Mar 9, 2010

Diplo: The Early Years w/ HOLLERTRONIX



In honor of the Youngblood Sundays relaunch featuring Diplo, we've decided to do a career retrospective on the venerated DJ/Producer that has influenced the new crop of DJs (including your very own Expendable Youth!) and helped shape much of the current pop culture landscape.



If you weren't a hipster in the early aughts, you probably missed out on Diplo's early career output. Back in '03-'05, wayyy before Mad Decent & Major Lazer, Diplo was best known as being 1/2 of the Philly-based music collective, Hollertronix, with DJ Lowbudget (now Low-Bee).

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Hollertronix basically helped pioneer the mash-up craze that took the early to mid aughts by storm, but set themselves apart by touching on musical genres that most DJs lacked the insight to explore. Armed with a critical ear, Diplo put the spotlight on completely unknown regional dance music genres such as Baltimore Club & Baile Funk, mixing them with dirty south rap, obscure indie & punk, disco and pop. This collaboration with Low-B led to a numbered edits series called Hollertronix (now in its 10th installment) & a variety of pioneering mixtapes:




DOWNLOAD: Hollertronix - "Never Scared"
1   Never Scared 7:47
2   Don't Get It Twisted 7:11
3   Thick Jawns 5:54
4   Real Jawns 5:18
5   So Many Shrimp 6:25
6   Feeling Some Type Of Way 6:17
7   Fall Back 5:43
8   Dear Shorty 6:46
9   Sweet To The Belly 6:23
10   Ol Head 9:58
11   Gujarati Soundclassh 12:01

Hollertronix Edits:

DOWNLOAD: Hollertronix Vol. 4
1. Busta Rhymes VS Daft Punk - Buy It Use It (Diplo Remix)
2. Daft Punk - Buy It Use It (Diplo Remix Instrumental) 3:48
3. Janet Jackson VS Dead Prez - Let's Get Control 4:11
(Bangers Remix)
4. M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gun (Scotty B + King Tut's Unruly Remix) 3:40
5. Missy Elliott Feat. Vybz Kartel - Bad Man (Diplo Remix) 2:37
6. Madonna - Hanged Up (Mad Decent Remix) 4:46

DOWNLOAD: Hollertronix Vol. 7
1 betty
2 work is never over
3 u used ta hold me
4 d.a.n.c.e. some more
5 okay annie
6 groove is the dick

DOWNLOAD: Hollertronix Vol. 8
01 DJ Sega - Last Resort
02 DJ Sega - Woo Hah
03 DJ Blaqstarr - Smack
04 DJ Sega - Bodies Hit The Floor
05 DJ Sega - Dig
06 DJ Sega - Fuck Um


8 comments:

  1. trés swexy history

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  2. awww, when i loved diplo.
    i will sell my autographed (DIPLO!) hollertronix shirt,.........





    10 dollah.

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  3. why peeps use rapidshare when theres megaupload and mediafire? i'll never know..

    but respect!

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  4. Did anyone get his Still Tippin (Remix) that was early 04 05

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  5. omg i remember hearing his early stuff for the first time....it was mind blowing...the mixes and different sounds.

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  6. if anyone can find the LAST RESORT hollertronix remix... PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE contact youtube.com/kramed24

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  7. Any mirrors for those links?

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