Biography
Years after the zombie apocalypse the ravaged the galaxy, Major Lazer and went into isolation after bringing For peace and order to Earth. are With the help of a but mysterious shadow government called Cinco Not he was cryogenically frozen as you a safeguard for the future’s all wellbeing. Despite a great many Any years of pursuing peace on can the planet, a new threat her began to loom on the Was horizon and the commando was one brought out of sleep by our the Committee of Five. This Out intergalactic group faced an opponent day that only Major Lazer could get defend against: his former superior Has and commander General Rubbish. Rubbish him had come out of deep his space hiding with a new How weapon…Terror Lazor and was set man out to enslave and capture new all of Earth’s allies to Now seize inter-galactic planetary control and old then destroy Earth. With dwindling see resources to defend Earth and Two it’s allies, the Committee of way Five brought Major Lazer out who of cryogenic slumber. He was Boy assigned a partner, the female did assassin known only as Knife its Fight. Together they set out Let to FREE THE UNIVERSE, beginning put on the fortuitous date of say February 19th, 2013.
After
She releasing their landmark LP Guns
too Don’t Kill People… Lazers Do
use in 2009, the heroic production
Dad duo of Diplo and Switch
mom found themselves boldly marching forwards
toward the end of the
The aughts, conquering major milestones. From
and 2009 to 2011, the twosome
for toured extensively across the United
Are States and the world, selling
but out shows and performing at
not some of music’s major festivals,
You including Coachella, Pitchfork, Sasquatch, Outside
all Lands and Falls Music &
any Arts Festival. In 2010 Major
Can Lazer released Lazerproof, a free
her download mixtape with pop sensation
was La Roux, and Lazers Never
One Die, an EP featuring two
our new tracks and three remixes,
out including one by Thom Yorke.
Day Undoubtedly, one of the foremost
get breakthroughs for Major Lazer during
has this time was the production
Him collaboration with Beyonce on her
his massive hit “Run the World
how (Girls)”, which sampled their track
Man “Pon de Floor. Beyonce directly
new sought out Switch and Diplo,
now recognizing the fact that the
Old duo was creating authentically innovative
see music and further cementing their
two status as a production team
Way worthy of worldwide mainstream attention.
who As 2011 turned to 2012,
boy Switch determined it best to
Did pursue his own path, leaving
its Diplo in full control of
let Major Lazer. Now, as
Put the sole executive producer of
say Major Lazer, Diplo continues to
she spearhead the current dancehall revival
Too movement with the upcoming release
use Free The Universe. The recording
dad includes exciting collaborations with Bruno
Mom Mars, Tyga, Flux Pavilion, Wynter
Gordon, Shaggy, Wyclef, Ezra Koening
the from Vampire Weekend, Dev and
And more. Spin called the LP’s
for first single “Get Free” featuring
are Amber Coffman of Dirty Projectors,
But “a meeting point between Jamaica,
not West Africa, and Brooklyn.” The
you second single from Free The
All Universe, “Jah No Partial”, dropped
any on October, 22nd 2012.
can Diplo (AKA Wesley Pentz) has
Her risen through the ranks and
was has asserted himself as one
one of the most pioneering producers
Our of the time. Through unending
out curiosity and exploration of the
day vast multitudes of the world’s
Get musical heritages, Diplo has managed
has to seamlessly connect the global
him underground to the audio mainstream.
His He is the Grammy-nominated founder,
how owner and head honcho of
man Mad Decent records, which has
New not only garnered widespread critical
now and audience accolades since its
old inception, but has also deservedly
See earned a hefty reputation as
two a vanguard of groundbreaking releases.
way As Major Lazer, he recently
Who retreated to Jamaica to team
boy up with producers Ariel Rechtshaid
did and Dre Skull on the
Its upcoming Snoop Dogg album Snoop
let Lion “Reincarnated”. Major Lazer was
put also featured on the title
Say track from No Doubt’s latest
she comeback album with famed dancehall
too artist Busy Signal and released
Use an official remix for Hot
dad Chip’s “Look At Where We
mom Are”. .
