87.9 FM · Drum & Bass
Sam’s pick
“HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH YOU”
XIANNE-XI
XIANNE-XI hoping all is well. It is now.
Tune the needle to lock inThe station starts playing — from Audius or Bandcamp, never Spotify.
Small Wave · smallwave.fm
Spotify stops paying at 1,000. We start there.
A free, open-source home for the artists Spotify won't pay or promote. Under 1,000 plays. Under 25,000 listeners. One feed that finally puts them first.
The royalty floor
Under 1,000 plays
Below this, Spotify pays about $0.03/month. We put them first.
The discovery gate
Under 25,000 listeners
Below this, Spotify's Discovery Mode is closed. On Audius, we use plays as the proxy.
Sam’s Dial — hand-picked by Sam. One per wavelength.
Somewhere between the stations.
7 stations. 7 tracks Sam swears by — one per genre, each under 1,000 plays. Not an algorithm. A guy with good ears and too much time. Tune like you mean it.
Sam’s Dial · Model S-87 “Dead Air”
96.3MHz FM· scanning
FM 87.9 — 108.0
← → tune · ↑ ↓ jump station · drag the needleswipe the band to tunestatic means you’re close to nothing
Nothing here. Keep digging.(the static is part of the experience)Choose a station or try “I’m feeling obscure”.
178 fresh tracks in today’s waveHot this week →Graduated →Browse the full directory →
Under 1,000 plays
The royalty floor. These are the artists Spotify pays nothing.
Under 25,000 plays
The Discovery Mode gate, proxied by plays on Audius. Too small for Spotify, not too small to be great.
Just landed
New releases from the last two weeks.
Electronic
Fresh in this lane.
Dubstep
Fresh in this lane.
House
Fresh in this lane.
Also new
Bandcamp, this week
Full tracks, straight from the artists. Playback stays in Bandcamp's own player, and the buy link goes straight to them.
For artists
You're not on Spotify's radar. Good.
Claim your profile, add your links, and get a home that doesn't wait for 25,000 listeners. Free, non-exclusive, and yours to leave.
Claim your artist pageThat's today's wave.
Back tomorrow at 06:00 UTC. No infinite scroll.
178 fresh tracks in the feed right now. Play counts are source-reported.