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Mississippi, United States (2003 – present)
Diplo, Diplodocus, Wes Gully, and Wes Diplo are all pseudonyms of Wesley Pentz, a Philadelphia-based producer and DJ since 2003. Together with DJ Low Budget he runs Hollertronix, a party and music collective. In addition to his solo career, he has worked with Sri-Lankan/Tamil singer and artist M.I.A.. The two were also romantically involved. Pentz’s alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs.
As a DJ, Diplo is characterized by his eclectic, often 80s-oriented mashups, mixtapes, and live sets. On his full-length solo effort Florida, however, his sound is closer to sample-based cinematic instrumental hip hop, not unlike the work of DJ Shadow.
Born in Mississippi and raised across the southern United States, Diplo picked up much of the local culture while growing up there. Music styles such as dirty south, crunk and miami bass are now trademark ingredients of the Hollertronix output. Pentz’s solo work is also influenced by Southern Gothic and other southern literature. Additionally, world music is a strong musical influence on Diplo, especially baile funk which he encountered whilst traveling in Brazil.
Diplo was recently signed to Ninja Tune, on the Big Dada imprint. In 2006, he started his own label, Mad Decent, signing Brazilian baile funk group Bonde do Role and Dj Blaqstarr.
As a DJ, Diplo is characterized by his eclectic, often 80s-oriented mashups, mixtapes, and live sets. On his full-length solo effort Florida, however, his sound is closer to sample-based cinematic instrumental hip hop, not unlike the work of DJ Shadow.
Born in Mississippi and raised across the southern United States, Diplo picked up much of the local culture while growing up there. Music styles such as dirty south, crunk and miami bass are now trademark ingredients of the Hollertronix output. Pentz’s solo work is also influenced by Southern Gothic and other southern literature. Additionally, world music is a strong musical influence on Diplo, especially baile funk which he encountered whilst traveling in Brazil.
Diplo was recently signed to Ninja Tune, on the Big Dada imprint. In 2006, he started his own label, Mad Decent, signing Brazilian baile funk group Bonde do Role and Dj Blaqstarr.
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Florida
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Decent Work For Decent Pay
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M.I.A. - Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume 1
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Diplo Rhythm
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Way More Brazil
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It's All Part of a Bigger Plan
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Summer's Gonna Hurt You
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Works
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Shoutbox
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jkatticus wrote:
do fans of diplo like major lazer?
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BearFacts wrote:
LAST FM HELP POR FAVOR!!!! Diplo had a song on his myspace like a year and a half ago. It sampled an amazing piano. I thought it was Indian Thick Jawn but all the youtube/imeem/last.fm copies dont have the piano. Can anyone let a hooker know what the song is called. ILL GIVE YOU MAD DECEANT (get it) BJOBZ. THANKZ!
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ernie_ernest wrote:
Diplo remix of Drop The Lime, download it from: http://soundcloud.com/bacardi-b-live/drop-the-lime-devils-eyes-diplos-b-live-mix/download
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illadelphianjb wrote:
@Yesitsmaignant if you were expecting more of the Florida album, you have been seriously mislead my friend. He hasn't touched experimental hiphop in years
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Gsus1984 wrote:
DIpLODoCuS !!!!!! GrEaTTTT !!!!!!!
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courtneyBolton wrote:
yeah!
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Yesitsmalignant wrote:
i saw him at spookfest and im not going to lie it was horrible. i guess i was expecting more of the Florida album. He played a ton of bay area hyphie junk and it just wasnt very good. i was deeply upset.
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Tehpaco wrote:
Why are all of the best shows thousands of miles away from where I am, damnit!
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jcotteri wrote:
wish i was going to the Thom Yorke shows in LA this weekend :(
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agreement wrote:
wish you coming to the thom yorke shows in LA this weekend
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djcratedigger wrote:
If you dig D you should checkout Metaform's latest mixtape, free download from his homepage: www.metaformonline.com It's a bit darker, more for the smokers and chillers ;0)
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timvanderburg wrote:
Vote here for my entry of the Major Lazer remix contest (with the song Hold the Line)! My stage name is Raved By The Bell and the mix has got a pretty sweet bassline so vote! Thank you x http://remix.majorlazer.com/entry?entry=106zedca51 (to vote click "i like it" on the right side)
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BarbaraMuerdter wrote:
New interview with Diplo (in German) / Ausführliches Interview mit Diplo online: http://popkontext.de/Homepage/archiv_diplo.htm
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tatiannan wrote:
Diplo in Singapore this Sunday, I'm fucking stoked
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adventuremouse wrote:
i just bought i like turtles, and its pretty insane
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sidemandi wrote:
boom boom
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BarbaraMuerdter wrote:
Here are some pictures of th Major Lazer Show in Berlin: http://popkontext.de/Homepage/fotos_major_lazer
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boopboopdeboop wrote:
Anyone have Sound and Fury album? I desperately want it and can't find it :-(
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kyrie_diego wrote:
diplo solta o som... toca, diplo, toca!
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Adrien-M wrote:
Diplo ! Great Genius !
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Events
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Jan
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Field Day 2010
The Domain, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney CBD, Sydney, Australia
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Jan
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Diplo
Corner Hotel, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia
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| 7 attendees
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Jan
9
Summafieldayze 2010
Doug Jennings Park, Gold Coast, Australia
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| 14 attendees
News
MAJOR LAZER VMA NOMINATION!!!
14 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/diplo
DUDES, did you know we're up for a VMA for the hold the line video? VOTE FOR IT HERE!!!
Major Lazer - Hold The Line (Feat. Mr Lexx and Santigold) from Mad Decent on Vimeo.And just in c...
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18 Jun 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/diplo
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Recent Activity
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mariekeflynn, raphaelsch, ionekkk and 3 other people added Diplo to their libraries. yesterday evening
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Panic_N tagged Diplo with electronic, trip-hop and hip-hop. yesterday afternoon
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Panic_N, empty_grave, therimster and 9 other people added Diplo to their libraries. yesterday afternoon
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ericbailey tagged Diplo with seen live, hip hop and electronic. Sunday evening
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crimsonguy20 and privatedancerr added Diplo to their libraries. Sunday evening
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punk_bubu wrote about Diplo in 2009_10_03 Playlist @ Kugla, koprivnica. Sunday evening
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johnnybp818, nettibaer, sylviabw and 10 other people added Diplo to their libraries. Sunday evening
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annedezort tagged Diplo with ‘u like this’. Saturday evening
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kid_amnesiac49, Charlie_Blue689, nick13430 and 41 other people added Diplo to their libraries. Saturday evening
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ersuka tagged Diplo with instrumental, hip-hop and electronic. Wednesday afternoon
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