Kuma
@kuma23.bsky.social
Tall. Known for drone, and for bass. Frequently on radio. Records on Frosti/Facade Electronics/Subexotic/Waxing Crescent/SeeblueAudio. https://linktr.ee/kumatkg
My annual long form drum and bass birthday show has arrived! Come for the dubs, stay for the classics!
Art Of Beatz Radio@artofbeatz.bsky.social · 2w agoTonight on Art Of Beatz Radio, it's @kuma23.bsky.social's annual extended birthday week drum and bass throwdown. @aobmotomasa.bsky.social will be there to ease you down gently in hour two. Midnight PDT, 8am GMT. 100.5 fm in Vancouver and streaming live at CoopRadio.radioapp.ca
That’s a line up. Molly’s accordion drone. Colin’s nosleepdrone. Bicycles!!!?!
Each Peach@weareeach.bsky.social · 3w agoTonight we launch a new wing of my productions I'm kinda drastically scaling back the weekend shows I do, so I'm making them specialler. Broken Sleep and DJ Molly Pocket from the island, BNCM on tour from Brooklyn. I don't mind if you can't be there right at eight, turn up. gigpit.ca/shows/event:...
Big set from @realm-of-dusk.bsky.social tonight. Excited to throw some new Black Dog, Bug and Dis Fig, Zake, Andreas Tillander on @quietdetails.bsky.social and more into the mix after.
Art Of Beatz Radio@artofbeatz.bsky.social · 3w agoTonight, we're joined by Realm Of Dusk for a special live set, in advance of his new album out July 31. @aobmotomasa.bsky.social and @kuma23.bsky.social will be focused on the slow tempo in hour two. Midnight PDT, 8am GMT. 100.5 fm in Vancouver and streaming worldwide at coopradio.radioapp.ca
There's still hard copies of this record left, buy em': frostilabel.bandcamp.com/album/i-grew...
I Grew Up In Spectral Places, by Kuma
9 track album
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"It's in the trees, it's coming." A few days out and I've started piecing together the documentation of an afternoon's invocation under the canopy. Margins of Sound fest 2026 was a delight. A duck orchestra, a community of folks interested in going deep, the lurking presence of danger.
The secrets of the drone.
Sulk Rooms@sulkrooms.bsky.social · last mo.Just put a huge article up on all of my live set equipment and how it's all hooked up. All the routing and uses explained. I had a lot of people asking me about this on tour recently, so I thought it'd be good to do a proper thing on it! It's here (free to read) www.patreon.com/thomasragsda...
For those of you who couldn't make it, my set from this weekend's Margins of Sound Fest is now on Soundcloud. soundcloud.com/kuma/live-at...
Live At Margins Of Sound Fest: 6/27/26
Live at Margins Of Sound Fest 2026 in Nanaimo, BC. You Need To Stop Using So Many Adjectives The Headman Doors Silverscrap Merchant Read The Air End Timed Car Boot Sale Bruno's Golden Hopper Bodies
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Well chuffed to have played the inaugural Margins Of Sound fest in Nanaimo this his weekend. Wonderfully curated, marvellously run and I got to play in front of an orchestra of ducks
New Villalobos, new Blackdown, some classic Mills, new Horsepower remix..
Art Of Beatz Radio@artofbeatz.bsky.social · 2mo agoTonight, a Margins of Sound Fest 2026 showcase. Tunes from performers at next weekend's festival in Nanaimo. @aobmotomasa.bsky.social will take it jazzy and @kuma23.bsky.social will get well techno in hour two. Midnight PST, 8am GMT. 100.5 fm in Vancouver and streaming live at CoopRadio.radioapp.ca
Are you really worthy of winning the World Cup if you can't write something akin to "Vindaloo"?
Super excited to be headed to Nanaimo for Margins Of Sound's first ever festival in two weeks.
Finally got around to watching one of the variations on the Eno doc. Wonderful, so good.
Expect new BoC, new Zake and Marine Eyes, new Tewksbury, new Variant on @quietdetails.bsky.social, some classic Four Tet..
Art Of Beatz Radio@artofbeatz.bsky.social · 2mo agoTonight on Art Of Beatz Radio, Adam Blare with some original techno sounds. @aobmotomasa.bsky.social and @kuma23.bsky.social will take it way down in hour two. Midnight PDT, 8am GMT. 100.5 fm in Vancouver and streaming worldwide at coopradio.radioapp.ca
My mayor's a dipshit But I'm quite alive I really like bagels New York in Five
Two copies left, grab em and maybe @moolakiiclubai.bsky.social will send you magic powers from the Wirral. kuma.bandcamp.com/album/a-wast...
A Waste Of All Your Light, by Kuma
2 track album
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For those of you who couldn't make it, here's my set from Conduit Gallery from yesterday's International Drone Day show. Out to @weareeach.bsky.social every time. soundcloud.com/kuma/live-at...
Live at Conduit Gallery: 5/30/26
Live at Conduit Gallery, Vancouver International Drone Day 5/30/26 "Dog's Away On Business." Tapes, field recordings, noise jar, crackle synth, mic looper. With thanks to Teflon Spine for the Invit
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Gonna play a buncha Photek
Art Of Beatz Radio@artofbeatz.bsky.social · 2mo agoTonight, there will be dancing. Art Of Beatz Radio in effect, @aobmotomasa.bsky.social and @kuma23.bsky.social on some dance floor flex. Midnight PDT, 8am GMT. 100.5 fm in Vancouver and streaming live at coopradio.radioapp.ca
You may not believe it but there are in fact mad different methods to the way I do my shit.
For those of you who couldn't make it, here's my set from Conduit Gallery from yesterday's International Drone Day show. Out to @weareeach.bsky.social every time. soundcloud.com/kuma/live-at...
Live at Conduit Gallery: 5/30/26
Live at Conduit Gallery, Vancouver International Drone Day 5/30/26 "Dog's Away On Business." Tapes, field recordings, noise jar, crackle synth, mic looper. With thanks to Teflon Spine for the Invit
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Big show! Proper house vibes in hour one. I got to move from new @sulkrooms.bsky.social on @quietdetails.bsky.social to Boymerang in like half an hour in hour two
Art Of Beatz Radio@artofbeatz.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis show is available to listen back. archive.org/details/aob0...
The kind folks at Acceleration Radio invited me to take over their guest slot last week. The mix is now available to listen back. soundcloud.com/acceleration...
Acceleration Radio - Kuma - 2026-04-23
Welcoming a long time friend of Acceleration Radio - Kuma - in the guest slot. We met Kuma a while back at the station, as he is one of two hosts of the 25+ year running radio show @artofbeatz , airi
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Pleased to be playing a wee jammy jam for International Drone Day on Saturday. @weareeach.bsky.social has wrangled a heck of a line up. 12-8. Conduit Gallery. gigpit.ca/shows/event:...
All the dub techno...
Art Of Beatz Radio@artofbeatz.bsky.social · 2mo agoTonight on Art Of Beatz Radio, a little dancefloor magic c/o Soulvent Sound. @kuma23.bsky.social will play some dub techno and @aobmotomasa.bsky.social will funk you up. Midnight PDT, 8am GMT. 100.5 fm in Vancouver and streaming worldwide at coopradio.radioapp.ca
Officially using broken dub house as a descriptor. Cuz I don’t know how to describe this 120 bpm shit I’m working on now otherwise.