Dirtybird, a bona fide genre drifter and indecisive vinyl addict, has been a relentless electronic music fan for the past 15 years. her journey to denver and then back to chicago in the late 90s marked the beginning of dirtybird's obsession with sharing a unique blend of sounds that had soul, regardless of genre. denver's newly thriving scene infected dirtybird, and by the time she moved back to chicago she was consumed. it felt natural to buy some decks and start creating her own music. In 2003, dirtybird played exclusively at house parties for luv-n-musik. It wasn't until she was invited to do a monthly gig at the joint's "flirt" night at lava lounge that dirtybird got settled into her own sound: a mix of minimal, electro, tech house, and techno. it was also during this time that two of dirty's original tracks were aired on Q101's sonic boom radio show. she also became a favorite on djsourceradio, a UK based internet radio station that featured unknown talent from all over the world. The next 2 years were spent filling a hard drive with unfinished tracks, DJ'ing at smaller loft parties in the city, and searching for fellow lovers of new sounds with respect for the old. after reuniting with fellow "flirt" survivor sassmouth in 2005, dirty was invited to play at the naughty bad fun collective's "etikett" night at betty's blue star lounge in chicago. feeling more inspired than ever, she was exposed to a group of minimal/electro/techno worshipping dancing machines dedicated to the music. since then, dirtybird has lead techy revivals at etikett, and rocked rooms at smartbar and zentra. recently dirtybird traveled to indianapolis for venus envy 2.0, organized by dj shiva and thrown at therapy nightclub. this night followed in the successful footsteps of the first venus envy party, which featured detroit's punisher and chicago's sassmouth tearing through a wicked tag set. Aside from jacking with the nbfc, dirtybird is busy working on new tracks for possible release on zuvuya and siteholder records. for more details please visit: www.volatl.com
