David Starfire sat down with VIBE for an exclusive on his new album Ascend as well as to discuss his dream collaboration and Indian & hip-hop influences! Head here to check out the article!
VIBE also debuted Starfire’s brand new Zeppelin remix! Stairway (David Starfire remix) is available for free download by heading over here!
On the most musically bright of sides on this otherwise dark weathered morning, today (2/19) saw the release of Ascend, the new album from David Starfire. Hailed as his most “live” project thus far, Ascend serves as further evidence of Starfire’s innovative mastery of musical fusion. A sound that knows no genre-limiting boundaries, “Ascend” features what Starfire describes as “an eclectic mix of bhangra, Arabic, dub, reggae, dubstep, moombahcore, trap and other genres produced in ‘Starfire’ fashion”. On Ascend a collaborative spirit propels the good vibes of Starfire’s category-defying sound. Among artists featured on the album are founding father of hip-hop Afrika Bambaataa, fellow members of the Six Degrees family Cheb i Sabbah and Natacha Atlas, Desert Dwellers, iCatching, and Sheila Govindarajan.
Check out “House of Bhangra” from the new album Ascend!
Starfire shares Burning Man memories in this vid
Filed under: david starfire, Event, Harmony Festival, Music, Six Degrees Artist, Uncategorized
Here at Six Degrees, we are stoked to have some of our very own perform at the 33rd annual Harmony Festival June 10-12th at Sonoma Country Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, California. With headlining acts such as, Michael Franti and Spearhead, The Flaming Lips, Primus and many more, this year proves to be a guarenteed success! Check out the full line up here!
And long after the sun has set head over to the Grace Pavillion Friday for Soul and Roots Night, featuring muscial performances by G. Love and the Special Sauce, Rootz Underground, Gaudi, and Quixotic.
Harmony Festival presents it 12th Annual Techno-Tribal Community Dance on Saturday from 8pm to 4am in the Grace Pavillion featuring David Starfire Ensemble and Natacha Atlas along with many more! Check out video below!
Filed under: david starfire, Event, Music, Six Degrees Artist | Tags: DAVID STARFIRE, Mickey Hart, Shiva Rea, The Fillmore, Wanderlust Festival
Six Degrees artist, David Starfire, will be joining forces with Wanderlust Festival this Saturday to perform the main stage and give listeners a taste of his latest album, Bollyhood Bass remixes Vol 2.
Taking place in San Francisco, Wanderlust at the Fillmore will feature the ecstatic yoga teachings of Prana Flow fire keeper Shiva Rea and SF’s own Steph Snyder amidst a backdrop of pulsating rhythms and bliss-infused-beats of compliments of Grateful Dead drummer and renowned world music guru Mickey Hart. After everyone rises out of savasana, the party will just be getting started – Sub Swara, MC Yogi, Todd Boston, and David Starfire will be coming along for the ride to keep the prana flowing all night long. This is a special one-day celebration of music, yoga, spirit and community that is not to be missed.
Tickets to Wanderlust at the Fillmore come in two flavors: yoga + music tickets, or music-only tickets. Yoga and music ticketholders will get a 2.5 hour yoga experience, a free yoga mat, and access to the concert at night. Music only ticketholders will skip the yoga and go to the concert. Tickets are on sale now.
The Schedule:
4:00 Doors for Yoga + Music Ticketholders
4:30 – 5:00 Asana with Steph Snyder
5:00 – 6:30 Yoga Class w/ Shiva Rea & Mickey Hart
6:30 – 7:00 Shiva Rea Trance Dance w/ Mickey Hart
7:00 Doors for Music Ticketholders
7:00 – 8:00 Todd Boston (acoustic in the poster room)
8:00 – 9:00 MC Yogi
9:30 – 11:00 David Starfire Live Ensemble w/ The Aspara Bellydance Troupe
11:30 – 1:00 Sub Swara
Filed under: david starfire, FREE DOWNLOAD, Music, New Release | Tags: adham shaikh, Ana Sia, DAVID STARFIRE, desert dwellers, koian
Bollyhood Bass remixes Vol 2 release date is May 10th and features remixes by Love and Light, Ana Sia, Adham Shaikh, Desert Dwellers, Koian and David Starfire! Here’s a free single for you!
