We all have our favourites in life, and Claude VonStroke is one of ours. Through his appearances at the club over the last few years he’s delivered a slew of cracking performances both in La Terraza and the Discoteca, as well as gifting us an abundance of afterparty value. The last time we caught up with him he delivered a mix based on a three day adventure where he got to grips with swimming pools, radio stations and root vegetables; bit of a departure from the usual DJ whistle-stop tour of club and hotel.
Pick it up on Beatport HERE
Of course he carries on this productivity deep into the winter recesses, and we thought it would be a great idea to catch up with him to see what exactly he had been up to since that rather odd sequence of events back in September. He’s recently dropped the rather amazing ‘Le Fantome’ alongside vocalist Jaw of dOP, a tune so good last Friday it made an appearance on both Annie Mac and Pete Tong’s primetime BBC R1 slots. Seth Troxler, Yousef and Paul Woolford are among the other fans falling over the record which retains that elusive VonStroke staple of eerie funk whilst making a departure from his previous sound.
He also drops the Hatched Volume 1 compilation on March 13th, a selection of the finest cuts from his feted Dirtybird imprint. Also forthcoming on the label is a rather heavy record from French Fries, also benefiting from a Claude rerub and due out later in the year. He’s off on tour to promote the compilation and will be doing another homecoming gig of sorts at Detroit’s magnificent Movement festival in May where his sets are becoming almost as legendary as they are here in Eivissa. And of course he’ll be back here this summer, enlightening us all again both on and outside of the dancefloor, like on this video discussing the technological advances in DJing.
Here’s some more reactions to ‘Le Fantome’
Maya Jane Coles – “Yeahh! Now this is sounding really goood!”
Seth Troxler – “WOW! Two of my favorite people… Straight up HIT!!”
Sebo K – “WOW…. This is soooo DOPE!! Love it! 5/5!
AME (Kristian) – “Only one word….. BOMB!!! ”
Riva Starr – “Me like that very VERY much Well done guys.”
Danny Howells – “Quite epic and VERY large!!! ”
Ben – (Raveline Magazine Germany) – “Wow… this is awesome!!”
Julio Bashmore – “I’m really into this B! Gonna play it this weekend.”
Voitek – (Catz n Dogz) – “Another one on dirtybird that sounds like nothing else. This one sounds like if Pharrel Wiliams had made babies with Godzilla.”
Josh Wink – “This is a FUN record… Should get a great reaction! A good combination of talent.”
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