Electric Picnic 09 - Diplo
Little Big Tent, Friday 4th September, 10pm
It's been quite a day in here - the lunacy of 8 Boy Bit and the utter joy experienced during an hour in the company of the likes of Buraka Sum Sistema and Major Lazer.
Today, the Little Big Tent showed off just how varied dance music is at the moment - with a little dancehall, big beat, hip hop, dubstep, house and indie-electro all thrown in the processor and spat back out via technocolour rainbows. Or something.
Diplo hammers the point home.
Describe in a tweet: He is party.
Good Vibrations: Diplo has no shame in bringing out the big guns and getting the party well and truly started. The Doorly remix of 'Bonkers', The Prodigy, La Roux, Benny Benassi and 'Show My Love' are all played in a twenty minute spell. Needless to say, he's not messing about. His pretty unique approach to mixing and remixing gives old favourites a new lease of life, while those occasional shout outs are appreciated, in an old-skool type of way.
Life's a beach: The snobs amongst us will wonder just why the most credible and interesting producer in alternative dance music is playing such enormous tunes - but the snobs are missing the point. Earlier, Major Lazer proved what this guy can do in a studio. This DJ set proves what he can do at a party.
EP rating: 8/10



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