Podcast eighteen features two excellent mixes from Portland, Oregon locals. First up is the coyote beat conductor known as PlumbLyne with an incredible mix of all original production, fallowed by crew member Brownbear with a stellar mix of spaced out future beat warmth. Artwork by Rebekah Long.

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

PlumbLyne tracklist:
1. PlumbLyne – Intro w/ Michael Meade
2. PlumbLyne – In Deep
3. PlumbLyne – Pilgrimage
4. PlumbLyne – Again Begin
5. PlumbLyne – Flavor Saver
6. PlumbLyne – Noire Oh When
7. PlumbLyne – Radio Space Breaks
8. PlumbLyne – Dragon up
9. PlumbLyne – Occupado
10. PlumbLyne – Horizon w/ Tihou Beyatene

Brownbear tracklist:
1. Brownbear – Plane Language
2. Misel Quitno – Treehouse, Leaves Blowing (Brownbear Flip)
3. Brownbear – Donegal
4. Jazzo & Melodiesinfonie – H I
5. Brownbear – As We Recalled (II)
6. Brownbear – China Melt
7. Brownbear – Lift Locked (II)
8. Shut-Ins – Tropical Obstacles
9. Citymouth – Holodecker (Brownbear Remix)
10. Brownbear – Boxicles
11. @peace – Time Traveling
12. Dimlite – Heroine Roof

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

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

Flyer by ThoughtCloud.

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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.

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

Podcast Nine features mixes from Dropping Gems resident space crunk beat smith Brownbear and Blown’s glitch hop bumping D Poetica. Artwork by Matt West of Ink Speak Clothing.

Please download this episode and subscribe to the podcast series by following this link.

Brownbear tracklist:
1. Brownbear – Seminar (BoneRock Remix)
2. Brownbear – Hypnic Jerk
3. DJAO – CedarTrees (Brownbear Remix)
4. Gonjasufi – Candylanes (Brownbear Remix)
5. Citymouth – Finger Cramps
6. Juj – Pomegranate Limeade
7. Brownbear – Empty Jars
8. Shigeto – Relentless Drag
9. Devonwho – Red
10. Brownbear – Red Jam
11. Scuzzy – Queen Mountain
12. Mount Kimbie X Pharoahe Monch – Closed Carbonation (Brownbear Mashup)

D Poetica tracklist:
1. D Poetica – Ramona
2. Darkhouse Family – Mein Atari
3. Coco Bryce – Ghetto Freaks
4. Fulgeance – I Luv U (Huess Remix)
5. D Poetica – Into The Boyd
6. Professor Ojo – Zebras
7. Electric Sea Spider – Milk Bar
8. Darkhouse Family – Stay Blazed
9. Robot Koch – Night On Mars
10. D Poetica – Three Ingredients
11. Robot Koch & Flako – The Last Austronaut

This live recording of Brownbear @ Photosynthesis Festival was recently dug up from the vaults. The recording quality is not perfect, but it still sounds banging, enjoy!

Download MP3 here

Tracklist:
00:00 – Bears, Beats, Battlestar Intro
00:52 – Fingers/Toes
02:30 – Wookie Cookies
06:12 – Seminar
10:04 – Moke Town
13:33 – Ectoplasm
17:33 – Shit Hawks
21:14 – Broken Robots
25:00 – Agua Fria
30:18 – Gumar and His Magical Midi Band – Sliding Down Rainbows (Brownbear Rmx)
34:30 – Bodyguard
37:50 – STS9 – EHM (Brownbear Rmx)
40:09 – Sound System Banger
42:32 – Flingin’ Poo
45:10 – L Mundo
46:40 – Bone Rock – Future Blues
49:40 – 10:84/BluntSmoke

This one is HUGE. Brownbear and DJAO will be starting things off proper for February’s installment of Fresh @ The Crown Room in Portland. This will be Robot Koch’s (Berlin) first stop on his upcoming US tour, and were very happy to be sharing it with him. Lot’s of new tunes in store for this one, come rage with us!

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