Diplo January 6, 2006

The Guggenheim and Flavorpill present First Fridays feat. Diplo

(from the flavorpill writeup...)
The rotund czars, saucer-eyed saints, and square-jawed apparatchiks of the Guggenheim's RUSSIA! exhibition bear witness one last time to Flavorpill's First Fridays before returning to points east. Giving them a killer ? if not obviously apropos ? send off, Diplo (aka Wesley Pentz) drops in behind the decks to bring on the sunny, sleazy baile funk. And Houston hip-hop. And two-step garage. And anything else he has kicking around the crates. We're all aware of Pentz's 2005 exploits: producing M.I.A., remixing Beck and Gwen Stefani, and helming the FABRICLIVE.24 mix album. With WFMU mash-up king $mall ?hange setting the tone tonight, this is compulsory culture. (JS)