NEWS: dirtybird Release Music Video For Claude VonStroke’s “CaliFuture”

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Directed by Merkley???

You might remember the legendary dirtybird video for Claude VonStroke’s Deep Throat, which launched the infamous, iconic and pretty scary big blue dirtybird. Or perhaps Justin Martin & Ardalan’s 16-bit Lezgo inspired by classic 80s and 90s videogames. But CaliFuture might well top them all – from a cameo from the aforementioned blue bird, to VonStroke donning his Wall Street garbs and swilling a raw-egg, to the mysterious van dwelling snow cone seller who may or may not be Barry Drift, this is an instant dirtybird classic.

In the words of dirtybird label founder Claude VonStroke:

The track “Califuture” is about that little optimistic bug in everyone who moves to California that makes them think that someday they will be plucked up out of obscurity to become famous. Everyone has it in the back of their mind. But the music video goes one step further into madness. It’s the heart-wrenching story of a snow cone salesman trying to get a job at dirtybird and then realizing the life of a snow cone maker is really his passion.

The video is directed by Merkley??? Merkley is one of the most interesting people I have ever met, in fact the inside of his house is like the craziest curiosity shop on earth. If you live in SF its almost impossible not to run into Merkley’s highly stylized photography at some point. In fact at one point around 2008 I think he had photographed almost everyone’s girlfriend or ex-girlfriend on our whole label. I have done several amazing photoshoots with Merkley over the years including the cover of my 2010 remix album “Makeovers.”

Whether or not Merkley and Barry Drift are the same person remains to be answered, but for sure he has worked his magic again on this music video for “CaliFuture.” I barely even had to complete the explanation of the track on the phone before he was off thinking up brilliant ideas to make this video. Kudos to Merkley!

Catch the inaugural dirtybird BBQ tour this summer:

Aug 17 Brooklyn, NY Verboten
Aug 31 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Lot
Sept 7 Toronto, ON Sherbourne CommonTickets
Sept 14 San Francisco, CA Treasure Island
November Los Angeles – TBA

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Adele is the owner of Tranceported. She manages and maintains the social media and the photo and video teams, and has been shooting our event photos since 2011. She has been a fan of Trance music since the mid-90s and started this website (formerly called EDM TOR) in 2012.

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