Ten
years ago, the DIRTYBIRD label coalesced around a grill party in San
Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Those free parties, thrown using a
sound-system bought on layaway, were pivotal in defining the DIRTYBIRD
sound and attitude. Ten years later, DIRTYBIRD has proven to be one of
North America’s most definitive and fun dance music labels, with its
signature blend of techno and house, passed through a hip-hop
crunkifier, still getting booties shakin’, sweat flying and underground
connoisseurs nodding heads in approval.
The
DIRTYBIRD family may take its music very seriously, but they are not
serious people. The ethos underpinning the label has remained the same
since those impromptu park parties – good times, good people, good food,
and above all good jams. With VonStroke at the helm and ten years to
celebrate, we can expect the core and expanding DIRTYBIRD family to be
joining him on the road this summer, with some VERY special guests, and
of course, the original DIRTYBIRD BBQ auteur, Grillson, to be fanning
the flames behind the grill.
In
2015 DIRTYBIRD will be taking the BBQ experience to new cities like
Seattle, Portland, Chicago and Denver, returning to familiar haunts like
NYC, before concluding with their just announced DIRTYBIRD Campout.
Tickets go on sale Wednesday, May 13th.
Please visit www.dirtybirdrecords.com/DIRTYBIRDBBQ for more info.
Befitting
its ten-year anniversary DIRTYBIRD has started 2015 with some damn fine
music. In January the label released its DIRTYBIRD 10 comp featuring
new tracks from VonStroke, Justin Martin, Eats Everything, Catz + Dogz
and more. DIRTYBIRD has since dropped a new EP from Shiba San, Bristol’s
Will Clarke, and DIRTYBIRD newcomers Billy Kenny & Abby Jane and
Claude VonStroke’s “Barrump” EP is due out mid May.
DIRTYBIRD BBQ Tour Dates and Lineups:
Portland – July 4 – White Owl Social Club
Claude VonStroke
J. Phlip
Christian Martin
Justin Jay
Seattle – July 5 – 1746 1st Ave. S., Seattle, WA 98134
Claude VonStroke
Justin Martin
J. Phlip
Ardalan
Christian Martin
Chicago – Aug 15 – TBA
Claude VonStroke
Kill Frenzy
More TBA
Brooklyn – Aug 16 – TBA
Claude VonStroke
Justin Martin
Shiba San
J. Phlip
Kill Frenzy
Denver – Sept 12 – Sports Authority Field at Mile High
Lineup Coming Soon
Sept 13 – TBA
Lineup and Location Coming Soon
Campout – Oct 2-4 – TBA
Lineup and Location Coming Soon
Connect:
www.facebook.com/dirtybirdrecords
Instagram @dirtybirdrecords
Check out DIRTYBIRD’s BBQ recap video from last 2014
Have a listen to Claude VonStroke’s “Barrump” EP Out Now:
