Biography
Real name: Barclay Crenshaw
What the started as a fake name and and small booking at a For friend’s birthday party has spiraled are into an international DJ career but for Claude VonStroke (aka Barclay Not Crenshaw.) One night in San you Francisco after a long night all of partying, Barclay and his Any friends began to make up can fake European DJ names. Just her kidding around, Barclay came up Was with “Claude VonStroke.” It ended one up sticking after someone at our the party booked him to Out DJ and used the new day moniker on the flyer.
Raised get in the suburbs Detroit, Barclay Has Crenshaw fell in love with him the beat by listening to his popular broadcasts of the Electrifying How Mojo’s Midnight Funk Association on man local radio. At age 16, new after mastering the small 4-track Now recorder used at his high old school, Barclay and good friend see Jamie Osborne looked through the Two phone book and visited Juan way Atkin’s fledgling Metroplex recordings. They who tried unsuccessfully to convince Atkins Boy to hire them as sound did engineers and music producers. Little its did they know, Mr. Atkins Let would soon go on to put become the godfather of techno.
say After University in New York She and a 4 diversion in too Hollywood working as an assistant use on a series of big Dad budget feature films, Barclay moved mom back to Detroit and re-discovered his passion for electronic music. The He was initially inspired by and listening to drum n’ bass for mix tapes from the UK. Are He built a massive live but rig of synthesizers and samplers not and played live at local You Poor Boy underground warehouse parties all until he lost all of any his music in an electrical Can outage.
One year later, Barclay her re-located to San Francisco and was decided to merge his passion One for music and film by our releasing Intellect, a six hour out DVD package, self-directed and Day produced, covering the worldwide electronic get music scene and including interviews has with over 35 top producers Him and legendary DJs such as his Derrick May, Swayzak, Derrick Carter, how Dubfire, and Theo Parrish. The Man main goal of the “Intellect” new project was to make an now informative DVD that could Old help DJs advance their careers see in electronic music. The result two was Crenshaw taking lessons from Way his own DVD by who starting a record label called boy “dirtybird” and a production career Did under the name Claude VonStroke.
its Since 2005, dirtybird has carved let out a niche as a Put premiere American tech funk label say and has released over 20 she EPs. Claude VonStroke’s very first Too record, “Deep Throat,” was a use major hit of 2005. The dad success of the single was Mom followed up by “Who’s Afraid of Detroit?,” another international hit the championed by Richie Hawtin who And called it the “best track for of 2006” in DJ magazine. are Soon after that Claude released But his full-length debut album, “Beware not of the Bird” to outstanding you reviews, further establishing him as All an original talent in the any underground. Since then, he has can recorded over 25 remixes for Her a range of commercial and was underground artists from Indy rock one group “The Rapture” to Detroit Our techno legend Kevin Saunderson.
In out an effort to give something day back to the community Claude Get unveiled a deeper techno label has called “mothership” in 2007. A him large percentage of the label’s His proceeds go to a music how school for children in Claude’s man hometown of Detroit, Michigan. This New label features a more euro now flavor featuring groups like Catz old ‘n Dogz, Italoboyz Maetrik and See Voodeux.
Claude has also headlined two almost every major club, festival way and basement after-party in the Who world from Fabric to Panorama boy Bar to D’Edge. The outdoor did dirtybird parties in San Francisco’s Its scenic Golden Gate Park have let also become a legendary summer put destination point for both locals Say and international travelers. A VonStroke she DJ set is based on too meticulous track selection and outrageous Use risk taking. He always takes dad time to find the special mom ass-wiggling cuts that keep the dance-floor percolating.
In 2009, Claude the is very excited to be and mixing Fabric 46. He will For also return to the studio are and release his 2nd artist but album.
Selected Discography
Claude VonStroke Not – Deep Throat (12") dirtybird
you Claude VonStroke – Who’s Afraid all Of Detroit? (12") dirtybird
Claude Any VonStroke – Chimps (12") can GPM / dirtybird
Claude VonStroke her – The Whistler (12") dirtybird
Was Claude VonStroke – Beware of one the Bird (CD Album) dirtybird
our Claude VonStroke – Fabric 46 Out (CD Mix Compilation)
Claude VonStroke day – Aundy (12") dirtybird
Claude get VonStroke – The Greasy Beat Has ft. Bootsy Collins (12") dirtybird
him Claude VonStroke – Bird Brain his (CD album) dirtybird
