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Who's Missing From This Year's Holy Ship?

Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Holy Ship 2013, Video, A-Trak, Specialty Cruises, Miami Around Town, Holy Ship Lineup, Boys Noize, Diplo, Holy Ship, Holy Ship 2013 Lineup, Slidepollajax, Miami News

It seems like only yesterday Skrillex was being followed around the MSC Poesia like an EDM pied piper -- and the whole 'Holy Ship' got stuck on a reef...

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Diplo Sets It Off

Posted 05.17.2012

Read More: Express Yourself, Diplo Express Yourself, Set It Off, Diplo, Diplo Lazerdisk Party Sex, Track of the Day, Lazerdisk Party Sex, Music, Diplo Set It Off, On Our Radar, Culture News

"I wanna set it off," shrieks a helium-filled voice, setting Diplo's latest track into motion. "Set It Off," which we heard a sample of late last year...

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Nicki Minaj, Skrillex, A-Trak & More Team Up With Pepsi

The Huffington Post | Crystal Bell | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Pepsi Ad, Pepsi Skrillex, Skrillex, Mark Ronson Coca Cola Ad, Slidewide, Coca-Cola, Video, Nicki Minaj Pepsi, A-Trak, Nicki Minaj Pepsi Ad, Diplo, Nicki Minaj, Hollywood Buzz, Entertainment News

Forget battle of the boy bands. This summer, it's all about battle of the soda brands, as Pepsi and Coca-Cola will go head-to-head with new global ad ...

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Wiz Khalifa Set To Perform At New Hip-Hop, DJ Festival

AP | STACEY PLAISANCE | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: New Orleans, Video, Buku Music + Art Project Festival, Skrillex, A-Trak, Wiz Khalifa, Diplo, Black Voices News

NEW ORLEANS — With hip-hop artists increasingly collaborating with electronic dance music acts, a new music festival is launching this weekend t...

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Diplo's Teases His Free EP

Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: Express Yourself, Diplo Free Ep, Diplo Express Yourself, Video, Express Yourself Ep, Diplo Ep, Moombahton, Diplo, Track of the Day, Music, On Our Radar, Culture News

DJ/producer extraordinaire Diplo announced Tuesday that he'll be giving away a free EP titled Express Yourself "inna few days." Does this mean we'll h...

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Major Lazer's 'Original Don' Video Goes Medieval

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Major Lazer Original Don, Video, Original Don, Diplo, Track of the Day, Major Lazer Original Don Video, Switch, Music, Major Lazer, On Our Radar, Culture News

No Don Draper, but lots of swordplay -- the new video for Major Lazer's track "Original Don" is here and it should probably come with a "Don't try thi...

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LA's It Girl: On The 'So-Called War Against Drugs In Mexico'

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Lollapalooza, Video, Ceci Bastida Have You Heard Video, Ceci Bastida Los Angeles, Latin Grammy Awards, Diplo, Ceci Bastida, Latin Grammys, Los Angeles News

LA-based (and Tijuana-born) musician, Ceci Bastida, is on an upward trend. She was part of a special photo spread on new Latin Music in The New Yo...

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Major Lazer And Don Draper, Sittin' In A Tree

Mallika Rao | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Major Lazer Original Don, Video, Original Don, Major Lazer Artwork, Diplo, Major Lazer Don Draper, Music, Major Lazer, Culture News

In case you didn't know, everyone has a crush on Don Draper. He's just so dreamy, what with the hair and that voice and the cold disinterest in his bo...

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Kia Makarechi

Outside Lands, The Weekend That Was

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: deadmau5, Sofi, Music Festivals, Daman Kulash, Erykah Badu, The Roots, OK Go, Outside Lands 2011, Ellie Goulding, Major Lazer, Foster the People, Arcade Fire, Big Boi, Questlove, sts9, Ana Tijoux, Joel Zimmerman, Golden Gate Park, Diplo, Dave Chappelle, Switch, Outside Lands, Muse, San Francisco News

SAN FRANCISCO -- Outside Lands -- the Golden Gate Park music festival that everyone you know was at this weekend -- is often referred to as a mini-Coa...

