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128 Beats per Minute Diplo's Visual Guide to Music, Culture, and Everything in Between

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ISBN-10: 0789324288

ISBN-13: 9780789324283

Edition: 2012

Authors: Alexander Wang, Shane McCauley, Thomas Wesley Pentz

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Known internationally as a curator and influencer amongst the world’s top DJs, producers, and artists, Wesley Pentz, better known as Diplo, is at the nexus of music, fashion, and cultural trends. His record label Mad Decent has helped bring Brazilian baile funk, Angolan Kuduro, and other unknown music to clubs around the world, while his work as a producer has brought a unique sound to hits like M.I.A.’s “Paper Planes,” Chris Brown’s “Look at Me Now,” and Beyoncé’s “Run the World (Girls).”128 Beats Per Minute follows Diplo on this fantastic journey, from his involvement with dub reggae in Jamaica to the electro/techno underground in Tel Aviv. Each chapter chronicles his tastes and travels,…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Universe Publishing
Publication date: 3/27/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

Thomas Wesley Pentz, a.k.a. Diplo, is a Philadelphia-based DJ, producer, and songwriter. As the founder of Mad Decent Records and not-for-profit organization Heaps Decent, he has worked with artists including M.I.A., Shakira, Snoop Dogg, and Bruno Mars and is currently working on upcoming albums with Santigold and Chris Brown, among others. Alexander Wang is an American fashion designer and was awarded the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in 2008. Photographer Shane McCauley is a former Annie Leibowitz assistant and has shot for Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and Flaunt.