Dirtwire is an American band consisting of David Satori, and Evan Fraser, who both play a variety of uncommon musical instruments. They perform a form of swamptronic 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. They met at the California Institute of the Arts.
Dirtwire has released nine albums.
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." They also play the Bolo, Dobro-style guitar, and the mbira, a Zimbabwean thumb piano. Their website previously listed the ilimba, slide guitar, slide banjo, jimbush, kone, guimbri, kaen, berimbau, pandeiro, zabumba, and calabash.
