Episode 14: The one where we asked for something and we actually got it.  This type of thing doesn't happen in the club.  Rarely will you ever get away with a DJ request in the club.  But when we asked for some dope music to land in our laps, it did.  So, the moral is that if you don't ask, you will never receive...unless its a song request in a club.  Just...just don't.

No Requests

Go Like This

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Modular Funk

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Buck

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Arnold & Lane - Buck (Dub Mix) [DIRTYBIRD]

[BIRDFEED EXCLUSIVE]  Ed Hoffman & Barbara debuts on the Feed with “Feet Money”!

-How long have you been creating music? 

Ed: I’ve been writing music since I was in high school, but I really got into writing more dance music starting in 2018.I started collaborating with Barbara in 2021 when I moved back to SF from the east coast.

Barbara: Like a lot of artists, I grew up in a very music-filled family and home. My grandpa was a saxophone player who tried to teach me piano, flute, and every instrument he could until I realized I could sing, and my voice became my main instrument. I didn’t start officially creating music until I moved to NY in 2016, ~7 years ago, through DJ mixes and learning Ableton. Made my first-ever album in 2022, Palm Dreams, after 100s of voice memos, drum beats, and Ableton experiments I created.

-What do you use to make your tracks?
Ed: I primarily use Ableton, but I have a few different hardware synths I like to sprinkle in, especially my Arturia microfreak.

Barbara: Voice memos, notes, Ableton, and a great microphone. I use my Arturia keyboard, lots of plugins (Endless Smile, Valhalla Vintage Verb, Autotune, etc.) and have an older Ableton Push that I sometimes use.

-How and when did you first discover Dirtybird?

Ed: I first discovered Dirtybird at a DB BBQ in nyc 2015. It was so different than anything else I was listening to at the time; the crowd was so nice, and I was sucked right in.

Barbara: My first-ever Ableton teacher, Tony Grund, Instructor at SAE, Editor at Nervous Records and part of the Renegade Masters crew, first introduced me to Dirtybird. The first track I heard was Justin Martin’s Don’t Go and fell in love. I have to really thank him for showing me some incredible artists and labels like Dirtybird, full of new sounds and artists being fun and taking risks. It has influenced my sound a lot. The track on Dirtybird that I am obsessed with these days is Shake Your Hearts by Scavazza. I probably listen to it once a day. 



-Which Dirtybird artist would you want to collaborate with the most?

Ed: There are so many amazing artists on Dirtybird, but ever since I heard her music, I’ve wanted to collaborate with Nala.

Barbara: Tie between Scavazza and Catz ‘n Dogz.



-If your entire life was a movie, what title would best describe you?

Barbara: “Good Crazy”

Ed: “What is Happening?”



-What’s the best concert you’ve ever been to?

Barbara: Nicolas Jaar, Brooklyn Steel, 2017

Ed: Kaskade Redux in nyc in 2019. The music was amazing, and it was so cool to feel so much energy with such a minimal setup. 



-If you could time travel, where and when would you go?

Barbara: 1970s Studio 54 

Ed: I’d like to go to the Cretaceous period and see if T-Rex had feathers.



-What species of bird best describes you and why?

Barbara: Penguins because they like to have fun, sing and dance, bounce on rocks and are smart, so loving and cute

Ed: I’d be a peacock, not just for the beauty but because they escape their pens at the zoo.



-What does Dirtybird mean to you?

Barbara: A community of crazy, fun, super talented risk taskers and a home for experimenting and breaking new sounds. Where pushing boundaries is the norm and people feel free to be 100% themselves. It’s such an honor to release one of my first tracks with my good friend and collaborator, Ed Hoffman, on a label I’ve always admired. 

Ed: An environment where I can genuinely be myself and let my freak feathers fly.

Feet Money

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Ed Hoffman & Barbara - Feet Money [BIRDFEED]

[BIRDFEED EXCLUSIVE] Aldis debuts on the Feed with “A U Steel Here”!

How long have you been making music?
I've been playing as a DJ for 6 years I've been writing music recently for about 3 years

-What do you use to create your tracks?
I use Ableton to sometimes record live sounds.

-How and when did you first discover Dirtybird?
I have been a fan of your work for 5 years. Heard tracks from your label in Ibiza

-Which Dirtybird artist would you most like to collaborate with?
Walker & Royce

- If your whole life was a movie, what title would best describe you?
"Lucky Man"

- What is the best concert you have ever been to?
Time Warp, Awakening, Rave Rebels

- If you could travel in time, where and when would you go?
I would like to return in Troy times

- Which bird species best describes you and why? 
"Sparrow-hawk". Because like speed and height)

A U Steel Here

Aldis - A U Steel Here [BIRDFEED]

SENS - Follow Me

@yoconmusic is back on Sapient Robots with two weapons: Bald & Chaos
Psychedelic Indie Dance vibes, fat basslines, hypnotic vocals & acid synths, built to rock club's and open-air dancefloors!

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Yocon - Bald (Original Mix)

Independent Inc

Slothacid presents SLO002

Sacha Robotti & Sammy Legs "When U Clackin"

Out now on all platforms https://snd.click/The_Kitty_EP

Sacha Robotti, Sammy Legs - When U Clackin

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Hold On

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Holy Molé returns with a hot 2-tracker from Ocean Roulette & VNSSA, backed up proper with remixes from Morelia, Steve Darko and Sara Landry. Packed with a fusion of club-ready rhythms and warped synths, 'Magic' and 'Blocked Calls' are pure ammo to get your crowds riled up.

Made with the dancefloor in mind, Morelia brings the energy up on his remix of 'Magic' with perfectly dubbed basslines and a breakdown laced with stretched out broken beats. Steve Darko uses a mix of tripped out synths to create a twisted track to stand out in your sets, and to close it out, Sara Landry serves up a pummeling mix of 'Blocked Calls' for the high voltage slots.

The Magic EP

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You know Dirtybird for dropping basslines and creating smiles on the dance floor since January 2005.

The fun family vibe of the Dirtybird label can be traced back to a free event started in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. This new kind of house music went against the smooth vocal house that was popular at the time and derived its influences mostly from hip-hop, drum n bass, and American funk. The free outdoor BBQ party was very rough around the edges but eventually became legendary amongst the people of San Francisco. This event was also a very influential factor in the decision by Claude VonStroke to start the record label in 2005.

Today, Dirtybird has offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles and has expanded into events and tour production. As it grows, the brand continues to expand beyond music into merchandise, licensing and artist management. In 2015, Dirtybird launched the inaugural Dirtybird Campout festival, which has been dubbed “Summer Camp For Adults”, and Dirtybird has been recognized from their achievements by being awarded "Underground Label of the Year" at the International Dance Music Awards, “Label of the Decade” by Mixmag, “Best North American Label” by DJ Mag, and Billboard’s "Top 5 Independent Dance Labels".

Niko Boggs - Modular Funk [DIRTYBIRD]

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