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...read more on Last.fm →
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Alyssa Botts
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Dec 1, 2010
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I'm proud to be from Atlanta when I listen to its native four-piece indie band Deerhunter, who received much-deserved praise for their recent album, Halcyon Digest. Something that makes me like them even more? Diplo, who is actually the cousin of Dee...
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Alyssa Botts
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Sep 29, 2010
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Mississippi-born DJ and producer Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, is not one to color inside the lines of a uniform musical taste. He's always changing up his production game and keeping listeners on their feet by experimenting with sounds of '80...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Sep 17, 2010
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The stand-out of this song is that they rip on Google: "Google is evil." Booooooo! The broader highlight of this song is slick, technologically-laden wordplay, highlighted by simple beats (compliments of Diplo). I'll let the broader one take the lead...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Feb 16, 2010
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Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes contains a single holdover from Young Liars "“ "Staring at the Sun" "“ but it fits right in with the new material, which is another way of saying that the album continues on the same course the EP blazed. But wit...
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Jason Grishkoff
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Jan 24, 2010
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One of my favourite Summer tunes was, without doubt, Diplo's remix of California Soul (Marlena Shaw - California Soul (Diplo's Mad Decent Remix)). It was a simple and delicate remix that retained the original's uplifting piano chords, rising strings ...
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