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 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.

Lucky number thirteen in our podcast series brings together Seattle’s Sho Nuph, who comes proper with a wicked mix of beats, followed by DG’s Bone Rock with a flavorful mix of mash up’s and late night lab creations. Artwork by Zofia Walczak.

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

Sho Nuph tracklist:
1. Sho Nuph Intro
2. Nameless - Reading Rainbow
3. Low Flying Aircraft (aka Sho- Nuph & Buji Blak) – Real Deal
4. Simo & Mood Schula – Sliceslice
5. WD4D - Thicky Thick Anthem  (Intsrumental)
6. Dibiase - Price is Right
7. Mister Bibal – Black Canary
8. Suncleff - All Natural
9. Samiyam – Cushion
10. Nameless - Ya life’s in Jeopardy
11. Mndsgn – AfterlifeSyndrome/Wundurs
12. Evil Needle – Summer Blap
13. Sho Nuph Outro

Bone Rock tracklist:
1. La Roux – Bulletproof/M. Doc – Hang Time Theme
2. Tireduniverseman – Intro (unreleased version)
3. Slum Village – Do 4 Love/Chris Isaak – Wicked Game
4. Tireduniversman – Life (unrealized version)
5. Bone Rock x Citymouth – Wonderwalls & Rockingboats
6. Nag Champa – Neilyoungflip
7. Tireduniverseman – Holliness (unreleasable version)
8. Waka Flocka Flame – Rumors/Aerosmith – Free Emotion
9. Tireduniverseman – Chalmers
10. Sexual Effectual’s Live Journey

We were recently interviewed and invited to do a mix for London based Sonic Router. The in depth write up can be regarded as Dropping Gems 101, and gives background info as to the crew’s philosophy and process. Big thanks to Keith Pishnery and Oli at SR for making this happen, we feel honored to have been asked to contribute!

The mix contains exclusive and unreleased material from the whole crew.

1. Citymouth – Singlecycles
2. Brownbear – Pretty Mouth
3. Bone Rock – Chalmers
4. DJAO – Towards The Sun w/ Gumar
5. Brownbear – Empty Jars
6. Brownbear – Wings
7. Bone Rock – First Light
8. Gumar and His Magical Midi Band – Sliding Down Rainbows (Sumsun Remix)
9. DJAO – Pacific City
10. Ghost Feet – Top Papez
11. The Great Mundane – Mustache
12. DJAO – Underbrush
13. Citymouth – Neighborhoodcults
14. Ghost Feet – Bog
15. Hobbes – Telepathic Grasshopper Twins ft. Citymouth
16. Matthewdavid – Dropping Gems
17. Gumar and His Magical Midi Band – Through The Clouds

Dropping Gems is proud to announce the compilation album Gem Drops, our sixth release. As a central goal of the project, 100% of the revenue from Gem Drops will be donated to the American Cancer Society to support cancer research.

We’ve assembled 21 tracks of amazing new material that expresses everything we love about experimental electronic hip-hop-inspired music today. We went to those we trust: friends, family, and artists from all corners of the U.S. who push boundaries and infuse their work with heart and soul. Gem Drops brings together a diverse array of styles, but remains focused on spotlighting the kind of future-sound sensibility that makes modern music worth listening to.

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

yuk. – Sundaze
Download audio file (Sundaze.mp3)

Devonwho – Brushmetal
Download audio file (Brushmetal.mp3)

Tracklist:
1. Ankaa – Tabouli
2. Anenon – Myriad Multiples
3. Citymouth – Circuits Circuits
4. yuk. – Sundaze
5. DJAO – Shore Ghost
6. Culp – Coke N Guns
7. Bone Rock – Karmelwave
8. DTCPU & Filthy Ingredients – The Shaker
9. Juj – Kale Jams
10. Connie Hawkins – Closer To That Situation
11. WD4D – Black Body Glow
12. Gumar – Shift
13. Brownbear – Orginal Face (Timeboy Mix)
14. Natasha Kmeto – Embraces
15. Devonwho – Brushmetal
16. AL_PD – Lime Leaf
17. Shigeto – Cupids In Mud Puddles
18. Ghost Feet – siq 20
19. Sumsun – Stay FRESH Young
20. The Great Mundane – Solar Food
21. Ages – A Coney Island (Of The Mind)

Artwork by Robert Pellicer
Mastered by Twerk @ Audible Oddities
Curated by Aaron Meola

Join us Wednesday, March 16th, at the Goodfoot in Portland to celebrate the release of Bone Rock – Ears. Bone Rock will be doing a live set alongside rhythmic creations from Citymouth and a dee jay set from Rap Class. Joining them will be our pal’s Ryan Organ, Carrier and Brazil. 21+ // 9PM // $3.

Dropping Gems is proud to present GEM005, the long awaited release of Bone Rock’s full-length album EARS. Countless hours, records, and MPC chops have gone into this 24-track jazz-infused exploration of hip hop’s future, the defining statement in a discussion that began with the release of the “Bone Rock EP” in 2010. EARS represents a highly personal journey through the spiritual connection between people, their instruments, and their natural surroundings. More than half the tracks pay tribute to influential artists that, in their own way, have spoken to this connection and explored its contours themselves. The end result is a prismatic reflection of music’s past & future as seen through the basement laboratory windows of the present. Head-crack snares included on most beats.

Handmade limited pressing CD’s with artwork by Bone Rock and digital download available now on Bandcamp.

