TOPMAN, the international savants of men’s fashion, has taken a stride out of menswear and right into the nucleus of music with their collaborating act, TOPMAN CTRL. This site is an ongoing monthly series where some of the sickest musical talents take control of CTRL online and reveal all the influences and inspiration that make up their musical DNA. Then, as a closing act, they choose the bands for the CTRL live concert, held in a different UK city each month. Past controllers have been: Passion Pit, Gallows, Black Lips, The Rumble Strips, Lightspeed Champion, Ladyhawke, and Metronomy…just to name a few.

For December, the controller is Diplo (Paper Planes by MIA ring a bell? Yessir, we’re talking about the producer), who has been sending major sound waves into the  world with his psychedelic, electronic beats. Definitely swing by and check him and his hottest new acts out, and watch out for his t-shirt collaboration with TOPMAN, coming soon!