http://www.sixdegreesrecords.com/catalog.php?upc=657036714427
On Bollyhood Bass Remixes Vol. 2, you’ll hear the spirit David Starfire’s native region and Creole heritage mostly in the gutbucket funk that animates nearly every track – as well as in the hip hop
elements that he has distributed generously throughout the program. “The
Beat,” for example, features a charmingly squidgy synthesizer bass, rolling dhol drum, and
sharp-tongued rapping courtesy of guest MC with vocals by iCatching. “Shout It Out” prominently features some very
fine beatboxing (by Lynx) alongside an acoustic guitar-driven groove and even more rapping, all of it leavened by various Asian flavors. Other Caribbean influences are audible throughout the album as well: on “Baghdad,” the slow and trip-hoppy beat is interwoven with explicitly dubwise reverb and echo effects and punctuated by Jamaica-inflected vocal samples; “Load” piles on layers of science fiction dub effects as well, this time juxtaposed with keening Asian vocals.
Upcoming Tour dates for David Starfire:
5/8 Reno, NV @ Wurk
5/14-5/15 Kona, Hawaii @ Alchemeyez festival
5/20 Sebastopol, CA @ Tribal Fest afterparty
5/21 San Fransicso, CA @ Fillmore (Live Ensemble)
6/11 Santa Rosa, CA @ Harmony Festival (Live Ensemble)
6/17-18 Belden, CA @ The Bounce
6/24-6/26 Clear Creek County, CO @ Sonic Bloom
8/6-8/8 Salmo BC, Canada @ Shambhala
9/1-9/4 Black Rock City, NV Burning Man
9/23-9/25 Vallejo, CA @ Earthdance (Live Ensemble)
10/1 Redway,CA @ Fall Splendor fundraiser at Mateel Community Center
Britney Spears get’s properly dubstepped in this new remix from David Starfire. Grab it now here.
Filed under: david starfire, FREE DOWNLOAD, Music | Tags: DAVID STARFIRE, ill gates, jef stott, mochipet
FREE DOWNLOAD David Starfire – Cobra (Sub Swara remix)
Listen/Buy from: iTunes – Amazon – Six Degrees
Come for the free Sub Swara remix, stay for the remixes by Mochipet, Jef Stott, Ill Gates, and Ant-Ten-Nae!
David Starfire‘s Bollyhood Bass Remixes is out at all fine digital music outlets now!
Filed under: david starfire, FREE DOWNLOAD, Music, Six Degrees Artist | Tags: bollyhood bass, DAVID STARFIRE, dj umb, dubstep, Six Degrees Records, sub swara
FREE DOWNLOAD David Starfire – Cobra (Sub Swara remix)
Listen/Buy David Starfire Bollyhood Bass Remixes
David Starfire has had an epic 2010 so far, starting off the year with his first full length on Six Degrees, putting out a handfull of hypemachine and dancefloor friendly bangers and performing at festivals from Coachella to Kalani, Hawaii.
If you haven’t gotten the Starfire bug yet, today’s free remix from Sub Swara will surely make your head and body turn in all the right directions! The track features slamming percussion and deep BASS stabs. It’s on the brand new Bollyhood Bass Remix EP which is out now and also features remixes from Sub Swara, An-ten-Nae, ill Gates, Mochipet and Jef Stott. It also features Lynx/Janover and iCatching and is out exclusively on Addictech for the next month, then on iTunes and all online retailers on June 22nd!
For more Starfire bootlegs, mashups and rarities check out the awesome post that DJ UMB put up on Generation Bass yesterday.
If you haven’t got the full length Bollyhood Bass album yet it’s on sale at Amazon, iTunes, and the Six Degrees store. Dig the new dj mix below for more fire!
David Starfire Psychonaut Spinner mix by davidstarfire
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