Zarte fünf Monate ist dieses Jahr erst jung und schon findet 2012 einen weiteren Höhepunkt aus dem Leuchtturm der Entschleunigung — BBC Radio 1 hat Nicolas Jaar zum legendären "Essential Mix" gebeten. Das Set dauert knappe zwei Stunden, die etwas abenteuerliche Tracklist reicht von Jay-Z und Aphex Twin über Marvin Gaye und *NSYNC, bis hin zu einigen mehr oder weniger unbekannten Remixes und Edits aus dem Hause Clown And Sunset. Wie immer ist es dem amerikanisch-chilenischen Produzenten dabei gelungen, Genregrenzen geschickt verschwimmen zu lassen. Euer perfekte Start in die Woche ist nur ein Klick entfernt: Nicolas Jaar - "BBC Radio 1 Essential ...

Photo by  Ruvan Wijesooriya Quite a busy year for James Murphy in his post- LCD life, with no signs of slowing, either. Murphy has teamed up with  Pedro Winter  (a.k.a. Busy P) of Ed Banger Records  on a series of collaborations to celebrate the opening of a new Levi's store on Champs Élysées in Paris. The pairing was commissioned to symbolize a union between French and American creative cultures.   Murphy and Winter co-designed limited edition T-shirts and trucker jackets to be sold at the store during its opening months, and curated collections of albums that will soundtrack ...

NYC’s Plant Music imprint will be releasing the first edition of their new Love Me compilation on April 24th — curated by the Plant Music label heads Dominique Keegan and Stretch Armstrong. The 13-track release features the sexier side of Plant, with remixes and originals coming from Danny Daze, Grandtheft, Mehdi">DJ Mehdi, and more. Preview... Continue + Comment

DJ Mehdhi - Signature (Thomas Bangalter Edit) It’s been awhile since I’ve posted.  I’m sorry.  I’ve been mad busy and I’ve got Coachella on the brain. I also wanted to post a Mehdi">DJ Mehdi song upon hearing the news of his death awhile back, but for some reason never got to it.  With that being said, R.I.P. Mehdi">DJ Mehdi (1977-2011)

Not much time to go into this, but Stones Throw & Ed Banger got together at Le Bataclan, Paris, March 2009. This is Mehdi's set from the night. Rest in peace, man. Stream, after the jump.

Ed Banger Records presents: An afternoon by the pool in the memory of our friend Mehdi 3/24 [Upcoming Event] For our friends + fans + listeners + readers partying it up down in Miami this week/end be sure to check out this event that Ed Banger is throwing today in memory of Mehdi">DJ Mehdi. Not only is the line up not to be missed, it's a show for a good cause. The event is guestlist only so be sure to go to EDBANGERRECORDS.COM/MIAMI to rsvp. unreleased MEHDI DJ SET at STONES THROW Vs. ED BANGER party 2009 ...

Remember Mehdi.

Although Mehdi Faveris-Essadi, best known to the world as Mehdi">DJ Mehdi, died tragically last September, his music still ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/listen-unreleased-dj-mehdi-live-set-at-stones-thro/63448/

It has been revealed a murial of Mehdi">DJ Mehdi has been put in place prior to the launch of the Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida Miami based artist Luis Pinto took some time out to paint the special murial on a wall in Grand Central’s outside patio. Once...

It has been revealed a murial of Mehdi">DJ Mehdi has been put in place prior to the launch of the Winter Music Conference in Miami, Florida Miami based artist Luis Pinto took some time out to paint the special mural on a wall in Grand Central’s outside patio. Once...

Desde Suiza, nuestro colaborador Rodolfo García nos envía una entrevista exclusiva a la incipiente banda Blouse, uno de los nuevos proyectos ligados al sello Captured Tracks. Las fotogafías son de Mehdi Benkler Con apenas un debut editado en noviembre, este cuarteto de Portland acaba de terminar su primera gira por Europa entre los mejores clubes [...]

Colette store in France is celebrating 15 years of existence. To mark this even Ed Banger Records uploaded this awesome track from 2004 and there is also a big carnival festival. For more info click here! music : BUSY P extra flavas : DJ MEHDI scratch : ZDAEF rap : LINLEE ALLEN (http://linleeloves.blogspot.com) extra vocals [...]

And here's the second of our morally dubious AK-47-inspired pieces. Speed Caravan are the band of Algerian oud hero Mehdi Haddab. Forget any idea of the oud being a ancient lute, strap a pickup on it and proceed to rock out. That's the plan here. I would borrow a cliché and write about the fretboard pyrotechnics that Haddab brings, but the fact is that the oud is completely fretless so it's more like a ball of mercury flowing over the neck. Astonishing stuff, and that's before the FX cut in. The whole thing is inspired by ...

DVNO, no need to ask his name to figure out how cool he is. Et oui c'est lui, a.k.a Mehdi Pinson, qui est à l'origine et qui chante sur le titre DVNO de Justice. Vous … Read More →