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- For the British international monthly publication see Diplo magazine. For the international monthly publication nicknamed Le Diplo, see Le Monde diplomatique. For the Puerto Rican poet known as Diplo, see Ramón Rivero.
Diplo (born Wesley Pentz, also variably known as Diplodocus, Wes Gully, and Wes Diplo) is a Philadelphia-based producer and DJ. Together with DJ Low Budget, he runs Hollertronix, a club and music collective. In addition to his solo career, he has worked with and dated British-based Sri Lankan singer and artist M.I.A.[1]. Pentz's alias, short for Diplodocus, derives from his childhood fascination with dinosaurs.
Diplo met M.I.A. when he was DJing one night at the Fabric Club in London. "Besides me being a white dude from Florida and her being a Sri Lankan girl in England, everything else was the same: [We were both] film graduates, [listened to] all the same music when we were kids, were going in the same direction right now in music, it was amazing."[2] he said of their meeting. Coincidentally, Diplo was playing her single "Galang" as she entered the club.
As a DJ, Diplo is characterized by his eclectic, often 80s-oriented mashups, mixtapes, and live sets. On his full-length solo effort, Florida,his sound is closer to sample-based cinematic instrumental hip hop, such as the work of DJ Shadow. The record Florida was pressed twice,one with a CD and one with a CD/DVD,the DVD was created by System D-128 another artist that has collaborated with Diplo on some musical recordings but mostly video projects from the information provided currently from the internet. Before the Diplo Florida DVD there was another DVD that surfaced called "Diplo Banned in Libya" which was released by Money Studies, the 1st label to release a solo project by Diplo under the moniker Diplodocus, it was a 45 called "Thingamajawn" which there is a full length music video for as well. Similar to the Florida DVD "Diplo Banned in Libya" is an experimental mix of videos created to some of Diplo's work from Florida and other sources that are unknown.
Born in Mississippi[3] 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 key ingredients of Hollertronix's 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 or funk carioca, which he encountered while DJing at a house party with Hollertronix[2] and has used for sampled beats in numerous productions.
Diplo is signed to the Ninja Tune imprint Big Dada. In 2006, he started his own label, Mad Decent, signing Brazilian baile funk group Bonde do Role and DJ Blaqstarr.
He attended the University of Central Florida and Temple University in Philadelphia.
Discography
Albums
EPs and Singles
- "Newsflash" (2003) (as Diplodocus)
- "Epistemology Suite" (2003) (as Diplodocus)
- "Thingamajawn" (2003) (as Diplodocus)
- "Diplo Rhythm" (2004)
- "Reload It" 2005 (as Diplo)
Mixtapes
- AEIOU (2003)
- AEIOU Pt. 2: Making Music Your Own (2004) (with Tripledouble)
- Piracy Funds Terrorism (with M.I.A.) (2004)
- Favela on Blast (2004)
- Favela Strikes Back (2005)
- Fabric Live 24 (2005)
- Mad Decent Radio, Vol. 1 (2006)
Remixes
- Disco D - Lets Hug It Out Bitch (Diplo Remix)
- Edu K - Popozuda Rock n' Roll (Diplo Remix)
- Gwen Stefani - Hollaback Girl (Hollatronic Remix)
- Kanye West - Gold Digger (Diplo Mix)
- Spank Rock - Put That Pussy On Me (Diplo Tonite Remix)
- Three 6 Mafia - Stay Fly (Mad Decent Remix)
- Biz Markie Vapors (Diplo Remix)
- Walter Wanderley - Popcorn (Diplo Remix)
- Modest Mouse - Float On (Diplo Remix)
- Beck - Wish Coin (Go it Alone)
- Bloc Party - Helicopter (Diplo Remix)
- Clipse - Queen Bitch (Diplo Remix)
- CSS - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above (Diplo Remix)
- Daedelus - Sundown (Diplo Remix)
- Hot Chip - Over And Over (Shake It Over And Over)
- Justin Timberlake - My Love (Diplo Remix)
- The Beatles - Twist and Shout (Diplo B'more Edit)
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion (Diplo Remix)
- Claude VonStroke - The Whistler (Diplo Remix)
- Kanye West - Stronger (Diplo's Work Is Never Over)
- Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks (Diplo's Drums of Death Remix)
- Znobia - Tchilo (Diplo Mix)
- Bart Simpson - (Bartman So So Krispy Remix)
- The Decemberists - (Doing Time Remix)
- Bloc Party - Where Is Home? (Diplo Mix)
- Black Lips - Veni Vedi Vici (Diplo Remix)
- Sunny Day Sets Fire - Brainless (Mad Decent Remix)
Soundtracks
- ATV Offroad Fury 4 - Tambo, Newsflash (Ft. Sandra)
Podcasts
Diplo presents these podcast serials.
References
- ^ Dan DeLuca,"Musical Diplo-mat", The Philedelphia Inquierer, Jan 19, 2006, Pg C01
- ^ a b Pytlik, Mark (4 April 2005). "Interview: Diplo". Pitchforkmedia.com.
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