After his certified banger contribution on Gem Drops Two we couldn’t resist brining burgeoning Dallas, TX based producer LDFD of Magical Properties out for shows with the crew in the Northwest. We are teaming up with Bubblin, Portland’s premiere forward thinking dance night, February 11th where he’ll be joined by Gumar, Citymouth, Celoso, Ben Tactic and Lincoln Up at Rotture. Catch him in Seattle, February 14th with DJAO, ill Cosby and WD4D at Stop Biting.

Dropping Gems is proud to present Gem Drops Two, the second installment of our compilation series Gem Drops. This time we’ve assembled exclusive material from a whole new set of prominent forward-thinking producers and once again paired them with brand new material from our collective’s members. The results speak for themselves: an electric melange of uptempo and downtempo jams, hazy dream melodies, and space station future-flights. As with our last compilation, our basic mission here has been to cull together the “best of” from the diverse range of styles, scenes, head-spaces and localities that catch our ear. We’re happy to call that mission a success, one that we hope to share with fans of the first Gem Drops and newcomers alike. We’re also happy to announce that all of the money raised by Gem Drops Two will be donated to our friends at the American Cancer Society to support cancer research, in the same manner as the first Gem Drops compilation. Listen, download, donate, and join us for another peek over the horizon.

The album is available as a ”name your price/donation” download on our Bandcamp page. We also have a limited run of pro dubbed cassettes with artwork available for those who donate $15 or more.

Preview Citymouth’s track Searches Birches featured by Mary Anne Hobbs on Xfm.

Tracklist:
1. Mndsgn – intenshnns
2. S.Maharba – For Someone (Abandonment)
3. DJAO – Engraving
4. Stangeloop – Duasi
5. Bone Rock – Yellow
6. Ghost Feet – Crystal Pet Part 1
7. Daedelus – California
8. Brownbear – Empty Jars
9. Co. fee – Florence
10. LDFD – SKiFREE
11. Timeboy – Twiddle Dee
12. Natasha Kmeto – Belly
13. Nocow – Sever Ties
15. Citymouth – Searches Birches
16. The Great Mundane – Deplete
17. Rap Class – Da Booth
18. D33J – Stuck
19. Gumar – Hitachi
20. Wires For Salu – WILD

Curated by Aaron Meola / Mastered by Ernest Gonzales / Artwork by ThoughtCloud

We are excited to present Knxwledge (All City/LA), one of the most prolific up and coming beat makers of our times, Wednesday, February 1st at Groove Suite in Portland. He’ll be joined by a talented grouping of local producers and deejays including The Great Mundane, DTCPU, BoneS and Rap Class. More information and RSVP here.

Knxwledge will also be playing at BEATS in Seattle Friday, February 3rd with Brownbear and DTCPU.

Flyer by ThoughtCloud.

The seventeenth episode of the Dropping Gems podcast series brings together Portland’s very talented BoneS with an an all original mix of straight heat, followed by Devonwho repping Klipmode and All City with fantastic mix including some yet to be released tracks. Special thanks to Frsh Slcts for premiering this episode. Artwork by Rebekah Long.

Please download this episode and subscribe to the podcast series through iTunes. You can also directly download it here.

BoneS tracklist:
1. BoneS – The Pipes
2. BoneS – Clap
3. BoneS – LooPCC01
4. BoneS – FakeLuv
5. BoneS – SummerSalt
6. BoneS – Solipsism
7. BoneS – JB41 (Featuring VVO)
8. BoneS – BootyJuice
9. BoneS – Rugged Inst.
10. BoneS – Slikish
11. BoneS – NexTime
12. Lord Douglas – Trees
13. BoneS – 3gk
14. BoneS – BegiNES
15. BoneS – Hashed
16. BoneS – GameS
17. Lord Douglas- Klapt
18. BoneS – BoneGrizzle (BnS x Lord DouG) – Duggy Duggy
19. BoneS – Planetary
20. BoneS – B-Rich
21. BoneS – PlayTime/Playtime(glitchflip)
22. BoneS – Heavyer-err

