Spotlight: Diplo

Thomas Pentz (known to us by the name Diplo) has become a household name for electro fans, famous for his ability to merge genres seamlessly.  Diplo spent his childhood moving from one southern state to the next, picking up on musical influence along the way.  After first getting mainstream acclaim with DJ Low Budget and their group "Hollertronix" (mixtape ranked number 3 on New York Times best albums of 2003), Diplo moved on to collaborate with huge names such as M.I.A., Santigold, Gucci Mane, Tiesto, Laidback Luke, and La Roux.  


Currently Diplo manages his own record company, Mad Decent, which has released artists such as Rusko, Gucci Mane, Santigold, and many more, as well as being half of the headlining group Major Lazer, alongside Switch. 


Diplo continues to produce chart crashing hits, while staying true to his influences.  His music has been described as "homeless" and "not fitting anywhere"by M.I.A., and I agree with her completely.  Try and classify Diplo as one genre and see what happens.  It's near impossible.  And that's fucking awesome. 


Of course, here are some tunes to feed your new found Diplo hunger


A++ Make You Pop - Diplo and Don Diablo


A++ C'Mon - Tiesto vs. Diplo


A Hey - Laidback Luke and Diplo


A How I Like It - Afrojack and Diplo


A+ Going Through Hell (Diplo Remix) - The Streets (DUBSTEP)

A++ Hey Brap! (JSK "Someone Had To Do That" Bootleg) - Laidback Luke, Bart B More, Diplo

P.S. - sophocles happens to be in love with diplo, so any questions should definitely be directed to her


-With Love, 
dub//squared