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Live In LA: The Week's Best Music Picks (VIDEOS)

| Katie Bain | Posted 10.16.2011

Read More: John Legend, La Around Town, Katy B, La Music, Live Music, Entertainment, Sade, Diplo, Los Angeles News

This week, we've got Sade and Diplo, but not together, unfortunately. Still, it's a hot week for music in LA, especially if you want to dance, or sedu...

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A Chat With DJ Wooooo: The World's #1 Virtual DJ from Turntable.fm

Farryn Weiner | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Social Startups, Social Media, Steve Aoki, Jetsetfarryn, Diplo, Playlists, Websites, Startups, Travel, turntable.fm, Music, Spotify, Jetset Farryn, Ibiza, Paper Diamonds, Entertainment News
Farryn Weiner

DJ Woooo is a he. He is located in the Northeast, and splits his time between NYC and a rural town in New England. He works for startups in NYC develo...

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Bands at SXSW You Should Avoid

Mark R. Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diplo, Kanye West, Mac Miller, Awesome New Republic, Wu-Tang Clan, Two Star Symphony, Owen Pallett, Calvin Harris, Blair, Bob, Guy Forsyth, Doomtree Collective, Cee Lo Green, Sleigh Bells, Tv on the Radio, Asher Roth, Gold Panda, J. Irvin Dally, Augustana, Gary Clark, I Love Monsters, Jr., Chain Gang of 1974, Raaphael Saadiq, Robert Earl Keen, Devotchka, Mother Falcon, Bright Eyes, Geographer, Givers, Entertainment News
Mark R. Collins

SXSW is discovering the next big thing, seeing a band in a musty bar with 10 other people and then seeing them years later selling out Madison Square and saying "I remember when."

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Flaming Lips and More Warm Up Chilly Fans at Snowball Music Festival

Farryn Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pretty Lights, Avon-Colorado, The Flaming Lips, Avon, Entertainment, Event, Diplo, Zeds Dead, Bassnectar, Festival, Music, Denver, Colorado, Vail, Snowball, Snowball Music Festival, Beaver Creek, Nightlife, Entertainment News
Farryn Weiner

There are a lot of music festivals out there, from big names like Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits, to smaller fests like this summer's Electric Fo...

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The View From Electric Zoo Music Festival in New York City

Farryn Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Steve-Aoki, Music Festivals, Swedish House Mafia, House Music, Electronic Dance Music, Bassnectar, The Chemical Brothers, Music, Festivals, A-Trak, Armin-Van-Buuren-Electric-Zoo, Kaskade, Electric Zoo, Afrojack, Diplo, Dance, Armin-Van-Buuren, Kaskade-Electric-Zoo, Boyz Noize, New York News
Farryn Weiner

This past weekend, over 50,000 fans descended upon New York City's Randall's Island as over 67 DJ's, producers and live acts banded together for the s...

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Five "Real" Dance Artists who Should Have Beat Lady Gaga at the Grammys

Joshua Glazer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lady GaGa, Phoenix, Fever Ray, Major Lazer, Diplo, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News
Joshua Glazer

Last night, thanks to the power of my DVR, I was able to watch the full 3.5 hour Grammy broadcast in under 90 minutes. Truth be told, I could have sav...

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Kuduro: "Hard Ass" Beats From Angola

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: M.I.A., Modiba, Music, Kuduro, Africa, Diplo, Angola, Global Music Corner, World Music Corner, Buraka Som Sistema, Kwaido, Baile Funk, Tony Amado, Black Diamond, Regagaeton, World News
Modiba

Forget Baile Funk. Make way for Angola's pulse-pounding Kuduro music. Spurring a new ghetto-born movement, Kuduro, or "hard-ass" in Portuguese, is set to take over nightclubs across the globe.

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BLK JKS: International Music-Makers On The Rise (VIDEO)

Modiba | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Modiba, World Music Corner, Video, Afro-Rock, Secretly Candian, Diplo, Blk Jks, South Africa Music, South Africa, South African Music, World News
Modiba

Buzz-worthy afro-rock band, BLK JKS, are too big for one continent to hold. With an uber-hip look that seems just as essential as the music, the Johannesburg-based band is making waves worldwide.

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