Wes Pentz is Diplo (short for Diplodocus), the baile funk DJ and Floridian “expat” turned Philadelphia-based great white-boy hope. With a debut CD called Florida (Big Dada), it was clear from the get-go that while you can take the kid out of the Sunshine State, you can’t take the sunshine—or the state—out of the kid. On the subject of his upbringing, he’s said, “In Florida, you gotta decide if you wanna be a hippie, a football player, in a metal band, or a gold-chain DJ type with a lowered Honda. Those are the only four options, and I just mashed it all up.” As proud now to be from Philadelphia as any true native (he and the Roots, a group he lists as an inspiration, now share Philly-based roots), he may still be expatriating—for real this time. Though his previous career as half of Hollertronix probably cemented his place in the annals of new music history, Diplo solo has gone international. Having founded his own record label (Mad Decent), Diplo now embraces more of a world beat aspect, as the Mad Decent Label Tour lineup shows. Brazilian tour mates Bonde do Role and Cansei de Ser Sexy are staples of the baile funk sound that their label chief has been busy popularizing in the US. Bonde do Role was the first band signed to Mad Decent (Diplo says they’re like a “baile funk beastie boys”), and their album, Salta Frango/James Bonde, is out this month. CSS sounds kind of like a cross between Yoko Ono and the Spice Girls, or as they put it, they’re “taking the fact of not knowing how to play the instruments as a challenge to creativity.” With song titles like “Art Bitch,” “Paris Hilton,” and “Music is My Hot, Hot, Sex,” that’s probably enough said.

Friday July 14 at 9pm. Patio at the Calumet (enter through La Luna)

56 W. Chippewa St. (855-1292). $12 (ages 18+).