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.

More information on our showcase, the festival and tickets can be found here.

We’ve got a limited run of Ghost Feet t-shirt’s available over at our new online store. They come in blue, yellow and white and sizes small, medium and large. Just $10 plus shipping and handling. Big thanks to Memo for the screen printing and Patti for the photos.

Dropping Gems is proud to present the debut EP of our newest crewmembers, the Olympia-based duo Ghost Feet. The four tracks held within lay out a pretty convincing argument for the existence of supernatural beings, specifically ones that haunt the undersides of dead leaves or the tops of pine trees. The young duo combine the talents they’ve come to be known for through live performance, with Hobbes employing a range of drum machines, synthesizers and gritty sonic textures to build a framework for Qloq’s eerie guitar melodies. Their respective talents coalesce on Wires and Chords into a tight spectrum of tempos and moods. Some tracks bubble with the energy of ghost children during recess at midnight elementary school (“Pull Ups”), while others contemplate ancient laments as old as the land itself (“Bog”). We’re gratified to share this EP with the world, both for the tracks themselves and the suggestion of what’s to come.

Wires and Chords is available as a free download and limited edition cassette tape over at our Bandcamp.

Tracklist:
1. Top Papez
2. Car Pool Time
3. Bog
4. Pull Ups
5. Siq 20 (DJAO Remix) CS Only
6. Pull Ups (Slug White Remix) CS Only

Artwork by Paulina Ruiz
Mastered by Twerk @ Audible Oddities

Podcast Twelve features mixes from Ana.San’s nomadic lo-fi beatsmith DTCPU, and the newest members of the Dropping Gems family, Ghost Feet, from Olympia, WA. Artwork by DTCPU.

Please download this episode and subscribe to the podcast series through iTunes.

DTCPU tracklist:
1. White Flight – Panther
2. DTCPU & Ichiro – Skua
3. Al_pd – Wahoo
4. Swarvy – Cloudbustrr
5. Delofi – Unknown
6. Matthewdavid – Motion Trouble
7. Mgr – Unknown
8. DTCPU & Offbalanceatlas – Offbalance Interlude
9. Filthy Ingredients – Sleemkau
10. DTCPU & Swarvy – Atilla
11. DTCPU & Sir Froderick – Aslowgrind
12. DTCPU & Filthy Ingredients – The Shaker
13. Filthy Ingredients – Rabbit Stew

Ghost Feet tracklist:
1. (Intro)
2. Ghost Feet – Top Papez
3. Hobbes – Every Floor has a Different Story
4. Calika – Shallow Work Is the Work I Do
5. Hobbes – Swordfish Face (DJAO Mezclada Screwmix)
6. Slug White – Yesterday
7. Mount Kimbie – Ruby
8. Ghost Feet – Bog
9. Hobbes – Telepathic Grasshopper Twins ft. Citymouth

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

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

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.