“I did this remix over the summer, and when I was close to finishing it I played it to my friend, the irreplaceable DJ Mehdi. We often played each other our productions for feedback. As it turns out he and Riton were visiting New York so they stopped by my apartment. I was working on the main version of the remix, the vocal version. I knew I would make a few alternate edits during the mixdown. The funny thing was, Mehdi’s favorite part was the ending! He and Riton suggested that I have that part come in earlier. My reaction was: that would work well for the dub version. And sure enough, when I finished mixing it down I made a dub with their suggestion. When I sent it to Mehdi shortly after, he responded (as a joke) that I should call it “Dub For Mehdi”. He included it in his “Tunisian Summer” mix. And then, as we all know, the unimaginable happened and we lost our dear friend. The least I can do now is name the edit after him. This one’s for you, Memed.”

How Deep Is Your Love?  (A-Trak Dub aka Dub For Mehdi) by DFA Records

FEADZ tribute mix to DJ MEHDI by edbangerrecords

“Back in 2006, DJ Mehdi’s hommage to Dilla
we did something like 200 promo CDs fro friends
I think it’s time for this music to be shared and enjoyed by all of us
I still can’t believe what’s happening, so I press play and I listen to my best friend’s music.
P.

Based on the DONUTS album concept, these are demos, out-takes and unreleased gems from various records I worked on before and during the making of LUCKY BOY, my next album. Stuff comes from MEGALOPOLIS, 113 DEGRES and SHEITAN soundtrack mainly, but some is older too. Hope you enjoy these rough mixes and un-polished sounds, as I pay hommage to “one of the greatest minds to ever make beats” : Mr James Yancey, better known as JAY DEE, also know as DILLA.”

DJ MEHDI “Loukoums” by edbangerrecords

I’m not good with words. But somehow since Tuesday I couldn’t think right and something needed to get out. Music being the only medium I know how to use, here it is.

It’s called ” Big Boys Don’t Cry ”

Once again, my thoughts go out to all my friends who are going through hard times right now.”

Aeroplane – Big Boys Don’t Cry by Aeroplane (Official)

Eli Escobar – Love Thing Part 1 (Eli Escobar’s Rework) (ge.tt)

BONUS: Grab the DJ Mehdi remix below and check out the whole EP over on Soundcloud.

Eli Escobar – Love Thing Part 2 (DJ Mehdi Club Mix) (ge.tt)

Eli Escobar – Love Thing (Remix EP) by Plant Music

“Peeps,
In the spirit of the season, to celebrate the holidays coming to an end, and to announce my ALL NIGHT LONG special night in Paris on September 3rd, I prepared this little mixtape (photo and artwork by So-Me. Yes, that’s me swimming in there).You might know how I do now: a bit of rap, a lot to dance to, some new, some old, everything black party music. And a couple of Carte Blanche exclusives, peace to my main man Riton.

It’s called DEAR SUMMER: 33 MINUTES OF SUNSHINE. I had much, much fun mixing this, I hope you like it as much as I do.”

Tracklist after the jump.

JAY-Z ‘Dear Summer’ Quick Intro
FLYING LOTUS ‘A Cosmic Drama’
NINA SIMONE ‘Summertime’ INTERLUDE
DJ SDUNKERO ‘Choosing Love’
L-VIS 1990 ‘Forever You’
CHROMEO ‘Don’t Turn The Lights On’ CARTE BLANCHE REMIX
LARRY HEARD ‘The Sun Can’t Compare’
JESSE ROSE ‘You Know It’
SCISSOR SISTERS ‘Any Which Way’ CARTE BLANCHE REMIX
GONZALES ‘I Am Europe’ DJEDJOTRONIC REMIX
HOT CITY ‘If That’s How I Feel’
CASSIUS ‘I <3 U So’
QUEEN ‘In The Lap Of The Gods’
DRAKE ‘Made’

It seems like Carte Blanche AKA the pairing of DJ Mehdi & Riton got that Chi-town ghettohouse fever bad. A four track EP being released by Ed Banger in May.

Carte Blanche – In The Mix (Fairtilizer download link)

Euro tour dates after the jump.

(US AND CANADA TOUR TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON)

07-May FABRIC (LONDON, UK)
08-May REBEL VISCOUNT (BIRMINGHAM, UK)
11-May L-EKTRICA (ROME, ITALY)
12-May HIVE CLUB (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)

Cosmo Baker & DJ Eleven from The Rub Radio interviews A-Trak & DJ Mehdi for Scion A/V.

The countdown towards the release of the new A-Trak “Infinity+1″ mix CD continues, our Swiss buddy Mercury gives the funky DJ Mehdi track “Tunisia Bambaata” a bit more of a gritty touch.

DJ Mehdi – Tunisia Bambaata (Mercury remix) (YSI)

Sunday is a great day for a Discobelle megapost. This time we got Huddersfield’s finest Doorly to take a break from all his DJ gigs and promoting his club Afterparty to send over a bunch of songs for us to share with you guys.

Doorly – BON (Mediafire)

Doorly – Here It Goes (Mediafire)

DJ Mehdi – Signatune (Doorly & Only Ten Left Remix Finished) (Sendspace)

Trash Fashion – Rave Dave (Doorly’s Remix) (Mediafire)

Toro Y Moi – Left Alone At Night (Doorly & Aspin’s AfRo DiGi ScRaTcH remix) (Mediafire)

The Whip – Trash (Doorly & Aspin’s AfRo DiGi ScRaTcH remix) (Mediafire)

And be sure to check out his Radio 1 Essential mix from last weekend

Doorly – Radio 1 Essential mix (mediafire)

The Australian hip hop/electro/rock group Bumblebeez have been getting alot of blog love lately, mostly due to the release of their “Rio” single (that features remixes from big wig names such as Crookers and Herve). This remix of their track “Pump Up The Bass” sees the dynamic french duo, DJ Mehdi and his label boss Busy P take on the decks for a slow paced electro rocker.

Bumblebeez – Pump Up The Bass (Ed Rec All Stars dirty dirty mix) (YSI)

Bumblebeez – Pump Up The Bass (Ed Rec All Stars dirty dirty mix) (zShare)