel with 21.41million total views and an average of 89,530 views per day.
Products & Services
Albums
Released 10 February 2013, All Trap Music was the brand's debut compilation album. It featured 19 tracks from artists such as RL Grime, S-X, XXTRAKT, Baauer, Bro Safari, Buku, HPNTK, 12th Planet, Hucci and UZ. Described by the music press as the first album of its kind it reached number two in the iTunes dance chart with Vibe Magazine stating it was "the world’s biggest selling trap album ever."
All Trap Music Volume 2 followed on 17 November 2013. Featuring 33 tracks across two CDs, the track list indicated how the genre had developed and influenced other genres with trap remixes of high-profile electronic music artists such as Jamie Lidell, Disclosure, A-Track and Diplo. All Trap Music Volume 2 reached number nine in the US Billboard Chart <ref name="autogeneratedmix"/>
 
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