Devonwho tracklist:
1. Mndsgn – AstralProjex2011
2. LDFD – Pinheiro
3. Savath and Savalas – Paths in Soft Focus
4. Mndsgn – Post98
5. Knx – (Hell?)Pretentious
6. Lapti – In the Point
7. Mndsgn – Trance.dance ft. Devonwho
8. Shigeto & Devonwho – Reren
9. Martyn & Mike Slott – Pointing Fingers
10. Damfunk – Burgundy City
11. Hudson Mohawke – All Your Love
12. B. Bravo – Substances ft. Lady Alma
13. Devonwho – Strangebrew

We are extmeley excited to announce that we are teaming up with Abstract Earth Project to celebrate New Years Eve in Portland. We’ll be hosting a label showcase with Natasha Kmeto, Ghost Feet, DJAO, Citymouth, Brownbear Live Band plus visuals by Timeboy in Rotture. This two room NYE Event is boasting an unparalleled lineup of international talent. The genre’s will be all over the board, from abstract hip hop, to live 808 juke, to house music, there is something for everyone, as long as you’re ready to DANCE! More information and RSVP here.

Dropping Gems is very excited to return to Groove Suite in Portland Saturday, December 3rd. For this show we are bringing up Teebs from Los Angels, a rising star of Flylo’s Brainfeeder imprint. In addition we will have a seriously amazing cast of local electronic composers including Natasha Kmeto, DTCPU, Ghost Feet, Timeboy, Brownbear and Citymouth. More information and RSVP here. Flyer by ThoughtCloud.

Catch Gumar at the 12th installment of Future Beat Wednesday, December 9th at the Goodfoot in Portland. More information and RSVP here.

We have a new run of Dropping Gems t-shirts now available in our online store. White design printed on black American Apparel tee with a gem logo inner tag. Ships worldwide with Dropping Gems sticker and pins. Sizes S-XXL, limited to 25. Photo by Patti Miller.

Podcast Sixteen features mixes from two Portland deejay / producer extraordinaires. First up is Roane of Grand Cooley and Organik Recordings followed by resident dream maker Rap Class. Photo by Patti Miller.

Please download this episode and subscribe to the podcast series through iTunes. You can also directly download it here.

Roane tracklist:
1. Dexter – Astro Thoughts
2. Muhsinah – Always (Smile)
3. Roane Namuh & Reva DeVito – Should Have Known
4. Roane Namuh – Sharkoil Pt. 1
+ Flying Lotus f/ Andreya Triana – Tea Leaf Dancers (Acapella)
5. Marc Rapson – Kalimba
6. Hawthorne Headhunters – A Song About Her (Ced No’s Remix)
7. Sa-Ra Creative Partners – Daylight
8. Jneiro Jarel – Indigo Eden
9. Arthur Verocai – Balada 45 (Jneiro Jarel Remix)
10. Dwight Trible & The Life Force Trio – I Was Born On Planet Rock (Instrumental)
+ Sol Uprising – We Ourself And Us (Acapella)
11. Coleman – f/ Thundercat – Black Bush
12. Gumar And His Magical Midi Band – Sliding Down Rainbows (Roane Namuh Remix)
13. Full Crate – To The Floor
14. Tricera – Cheetoscheetoscheetoscheetoscheetos

Rap Class tracklist:
1. Rap Class – DA BOOTH
2. Mndsgn – Soup
3. Kenjyo Toru – Bun
5. Cappadonna’s verse – Camay
6. Nice Nate – Muse0muse
7. 2pac – Reputations AKA Temptations (Dirty Harry ’97 style remix)
8. Kool DJ EQ – Death of Hip Hop
9. Blu(e) – Beggars/Black Gold
10. Tricky – Strugglin’
11. Showbiz and AG – Runaway Slave (Rap Class ’08 remix)
12. Raekwon – Knowledge God

We’re proud to present a very special evening at Groove Suite in Portland, OR on Tuesday, October 4th featuring a mind blowing grouping of some of our favorite contemporary sonic warriors. With textural beat masters Matthewdavid, iTAL tEK, Dak, Anenon and DTCPU this is truly a line up for the history books. They will be joined by Dropping Gems resident deejays Gumar and Rap Class. Live painting by Matt West. Flyer by ThoughtCloud. RSVP and more info here.