DJ Mehdi & Riton – Carte Blanche EP

DJ Mehdi & Riton's "In The Mix" - EP comes out in May on Ed Banger Records. Strictly house, no electro. Here's one track from the EP.

European Tour Dates: (US and Canada to be announced soon)

07-May FABRIC (London, UK)

08-May REBEL VISCOUNT (Birmingham, UK)

11-May L-EKTRICA (Rome, Italy)

12-May HIVE CLU (Zurich, Switzerland)

13-May LUX (Lisbon, Portugal)

14-May LOW CLUB (Madrid, Spain)

15-May LOLITA (Barcelona, Spain)

21-May Knal (Brussels, Belgium)

22-May Petrol (Antwerpen, Belgium)

23-May THE SUNDAY FESTIVAL (Holland)

4-Jun ERSTE LIGA (Munich, Germany)

5-Jun BAAALSAAL (Hamburg, Germany)

18-Jun SONAR (Barcelona, Spain)19-Jun SONAR (La Coruna, Spain)

*Source: Strictly Social

Busy P & DJ Mehdi + Guests - The 18/02/2010 @ Chakra Rouen

TICKET INFORMATION

Admission: 22 euros + shipping

Selling tickets on http://tickets.swankier.net

Onsite: 25 euros (subject to remaining places on the evening of the event)

*Source: Seek Sick Sound

DJ Mehdi Mixmas

TRACKLISTING:
1. SEVEN SEALS James Pants (Stone Throw)

2. SO MANY NIGHTS Burns (Breastfed)

3. EVERYBODY WANTS Kid Sister & Green Velvet (Relief)

4. HUNGRY FOR THE POWER Azari & Ill/Agayo Remix (Cliché)

5. DISCOMONSTER Le Le/Mercury Remix (Magnetron)

6. GET ON DOWN Feadz (Ed Banger)

7. ATTO D’ARMORE Serge Santiago (Arcobaleno)

8. IF YOU CAME HERE Tony Senghore (Anonym)

9. CHAPEL OF GHOULS Boy-8-Bit (Mad Decent)

10. BECAUSE OF YOU Skunk Anansie/Michel Cleis Remix (One Little Indian)

11. BANGKOK Boris Dlugosh (Phantasy)

12. HELLS BELLS Arveene & Misk (Clampdown)

13. WEDOUWEDOU Momma’s Boy/Kid Kaio Remix (Sound Pellegrino)

14. COMPUTER JUICE Riton & Seiji/DIM & TAI Remix (Turbo)

15. KEEP ON MOVING Philip & Lloyd (Off Track)

Download HERE

Source: Le Cool Cats Blog

- Cassidy

*Extra*

Artist Ke$ha on Uffie in a New York Times Interview:

Some have compared Ke$ha, unfavorably, to Uffie, who is signed to the influential French electronic music label Ed Banger and whose sass-rap predated Ke$ha’s by a couple of years.

“I understand why people need to make that association,” Ke$ha said, “but it’s not like, ‘Yeah, let me just listen to Uffie and rip that off.’ ” At one point Dr. Luke held discussions with Uffie’s camp about producing her debut album, he said, though it never panned out. (Perhaps sensing the moment, though, Uffie recently announced that her debut album will be released this spring.)

Club 75 To Play @ Rock Ness Festival

Club 75 will be playing next summer at the famous Rock Ness Festival, held at Loch Ness, Scotland on Friday 11th to Sunday 13th June 2010. For those of you who don't know,

Club 75 = Justice, Busy P, DJ Mehdi & Cassius. However, this event will only include half of Justice, Xavier de Rosnay. Sorry to the Justice heads.

To buy tickets, click here.

- Cassidy

DJ Mehdi Models for Uniqlo

As announced via A-Trak's blog:

"To welcome Uniqlo on the french market the brand decided to create a new ad campaign. They selected some cool French dancing DJs influentials, including our boy Mehdipedia as well as Sébasiten Tellier, Nadège Winter and others."

DJ Mehdi sure looks sharp, yes?

- Cassidy

HARD New Years Eve 2010

It's gonna be a banger. Get your tix ASAP.

- Cassidy

Busy P & DJ Mehdi - Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1

Tracklisting:

Nina Simone 'Feeling Good'

Midnight Juggernaughts 'Scorpius'

Brodinski 'Solaris'

Zombie Disco Squad 'Esperanto' (Solo Remix)

Public Enemy 'Show'em Watcha Got'

Boysnoize 'Shine Shine'Le Le 'Breakfast' (Mercury Remix)

Traffic Sign 'Let's Work'

Shit Robot 'Xxxx '

Deetron And DJ Bone 'Life Soundtrack '

Kikomoto Allstars 'I'll Make You Jack'

Audio Bullys 'Flickery Vision' (Riva Starr Remix)

DJ Hell 'The Disaster' (Ink And Needle Remix)

Armand Van Helden 'Ski Hard'

Kid Sister 'Get Fresh' (Alex Gopher Remix)

Laidback Luke & Diplo 'Hey!'

