{{short description|American experimental music band}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|1=Music|date=May 2026}} {{More citations needed|date=May 2026}} }} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Dirtwire | image = | caption = | alias = | origin = United States | genre = experimental music | years_active = 2012–present | label = | website = {{URL|https://www.dirtwire.net/}} | current_members = David Satori<br /> Evan Fraser }}
'''Dirtwire''' is an American band consisting of Evan Fraser, David Satori, and Mark Reveley, who all play a variety of uncommon musical instruments. They perform a form of swamptronica experimental music that incorporates electronic music and instruments from around the world.
The group, which is based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States, began as a duo of Evan and David,<ref name="bozeman">[https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ruckus/music/a-dozen-questions-with-evan-fraser-of-dirtwire/article_03ce03d7-3336-5127-a7fc-ae483393670f.html A dozen questions with Evan Fraser of Dirtwire], bozemandailychronicle.com, 2018</ref> with Mark joining in 2016. All three met at the California Institute of the Arts.<ref name="Grateful Web Interview">[https://www.gratefulweb.com/articles/grateful-web-interview-david-satori-dirtwire Grateful Web Interview with David Satori of Dirtwire | Grateful Web], 2014</ref>
Dirtwire has released nine albums.
==Instruments== Dirtwire is known for incorporating a wide range of musical instruments from around the world. Their website says, "At a Dirtwire show you can be guaranteed to hear and see a wide range of instruments being played and woven into an electronic music context, including melodicas, guitarjo, electric space fiddle, drums, jaw harps, vocals, harmonica, ... overtone flutes, kamale ngoni, kalimba, toy megaphone, percussion, whamola, resonator guitar, fujara, ukulele, and Siberian ghost catcher mouthbow."<ref name="Bio">[https://www.dirtwire.net/bio Dirtwire – Bio]</ref> They also play the Bolo, Dobro-style guitar,<ref>[https://www.gratefulweb.com/index.php/photos/dirtwire-live-chicago Dirtwire Live in Chicago | Grateful Web]</ref> and the mbira, a Zimbabwean thumb piano.<ref name="Grateful Web Interview" /> Their website previously listed the ilimba, slide guitar, slide banjo, jimbush, kone, guimbri, kaen, berimbau, pandeiro, zabumba, and calabash.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dirtwire – About|url=http://www.dirtwire.net/about/|accessdate=March 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328202059/http://www.dirtwire.net/about/|archive-date=March 28, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Genre== Dirtwire lists possible genres for their music as "future revival, swamptronica, spaghetti-step, [and] electro-twang".<ref name="Bio" /> In an interview, member Evan Fraser additionally offered, "blues n' bass, electro acoustic fusion, [and] globo electro."<ref name="bozeman" />
==See also== *Avant-garde music *Experimental music *Ngoni (instrument) *Beats Antique
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==External links== *[https://www.dirtwire.net/ Official site] *[https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/ruckus/music/a-dozen-questions-with-evan-fraser-of-dirtwire/article_03ce03d7-3336-5127-a7fc-ae483393670f.html A dozen questions with Evan Fraser of Dirtwire], bozemandailychronicle.com, 2018 *[https://www.bendbulletin.com/entertainment/music/5106498-151/dirtwire-mixes-electronica-world-in-bend Dirtwire mixes electronica, world in Bend – Supergroup to perform at Volcanic Theatre Pub], bendbulletin.com, 2017 *[https://composeyourselfmagazine.com/2014/09/dirtwire-talk-latest-release-environment-issues-what-makes-colorado-special/ Artist Interview: Dirtwire Talk Latest Release, 'The Carrier', Environmental Issues, and What Makes Colorado Special – Compose Yourself Magazine], 2014 *[http://www.trialanderrorcollective.com/interviews/evan-fraser-of-dirtwire-on-developing-compassion-and-authenticity-through-music Evan Fraser of Dirtwire on developing compassion and authenticity through music], trialanderrorcollective.com, 2016
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