Diplo — FabricLive 24

DJ Diplo takes care of the latest mixtape disc from London's Fabric Nightclub, and it's unfailingly awesome. In 70 minutes, the Philly/N.Y. turntable wiz jumps back and forth between '80s electro-funk classics such as Yazoo's "Don't Go" and Debbie Deb's "When I Hear Music," '90s oddities like Aphex Twin's "Windowlicker," and a fantastic mixed bag of current hip-hop, grime and indie that includes Ludacris, Jammer and even Cat Power. Of course he includes his pal M.I.A. (a mix of her fantastic "Bucky Done Gun"), but the disc isn't without surprises. While the beats and rhymes take a rest for The Cure's "Love Song," they jump back in on Outkast's frantic "B.O.B.," before seamlessly hitting up Le Tigre's still-unstoppable "Deceptacon." Very cool.