Have you ever listened to an album and it transports you,  slowly remembering some distant memory that isn’t that distant but just left behind? Maybe a breakup with a girlfriend or a turbulent time with it’s stress forgotten. This is what happened as soon as I began listening to Bone Rock. It took me instantly back to a place I had just forgotten. The same resonate soulfulness of tape hiss and the warmth of analog music was a favorite of mine when I first moved here 10 years ago. Back then it was DJ Nobody (Who coincidentally was playing here in Portland this weekend for the Beauty Bar’s opening) who was relatively unknown and still is.

The same organic sound and moody beats can be heard in each. Where Nobody goes in a more conventional route with more and more polish; Nag Champa’s Bone Rock takes  a far more loose approach constantly shifting moods and tempos. One nice thing about Bone Rock is that it is rather short. Only 30 minutes and 10 songs that are imperceptibly separated. Each song smoothly transitions into the next swinging groovy jam. Filled with guitar rifts, jangling loops and record needle scratch that just has more texture than any electronic music has. I hate to use “this is a gem” but it seems really appropriate in this case. With this being Dropping Gems first release the future looks pretty damn good.

Dropping Gems wants to MAIL FOR FREE a cd plus artwork to you. Send us your contact info and the first person gets a free cd sent to them.

make your move… from ashley Montague on Vimeo.

we are cool here – Colin Jones from Charles Brokaw on Vimeo.

01 Magnetic Blackness by  MembersOnly206

02 Bird Lives! by  MembersOnly206

LoDubs is nominated three times in the 2010 dubstepforum awards!!

That’s right, LoDubs has been nominated in three categories in the most important mention of the year specific to the genre, the Dubstepforum 2010 awards. The three nominations are:

CLUBROOT – Best new artist

CLUBROOT – Best Album/ Compilation

MENSAH – Best New artist

The voting process ends TOMORROW, so please head on over there and give us your support, as exposure like this is key to helping a label so far removed from the publicity epicenter of the sound, the UK, garner the attention its releases deserve.

You do need to sign up for Dubstep forum, but on the upside, you get a free 2 pound voucher to the juno download website for doing so!! anyway, you can check the whole thing out over here.

Now, on to the new hotness………

LoDubs Presents……….

El Rakkas – Seas of Disease/ I & I (LV / XI Remixes)

Format: 12″, with a CD of the 12″ audio included with the first 400 copies pressed.

Release date: 3/15/10. Digital release approximately 6 weeks beyond.

1) Free ish… We have a pair of tix to STS9 (Fri), a screening of
Shutter Island (Fri), the Sweet F.A./Doomtown Rock N Roll Fashion Show
(Sat), Offbeat Bellydance performance (Sat) and a VIP booth for
Massive next weekend (2/27)! Wanna win any of them? Forward this email
to a friend, have them write us asking to join the group and we’ll
enter you both in a drawing to win!

2) Free music ish… This DJ Pump x Jeepney mix. Heavy on hip hop
classics and breaks and some solid blends honoring J Dilla.
http://limelinx.com/files/23ab9e39e24be0fe082b3b663a140b06

3) Awesome Ish… Speaking of hip hop classics, breaks and solid blends,
there is a new FM station in town and I highly recommend checking it
out – 100.7. Their program director is looking for dj’s that love any
type of music to play their Friday night late night drive time slot.
Got a mix? Send it my way and I’ll put you in touch.

4) More Awesome ish… On March 17th LifeisaParty and Minority
Information Opportunities Project are teaming up with the crew from
America’s Got Talent. Yep, Nick Cannon (is hilarious), Sharon
Osbourne, Piers Morgan and Howie Mandel will be in PDX judging all our
talented city folk and we have tix for the live taping. We’ll be
sending out info soon but clear your calendar for that date if you
want to attend!

5) Things to look for this weekend… tons of
Vaudeville/Cabaret/Burlesque performances, $2 beers, $2 whiskey’s, Dr.
Dre’s Birthday Celebration, Fashion Shows, Fashion Mixers, Movie
Festivals, Jazz Fest, Anniversary Events galore and Naked Shopping
Sprees!

This list is growing by leaps and bounds. Turn to the person next to
you and see if they are reading the same email. If not, forward it to
them and tell them to join the community.

Life is a party, everyone is just waiting to be invited.

See you all out and about!
Leigh Feldman

PS – Just because Valentine’s Day has passed it doesn’t mean you
shouldn’t buy a loved one something special

Thursday 2/18
•       The Phunktion w/ Philly’s Phunkestra Soul Orchestra @ Crown Room
(live New Orleans brass and word on the street is that there are $2
whiskey’s?!?!)
•       Official Dre Day PDX Party @ East Chinatown Lounge (a national night
celebrating the music of Dr. Dre w/ drink specials on Colt 45 &
Gin’Juice)
•       Art Spark Mingler w/ Young Audiences @ Someday Lounge (gathering of
art minded folks w/ music, doodling, drumming and drinks)
•       Outpost Reggae Band @ Whiskey Bar (reggae)
•       Quivah & Joe Nasty @ The Dapper Cap (hip hop rock)
•       Krushgroove Throwback @ Bar XV (old school hip hop, funk and throwback jams)
•       Savoir Faire Burlesque & Vaudeville Performance @ Hawthorne Theater
(barroom fare)
•       33rd Portland International Film Festival @ NW Film Center (tons o movies!)
•       Winter Sound Sessions @ Report Lounge (dubstep)
•       PSU Lecture Series: The Future of Portland Jews @ PSU Smith Center
(educational)
•       Upia Fashion Mixer @ Upia Loft Space (mingler for fashion folk)
•       Beer And Movie Fest @ Various Theaters (bad movies and good beer)

