In a cavalcade of culmination, this Saturday, February 23rd, Diplo comes to Basstown.

I’ve been following Diplo (aka Wesley Pentz) back when he was Diplodicus writing about obscure and obsolete psych and funk records for a little-known site called turntablelab.com. Back in 1999, inside a little promo-selling bootleg operation on NYC’s St. Mark’s, the site was just getting started and a co-worker jumped ship to join up. Basstown, dance parties, Thunderdomes, Pitchfork Medias later, here we are. Here’s a gem from Diplo:

Diplo - “Must Be a Devil”

The show sold out a few weeks ago (told you), but we are still planning to have dope flyers for your fridge and and a pretty sweet weekend to be sure. For one, the night before Diplo, you got Thunderdome:

With Thunderdome 3 guests Trouble and Bass making a triumphant return as masters of their domain. In that time, Passions has gone from a DJ to a producer for supreme-boutique overlord label Kitsune. Gonna be fun. You’ll definitely hear this from resident DJ David Day:

Poxymusic- “War Paint featuring Gina Mitchell (Claude VonStroke Remix)”

It was a pleasure working for dirtybird out in San Francisco, and there is a longshot that we had something to do with the mix of the track. It was the main one VonStroke was working on when sQuare was involved in dirtybird, and those noisy bits might have something to do with that. The mix is mad ill regardless. That growling tiger is excellent. Be warned, this is a low-fi version of the track. If you listen to an iPod continually or DJ in a club, it’s highly recommended to get an account at Beatport.com.

This blog talked about Diplo opener Big Digits a few years ago when they opened for Hot Chip. Here’s the extended mix of their monstrous jam:

Hot Chip - “Ready for the Floor (Extended Mix)”

For those of you who have been following the saga of Speaking In Code for the last four years (which now dominates google, fwiw), director Grill talks of “great progress” and it looks like Toronto is in our sites.

For good measure (and ironic balance), an edit from the master Joakim, who was a Basstown guest last year:

Tony Cook - “On The Floor (Joakim Edit)”

FTW.

 

 Diplo - Must Be a Devil: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Poxy Music - War Paint feat Gina Mitchell (Claude VonStroke Remix)": Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Hot Chip - Ready for the Floor (Extended Version): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

 

 Tony Cook - On the Floor (Joakim Edit): Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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