XLR8R — Over the past few summers, the bucolic seaside fishing village of Sète has served as the site of the Worldwide Festival. Converging on this town in the South of France, rave tourists from around the globe celebrate electronic sounds of all stripes, ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — These party people at the Oasis Beach Club for the Brainfeeder and Stones Throw day party are something else. Two of Los Angeles' premiere beat labels, Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder imprint, and Stones Throw, owned by Peanut Butter Wolf, highlight and... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Getting in the mood for Record Store Day tomorrow, here's another excellent sampler thanks to RockSoundMagazine... not really up to date, it was uploaded 10 months ago, but still ... good stuff from Fearless Records. Today's Updates in our 3VOOR1... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — You could tell from the trail of the tweets. All week long, Flying Lotus had been sporadically updating his 50,000+ plus followers on his recording sessions with the reigning queen of psychedelic soul, Erykah Badu. “Day 3 on the album... more info

Altsounds — On 2 May 2011 James Pants is to release his new, self-titled album on Stones Throw Records. The 14 track album will be preceded by the release of a new single, Clouds Over The Pacific on 4 April. With the title track lifted from the album, the si... more info

XLR8R — Los Angeles-based beatmaker and Flying Lotus collaborator Samiyam announced he will soon be releasing his second proper LP, a follow-up to 2008's Rap Beats Vol. 1, called Sam Baker's Album. read more more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Co. Fee - Kali [2011] from thedespondentsarise on Vimeo. From the outside, the Los Angeles beat scene seems monolithic. To casual fans, Flying Lotus exists as its avatar, with his Brainfeeder umbrella label often employed as a synecdoche for the... more info

Abeano — At the end of last month, London producer Ben Ash aka Two Inch Punch took his frustrated soul onto 1Xtra’s Mistajam show. Along with sounds from his own tracks, he works with classics from the big stars (Common, D’angelo, Ryan Leslie, Bone T... more info

XLR8R — A couple months back, Detroit's prestigious electronic music festival, the annual Movement, announced its first wave of performers, which included the likes of Green Velvet, Soul Clap, Scuba, Marcel Dettmann, and many others. Now, 55 more perfor... more info

Detroit Free Press — Paxhau announced 55 additional acts for the Movement Electronic Music Festival on Friday, bringing the total to more than 100. Among the newly added performers are Richie Hawtin, the Dirtbombs, Little Dragon, Space Time Continuum, Aux 88, Delano Smit... more info