he gained international success with the singles "bird machine" and "turn down for what" in 2013. he collaborated with dillon francis and diplo in 2014. "bird machine" is a collaboration with french act alesia. the song was released in february 2013 on mad decent, a los angeles-based record label run by diplo. in june 2013, dj snake was invited by diplo to do a live mix on his radio show "diplo &amp; friends" which airs on bbc radio 1.