Filed under: Concerts and Tours , News , RPM , News Today, Oh Boy! , New Music , New Releases AP Photo, Matt Sayles Further evidence of EDM's commercial strength, Tiesto and Skrillex have broken into Forbes power list. Tiesto found himself one spot behind Meryl Streep at No. 84, with declared earnings of $23 million, while Skrillex placed ahead of Tina Fey (ouch) at 92, with $15 Mil. EDM [...]

You can now preview the whole Justin Martin album, out today on Dirty Bird. While some things sound familiar, a lot of it is unexpected. Don't mistake that for a bad thing, this album is epic! Justin Martin - Ghettos & Gardens [Preview] REMINDER: It's out today, get it on Beatport: BEATPORT ...

Holy Ship just release their 2013 cruise lineup. Monster of a lineup which includes the following: A-Trak , Knife Party , Justice , Zedd , Major Lazer , Boys Noize , Claude Von Stroke , Eats Everything , The Knocks , Tommy Trash , and many more plus some surprise guests. Currently, Holy Ship is all booked for reservation if you got on the early pre-booking. After June 20th, if there are still cabins available, people on the wait list get their chance to book. Get on the wait list [...]
From January 4-7th, the second annual Holy Ship! cruise will sail the Caribbean as 40 electronic acts perform on its decks. This year's lineup boasts a DJ set from Justice, Major Lazer, Boys Noize, Knife Party, Diplo, A-Trak, Skream & Benga, Busy P, 12th Planet, Zedd, Crookers, Jack Beats, Gesaffelstein, Brodinski, Kill the Noize, Claude VonStroke, Big Gigantic,, Dillion Francis, Breakbot, Destructo, and a DJ set from Digitalism. The cruise will set sail from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and make stops in Nassau, Bahamas, and at private island, where the festival's "beach party" is to be held. [...]

The EXIT line Up was already confidently basking in the Balkan sunshine, however with the recent additions it is now positively strutting its stuff for all to see. Joining an already epic line up that includes New Order, Guns N' Roses, Richie Hawtin, Luciano, Laurent Garnier, Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, Maceo Plex , and Art Department , are Claude VonStroke, Jacques Lu Cont, Eats Everything, Space Dimension Controller, Benoit & Sergio, George Fitzgerald and Sigha among others. Needless to say [...]
Yep, it's that time of the year. Clubbers from all over the world will be descending upon Ibiza for fun in the sun, parties and music in just a few weeks. We Love... Space, one of the White Isle's most consistent parties taking place at Space in Playa den Bossa, has announced its massive 2012 [...]
So what to do when your bassline is declared lame, and your synth line is rushed to the operating table? Well, there are two options, you can either take the easy road of hooking up with an experienced engineer and getting them to lay your ideas down, which has proved profitable for many a recognised name, or you can take the slightly more rewarding but longer scenic route and teach yourself. Therefore to help those of you looking to produce your own tunes we have decided to launch a new section to our blog, Tech. Tech has been [...]

Lots of festival announcements today with ID Festival and now with Hard Summer 2012 Music Festival. With EDC seemingly leaving LA for good, Hard Fest is looking to fill that void and one look at the ridiculous lineup will make you say EDC who? 2 day festival with 4 stages at LA historic park in downtown LA...get your tix here ! Lineup : Skrillex, Bloc Party, Miike Snow (live), Boys Noize, NERO (live), The Bloody Beetroots (DJ set), Squarepusher, A-Trak, Chromeo (DJ set), Magnetic Man, James Murphy, Little Dragon, Erol Alkan, Datsik, Bootsy [...]

The fifth annual HARD Summer Music Festival runs August 3-4th at Los Angeles State Historic Park. Topping this year's bill are Skrillex, Bloc Party, Miike Snow, Boys Noize, Squarepusher, James Murphy, and Nero. The lineup also features DJ sets from Chromeo and The Bloody Beetroots, A-Trak, Magnetic Man, Claude Von Stroke, Little Dragon, Erol Alkan, Datsik, aarabMUZIK, Danny Brown, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, Action Bronson, John Talabot, 12th Planet, Dillon Francis, Gaslamp Killer, Gesaffelstein, Brodinski, Fake Blood, and Bootsy Collins and the Funky Unity Band. Two-day and VIP passes are now on sale via Fla.vor.us [...]