Friday 2/19
•       Townbombing w/ Dr. Adam & DJ Ka-el @ Tube (cheap beers, sweaty dance party)
•       Josh Gabriel & DJ Jenkins @ Whiskey Bar (progressive house/trance)
•       Heavy Sugar @ Branx (electro bangers)
•       33rd Portland International Film Festival @ NW Film Center (tons o movies!)
•       Sound Tribe Sector 9 @ Crystal Ballroom (hippie electro jam)
•       Excision, Alex B, Ana Sia, Noah D, Tyler T @ 2410 (STS9 after party
– late night affair)
•       Rockbox @ Holocene (vinyl dance party)
•       Night Shift w/ Remy & Lamar @ Someday Lounge (space disco)
•       Farnell Newton Project @ Brassiere Montmare (jazz)
•       Crave Gold Masquerade Dance Party @ Crush (queer lady dance party)
•       Portland Soul Shaker @ Bossanova Ballroom (soul, funk, r&b)
•       100 Bones Art Show @ Breeze Block (art art art)
•       Cuda Cabaret @ Barracuda (burlesque show)
•       Lucky Devil 2 Year Anniversary Party @ Lucky Devil (stripper party)
•       Disjecta Artist Happy Hour Talks @ Disjecta (drinks and discussion
with artists)
•       Beer And Movie Fest @ Various Theaters (bad movies and good beer)
•       Stumptown Jug Thumpers @ Proper Eats (riverboat rock)
•       DJ Izm’s East Infection @ East Chinatown Lounge (hip hop, club, lounge)

Saturday 2/20
•       Myka 9, Cyclops Project, Boom Bap Bullies @ Club Calabash (hip hop)
•       Shannon Sanders @ Champions Barbershop (India.Arie’s producer doing
a semi-private concert)
•       Ante Up Mix CD Release Show w/ Dr. Adam, DJ Nature, Ronin Roc @
Someday Lounge (hip hop, club, dance party)
•       Club Crooks 1 Year Anniversary Show w/ DJ Izm, Easter Egg, DJ Stray,
Tigerbeat @ Crown Room (hip hop, club, bmore, hyphy, Stussy clothing
giveaways)
•       33rd Portland International Film Festival @ NW Film Center (tons o movies!)
•       Sweet F.A./Doomtown Rock N Roll Fashion Show @ Fez Ballroom (rock
influenced fashion show)
•       Deelay Ceelay, Dat’r, Fake Drugs @ Doug Fit (indie electro rock)
•       Beer and Music Party w/ Afro Q Ben and more @ Green Drop Garage ($2
pints of Hopworks, swag, art, shenanigans)
•       Smash It Up w/ DPStaley, Sports Cars, Spekt1, Basement Buddha @
Rotture (electro, glitch, dubstep)
•       Triage, Jaden, Jak, George Holland @ Whiskey Bar (minimal techno)
•       DJ Drew Groove @ Valentines (soul/r&b)
•       Swollen Members, Cool Nutz, Luck-One @ Hawthorne Theater (hip hop)
•       Bass Boom w/ Tyler Tastemaker, Barisone, Boy Meets Club @ Branx
(dubstep, glitch electro)
•       Jai Ho w/ DJ Prashant @ Lola’s Room (bhangra and bollywood)
•       Ellie Darling Burlesque Show @ Tiger Bar (burlesque show)
•       Gaycation 4th Anniversary Party w/ Kim Ann Foxman of Hercules & Love
Affair @ Holocene (Queer night dance party)
•       Offbeat Bellydance @ Blue Monk (bellydance performance)
•       Rose City Rollers @ Oaks Park (roller derby)
•       Jon Lemmon @ Groove Suite (house)
•       Miz Kitty’s Parlour @ Mission Theater (vaudeville acts)
•       Mudeye Puppet Company @ Friendly House (puppet performance)
•       Beer And Movie Fest @ Various Theaters (bad movies and good beer)

Sunday 2/21
•       2nd Annual Naked Shopping Spree @ Redlight (4 naked people run
through the store putting on clothes, person with the most clothes on
at end of time wins – this is serious)
•       DoneUndone Adult Puppet Show @ The Woods (adult comedy)
•       Opening Night of PDX Jazz Festival @ Various Locations till Feb 28th
•       Sinferno Cabaret @ Dante’s (fire dancing, strippers, magicians)
•       Aalto Lounge ‘Gay Night’ @ Aalto Lounge (disco, lounge, cheap drinks)
•       Zoo Bombers @ Zoo Bomb Monument (mini bike madness)
•       Soulstice @ Groove Suite (deep house)
•       Anime Hentai @ Paris Theater (sex cartoons)
•       Bike Polo at 2pm @ Alberta Park (bring a bike and a mallet)
•       Soft Sundays w/ Gretchen Mitchell @ Club Calabash (r&b, blues, soul)
•       Band Showcase @ Rontoms (bands, beer, hipsters)
•       33rd Portland International Film Festival @ NW Film Center (tons o movies!)

UPCOMING (just a taste of things to come…)
◊       2/27 – Massive Sweet 16: Have Your Cake And Spend It Too w/ DJ
Zimmie, Risk One, Dr. Adam and Illaj @ Crown Room (the last one was
ridiculous, I’m already ready for the next one)
◊       3/13 – Walk of Shame-Rock St. Patrick’s Day OPEN BAR Party w/ Abstract Rude

Feel free to send us your events/specials/parties/shows – we’ll turn
it into a message to the masses.

–
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Leigh Feldman
503.327.3009
twocliche@gmail.com
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facebook.com/leighfeldman3
twitter.com/leighfeldman3
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Life Is A Party, Everyone is Just Waiting To Be Invited

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Launch Blank (3:28)

FPFTF (3:26)

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