Bone Rock:
Dibiase – Machines Hate Me
Toro Y Moi – Causers Of This
Jneiro Jarel – Fauna
Strong Arm Steady – In Search Of Stoney Jackson
Teebs – Ardour

Brownbear:
Dimlite – Prismic Tops
Teebs – Ardour
Shigeto – What We Held On To
Juj – Slack
Bonobo – Black Sands

Citymouth:
Yuk. – a d w a
Pill Wonder – Jungle/Surf
Onra – Long Distance
James Blake – Klavierwerke
Flying Lotus – Cosmogramma

Digifid:
Baths – Cerulean
Robot Koch – Songs For Trees And Cyborgs
James Blake – Klavierwerke
Shlohmo – Shlomoshun Deluxe
Various Artists – Proximity One: Narrative Of A City

DJAO:
Yuk. – a d w a
Toro y Moi – Causers Of This
Baths – Cerulean
Flying Lotus – Cosmograma
E-40 – Revenue Retrievin’: Day Shift & Night Shift

Gumar:
How to Dress Well – Love Remains
CocoRosie – Grey Oceans
Oneohtrix Point Never – Returnal
Brownbear – Touching Scents
Gonjasufi – A Sufi and a Killer

Rap Class:
James Blake – CMYK
Asura/Anenon – Silver Trees / Damiel
Onra – Long Distance
Bullion – Crazy Over You
Sepalcure – Love Pressure

We don’t forget our roots, so were bringing the funk on the road Saturday January 22nd.
WHAT’S GOOD OLYMPIA, we ♥ you!!

Gumar and his Magical Midi Band (OLY/PDX)

Brownbear (PDX)

Citymouth (PDX)

DJAO (SEA)

Bone Rock (PDX)

+ Special Guest
Ghost Feet (OLY)

$5 // All Ages // 9PM

@ Northern

A special Seattle edition of the Dropping Gems podcast series is now available for FREE DOWNLOAD. This month features mixes from the one and only Bone Rock and new family member DJAO. Hosted by Nag Champa, artwork by Dana Cole. Enjoy!

Orbit – gem003 is now available for download on iTunes and CD’s are available in our online store or from Anthem Records in Portland for $10. We’ve spent the past three months working on this compilation which features 16 tracks from 13 artists. Release show tomorrow 6/5 in Olympia at the Midnight Sun!!

DJAO – Battle In Atlantis
Bone Rock – Future Blues
Citymouth – Sepaku Live
The Great Mundane – War Snails
Brownbear – Sweettooth
Gumar and his Magical Midi Band – Sliding Down Rainbows
Soft Metals – Another Goodbye
Breakmode – Celestial Sound
Organ Grinder – Halfway House
Y-Bot and the Intergalactic Trio – Lost in the Midwest
Rap Class – The Caveman
Citymouth – Sittymoth
Brownbear – Broken Robots
Nervous – Suave Blanco
Rap Class – All My Problems Floating Away
Apollo Belvedere – Saturday Afternoon

ORBIT

SATURDAY JUNE 5th

Compilation CD release party featuring:

THE GREAT MUNDANE (Run Riot / PDX)
Live Electronic / Sparkling Jazz Crunk
http://www.myspace.com/thegreatmundane
http://www.thegreatmundane.com/

BROWNBEAR (OLY)
Live Electronic / Cosmic Future Slaps
http://www.myspace.com/andrewakabrownbear

GUMAR AND HIS MAGICAL MIDI BAND (PDX)
Galactic-Funk w/ Robots
http://www.myspace.com/gumarband

CITYMOUTH (OLY)
Live Electronic / Olympia Club
http://www.myspace.com/plunderwave

RAP CLASS (PDX)
Wonky Booty Boogie
http://www.myspace.com/rapclass

BONE ROCK (SEA)
Live Electronic / Space Bass
http://www.myspace.com/therealbonerock

DJ AO (SEA)
Purple Drank Chunes
http://soundcloud.com/d-j-a-o/

PLUS a special debut performance by:
Y-BOT AND THE INTERGALACTIC TRIO (SEA)
w/ MC Nag Champa

Olympia came out large for Blast Off, let’s do it again folks!!! In an effort to continually prove our deep and unwavering love for Olympia were bringing up a grip of subs and even more lazers from Portland. This time we’ll be releasing a compilation CD featuring all the artists preforming as well as a few other gems, CD’s will be on sale for just $5.

Doors @ 8PM
FREE before 10PM

Artwork by Dana Cole.

Midnight Sun
131 N. Columbia St.
Olympia, WA

Olympia: Dropping Gems loves you and to prove it, were throwing a party. The first official Dropping Gems show featuring the full roster is going down Saturday April 10th at the Midnight Sun. Expect some MASSIVE sound, were bringing up our own system including 4 18in woofers from PDX. Hope you like BASS!! and it wouldn’t be a party without LAZERS, right!?!

FREE before 11, get there early. Music starts at 9 sharp. We’ll be giving away some copies of the new BONE ROCK ep. Expect some surprises!! This night is going to be EPIC.

Were very proud to announce that the BONE ROCK EP is now available. A message from the artist:

“Hey guys! This is my first release, BONE ROCK EP and it’s the first release for Dropping Gems. People have been asking me for beat cds for years. We did a small 100 copy cd run so there’s a limited amount of these. First come first served. I want anyone who wants a copy to receive one, but you know these things cost money to create and ship out. Below is a link to get one through Paypal, it’s $8 plus $3 shipping. Our paypal is secure and the money will help us release more gems.”
-BONE ROCK

BONE ROCK MySpace

GEM001 – Nag Champa Bone Rock EP $11 Shipped anywhere in the USA.  For ordering outside of the USA please email us at droppinggems@gmail.com.