The Ed Banger producer and DJ is rumoured to have died after a rooftop fall

According to Drake and Chromeo, the French dance DJ and producer DJ Mehdi has died at the tragically young age of 34. Mehdi has been a part of the French hip-hop and electro scenes since the late ’90s, but he really rose to prominence after linking with Ed Banger Records. In recent years, he’s remixed [...]

Hercules & Love Affair’s Blue Songs is an impressive, eclectic take on a variety of dance floors. Andy Butler finds another angle via this remix of Chromeo’s Solange Knowles-guesting “When The Night Falls.” It appears on the Business Casual track’s single, which also features tweaks by L...

The Pierces, Frankmusik, Fenech-Soler also join the bill

A new two-day festival, Music To Know, launches this August in East Hampton, New York with appropriate headliners Vampire Weekend and Bright Eyes along with Cold War Kids, Matt & Kim, Chromeo, Tame Impala, Ra Ra Riot, and M. Ward, among others. Vampire Weekend’s appearance is one of their few planned shows this year. Take [...]