Major Lazer 'Pon Di Floor' (Smoke And Mirrors Edit)

DJ Mehdi 'Pocket Piano' (Brodinski Remix)

A-Trak & Laidback Luke 'Shake It Down'

Tiga 'Shoes' (Mr Oizo Remix)

Simian Mobile Disco 'Synthesize'

Boysnoize 'Kontact Me'

DOWNLOAD: http://uploaded.to/file/gec9pe


- Cassidy

DJ Mehdi EP Countdown - Day 15

4. DJ MEHDI and FAFI ‘Lucky Girl’ (2007)

Of course, the artist I remixed the most is myself. Matter fact, a lot of my tracks are actually distant remixes of older songs of mine and I always recycle beats and sounds. Everyday I wake up, turn the MPC on, and make a beat. If the beat holds it up to a lunch pause and supports a second listen, then it becomes a Logic session on my computer. From there to turn into an actual song can take one or two months, sometimes more. Often, my wife Fafi would hum along some melodies and I end up stealing parts of it without telling nor paying her. When it’s so obvious than I can’t deny it anymore, I let her sing it herself, but I always pretend that it’s an engineering nightmare to plug a microphone in, or impossible to find the power cable to that keyboard sitting on the desk in front of me.

DJ Mehdi -- Le Cool Cats Blog.

Download: DJ Medhi "Lucky Girl"


- Cassidy

DJ Mehdi EP Countdown - Day 16

3. JOAKIM ‘Oleg Dans Les Bois’ (1999)

Bending my Hip-hop style and rap beat-making techniques to dance music has always been a head-wrecker to me. Making the transition from producing french ghetto MC’s to rock it in Ibiza and Miami with Busy P sure was a career challenge. But nothing obsessed my mind more than finding new ways of forcing Ultramagnetic MC’s aesthetics into a (Boysnoize) DJ set. Let alone make a whole album out of it. Many of my DJ friends were telling me “Keep on doing what you do best!”, but of course they would’ve never played a 96 BPM french-speaking rap track at The End in London, which is where I wanted to hear it. Things started to change when Timbaland, Rockwilder and Swizz Beats appeared on the scene and started to alter misconceptions people on both sides had about the other. When The Neptunes set the whole thing on fire, everybody was obliged to understand the truth: it’s always been the same music, produced by the same people, using the same tools and instruments. After 20 years, Afrika Bambaata was finally right. At the time Gilb’r asked me to remix this ‘Oleg’ track of Joakim, I was still clueless. He played me this DJ Spinna instrumental that he really liked and noted how much he thought I could be going in the same direction. Retrospectively, a) you can definitely hear the heavy Spinna influence on this track, and b) he was, once again, so right.

- DJ Mehdi

- Cassidy

DJ Mehdi EP Countdown - Day 17

2. BUSY P ‘To Protect and Entertain’ (2008)
Meeting Busy P is the second most important thing happening to my DJ and beat-maker life.
DJ Gilb’r had been playing and explaining techno and house-music to me since 1994. The Cassius boys gave me their La Funk Mob and Motorbass records while we were producing MC Solaar’s third album in 96. I met the whole Daft Crew in NYC in 97: Pedro made me a mix-tape of Kenny Dope beats and forced me into buying ‘Jam The Mace’ and a couple of Underground Resistance EP’s. But he was also a lot into Jay-Dee and The Alchemist. He became my manager in 2000 and founded Headbangers Entertainment in 2001. When he had the idea of starting a vynil label, I suggested him to tell people to “Call Ed Banger for feedbacks” and write his telephone number on the back covers. Then So-Me came into Pedro’s office - and never left. They started Ed Banger Records in 2003. Although I was always part of the family, I only officially jumped-in in 2005.

Download:
Busy P - To Protect & Entertain (DJ Mehdi 99Rap Remix)





- Cassidy

DJ Mehdi EP Countdown - Day 18

As DJ Mehdi announced via Cool Cats blog,

"My peeps, By now you probably know my RED BLACK AND BLUE remix compilation is set to be released on NOV 9th. Starting from tomorrow, I will leak one track a day, along with according booklet artwork from SO-ME, and liner note story. There are 19 tracks on the record, so that makes today DAY -19. Let it be cover day. Hope you enjoy the ride, from 1999 to 2009: 10 years of beat-making and having fun. Mehdi."

