Dillon Francis - "Flight 4555" [THUMP Premiere]

I want Yakis Teriyaki right now….ugh…but I'm on a plane…with no teriyaki :(

— DILLON FRANCIS (@DILLONFRANCIS)

June 17, 2013

You may think these big-time DJs have it easy, getting paid to play their favorite jams at potentially dangerous volumes to a stadium full of people who want to jump their bone(s). But it's not all pool parties and breakfast in bed.

These poor dudes spend a good chunk of their tours waiting for delayed flights and promoters who never show up at the airport, washing down Sbarro slices with gas station-caliber coffee at 4AM in Singapore. Do you know how hard it is to get vegan food in Munich? (Thank goodness for the @DJsComplaining account, which has given our generation's globe-trotting selectors a safe space to express all the ups-and-downs of life on tour.)

This video for Dillon Francis' "Flight 4555" – a nearly ambient 15-minute remix of his ballistic "IDGAFOS" single – is a tribute to the overworked, sleep-deprived DJ catching Zs between connecting flights. It's on a twinkly lullaby vibe that's a bit of a departure for the heavy-bass maximalist and Mad Decent superstar. Obviously, all this not giving a fuck or shit is very tiring business (not to mention doing erotic pottery with 12th Planet), and Dillon needed to take a chill. We salute him for not just complaining but taking matters into his own hands.

"Flight 4555" is available (along with a bunch of other exclusive shizz) when you subscribe to Mad Decent's Drip.FM channel. In the meantime, send Dillon Francis your anti-insomnia suggestions while you wait for his new single to drop this month with Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs.

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