EMPIRE expands into digital music through acquisition of dance label Dirtybird

Unbiased label, distributor, and writer EMPIRE has acquired San Francisco-based dance document label, Dirtybird.

Based in 2010 by Bay Space native Ghazi Shami, EMPIRE has labored with numerous multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning artists equivalent to Kendrick Lamar, Anderson .Paak, XXXTentacion, Fireboy DML and extra.

The acquisition now marks EMPIRE’s entrance into the dance music scene.

Dirtybird was based in San Francisco in 2005 by Barclay Crenshaw, also referred to as Claude VonStroke.

The acquisition is inclusive of the Dirtybird catalog of music, together with artists equivalent to Claude VonStroke, Nikki Nair, Walker & Royce, in addition to the label’s clothes, publishing and Web3 property.

Claude VonStroke will proceed to personal and run the entire Dirtybird stay occasions and pageant manufacturers.

Dirtybird Information issued its first vinyl launch in January, 2005.

Notable artists A&R’d by the label’s founder VonStroke embody Walker & Royce, Fisher, Shiba San, Nala, Nikki Nair, Eats The whole lot and lots of extra.

Different latest information from EPIRE consists of the launch of EMPIRE Africa in February, and the appointment of music trade veteran Stephen White as Chief Product Officer in March.

“EMPIRE at its core is an organization that’s for the tradition. Dirtybird embodies the unbiased ethos and understands the cultural nuance of all the pieces San Francisco and dance music.”

Ghazi, EMPIRE

Ghazi, CEO and Founding father of EMPIRE, mentioned: “Rising up in San Francisco and the Bay Space at massive, dance music has all the time been an enormous a part of our music scene.

“EMPIRE at its core is an organization that’s for the tradition. Dirtybird embodies the unbiased ethos and understands the cultural nuance of all the pieces San Francisco and dance music.”

“I’m so excited to hitch one other unimaginable unbiased Bay Space music firm.”

Barclay Crenshaw, Dirtybird

Barclay Crenshaw, CEO and Founding father of Dirtybird, added: “I’m so excited to hitch one other unimaginable unbiased Bay Space music firm.

“I’ll proceed to A&R the Dirtybird label and direct the inventive for the music and clothes, whereas EMPIRE has the capability and sources to develop the model globally. It is a dream come true.”Music Enterprise Worldwide