the dirty beat
phase 1: listen & receive
the first (groundwork/developmental) phase of a broader 3-phase/3-year project to write, record & release the 3rd album is underway. Diverging from the Heavy Folk genre of previous work, this next album will push the Dirty Beat sound in new directions, particularly through the use of an expanded collection & combination of instruments, the introduction of field recording & a renewed focus on experimentation.
birthrite: lancing the boil (2025)
A purge & rebirth ritual.
A scathing retrospective of a life turned septic.
A cautionary tale of overgrown weeds & dreams turned stale.
Those stuck in the wasteland may find some kinship here.
self-titled debut (2022)
Visceral & grand, head in hands & tongue in cheek, this is the heavy folk sound of the Dirty Beat. Layers of reeds, strings & winds; plump-slump bottom end & hip-shake bass; low-tuned armies of drums & guitars; all revel & ravel in a stew of no era. Voices, in ones and twos & choirs, rejoice in reckless abandon, raising together in harmonious hymns to the All.
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birthrite double LP
birthrite cd
birthrite cassette
debut cd
PRICELIST (in CAD, shipping not included):birthrite album w/ book: double LP $30 / cd $15 / cassette $12birthrite album only: double LP $25 / cd $10 / cassette $8birthrite book $5 / poster $4birthrite radio edition cd $0debut cd $8quarters collection to date $5
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