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

Wuhn is the debut release from Dropping Gems family member DJAO, aka Alex Osuch. The tracks appearing on Wuhn represent some of the most characteristic sounds found in his repertoire: organic rhythms, rolling sub-bass, and the enveloping presence of human voices. It attempts to describe, from beginning to end, a journey through a kaleidoscopic array of natural environments, each with their own tone, tempo, topography and synesthetic color scheme. The humid grittiness of “Underbrush” bursts apart to reveal the vast openness of “In The Fields,” which climbs in elevation until the listener is deposited into the fertile rarefication of “Taigamoss.” From these heights the listener is transported, during the night, to the depths of “Moon Sun Ravine,” and after a prolonged psychedelic march he or she stumbles into sunrise and finally into the secluded oasis of “Green Lake.” By the EP’s end, attentive listeners may be surprised to find tree leaves lining their pockets, or creek pebbles in their shoes. The EP also represents the immense amount of loving support that Alex has received since beginning to make music in earnest, and exists to both reflect and transmit that feeling in return to his community and the world at large.

Wuhn is available as a pay what you want download and limited edition T-Shirt on Bandcamp.

Tracklist:
1. Underbrush
2. Through The Fields
3. Taigamoss
4. Moon Sun Ravine
5. Green Lake

Installment fourteen of our podcast series features two West Coast beat luminaries. First up is A/V wizard Timeboy with a mix of psychedelic originals, followed by a mix of lo-fi textual beats by Barefoot Shrubs from the Ana.San collective. Photo by Jeffrey Acciaioli.

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Timeboy tracklist:
1. Timeboy – I Don’t Have A Clue
2. Timeboy – Progress
3. Timeboy – Cathartic Omisa
4. Timeboy – Nag Shakra
5. Timeboy – Funkamorphic
6. Timeboy – Murdolem
7. Timeboy – Such Beauty
8. Timeboy – Slow Times
9. Strangeloop & Timeboy – Growing
10. Timeboy – Comes With Something New
11. Timeboy – Cosmic Being remix ft. Rebekah Raff

Barefoot Shrubs tracklist:
1. Dak – Leas
2. Toro y Moi – I Will Talk to You
3. Kemialliset Ystävät – Suosikkiorjalleni
4. X L WOLF – Fun Mix.
5. Sumach – Garlikillz #7
6. sesshins & mezZo – (untitled)
7. YBP – Hymn (Herbal Sessions)
8. n e s t – Smoke Signals (Miko VHS mix)

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

In preparation for his forthcoming full-length, Dropping Gems presents resident brain-in-a-jar Citymouth’s Holodecker EP, a five track selection of new and unreleased material. Fans of his live show will recognize several reliable classics, but for the rest of the world, these tracks are an intro to the development of one of our crew’s finest.

The Holodecker EP represents an early sampling of the current satellite-relay transmissions we believe to be authored by reclusive beat-futurist Citymouth. Held within these 5 tracks are the ancestral memories of wars fought between robo-tribes (“Fingercrampz,” “Planetsquat”), miracles beheld between bulkheads (“Sepakulive”), love baked between transistors (“Holodecker”), and docking procedures choreographed between ships which have long since dissolved into the endless rings of space debris that encircle our planet (“Nimbusfloor”). The pace alternates between frenetic and contemplative, depending on which chemicals your spacesuit nutria-tube is currently feeding you. You try to turn the knob but it’s covered in grime. You expect to hear ticking but instead perceive beeping. You’re blazed in the habitat ring. You vaporize as Earth becomes a distant memory inscribed in grease upon the plate-metal wallpaper. Five tracks later you reassemble, subtly altered, and try to decide whether you’ll press rewind.

Holodecker is available for free download and limited edition cassette tape over at our Bandcamp.

