About

“I made Florida between a small apartment in Philadelphia and my mother’s house in Florida. I was working late nights and taking a bus through the city every night, smoking weed, putting on headphones and just making things I never heard before and could just imagine. Making this record created an entirely new world for me. Now that I think back it’s a very strange beginning and it’s crazy it’s been 10 years since its first release, but really, this record represents my first 23 years of life - what I had inside of me and where I came from so I’m excited to revisit it.” - Diplo

The reissued Florida includes the stunning 'Epistomology Suite’, released around the time of the original album plus 5 unreleased tracks/versions recorded by Wes during the Florida album sessions - all packaged in high quality print with artwork based on the original design for the Florida album and an iconic photo of Wes. The 3LP vinyl comes with a 1.5m pull out scroll of brilliant and surreal emails between Diplo and Big Dada from back in the day- an insight into how the Florida album came to be.

In some ways, ‘Florida’ represents Diplo’s most personal work, with less thought for the dancefloor than for atmosphere (not least because it was mainly mixed on headphones, with no money for monitors or smart studios). To understand Wes Pentz, where he comes from and where he’s going, you have to go all the way back home—back to Florida. - BigDada.com

Notes:

• "Florida" 10th Anniversary Edition
• Released in conjunction with Record Store Day, Black Friday 2014. Limited run of 500.
• Tri-fold packaging. Discs 1 and 3 come in printed sleeves (with the original LP artwork and promo LP artwork, respectively) and disc 2 comes in a die-cut black paper sleeve which has a sticker with a code to download the MP3 version (which features additional tracks).
• Also included is a 5'0'' foldout booklet "scroll" featuring emails between Diplo and Big Dada during production of the original album.

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