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Major Lazer is a decorated Jamaican military commando. He’s a veteran of the secret Zombie war of 1984 with a laser for an arm. He now leads a battalion of MCs on a mission to bring dancehall out... Read more

DJ/producers Wesley Pentz and Dave Taylor—Diplo from Philadelphia and Switch from London, respectively—initially crossed paths working on M.I.A.'s debut Arular, then both showed up again on Kala as... Read more

"Major Lazer is a Jamaican commando who lost his arm in the secret Zombie War of 1984. The US military rescued him and repurposed experimental lazers as prosthetic limbs. Since then Major Lazer has... Read more

Major Lazer is the name assumed for Diplo and Switch’s collaboration on this dancehall album. Although these two producers have not previously released music within this genre and they strike... Read more

De witte Amerikaan Diplo (naar de dinosaurus Diplodocus) is vandaag zowat de invloedrijkste producer van dansmuziek. Zwart klinkende dansmuziek. Nadat hij al een eigen mooie plaat opnam die nogal ... Read more

Producers Diplo en Switch leenden eerder met succes hun producerskwaliteiten in de baile funk en fidgethouse aan M.I.A. en Santigold. Ze wijken graag af van de gebaande paden i... Read more

In 2002 was het Sean Paul die dancehall nieuw leven inblies met 'Gimme The Light'. Anno 2009 hebben Diplo en Switch de handen ineengeslagen om onder de naam Major Lazer ook zoiets te bereiken. De h... Read more

if there's something eyebrow-raising about two white hipsters' appropriating an international black culture for fun and profit, Guns Don't Kill People…Lazers Do, the first collaboration between Dip... Read more

Wenn es galt, dem Indie-Mainstream stringente Beats und satte Bässe näher zu bringen, waren in jüngster Vergangenheit stets zwei Herren nicht weit: Diplo und Switch sind als Team oder solo hinter d... Read more

Was zu diesem Album gar nicht geht: Rotwein dekantieren, den Wirtschaftsteil der "FAZ" lesen, entspannt joggen. Was man sich schon eher vorstellen könnte: In den Banlieues von Paris ein paar Autos ... Read more