Stereogum — Last year, Idris Elba played Nelson Mandela in the biopic Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom. And in addition to being a ridiculously talented and handsome actor, Elba has a sideline playing goofy trance music in Ibiza hotel suites, as detailed in this GQ... more info

NME — 'mi Mandela' is the first in a series of albums in which Elba will develop his acting roles through music more info

NME — The track is currently untitled more info

Stereogum — Lately, James Blake has been doing regular DJ sets on BBC’s Radio 1, which we can add to the long lists of reasons that living in America is stupid and that we should all be in England instead. Blake has been using those shows, in part, to debut ne... more info

Core News — “James Blake’s eclectic leftfield soundscape and Sohn’s latest electronic discoveries. For the next two hours, James Blake is taking us on a musical journey… With Connan Mockasin as the special guest host, of course!” Check out other BBC Ra... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — East India Youth's William Doyle is an artist of two halves. On the one hand he's an emotional electronic songsmith: think a James Blake you don't want to grab by the scruff of the neck and pack off to national... more info

Stereogum — James Blake shared a new song on his BBC Radio 1 residency show, as he’s apt to do. This one is called “200 Press” because “only 200 are going to be pressed up” via his 1-800-Dinosaur label at some unspecified time in the future. It feature... more info

Core News — “James Blake with an eclectic leftfield soundscape for Thursday night. With exclusive tracks from Airhead, the elusive DJ Badger plus TWO new tracks of his own! ” Check out other BBC Radio 1′s Residency shows in my archive and subscribe to the ... more info

Stereogum — All Tomorrow’s Parties, Pitchfork, and Primavera Sound were all set to present the inaugural Jabberwocky Festival this weekend in London, and the lineup looked stellar: Neutral Milk Hotel, James Blake, Darkside, Caribou, Kurt Vile, Sun Kil Moon, Pa... more info

NME — James Blake and Neutral Milk Hotel were due to headline two-day event at Excel Centre more info