Dirtybird founder Claude VonStroke is withdrawing on a comeback tour, formally ending a two-year hiatus that noticed him promote his prized file label.
VonStroke flew the coop again in 2023, when he introduced a break from the home music venture to give attention to his bass alias, Barclay Crenshaw. The influential DJ and producer, who spent over twenty years cultivating the beloved Dirtybird ecosystem, is now set to hit the street with a brand new imaginative and prescient in late-April.
Relatively than pursuing the standard relentless touring schedule that always leaves artists migrating from venue to venue with out objective, VonStroke’s strategy displays a extra intentional philosophy. Dubbed “Life of Leisure,” the tour represents what he describes as “a vacation on the dancefloor,” creating nest-like secure havens the place followers can escape the anxieties of on a regular basis life.
“This isn’t a status flex, it’s a vacation on the dancefloor. The ravers are the heroes; I’m the guide,” VonStroke mentioned in a press launch shared with EDM.com. “Let’s leave the stress behind and live the ‘Life of Leisure’ together, even if it’s just for a few hours in the club.”
VonStroke’s “2.0 brand” will launch at a file launch occasion at New York’s Knockdown Heart on April twenty fifth earlier than swooping into different hand-picked venues throughout North America. The tour will then perch at quite a few his favourite venues and festivals, together with Miami’s Membership House, SoCal’s Lightning in a Bottle and Detroit’s iconic Motion.
For followers throughout the pond, VonStroke is not leaving European audiences out within the chilly. Particular reveals in digital music hotspots London and Berlin are already confirmed, with extra worldwide dates set to hatch within the coming weeks.
The tour will in the end coincide with the discharge of VonStroke’s upcoming EP, I Was the Wolf, scheduled to drop April twenty fifth. Followers can anticipate “the best elements of 2000s minimal house with the lush, quirky eccentricity only VonStroke can bring,” per the press launch.
Pre-sale tickets to “Life of Leisure” shall be out there Thursday, February twenty seventh at 10am ET. The final on-sale will start the next day on the similar time.
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