Claude VonStroke, otherwise known as Barclay Crenshaw, is the head of the San Francisco-based record label, Dirty Bird. A product of the internet generation, Crenshaw saw his first tufts of fame through an instructional DVD on how to be a DJ — growing up, young Barclay was determined to make it as a hip-hop DJ; as this dream began to take on a new name, house music, he decided to make a video that would have answered all the questions he had as a young’n. In the process of filming DJs from around the world, he also learned a lot about running his own music label.
Dirty Bird’s signature blend of hip-hop inspired, jacking tech-house beats vibrate the speakers of clubs all around the world. The label gained it’s notoriety through Crenshaw’s ‘Deep Throat’ back in 2005, and traces it’s roots to an original push of promotion through the European dance music scene. It wasn’t long before the recognition trickled its way back into the states as people sought after these bass heavy, Cali-grown beats. With an impressive roster of artists that are making waves in their own right, it’s no wonder this group of tech-house savants can’t manage to put out a bad record. Release after release, they have proved their name, and the future shows no boundaries for these dirty birds!
We had a chance to catch up with Barclay right before his gig at the infamous Control down in LA. Check out the interview after the jump!
To the weekend warriors, the nightlife ninjas, and the curbside crawlers, we are with you all the way. Here at CYV we encourage herbal remedies, Bloody Marys, and of course a daily dose of slap to aide all the aches, bumps, and bruises collected over your weekend.
It’s simple: Save Sunday five songs, one mixtape, easy to play, easy to repeat, and of course download links provided for mobile enjoyment. All sounds get love so expect to find everything from booms to bangs.
Sundays never looked so good.
“Back on the block with some prettystep. Not including the Busta Ryhmes joint & the Crizzly piece, those two are just foul.” -joseph
In my opinion two of the most talented producers working today have busted out a glorious womp accented with vocals that will make your girlfriend swoon.
All I think of when I hear this song is, “Gimme loot, gimme loot, gimme money money money!” Busta showing he still got it, killin the verse, and the Dumbsteppaz coming so hard on the remix
I had the pleasure of taking a Photography class this past semester with a young kid by the name of Sean. Not only does this kid take fantastic photos, but it turns out that he also makes killer beats with his homie under the name Me Gusta. Here’s the catch though — they’re all made in Garage Band! I cannot wait to see if these kids decide to venture out of their comfort zone and try their hands with say, Ableton or Logic, as their is much untapped potential in this talented duo. Regardless, Sean Richards and Dominic Lopez are some local producers that seem to be breathing some fresh air into the highly-saturated realm of hip hop music.
First up, is arguably my favorite Me Gusta track, Liu Kang. Loving this bruce lee beat and the breakdown in the latter portion that unleashes some pitch bendies! Me Gusta – Liu Kang
‘What were you doing there?’ is a spacey journey with a bouncy sidechain that keeps the track on a steady pump. Me Gusta – What Were You Doing There?
‘Time Traveling’ reminds me of People Under the Stairs. A solid break-beat guides the track through airy reverbed pianos. This is a chilled out hip hop beat at it’s best! Download it, go go go! Me Gusta – Time Traveling
And one of their latest tracks, ‘My Broad,’ is a bit heavier on the bass (when is that ever a bad thing?) and it even boasts some nice organ loops! Quality! Me Gusta – My Broad
Mochipet twists up Hottub’s ‘Four Lokos Only.’ Electro-hop at it’s finest! And hey, it’s a track about the infamous heart attack in a can. Every college kid knows what I’m talkin’ about.
And here is the stuff that “overflowed” from my last post. What overflow actually means in this case is that I didn’t properly close one of my tags and everything beyond that portion got cut off. Cheers to my A+ web savviness.
6T9 chops it up with this new mix for SAFidget House — a blog dedicated to the fidget movement that is quite prominent in South Africa. After a long hiatus, they are finally back, and will be serving up that fidget fire on a more regular basis.
SA Music Series Vol. 01 Ft. 6T9
1. 6T9 intro
2. Defunct! Ft. MC Freeflow – That’s The Game (Cracker Jack Remix)
3. 6T9 – Slap Dat (Original Mix)
4. Kyle Watson – Something Special (6T9 Bootleg remix)
5. Keva – Ok Play (Original Mix)
6. Carbon Parlor – Don’t Mess with the Torn (Matthew Garton Remix)
7. 6T9 – New Kid on the block (Original Mix)
8. 6T9 – Some Kinda Product (Original Mix)
9. Kyle Watson – Speaker Juice (Original Mix)
10. Sean Taylor – Oh No (Original Mix)
11. Mudhut – Oh! (Original Mix)
12. Unks – Vocoder (Master Simz Remix)
13. Schenk – Warm the House (Original Mix)
The Warehouse is a mix series hosted by Uberjak’d and Rubberteeth, and it broadcasts to a listener base of over 180,000 people per week on a station called Fresh FM. Carbon Parlour had the honor of doing a mix recently. Some juicy tunes up in this one, so give ‘er a listen. (Tracklist and download on the cloud)
It has certainly been awhile since I’ve made a post, so get ready for one of those deals where I just combine what should essentially be 7-8 different posts in to one mega post. Been workin’ a lot and “hittin’ the studio” as of late, so I’ve been a bit lazy on the blog side of things. Oops!
First up is Fukkk Offf’s latest tunes from his WorldWide EP (and it has top-notch artwork too). First is a big-room electro choon with some definite techno influences. And the second is an electro-zapped shorty beat slung up with hot rhymes from sassy MC, Hazel. Git git git down!
Oh snap! K.I.H.T. is back from the dead, bay area style! On today’s plate we have Young L from the pack out doin’ his thang on this new joint, Young L-E-N. This beat is just ill. It’s got some break-beat dubstep type stagger and some definite electro influence too.
I will say that hyphy has been on point with the addition of electro-type noises into their music for a long time now. It was certainly an element that drew me into the music. Here’s an example:
Just listen to that beat — straight fidget wobbles! And that was circa early 2008. It’s a shame that the movement lost so much steam. Shitty promoters and DJs around the bay ruined it for everyone! 94.9 and 106.1 are laiden with auto-tune and R&B bullshit on the regular. It’s quite unfortunate.
Anyways, the lyrics could use some work, but the video and beat are just redic.
