In September 2024, amid the launch of Higher Ground—Diplo's curated event series blending tech house with global influences—American DJ and producer Thomas Wesley Pentz, Mad Decent co-founder and tropical house pioneer with hits like "Lean On" (2015), delivered an exclusive set at The Brooklyn Mirage, an open-air club in Brooklyn, New York, as part of a two-day takeover drawing thousands of electronic music fans under summer skies. The hour-long DJ performance, brimming with throbbing beats and improvisational fusions, captured the artist's eccentricity, where house rhythms merged with trap elements in a whirlwind of energy, sparking euphoria among the crowd. Recorded for a documentary project, this event highlighted Diplo's role as a global showman, transforming an industrial warehouse into an impromptu festival oasis.