A few weeks ago we were lucky enough to see Tom Flynn at Dirtybird's London BBQ and, despite the fact he was on an hour into a 15 hour rave playing in a large warehouse to a handful of (young looking) people, his music caught our ears. It's a rare talent to draw the attention of sober people in the process of pacing themselves for the long haul. And taking into consideration the context of a party full of many amazing moments- the heat causing Claude Von Stroke to ditch his jeans and walk about in his pants, [...]

This Saturday sees famed San Fran based record label dirtybird in town for the London leg of their Spring tour which sees them visiting city after city with a variety of artists from their stable. Our lucky lucky city has hit gold however as we've managed to blag the biggest line-up but a BBQ of Meatwagon no less. Appearing will be core members of the dirtybird crew Claude Von Stroke, Justin Martin, J Phlip and Christian Martin under his new alias Leroy Peppers plus key acts like Eats Everything , Catz [...]

Still deciding where to go this Easter Weekend, well trouble your mind no further, the lovely people over at ' Point Blank Studio's ' have given us 3 pairs of tickets to give away for this Thursday's Brighton leg of Claude VonStrokes & Justin Martins 'Hatched Tour'. Starting off in their home City of San Francisco the Dirtybird clan are traversing the globe offering well cooked beats in the Cities that matter, New York, London, Detroit, Paris, LA and of course Brighton. To get your hands on these [...]

We had the honour of meeting legendary American house producer Barclay Crenshaw AKA 'Claude VonStroke' ahead of his appearance at Gist in Chelmsford, 5th April. The dirtybird label boss talked about his weakness for being a perfectionist, how dubstep taught him a thing or two, and also what track he'd play to distract zombies from eating his brains. Hi Claude, how are you? Great thank you, just getting ready for Miami. Congratulations on reaching 10 [...]

What's up everyone? Today marks the first day of spring and the weather in Montreal couldn't be any more perfect. The permafrost is breaking up, the slush has dissipated and it's finally time to start enjoying the outdoors once again. So break out your grill, your jean shorts and your favorite pair of shades and go post up in the fresh air. While you're out doing that, here are some tunes to help you enjoy the warm vibes. Cheers [...]
Dirtybirds tour is heading our way!!! lookout east london 15 hours of awesome coming April 7th

House veteran Justin Martin is set to release a his debut LP on Claude Von Strokes feverish Dirtybird imprint after 10 years of revered originals and remixes. In what has been a long time coming the release will feature 13 tracks with impromptu features from Ardalan , PillowTalk and the mysterious Leeroy Peppers (possibly brother in arms Christian Martin). Excited yet? Ghettos & Gardens Track listing 1. Hood Rich 2. Don't Go 3. Ghettos & [...]

You're probably wondering why we're about to tell you all about a SOLD OUT event. It's not because we're mean and we want to rub your faces in it. Oh no, no siree. We're here to tell you that you CAN still go to the ball... er we mean BBQ. We've done our research and found you a few ways you could still go! But first, let's take a gander at that eye-wateringly magnificent line-up... Claude VonStroke Justin Martin J Phlip Julio Bashmore Eats Everything Catz & Dogz Breach [...]

Justin Martin is someone I watch very closely. He is always one step ahead of the pack. He also appears to share my love of Catz'n'Dogz. Dope mix! Justin Martin- Below the Bassline mix [Free D/L] Tracklist: 1. the martin brothers- moon pizza (intro) 2. justin martin vs leroy peppers- riding spaceships- dirtybird 3. eats everything- food 4. french fries- yo vogue (claude vonstroke remix)- dirtybird 5. catz & dogz- mass confusion- pets recordings 6. catz & dogz- jon bovi- dirtybird 7. adam f- circles (eats [...]

USA friends, we have a double pass to giveaway for the Dirtybird BBQ in Miami this Friday featuring Leroy Peppers , Eats Everything , Worthy , Catz N Dogz , J.Phlip , Ardalan and Justin Jay . The event will take place at Villa 221 in Downtown Miami across 14 rooms and over 10,000 square feet of outdoor space. With over 10 years of grilling the label will be toting some tasty burgers and snacks for the true fans of the Dirtybird . The [...]

So stoked to have these guys on the mixtape grind for the blog! You may have seen these guys pop up recently with their release 'Swamp Beats" on Fat Boy Slim's Southern Fried Records. But they have been kicking along for a while, with their first break coming via Andrew Weatherall, who hand picked a remix of theirs for release on his label. I'll let their bio give you the other word: Friends since spawn, the boys began djing after failing to impress on the boyband scene. This was due in part to [...]