Listen to a New Major Lazer Song
Major Lazer, the collaboration between Diplo and Switch, released a long-awaited single on their Facebook page today. “Original Don” features The Partysquad and is set to be released on a digital EP on Nov. 1. read more
Found in: Music, NewsMajor Lazer's Adult Swim Show Looks Crazy and Awesome
When Major Lazer’s video for “Hold the Line” was released, it introduced the world to a group of crazy characters, including a busty rocket launcher-toting brunette named Zola and Lazer himself, a Jamaican zombie commando. Now it seems those characters are getting their own show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSleigh Bells Collaborate with Beyonce, Announce Tour Dates
Sleigh Bells has been in the studio collaborating with Beyonce, according to producer Diplo. He recently posted on his blog that the team was in the studio together last week in New York City, but is unsure if the track will ever be completed.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch the Video for Diplo's Remix of Deerhunter's "Helicopter"
Mad Decent added a visual accompaniment to Diplo’s remix of Deerhunter’s latest single from Halcyon Digest, “Helicopter.”... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDownload Diplo's Remix of Deerhunter's "Helicopter"
Download Diplo’s Remix of Deerhunter’s “Helicopter.” Visit Diplo’s blog for more information.... read more
Found in: Blogs, Free MP3Listen to Some Funky Vuvuzela-Based Beats
A group of Internet DJs, producers and mixmasters have turned the blaring World Cup vuvuzela horns into dance-party tracks, which actually makes them sort of listenable.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsMajor Lazer Turns Chernobyl Show into Hot Summer Mix
Our favorite Diplo alter-ego/vampire-fighting Jamaican has even more ammo for your summer dance party.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsDiplo, Sleigh Bells, Spike Jonze, Many More Join Intel and Vice Digital-Arts Series, The Creators Project
Diplo, Phoenix and Spike Jonze are just a few of the artists already featured on the website for The Creators Project (via Pitchfork), an Intel/Vice collaboration that “aims at being nothing less than the first spark of creativity that gives life to the hopes and aspirations of the Twenty-First Century.”... read more
Found in: Industry, NewsM.I.A. Names Album, Bumps Release Date, Unleashes New Song
We witnessed a ginger genocide (gingercide?) with the release of M.I.A.‘s controversial “Born Free” video, and now one of Time’s “World’s Most Influential People” has released another single from her new album, now officially titled /\/\/\Y/\.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsRusko: O.M.G.!
Dubstep without boundaries Like all genres, dance music moves in phases. The sound of the moment is dubstep, a brutal British movement led by faceless blokes with names like Caspa and The Bug, and characterized by wobbling basslines that hum like a moving lightsaber. It’s a menacing sound, an oscillating drone that pounds you into submission.... read more
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