Seattle September!

Catch Natasha live on KEXP, Seattle! Performing live on Audioasis on KEXP, Saturday, September 15th at 8:30 pm PT!

90.3 FM in Seattle and streaming worldwide at KEXP.ORG

http://www.kexp.org/

Natasha is very proud to be representing Dropping Gems in their Decibel Festival showcase:

Thursday, September 27th, 2012

For their 2012 Decibel Festival Showcase, Dropping Gems has assembled a fresh group of innovative electronic producers in service of their perennial effort to bring thought-provoking electronic music to the club environment. All of the artists featured here are as dedicated to emotional expression and exploration as they are to making audiences dance, with special attention paid to texture, space, and atmosphere in composition. The uncompromising individuality of each of the

performers promises a correspondingly diverse range of tempo and feeling. Much like the line between joy and sadness, the line between 160bpm and 80bpm can sometimes be quite thin.

Balam Acab headlines the showcase with his live set, a locus of thick ghostly ambience. Few other artists have been able to compose music so warm, sorrowful, and personal, and still manage to totally envelop (and move) their audiences in the process.

Devonwho is a synth visionary, a veteran of buttery chords and percussive inventiveness. A long time friend and supporter of DG, Devon never fails to bring a smile to his audiences faces, and his music is the sonic embodiment of that positivity.

Natasha Kmeto is a DG crew member and soulful dancefloor demolition expert. Her incredible vocal talent enshrouds inventively composed beds of bass and rhythmic texture, great on record but even more visceral when seen live. Her energetic and utterly commanding stage presence is not to be missed.

DJAO is also a DG crew member, in addition to being a cultivator of bass-induced shivers. His music is typically dance oriented but can lapse into ambient drone at a moment's notice, only to build back again into pulsing swung-out floor burners.

Miko Revereza will be providing visuals for the showcase. One of LA’s most sought after masters of lo-fi ambience, Revereza utilizes a suite of archival analog VHS equipment to manifest unique and deeply zoned-out images.

http://dbfestival.com/showcase/?dropping_gems_showcase

Balam Acab - PA (Live A/V) Tri Angle https://www.facebook.com/pages/Balam-Acab/321654552079 https://twitter.com/#!/thebalamacab https://soundcloud.com/balamacab http://pitchfork.com/artists/28640-balam-acab/

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Devonwho - San Francisco, CA (Live) All City http://devonwho.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/devonwho/112689878205 https://twitter.com/#!/devonwho https://soundcloud.com/devonwho

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Natasha Kmeto - Portland, OR (Live) Dropping Gems http://www.natashakmeto.com/ https://www.facebook.com/natashakmeto https://twitter.com/#!/natashakmeto/ https://soundcloud.com/natashakmeto http://www.youtube.com/user/NatashaKmeto

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DJAO - Seattle, WA (Live) Dropping Gems http://www.ponraul.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thatDJAO https://twitter.com/#!/thatdjao https://soundcloud.com/d-j-a-o http://www.youtube.com/user/thatdjao

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Barboza 925 E. Pike St

Ticketing info: Showcase ticket: http://bit.ly/RbrYXU

Full Festival Pass: http://dbfestival.strangertickets.com/

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For more information on the 2012 Decibel Festival, visit http://dBFestival.com/ http://facebook.com/DecibelFestival http://twitter.com/dBFestival http://youtube.com/DecibelFestival

July Updates

Lots going on in July. Here's what's new: _________________________________________________________

NEW NATASHA KMETO MIX FOR THE LATEST DROPPING GEMS PODCAST

CLICK HERE to download

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JULY SHOWS:

7/13 PDX, Backspace ALL AGES!!!

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/270991096342181/ web: http://www.mischievousproductions.com/up-coming-events/

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7/19, PDX, Holocene, PDneXt

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/379886155398653/ web: http://www.holocene.org/calendar.html

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7/27 PDX, Disjecta, Sometimes A Great Notion Festival

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/241172085979721/ web: http://sometimesagreatnotion.weebly.com/

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7/28 White River Canyon, OR, What The Festival

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/342288269176055/ web: http://whatthefestival.com/

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7/31, PDX, Wonder Ballroom, Squarepusher

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/356032604450681/ web: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/122669?utm_medium=bks

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April shows: PDneXt (Portland), COACHELLA (Indio), Low End Theory (LA), Reason To Party (Sacramento)

(So very excited for April!)

APRIL 12, 2012

Portlanders please join me at PDneXt, a monthly event I throw with fellow producers Danny Corn, Graintable and Plumblyne.  PDneXt is an idea, a sound, a community of people who are exploring the possibilities of what is "next" in electronic music. Join us as we look to create something special for Portland's electronic music community. This month's special guests are Cosmic Revenge and Quarry.

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APRIL 20TH, 2012

Soooo excited to be playing the DoLab's stage at the world renowned festival, Coachella!

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APRIL 25TH, 2012

 

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Equally as stoked to get back to the Airliner in Los Angeles to play at world famous, Low End Theory!

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APRIL 27TH, 2012

Sacramentans please come out for Reason To Party where I'll be playing my live Audio/Visual set with Timeboy.  Reason to Party brings together California communities and businesses to raise funds and awareness for local charity organizations by doing what we do best, having fun! By attending a Reason to Party event, you support under-served populations in California and our new approach to nightlife.

NEW RELEASE 2/14: THE ACHE

Very proud to announce my new record entitled, 'The Ache' that I'm releasing through PNW label, Dropping Gems!!! The Ache will be available on Bandcamp as a name your price download and iTunes February 14th. There will also be a limited amount of CD's available at http://droppinggems.bandcamp.com/album/the-ache

Check out a free download of "Detox Saturday" from XLR8R here: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2012/01/detox-saturday

 

NEW TRACK OUT ON GEM DROPS TWO

I'm so stoked to have a new song, "Belly", on a new compilation with my crew/label Dropping Gems. 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. Download it here: http://droppinggems.bandcamp.com/album/gem-drops-two

NK at MFNW and Bumbershoot!!

This year at Music Fest Northwest, I will be one of the many performers on the festival's stacked roster. View the lineup and purchase tickets at

Also proud to announce that I will be performing in the 2011 Bumbershoot Festival, September 3rd-5th.  Bumbershoot is more than just great music. Bumbershoot is the biggest festival of its kind in North America—a regular mecca for art fiends and pop culture gluttons, where one can see more than 250 scheduled performances in 20 unique venues.  Check out the full lineup and purchase tickets at