All About Diplo
Boy 8-Bit: Retro agenda meets modern technology
Believe it or not, bleepy electro producer Boy 8-Bit not just a collection of jagged sprites on a monochrome screen. As he prepares to tour Australia for the very first time with Parklife, ITM has a shot at decoding Boy 8-Bit. [more]
Diplo [Audio]: Always searching
by i_have_ADD on September 19th, 2008
It’s hard to fault Wesley Pentz’s musical pedigree. Better known under his dinosaur-obsessed pseudonym Diplo, he’s established a reputation as a tastemaker over the past few years, able to quickly spot the ‘next big thing’ at a hundred paces. [more]
Bonde Do Role [Audio]: At least Brazilian transvestite prostitutes understand them...
by i_have_ADD on June 13th, 2007
Bonde Do Role's 'so hot right now' status probably has a lot to do with the fact that no one (not even their fellow Brazilians) know what the hell they're singing about. Except transvestite prostitutes, of course... [more]
ITM's National Editor Tim Hardaker caught up with Diplo for a chat about the Confederate Flag, his mum's MySpace profile, and why he thinks record labels are like wild animals. [more]
If you can't afford the gear you need to launch your DJ career, you can always rip a page from Diplo's book and steal it. "The mixer was a load of money so I just stole one from the Sam Ash music shop in Florida," he says matter-of-factly. "I just ran out of the mall." [more]
inthemix.tv goes to Parklife - episode now live!
inthemix.tv heads along to Parklife in Sydney. We talk AC/DC with Soulwax/2manydjs, sit down to eat with Diplo, take a golf buggy ride with Jesse Rose and catch The Aston Shuffle fresh back from Europe. [more]
Diplo ducks out for sideshows
A bastion of the Baltimore sound, the Mad Decent one himself Diplo is busy preparing for his long awaited return to Australia for the Parklife tour later this month. [more]
Get the Parklife lineup here - supported by ITM!
nce music calendar, and it's also the party that heralds the beginning of the summer festival season - that’s right, it’s time to start thinking about Parklife! Get the full lineup here on ITM! [more]
Diplo out of Future Music Festival
One of the scene's biggest proponents of the baile funk sound sweeping clubs around the world in 2007, Future Entertainment have officially announced that Diplo will no longer appear at the forthcoming Future Music Festival. [more]
Were you feeling a little left out that one of the festival’s biggest drawcards had been left off the Adelaide leg of the tour? Well fear no more because it’s just been announced that the world’s biggest dance act will in fact be playing! [more]
Following the announcement of Future Music Festival presales available on ITM earlier this week, we'd like to allay the concerns of any Brisbane punters who were trying to get their hands on some. [more]
The special FMF presales went on sale for ITM-VIPs this morning and promptly sold out at a lightning pace in Sydney, but never fear - Future have extended the presales to the entire ITM community at the standard price, so get them now! [more]
After months of rumours and speculation, and following the announcement of lineups for Sydney and Melbourne earlier this week, we can finally reveal the Perth and Brisbane details for the Future Music Festival next year! [more]
With the first round lineup for the 2008 Future Music Festival released earlier this week, for the past few days we've been swamped by excited punters asking where and when tickets would be onsale. [more]
After months of rumours and speculation that’s seen some of dance music’s most revered names thrown around as possibilities, we can finally reveal the lineup of artists we’ll be seeing at the Future Music Festival in Sydney and Melbourne next year! [more]
Get ready party people, one of the hottest names in dance music is coming to Canberra this Friday, and personally we at ITM couldn’t be more excited! [more]
Spank Rock and Diplo team up for solo shows in Sydney and Melbourne for a show of booty bouncing proportions. [more]
The second round of acts announced for the 2007 Big Day Out have been revealed. Those who were worried that things were perhaps a little light on the electronic/hip-hop side need not fear any longer... [more]
He's produced for the likes of Kano and M.I.A., has remixed artists as diverse as Gwen Stefani, Le Tigre and DJ Shadow, and he recently released a CD in the painfully cool mix series put out by UK club FabricLive. [more]
Sonar 2008 first line-up announcement
As winter closes in on Australia, all the beautiful, perma-tanned people will once again be convening in Barcelona for the 15th Sonar Festival. The three-day, day-night event is typically talent-heavy in 2008. [more]
New rave. New Russia?
