Dirtwire

Dirtwire stands poised between ancient Mother Earth and modern technology, a blend of ethnomusicology and the psychedelic trance state, gut-bucket delta blues and what the band variously dubs “back-porch space cowboy blues, swamptronica, and electro-twang.” It’s a sound informed by Dirtwire’s travels and performances around the globe, where East meets West and North joins South. From the favelas in Brazil, Femi Kuti’s Shrine in Lagos, Tokyo’s bluegrass clubs, Ayahuasca ceremonies in Central America, Gamelan performances in Bali, desert festivals in the Australian Outback, and the 20th anniversary of Kazakhstan’s modernized new capital Astana, the band spreads its message by building bridges across musical cultures in their own unique way.

Dirtwire plays an array of instruments both ancient and modern, including West African kamale ngonis, jaw harps, space fiddles, whamola basses, Rickenbacher electric 12 string guitars, bowed Banjos, and mouth harps from around the globe, all interwoven into modern laptop beat creation. Hailing from the underground west coast electronic bass music scene Dirtwire finds itself at the forefront of experimental electronic music production mixing in their wide array of world instruments with sampled beats and 808s. Dirtwire’s live shows are a communal psychedelic journey, ranging from down-home boot stomping get downs, to bass and blues electronic mashups, to ethereal cinematic beat-driven soundscapes. Woven into each is the exploration of where live instruments meet computer production, and where tradition meets experimentation.

Past Shows


Nov
1
st
2024
First Avenue
Nov
1
st
2024
First Avenue

Dirtwire

Pyrochrome Tour
with The Spooklights
Nov
18
th
2023
Fine Line
Nov
18
th
2023
Fine Line

Dirtwire

The Four Directions Tour
with Josh Teed
Oct
22
nd
2022
7th St Entry
Oct
22
nd
2022
7th St Entry

Dirtwire

Ghostcatcher Tour
with Vincent Antone and Banjolectric
Mar
30
th
2019
Mainroom
Mar
30
th
2019
Mainroom

Trevor Hall

with Dirtwire and Will Evans

More Shows

Jun
7
th
The Fitzgerald Theater

Jeremy Piven Live

Dec
27
th
First Avenue

Flip Phone presents
American Girl Doll Rave

Mar
28
th
7th St Entry

Waylon Wyatt

Feb
9
th
First Avenue

070 Shake

with Bryant Barnes and Johan Lenox