Kursa (who lists himself as Oska on his Bandcamp page) is a UK-based producer and DJ from Bristol working across bass music, dubstep, drumstep and glitch. He maintains an extensive back catalog on Bandcamp—including a number of subscriber-only releases—and regularly uploads material to SoundCloud. Kursa performs DJ and live sets and has toured; he is also a member of the collaborative group K.L.O alongside Lone Drum and Osmetic.

Public biographical detail about Kursa’s early life and entry into the scene is limited, but his release activity and uploads show a steady, output-first approach: frequent uploads on SoundCloud, curated subscriber drops on Bandcamp (under the name Oska), and collaborative work through K.L.O. He has worked with other artists on record and in performance contexts, including a documented collaboration with vocalist/producer Alicia Kiah.

Musically, Kursa’s productions are defined by heavy basslines and experimental sound design. His tracks typically foreground layered low-end — a strong sub foundation with one or more distorted or modulated mid-bass layers — and make deliberate use of texture and processing to create grit and movement. That experimental approach often shows in resampling, pitched and time-stretched elements, glitch processing, and the use of saturation/distortion to push basses into a snarling midrange while retaining low-frequency weight. Breaks and percussive elements are frequently processed rather than left raw: chopped or reprogrammed break hits, transient reshaping, and tight filtering are common tactics in his material.

As a DJ and live performer, Kursa programs sets that move between dubstep, drumstep and glitch-adjacent bass music, deploying tempo shifts and heavy transitions rather than purely seamless beatmatching; his live appearances and tours are listed among his activities, alongside K.L.O performances. Much of his scene presence comes through direct-release channels (Bandcamp subscriber drops and SoundCloud uploads) rather than through a single label catalogue, which explains the large, dispersed back catalog.

Connections and collaborations are a clear part of his profile: membership of K.L.O (with Lone Drum and Osmetic) and joint work with Alicia Kiah are verifiable credits. Beyond the documented credits and platform activity, publicly available information about other specific influences is limited; his recorded output and live sets remain the primary source for assessing his sound and production methods.

Releases & EPs

Sleepless Beats