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 [...]

Chromeo are on tour beginning January 20, and Green Label Sound, who’s sponsoring the tour, just offered up this Duck Sauce remix of “Hot Mess.” (The song’s video is really good as well.) Green Label Sound will also release a new single from Chromeo tourmates MNDR the day before the tour starts. Duck Sauce...