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Asa will be a familiar name to bass-music  fans, but is a new and bizarre addition to OEM Radio. Along the lines of Eskmo but even stranger, Asa is firmly planted in the dubstep realm, but also creates a lot of gripping ambient-dubstep, future garage, and other music that, frankly, we can’t begin to describe.

Pushing the outer boundaries on the OEM Radio sound, we’d like to introduce you to some of Asa’s freely downloadable music. Although we got a little choosey with the tracks for the OEM library, the breadth of work here is impressive.

All of these EPs are free downloads, but you can donate.  The Bandcamp players contain all of the tracks, so hit play and let them play through.

Bits and Pieces

Withdrawl EP

Sweeter Things EP

You can hear much more of Asa’s work at his Soundcloud page.

A beautiful and interesting EP release on Apollo Records from Synkro. Not really sure where to place this music in terms of genre (always a good thing), but it contains elements of ambient, future garage, and the polyrhythms of IDM with some beautiful guitar performances.

Here is a soundcloud set that contains 3 minute samples of the EP:

Enig’matik Records is a great hybrid label/netlabel that releases nearly two-thirds of its music for free (with donate options). A clever business model response to a shifting landscape in the music industry.

We found this gem in their catalogue from Auma and added all 4 tracks to the OEM Radio library. Delicate but also spastic, these songs contain floaty melodies that explode into strange funk rhythms.  Fun and unique, enjoy…

Bandcamp player contains all of the tracks on the EP. Click play and sit back through the whole thing, or use the track-forward button.

Sister label to our new favorite netlabel, Cut Music, Echodub is another output channel of DFRNT and his wide stylistic predilections. Echodub primarily puts out digital EP releases, but also has a number of FREE EPs and compilations.  We went crate digging through the free releases and found some ambient-dubstep and other experimental gems.

Click on the album covers to download.

Akema – Whispers EP

king slaFF – Loss Leads to Greater Loss EP

Echodub Loves vol.2 (Various Artists)

Anechoic Chamber (Various Artists)

Anechoic Chamber Remixed (Various Artists)

The label’s for-pay output is fantastic too, please support the artists that make this music available.

We were recently introduced to a duo in Denmark who are making very deep and engaging dub-influced spacey psychedelic music.  Henrik and Kalle have been making music together since 2008, and have releases on a number of record labels. You will certainly hear a wide range of psychedelic and dub influences, but they have a sound and compositional approach completely of their own.

We found some amazing music from these releases…

All bandcamp players below contain multiple songs. Hit play and let them spin, or use the track-forward buttons.

Monolith EP

Langbortistan

Daybreak EP

Kalpataru Tree has been in rotation on OEM Radio since 2007 with his first album, Scattered Fragments of the Eternal Dream, an amazing dub album with KP’s own guitar and bass work interweaved with deep, dreamlike psychedelia.

We’re happy to bring you up to date on Kalpataru Tree’s work since that debut album.  There’s not much to say in words about the individual songs or albums, just take a listen and let the music wash over you.

All bandcamp players below contain multiple songs. Hit play and let them spin, or use the track-forward buttons.

Slipped Through the Cracks

Luminosophy

And a fully remastered version of his debut masterpiece, Scattered Fragments of the Eternal Dream