A-Side:
Fingercrampz
Holodecker
Planetsquat

B-Side:
Sepakulive
Sliding Down Rainbows (Nimbusfloor version)
CS only bonus: Holodecker (Brownbear version)

Artwork by Mark Junkunc
Mastered by Twerk @ Audible Oddities

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
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Devonwho – Brushmetal
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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’ve reached the double digits. Big one oh! This go around we have a supreme mix of smooth up-tempo party music for future society from Break Mode, a recently reunited side project of Gumar and longtime collaborator Luc Heuer. Next up is a mix of heavy hitting beats from Seattle’s DJ Introcut repping the weekly Stop Biting night.

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Break Mode Tracklist:
1. Break Mode – Requests
2. Break Mode – Hey You
3. Arthur Russell – In the Light of the Miracle (Ponytail Club Mix)
4. Fantom – Faithful
5. Break Mode – Celestial Sound
6. Break Mode – Pow
7. Break Mode – Nite Eyes

Introcut Tracklist:
1. Fulgeance – I Luv U
2. Blackpocket – Ur a sta (DBridge Remix Instrumental)
3. Darkhouse Family – Mein atari (Mr. Dibiase Lofi Reflip)
4. JSBL – The Flu (Dorian Concept RMX)
5. Loops Haunt – Joplin
6. Waajeed – Tetris
7. Caribou – Sun (Huess Remix)
8. Kelpe – Margins
9. Dizz1 – Here we go again
10. Mosca – Tilt Shift

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.

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.

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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

Podcast Eight includes a fantastic DJ mix from Tricera representing Grand Cooely and a super dope mix of original electribe beats from Rap Class. Artwork by Roberta Frost.

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Tricera tracklist:
1. Marz T – Elephant #20
2. Valvoline – Mad Onions
3. Paul White – And Nico
4. Prizz Angelic – Dancin’ In The Moonlight 2
5. Roane Namuh – Dawn
6. Raven Neva More – Bard Song
7. Letherette – Ashtro
8. Headlock – Asset Punch
9. Tricera – Moss
10. STLB3 Try Duh Service
11. Illslur – Last Guy

Rap Class tracklist:
1. Rap Class – Green Speech (gangstarr remix)
2. Rap Class – Well, Well, Well
3. Rap Class – Mushed up
4. Rap Class – Bushwick Bill – Eversoclear INTL.
5. Rap Class – Jump Up
6. Rap Class – Slap Hands
7. Adrian Younge – Anaconda Malt Liquor
8. Rap Class – Whistle for the Whale
9. Rap Class – What God Will Do For You
10. Rap Class – Close Glass
11. Gangstarr – Take It Personal-INTL.
12. Rap Class – Red Punch (Queen Jane Gangstarr Reprise)
13. Rap Class – No More Weeping(Child’s Play instrumental rmx)
14. Rap Class – Gate- (ODB RMX)

Podcast Seven is now available featuring mixes of choice cuts to keep you toasty this holiday from our own Citymouth followed by Ages out of LA. Look for Citymouth’s cassette tape coming out soon and catch both of these producers live in Portland 12/11 @ Report lounge with Matthewdavid.

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Citymouth tracklist:
1. Citymouth – singlecycles
2. Mount Kimbie – Blind Night Errand [spun on shitty deck @ 45 rpm]
3. Pill Wonder – Family Vacation
4. Chrome Wings – Wave Life
5. Matthewdavid – Trusss
6. Delofi track off free tape
7. Citymouth – glowscraps [collab with Gumar]
8. yuk. – Emilia Reflection
9. Part Time Cruiser excerpt off split cassette with Gem Jones
10. BrownRock – Shoetops

Ages tracklist:
1. Panda Bear – Drone
2. yuk. – Greenflash(Ritual)
3. Lucky Dragons – Mirror Friends (w/ Gonjasufi “Candylanes” acapella)
4. Toro y Moi – Fax Shadow (Shlohmo Remix)
5. Ages – Failures
6. Echo and the Bunnymen – Killing Moon (Asura Cover)
7. TV Girl – If You Want It (w/ Luniz “I Got 5 On It” acapella)
8. Goblin – Ai Margina De La Folia (Alternate Take)
9. Ages – A Coney Island of the Mind

This month, for the first time, we have two DJ mixes. The first mix is from veteran Portland turntable master Ryan Organ (Anthem Records/LoDubs/Various) fallowed by a skull cracking, ear shattering mix of heavy bass music from LA’s HERU. Artwork by Ryan Organ.

