Upcoming Event: Motherbird Monthly at Temple, November 19 2008

Claude von Stroke and Christian Martin are teaming up to present Motherbird, a new monthly combining the talents of the Mothership and Dirtybird labels, at Temple's catacombs. It's on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, with the next one coming up this Wednesday, which means it's going to be a scene of dedicated tech heads, but it's yet another techno night we should all be happy to see. Full details on the SFScene Events calendar.

Upcoming Event: Dirty Bird 3rd Anniversary at Mighty, Saturday March 8

This Saturday Dirtybird will be celebrating its 3rd Anniversary with a blow-out party featuring Claude vonStroke, Justin Martin, Christian Martin, and Worthy at Mighty!

10PM - 4AM
$10, free before 11 with RSVP, $5 before 1AM with RSVP
Mighty, 119 Utah x 15th

Event Review: Claude vonStroke at Kontrol

And, my review of Claude vonStroke at Kontrol is up over on Beatportal as well. This was definitely the best Kontrol I've been to since they moved to The End Up, and though I'm still trying to figure out exactly what to expect from Claude vonStroke, whose tracks have struck me as moving from the gimmicky ("The Whistler") to the truly deep ("Who's Afraid of Detroit"), it was pretty exciting to see our local guy up there really putting some effort into defining a sound for himself. His label, Dirtybird, will be celebrating their 3rd Anniversary this Saturday at Mighty, so you should go check it out for yourself, it should be quite an event.

Mix Downloads: Dirty Bird Records

Local label Dirtybird is making some big waves it seems, with praise coming from the likes of Ritchie Hawtin. I'm not that crazy about their sound, which is either a little too deep or a little too kitschy for my taste (gimme those fat sawtooth basslines, baby), but there are some fine mixes by Justin Martin, Christian Martin, and Claude vonStroke up on their website.