Dropa (also Dropas, Drok-pa or Dzopa, Chinese) is the name given to what are said by some to be a race of dwarf-like extraterrestrials that landed near the China-Tibet border approximately twelve thousand years ago. In 2007 Micah Tamblyn decided to use the name “Dropa” for his first solo indietronic, electro synth pop venture. “For the past 10 years I’ve been fascinated by all the conspiracies and manipulation of history and press.” says Micah. “The Idea of using the name Dropa is to have people question what they know and what they think is true”. Dropa has played many shows here in Portland Oregon the past few years including Doug Fir, Crystal Ballroom, Someday and others… Kink Fm featured two tracks off of their debut album “A well orchestrated plan” released in 2009. They are now close to releasing their second album which will be titled “Glass House” which is due out late summer 2011. This sophomore album moves towards a more directed musical approach, bringing a different element of musical style and feel than the previous record. “I hope to make people think when they hear the music, at the same time, I want them to escape and dance.” says Micah. Dropa’s influences ranging from David Bowie, Pink Floyd, New Order, The Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Metronomy, Radiohead, Hum, Four Tet, Junior Boys, M83 and many more. Micah utilizes a plethora of thick textural sounds, beats, melodies and pop smarts to meticulously craft the songs. The band is continuing to develop their live sound and their studio recordings. Micah writes, plays, records, mixes, and masters all the tracks in his home studio. “I find it helps to have complete control creating what I hear in my head.” says Micah. Dropa’s drummer, the talented Matthew Higgins helps to develop the strong backbone of all the songs on this new album. Dropa is looking forward to their new album Glass House being released and the evolution of music. 1. The special: you’re feeling so special with that smug look on your face, choke on your chemicals the product of your waste, and it’s a miracle we survived this long in time, best to be careful we're coming to hunt you down. start today, lets mark our way. we are the fools, enslaved by the kings of power, and we're regretful, to the ruins left by their foul. we've been wasteful gluttony induced lives, and we're too late for saving ourselves this time. hey hey, we're the criminals they say, want change? hunt the puppets they have in charge. hey hey, close your eyes be mesmerized, a world of people who care about people. 2. Estimated arrival: wake before it is our time, we’re vulnerable and we’re weak, i calculate we have a few years, to collaborate and prepare. it’s true, it’s true. the day they come we will resist them, the war’s begun and they don't care. to conspiring information, the transparency of the system. it’s true, unveil your secrets. can't you see it’s what they want? 3. Crazy makes us: crazy makes us all, a bit illusive. take their happy pills and conform just like the others. misinforming us, deceiving us with a mental disorder. they're doping us, controlling us, to keep us in order. feel alive we're insane inside. crazy makes us all, less responsive. tried to be beautiful, and perfect with your potions. feel alive we're insane inside. 4. Release: we open the doors that we sometimes can’t close. information feeds our veins and we must know, who we are? whether we come from the stars. we are searching for the answers. I beg please, give us answers, and please give us hope. our history's lost, and we forgot our connection. our energy is here but we are so clouded with fear we have no recollection. we're evolving into a new race. i release. here we are we’re begging you to show yourselves. 5. California: here we lie down, and we wait, the silence of our breath, calms all of our senses. the sky has fallen dark, clouds opaque, reminiscing on all of our memories. and soon california, soon california will drown. they told us this day would come, we laughed. unprepared we were vulnerable and defenseless. 6. Tonight: come fly away with me, we've run amok almost everything. a total collapse of our system, we've lost control and are now aborting. free your mind’s please save yourselves, now it’s time to prepare yourselves, prepare yourselves. tonight, tonight, unite with me. open your eyes and see, this mechanized society. they're raping the land and oceans, with no end in sight, it’s just pure greed. free your mind’s please save yourselves, now it’s time to prepare yourselves, prepare yourselves. tonight, tonight, unite with me. we're marching forth with our arms embraced, we're making a wave together. our heads are clear and we have a mission, to change our fate and the future. i've made up my mind, i'm not wasting more time, i've chosen how to be. tonight, tonight, unite with me. 7. The laughing stock: she laid before the wise that graced the land, contemplating fate brought by her hand, our shedding tears regret her silence now. our common fears we battle in time somehow. she floated away from us into deep clouds of stardust. she believed she was the laughing stock, inferior to plastic portrayals of perfection. embrace the hearts of all the ones who you love before their gone. 8. Feeling hope: feeling hope today, as I make my way to say hi to you. we share our thoughts and our secrets our inspirations of life and truth. i'm so high on life with you. i'm feeling hope today, with an optimistic point of view, we're living life together, remaking ourselves to better the future of youth. i'm so high, on life, with you. free all your lives, free all your lives, break control and fear. 9. The final moment: dancing before all the kings of power, revolting against the system of devour. channeling our energy above, ignoring the precious gift of love. waiting for this final moment, when I can hold you. embracing fate in this fragile moment, now that it’s over. here we are alive and we are awake now. some of them think suicide is the only way out. waiting for this final moment, when I can hold you. embracing fate in this fragile moment, now that it’s over. some would say we’re evolving up from the underground. we'll break through these walls of glass. we’re holding on to the days of past. waiting for this final moment, when I can hold you. embracing fate in this fragile moment, now that it’s over. 10. Going places: i'm going places to be alive. familiar faces come to mind. my friends and lovers are deep in heart, our conscious connection from the very start. i'm doing all I can to be alive, in this precious moment of our time. traces remain of friends and places we came. i'm going places, take my hand. let’s share our knowledge and understand. we have our purpose in this simple life, to learn of our existence we can’t deny. traces remain of friends and places we came. i'm going places, trust me my friend. we'll come together in the very end. we'll laugh and wonder, and we'll cry some tears, we'll find hope in each other for many years. 11. End to it all: countless nights of sleep, keeps me wondering if it’s the end to it all. children are starving and they're dying, all what for? we need to clear the cloudiness that causes blindness, take actions for the cause. we are no longer oblivious. we’ll stand and watch them fall we hold the power to change it all, we hold the power to make it stop. bombs are still dropping and the people are burning for the oil. the government is lying and the corporation’s are trying to keep us all in control. how can we be so paralyzed? to live and do nothing at all. we all need to realize, come together, make a wall. we hold the power to change it all, we hold the power to make it stop. 12. Fragile State: countless times we've reigned thinking we're significant to the universe. we are but an evolutionary cause, a genetic hybrid of the early ones. we've built our empire believing we were different, hoping we were special, to change it all. in truth we are a piece of the puzzle, the perfect sole creation of the universal race. these eyes are yours, we are made alike. fragile we are, connected by the satellites. breath in the life you knew before, connect the pattern of the cycles, close your eyes connect yourself. these eyes are yours, we are made alike. fragile we are, connected by the satellites. 13. All up to you: lifeless automatons droning endlessly through the motions, unconscious buried desires have been deadened dreams for so long. don't panic now, because there is a movement in sight, don't panic now, we're connected and we're calling out to you. suicide is on the rise, a bleak future in paradise. secret society slaves don't fear, hack the ozone we're electric here. don’t panic now, because there is a movement in sight, don't panic now, we're connected and we're calling out to you. we're calling out to you, wake up and take back your life. Contact: Micah Tamblyn micahtamblyn@gmail.com http://reverbnation/dropa http://dropa.bandcamp.com http://facebook.com/dropamusic http://www.youtube.com/dropasmusic http://myspace.com/dropa http://twitter.com/dropas http://dropamusic.blogspot.com