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Ryan Organ tracklist:
1. Hubert Daviz – Sunset Light
2. Simple – Loinfruit
3. The Great Mundane – Unicorns Have Feelings Too
4. Ultragamma – Meleportation
5. V.C. + Luy B – 3 Limit
6. Bonobo – Stay The Same (Welder Remix)
7. Ultragamma – True to Syntax
8. Marshall Watson – Plasma
9. Markis Sage – The Blimp
10. Dam-Funk – The Telephone Call
11. Powell – That’s Right
12. Graphics – Mix Up
13. Ruckspin – Shikra
14. Teebs – Double Fifths
15. Pessimist – Subtle Feelings
16. Coldcut – Sound Mirrors (Grasscut Dub)

HERU tracklist:
1. Emergncy – Downlink
2. Windscreen Sniper(VIP mix) – Rob Sparx
3. Motion – Bar 9
4. Mechano – Datsik
5. Extinct – Tony Anthem
6. 7 Breaths – Tunnidge
7. Ferocious ft. Nik.One – Vaski
8. Get A Move On – Crazy D
9. Watz Crackin – Bukez Finest
10. NBK – Sukh Knight
11. Futurizm – Tim Ismag
12. NO. 1 – Mrk1
12. Baltimore Clap – Benga
13. No Bra, No Panties – Benga
14. Geordie Racer – Caspa
15. Rollin’ Kicks – Skream
16. Industry Flame – Dnaebestsk (Fuck The Haters)

This month we have stellar mixes packed full of originals, remixes and future blap from two of Seattle’s best producer/DJ’s, WD4D + DJAO. Catch both these guys at Stop Biting Oct 19th at Lo-Fi. Artwork by James Mack.

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WD4D tracklist:
1. Splatinum – Ain’t No Fool (WD4D remix)
2. WD4D – untitled exclusive
3. Vincent Parker – Slippery (WD4D remix)
4. Dead Noise – untitled exclusive
5. Shigeto – Jungle Strings
6. WD4D & Dead Noise – Cantina Band Remix
7. Eurythmics – Sweet Dreams (WD4D Remix)
8. WD4D – Wild Style Sambalude
9. MOODYMATIC – Bobby Rogers (BMOODY Remix)
10. WD4D – untitled exclusive
11. AL-PD – Pear

DJAO tracklist:
1. DJAO – Tronic Dinner
2. DJAO – Truck
3. DJAO – 4 Cent Beats
4. DJAO – Survive
5. DJAO – John K (Fuck The Haters)
6. DJAO – Battle In Atlantis (Final Ascension Love Story Version)
7. MMAO – Crab Clawws (AO Step Slow Edit)
8. DJAO – Cedar Trees
9. DJAO – Canopy Stream
10. DJAO – Forest
11. DJAO – Green Lake
12. Brownbear – Agua Fria (DJAO Remix Snippet)

This go around we are very pleased to announce mixes from Connie Hawkins out of Minneapolis and Portland all-star The Great Mundane. Big up James Mack on the artwork.

Touching Scents is now officially available on iTunes, Amazon and a host of other fine digital retailers. It features 15 tracks of Brownbear’s unique brand of cosmic future slaps and glitched out beats.  The first batch (white) of Touching Scents CD’s sold out in a matter of days, the 2nd pressing (yellow) is now available for $7. We are also pleased to announce our new revamped web store where you can get physical CD’s and stream all of our releases.