When word spread that Diplo was paying a visit to Jamaica for a DJ gig at Kingston’s Fiction Nightclub, we had to wonder what form he take in front of the discerning locals: the dagger-friendly sounds of Major Lazer, the old school blends and breakdowns of the Hollertronix/Florida era, or some new hybrid that would placate the swaying hips of any musical enthusiast. It turns out the latter, as he drew out a mixed crowd of goth Jamaicans (a first for us), jerkers and dancehallers, a lounging Lykke Li (random) and a mishmash of deejays popping bottles left and right.
The day before the party, dancehall promoter Johnny Wonder relayed a message to Diplo on Twitter: “yo play like diplo, not like you from jamaica tonight a fiction, ah that dem want,” and Diplo responded not much later saying “I’m goin hard core diplo tonight.” About halfway through his set, everybody in the place was drenched with sweat, people were linking up, girls got on booth benches and gyrated and EVERYBODY spat rapid-fire bullets from their index fingers. This is not unusual for a Diplo set—not more then a year ago we experienced it at the FADER Fort and then again at our summer issue release party—but somehow we thought Diplo might go aggro for the more dancehall-inclined circumstances and play nothing but the usual deejays’ tracks for two hours. He didn’t, though, instead mixing “Jump Around” with “You’re a Jerk” and then just when the crowd approached a dancing peak, he dropped Major Lazer’s “Pon De Floor” and it turned into the house of flying daggers. Nothing changed in Diplo’s delivery and even in the sauna-like conditions, dude sported his suit (as did Switch and 77Klash). Actually, there was one addition to the suit, this time it had a lot more female appendages.
looks Lovely
hahahahahahah “house of flying daggers”
well played well played.
LMAO @ my face! that’s the funniest picture of me yet
third one down after the article, right under Elephant man’s pic
Ok i’m mad (get it, Mad Decent) they weren’t there to do this in Jan. when I was in JA. And my future baby momma Lykke was there? FML!!!
haha Switch’s suit is amazing
@Alexander… cant believe i missed it! u guys not keeping me in the loop man….
now thats a party!!!
Skerrit, how you never reach?
ummmm… no props to Steve “Urchin” Wilson from Mystic Urchin & Sean Paul management for putting this night together???? After all, it is his party.
and sorry, WTF does Johnny Wonder know about Wed night crowd at Fiction? Not one rass – he can pretend to be a jamaican and a dancehall persona, but this is UPTOWN and they don’t give a shit about him – “goth” jamaicans??? get out a bit, there is more to jamaica than passa passa and whatever the lastest dance is…
and having been there, i can also say that props to Diplo for not playing complete shite like he did at Quad last time he was here…
Wait, you have a Jamaican goth hookup?
Link me.
@Erin
just go ’round chelsea hotel one of these saturdays, they play a bunch of metal, some electronica and linkin park, nirvana and sandstorm when they want all the heads to bop. i dunno when next they’re having a rave, it’s been a while since i last went, it’s not really my style in all honesty
anyway, while you’re in ja, you want to link with some new up and coming artists?
link me
acmatic@gmail.com
check http://www.yardedge.net/
look for Random Chaos, Crimson Heart Replica, Gas Money (now Robot Taxi), Kingston On The Edge, etc…
best place to follow that kind of stuff
didn’t know Chelsae was still going on, haven’t been around there in a while
MAAAAD
zimboo deh!
Thanks for the heads up @Eb @alexander.