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

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

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.

Dropping Gems is official, and we offer strictly our best in electronic music—you are now informed. Our inaugural release, the BONE ROCK EP, is available. Scoop that. And know this: The apparatus remains in motion—in the coming months expect releases from all of our artists. Dropping Gems keeps the wheels spinning. Droppinggems.com is your headquarters, 2010. The archives include: Podcasts, FREE downloads, upcoming events and release dates, plus more. Frankly, check back here for anything and everything we can come up with. You are now calibrated. You are in the know. So have fun, and loop that.