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DJs are known to be tech-savvy and travel-ready, but Diplo is like MacGyver, Indiana Jones and Grand Master Flash rolled into one.
While other DJs hopscotch between New York and London, Diplo (nee’ Wesley Pentz) strides into the slums of Brazil…and comes out with some pretty damn good beats. Sometimes better known for his relationship with MIA, Diplo has has made a name for himself as one of mashups’ earliest proponents and for real DJ-tourism: traveling the world, digging into the local music of wherever he happens to be (Africa, South America, Post-Katrina New Orleans, etc) and turning it into his own “NPR for the Streets.”
His Blog
Killer new single with Santogold
I just downloaded his iPhone app
The Bootleg that started it all
Fantastic recent interview
Plenty on Diplo in the Fader
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