Core News — “Ed Banger Records boss Busy P and friends take over the controls of Ladyland. It’s an understatement to say this is one of the most important Dance labels of the last 25 years. Home to Justice, DJ Mehdi, Cassius, Breakbot, Sebastian, Mr Oizo, Uf... more info

Nialler9 — Riton is a Newcastle DJ and producer who has collaborated with DJ Mehdi (RIP), Soulwax and Spank Rock and is behind the project Eine Kleine Nacht Musik and one-half of Gucci Soundsystem. On his new track ‘Rinse & Repeat’, Riton ropes in Nigerian ... more info

Nialler9 — Flying Lotus hit some arbitrary milestone on Twitter so unleashed this mixtape of odds and ends which is pretty great for a rough draft, off-cuts collection of tunes. I’m currently working my way through the thing but loving the tracks with Shabaz... more info

Discobelle.net — RIP Mehdi. more info

XLR8R — International label Because Music has established itself as a mainstay in the world of electronic music since its inception in 2005, having helped champion the likes of DJ Mehdi, Justice, and Erol Alkan. Now, the French-born music group plans to rele... more info

Discobelle.net — Rest in power DJ Mehdi. more info

Guardian Music — Following our whistlestop history of French pop, our journey through the sounds of Europe continues here with French DJ Mimi Xu as she introduces the acts in her country who are making waves nowStardust's Music Sounds Better With You might crystalli... more info

Discobelle.net — Remember Mehdi. more info

Stereogum — Last night, DFA shared a pounding seven-minute remix of the Rapture’s disco anthem “How Deep Is Your Love?” from the Montreal turntable whiz A-Trak. A-Trak also shared a story about how the idea for the mix’s arrangement came from a conversat... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Chromeo and DJ Mehdi It's been almost a week since we found out about the tragic death of the too-young Ed Banger DJ Mehdi. One of the first confirmations of the awful news, as we pointed out in our post,... more info