18 DAYS

1 track a day till the EP comes our way. Here 'tis.

1. 'Red, Black & Blue' Intro



- Cassidy

Club 75 Mix: Cassius, Busy P, Justice & DJ Mehdi

Tracklisting:

01 Ramon Tapia & Maxim Lany – Highway (FCL Remix)
02 Kikomoto Allstars – Still Can’t Stop The House
03 Cybersonic – Technarchy
04 D.I.M & Tai – Lyposuct
05 Cassius – Youth, Speed, Trouble, Cigarettes’ (Reset! Remix)
06 Mr Oizo – Gay Dentists
07 Tronik Youth – Disco Suks (Aston Shuffle Remix)
08 Justice – D.A.N.C.E (MSTRKRFT Remix)
09 Cassius – La Mouche (DJ Falcon Metal Mix)
10 Jack Beats – Get Down
11 DB-X – Third Rail
12 Boy 8-Bit – Baltic Pine
13 Kevin Saunderson – Bounce Your Body To The Box
14 Fake Blood – The Dozens (Edit)
15 Tony Lionni – Found A Place
16 Cassius Feat Jocelyn Brown – I’m A Woman (Zdar & Boombass Private Mix)
17 DYE – Neige 606 (DJ Mehdi Remix)

Download: Mixmag Presents Club 75 Mix


Big thanks to the Anon who gave the link.
*Source: AsianManDan


- Cassidy

DJ Mehdi - "Black, Black and Black"

As quoted from zee Cool Cats Blog of DJ Mehdi: "Prelude to his RED BLACK AND BLUE compilation, DJ Mehdi offers this mix of all the tracks that couldn’t make the final cut.
Damn, label clearance, copyright infrigement, inappropriate tempo, politics as usual.
You can call it the forbidden mix, the black podcast, or just the BBB: BLACK BLACK AND BLACK." It's Bangin'.

Tracklisting:
1. Bless
2. BUSTA RHYMES ‘World Go Round’ Remix
3. GHOSTFACE KILLA ‘ Hey Hey’ Remix
4. XXXXX ‘Xxx Xxx Xxxx’ Xxxxx Edit
5. CROOKERS/KID CUDI ‘Embrace The Martian’ Remix Demo
6. MAPEI ‘Leader Of The Pack’
7. MIIKE SNOW ‘Burial’ Remix
8. NOTORIOUS B.I.G ‘Nasty Boy’ Le Cirque Mix
9. JUST JACK ‘Glory Days’ TV Track
10. BUMBLEBEEZ ‘Drop The Bomb’ Ed Rec Allstars Mix
11. MAPEI/SPANK ROCK ‘Public Enemy’
12. JAY-Z ‘I Will Not Lose’
13. NAS ‘Have Fun’
14. Peace

Download HERE

- Cassidy

DJ Mehdi "Red, Black & Blue - EP" Tracks

From DJ Mehdi's upcoming EP, "Red, Black & Blue" here are a couple of tracks to download to drive you insane for more.

Chromeo – Waiting For You (DJ Mehdi Remix)

Sebastien Tellier – Oh Malheur chez O’Malley (DJ Mehdi Remix)

Holy Ghost! – I Will Come Back (DJ Mehdi Remix)

Set for release November 2nd....
* Source: Chemical Jump

*Update: Another Dj Mehdi track

DJ Mehdi – Pocket Piano Debout (Joakim Remix)

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DJ Mehdi 20 Minute Minimix

Recently DJ Mehdi made a 20 minute minimix for the Club Bonsoir folks.

Tracklisting:
1. ‘LA NOTTE’ (INTRO)
2. MU ‘WHY I LEFT’
3. ZOMBIE NATION ‘TAXI EXTREME’
4. RETRO/GRADE ‘MODA’
5. CHROMEO ‘NIGHT BY NIGHT’
6. GANGSTARR ‘WHO’S GONNA TAKE THE WEIGHT?’

Listen to it here: DJ Mehdi Club Bonsoir Exclusive 20 Minute Minimix

*Source: Asian Dan


- Cassidy

DJ Mehdi Remix Album Tracklisting

As released on zee Cool Cat blog, DJ Mehdi released the final, official tracklist of his upcoming "Red, Black And Blue" EP. Oh my goodness. Such an amazing list of artists and wonderful tracks. This tracklist is epic, and will revive Ed Banger once again. Hold on folks. Hold on.

- Cassidy

DJ Mehdi Asia Tour

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DJ Mehdi Announces Mini Asia Tour

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New DJ Mehdi EP: Red, Black & Blue

New DJ Mehdi EP Red, Black & Blue set for release November 2nd...

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Boys Noize Album Launch With DJ Mehdi

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