Baile-funk, new rave stars Diplo and Bonde Do Role are set to appear in the first of a series of short films set about Russia’s underground club scene, which is being sponsored by the Baltika Russian Beer. [more]
Bounce launches this Sat at 3rd Class
Opulent, the crew behind shows featuring Diplo, Atrak, Mehdi and Bonde Do Role’s DJ Gorky, as well as the long-running monthly Favela Rock night, are expanding with their latest club night creation – Bounce. [more]
You couldn’t have had it any better if you’d sunken over a whole bottle of magic Jaegermeister and been granted three wishes by the 'Fuzzy Festival Elf'. Parklife 2008 smashed it hard with a deliciously fantastic start to the summer season. [more]
25,000 loyal fans of Queensland’s music scene, or those who just want to be seen, literally park-ed their life for the day to attend the capital’s biggest festival Parklife. Come October, it seems the New Year’s resolution for some has been pushed... [more]
Parklife has been one more stepping stone for my personal journey in falling in love with the festival circuit all over again, and I've become its loyal foot soldier for many more years to come. [more]
From the moment I entered the venue, it was clear that it was going to be a night to remember. Both Boy 8-Bit and Diplo offered a totally different and amazing experience, and you could easily tell they love their work. [more]
Parklife. The very mention of the name warms you up. After slugging through the cold winter months, the announcement of the Parklife lineup heralds the coming of another hot, sweaty summer. And wasn’t this years line up a beauty? [more]
When I saw that Eddie Halliwell was on the bill for Future Music Festival this year, I was excited to say the least. I didn't care who else was playing, I knew that no matter what, he would impress! [more]
The Electric Circus/Rocket Bar Stage promised to offer the most diverse range of music of the day including disco, funk and indie dance featuring live acts who hailed mostly from the UK and Northern Europe. [more]
For its second foray into the hard-to-crack Adelaide market, Future Music had pulled out all the stops. Boasting arguably much bigger names than last year with the Chemical Brothers headlining and a venue that had been expanded greatly in size. [more]
The Big Day Out is one of Australia’s largest music festivals. It has capacity to cater to a crowd of more than 50,000 partygoers and the name BDO is synonymous with good times. [more]
Why are Spank Rock shows always so insane? Last year they played the Basement on a Sunday night but everyone was on it like it was three Saturday nights rolled into one. Last week at the Metro the manic, nympho-electro energy wasn’t any different. [more]
Red tracksuits. This is my overwhelming memory of the evening. Tracksuits. Tracksuits. Tracksuits. Red tracksuits as far as the eye could see. And why? Datarock peoples. Playing Beck's Verandah. Bleeps and synths. Guitars and rock. As the name would suggest really. Now shh.. They're starting... [more]
Never ones to resort to cliché, we would describe Diplo as an enigma wrapped in a paradox wrapped in a crunchy batter: a deep-fried true southern gentleman, trying his darndest to hide the Mohawk under his top hat. [more]
Santogold & Diplo - Top Ranking
Hot on the heels of her critically acclaimed self titled debut album, Santogold returns alongside mash-up king Diplo with Top Ranking, a mixtape of epic proportions. [more]
Various Artists - FabricLive 24, Diplo
Now in their 24th instalment, the ongoing parallel Fabric and Fabriclive DJ mix series show no sign of slowing, with this latest volume of Fabriclive falling upon the capable shoulders of feted Philadelphia electro / hiphop producer Diplo [more]
Claude Von Stroke - The Whistler (Aston Shuffle, Diplo, Luke Solomon & DJ Assault Mixes)
Most people would have heard 'The Whistler' by Claude Von Stroke. Championed by the likes of M.A.N.D.Y, the tune manages to make a minimal song funky and danceable. There have been many remixes of it... and here's another batch! [more]
Originally born in Mississippi and now based in North Philadelphia, crunked-up instrumental hiphop producer Diplo has made quite a name for himself on the US scene in recent years as one half of the Hollertronix crew. [more]
10 - Parklife Festival 2008 [Special Episode]
inthemix.tv heads along to Parklife in Sydney. We talk AC/DC with Soulwax/2manydjs, sit down to eat with Diplo, take a golf buggy ride with Jesse Rose and catch The Aston Shuffle fresh back from Europe. [more]