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 mission to deal with 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 highway with a brand new imaginative and prescient in late-April.
Somewhat than pursuing the standard relentless touring schedule that usually leaves artists migrating from venue to venue with out objective, VonStroke’s strategy displays a extra intentional philosophy. Dubbed “Lifetime of Leisure,” the tour represents what he describes as “a trip on the dancefloor,” creating nest-like protected havens the place followers can escape the anxieties of on a regular basis life.
“This is not a standing flex, it’s a trip on the dancefloor. The ravers are the heroes; I’m the information,” VonStroke stated in a press launch shared with EDM.com. “Let’s depart the stress behind and stay the ‘Lifetime of Leisure’ collectively, even when it’s only for a couple of hours within the membership.”
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VonStroke’s “2.0 model” will launch at a file launch social gathering 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 exhibits in digital music hotspots London and Berlin are already confirmed, with extra worldwide dates set to hatch within the coming weeks.
The tour will finally coincide with the discharge of VonStroke’s upcoming EP, I Was the Wolf, scheduled to drop April twenty fifth. Followers can anticipate “the most effective components of 2000s minimal home with the plush, quirky eccentricity solely VonStroke can carry,” per the press launch.
Pre-sale tickets to “Lifetime of Leisure” might be out there Thursday, February twenty seventh at 10am ET. The final on-sale will start the next day on the identical time.
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