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

Flyer 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.

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

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

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

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’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.

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

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.

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.

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

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)

Tuesday October 19th Dropping Gems crew goes big @ STOP BITING

Brownbear (Portland, OR)

Citymouth (Olympia, WA)

DJAO (Seattle, WA)

and resident DJ Introcut

Back room DJs WD4D & guests

10pm // 21+ // $5

Lo-Fi
429 Eastlake Ave E
Seattle, WA

Drink $pecial is a shot of whiskey & a Beer for $5. Hosted by MCs Suntonio Bandanaz, Orbitron & Sage Nomad. See you there!!

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!

Gumar and His Magical Midi Band
Live @ Folklife 2010

Friday May 28th
9:30pm
Mural Ampitheatre – Seattle Center

Folklife Festival is a FREE 4-day annual event held @ Seattle Center. All-ages, donations welcome, rain or shine. http://www.nwfolklife.org/

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.