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LOS ANGELES, Aug 10 — He’s had hits with the likes of Madonna, Beyonce and MIA, and spent 20 years relentlessly touring the world, but American DJ Diplo says the pandemic-enforced break was a blessing. “It was probably the best year I’ve had in a long time. I did a lot of surfing, spent...

LOS ANGELES, Aug 10 — He’s had hits with the likes of Madonna, Beyonce and MIA, and spent 20 years relentlessly touring the world, but American DJ Diplo says the pandemic-enforced break was a blessing.

“I felt like I was dating my tour manager. Every night, we would eat dinner together and go to shows. It got so boring,” he said. “But then I started doing things on my own — hiking, travelling — and I was able to be calm, content in the silence.”and as part of the virtual reality version of Burning Man last summer.was cool, but the audience is so much younger. You realise how quickly the generations change. Maybe one or two million people saw it, but they only know games, not music. It was a giant production but I didn’t really feel a connection.

He hopes for some more francophone collaborations in the future, having already worked with Parisian DJ Snake and looking to produce something with Belgian rapper Stromae., that also sees Sia, J Balvin, Nicki Minaj and Khalid contribute to the group’s Trinidadian vibes., there’s a clear message to the music that became all the more relevant during the last chaotic year in the United States.

However he said there was one positive thing to come from Donald Trump’s administration: the Music Modernisation Act that promises a fairer distribution of money from digital streaming.

 

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