Launched in 2024 as a fresh solo project, Tom Kench (formerly of the duo Two Tails) has been keeping busy working on fresh music and running the label Almost Like We Met -- a bastion of house music experimentalism including underground favorites like BLK&WHT, Danny Kolk, GuzBass, Teknicoz and WRDO. On this session, he joins Dirtybird Radio to preview his debut full-length album which comes out this week plus a few upcoming ALWM releases.
VR warm-up set:Hot Pot, Racket Club - "Been There" [Benthouse Records]Black V Neck & Shaded feat. Andra G - "Salmon" [Dirtybird Records]Bruno Furlan - "Scream" [Dirtybird Records]Sacha Robotti, Syreeta, Mikey V, Blakkat - "Manifest" [Dirtybird Records]Tom Kench guest set:LTJ Bukem - Cosmic Interlude [goodlooking]Hunter Reid - Lately [Almost Like We Met]Tom Kench - hours fade, you stay [Almost Like We Met]WRDO - Signs (Claude VonStroke Remix) [Almost Like We Met] MAGNVM - Satellite Kid [Almost Like We Met]Sam Shelby - Vem [House of Hustle]Mimi Moss - Where Are We [Almost Like We Met]Tom Kench - love song of mine [Box of Cats/Almost Like We Met]SWORX - Cars Go [Almost Like We Met]Tom Kench, Artsychoke - Pretty When You're Mad x Egbert - TeringKill Frenzy, Justin Jay - Lava [Dirtybird]Tom Kench - it's you, not me [Almost Like We Met]Good Neighbor - Dance [Almost Like We Met]ACIDMOM, baby-g - What Other Sound [Almost Like We Met]Claude VonStroke, ZDS feat KE - Comments (Tom Kench & GuzBass Remix)Niall Augustine - Not This Time [Almost Like We Met]Tom Kench - sorry call me [Almost Like We Met]Tom Kench, CASTI (US) - my truth [Almost Like We Met]
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Dirtybird Radio 518 - Ribguga
With Dirtybird's Flight Week Brasil just around the corner and a new EP out on Dirtybird Records, Brasil's Ribguga takes the decks at Dirtybird Radio to show off some of the underground's freshest sounds.
VR warm-up set:Cour T. - "TRiPPPY" [Dirtybird Records]Simas - "Benja" [Dirtybird Records]DJ Glen & Bruno Furlan - "Another Planet (Bruno's VIP Mix)" [Dirtybird Records]Plastic Robots - "Tell Me Something" [Dirtybird Records]Ribguga guest set:Ribguga, Micah - Flex (UNR [DRT RECORDS])Buogo - Apagão (UNR)Ribguga - Work It (UNR)Ribguga - Bring It Back [SHOUT! LABEL]Ribguga, Carvalho (BR) - President [DIRTYBIRD]Ribguga, Balanka - Talkin' Too Much [DIRTYBIRD]Balanka - In The Lights (UNR)Balanka - Rockstar [TAKE NOTES]Ribguga - Bass Bass (UNR)Louis Millne - Touched (UNR)Omri - Nothing Wrong (AYYBO REMIX)
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Dirtybird Radio 517 - The Mannequin
From Mexico's underground scene, the masked beat manipulator known as The Mannequin joins Dirtybird Radio with a stacked set full of new collabs, fresh remixes and unreleased originals plus a few current faves sprinkled in.
VR warm-up set:Jesusdapnk feat. Hector Moralez - "Shadows Between Us" [Brobot Records]Ribguga & Balanka - "Talkin' Too Much" [Dirtybird Records]Wet Velvet - "Ground Score" [Benthouse Records]The Mannequin guest set:Sterium - Close to me The Mannequin, Teknicoz - ID (unreleased) The Mannequin, Rodney Dinkles - Hysteria (unreleased) Julian Memento - Customer Disservice The Mannequin - Push it! Gianmarco Limenta ft Ruska Beats - Sally Artsychoke - Psyduck (Holt88 Remix) The Mannequin - Hotel Lobby (unreleased) Pikante (Harvy Valencia Remix) The Mannequin - Shy Girl (unreleased) The Mannequin - S t r a y (unreleased) Joe Vanditti - Vibrations DLPN & Paul Martin - The Groove BLK&WHT - Check it (XFDS Remix) Loco Dice - Pimp Jackson is talking now (Federico Grazzini Remix) The Mannequin & Vinccenzo - Fantazy Sterium - Mareca Upercent - Spaceman
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Dirtybird Radio 516 - Joplyn
For Dirtybird Radio's Halloween spooktacular, our host Victoria Rawlins unearths the tomb of an ancient Dirtybird sub-label and then Joplyn continues the haunting vibes with a set to celebrate the release of her new track with Sacha Robotti and Sian.
VR warm-up set:Monty Luke - "Panic Attack" [Dirtybird Mothership]Voodeux - "Heebie Jeebies" [Dirtybird Mothership]Maetrik - "Stab Jockey" [Dirtybird Mothership]Claude VonStroke - "Scarlet Macaw" [Dirtybird Mothership]Joplyn guest set:All Night - Sacha Robotti, Sian, JOPLYNIDTal feat. Shrii - ELIF, Sinca, ShriiMiami Love - Kristy HarperLonely Road - Sam ShureOne Night - Alan Dixon, Kitty Amor, BiishopIDDo It Again (Joplyn Remix) - Röyksopp, Robyn, JOPLYNFeeling - Syon, ARYMÉ, JaworaRight Now (Chi Thanh Remix) - Books Shade, JOPLYN, Chi Thanh
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Dirtybird Radio 515 - FDTD
A new addition to the Dirtybird flock, German tech house duo FDTD (aka From Drop Till Dawn) take over this episode with a funked up guest set full of certified heaters including their brand new single "Denying" with Sebi Mono.
VR warm-up set:Quality G - "Just A Beat" [Obsessions Recordings]Fabrication - "Blood On My Ferrari" [EXE AUDIO]Ali X & GuzzX - "Los Meros Meros" [Playground Records]Sacha Robotti & Sian & Joplyn - "All Night" [Dirtybird Records]FDTD guest set:Tony Romera - Boiling RoomFer BR, Jamie Coins - JumboProk & Fitch - Listen Up (Jamie Coins Remix)Harry Romero ft. Future Joy - Call Me Later (Olive F Remix) Sarah Story, Hilit Kolet - Miss BehaveThomas Newson, GUZ (NL) - Get RawFDTD - Lights OutFDTD & Sebi Mono - DENYINGChris Lake, Nathan Nicholson - MemoriesNight Funk - PopYes Boone - Window 2Kevin Corral - BloodMarco Lys, Thomas Newson - Body on MeElectrofying - Do You ReallyMaesic, Matt Sassari & Gene Farris - Nothing is Real Body Ocean - Once the MusicMary Jane Girls - All Night Long (Ardalan Edit)
Dirtybird Radio debuts a brand new show. Picking up right where 6 years of "Claude VonStroke presents the Birdhouse" left off, the new show debuts now! Our brand new host, Victoria Rawlins introduces guests and friends of the flock as we explore all the different paths and sonic flavors of Dirtybird Records from alternative bass music to funk based house and electronica. Victoria became part of the family over the pandemic with her twitch streaming show on the Dirtybird network called "Psychic Bassline." Claude VonStroke will still be a part of the behind the scenes activity and provide mixes for the show as well as many other guests and friends of the label from around the world.