In light of the horrible news of his death, and as a personal thank you for helping make French dance music so damn funky by drawing on his hip-hop background, I thought I'd share a few DJ Mehdi mixtapes. Looks like these will be soundtracking the rest of the day at least.

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Dear Summer Mixtape (2010)

DJ Mehdi: "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. Please play loud, share, tweet, retweet, blog, and let your neighbours know."


DJ Mehdi - Dear Summer Mixtape by Hypetrak

Tracklist:

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’



Carte Blanche House Party Mix (April, 2010)

"We [Medhi and Riton] made this thinking of what could be the best thing to play at your house, on a friday night, when your friends are bumrushing your flat and your neighbours/parents/neighbourhood cops are out of town."


Carte Blanche - Carte Blanche's House Party Mix by Hypetrak
 
Tracklist:

INTRO: HOUSE PARTY
CARTE BLANCHE ‘Do! Do! Do!’
PAPERCLIP PEOPLE ‘Throw’
FARLEY JACKMASTER FUNK ‘Love Can’t Turn Around’ (Accapella)
INNER CITY ‘xxxxxx’
DAFT PUNK ‘Face To Face’ (Accapella)
LNR ‘You Can’t Stop The House’
HOT CITY ‘Hot City Bass’
BLAZE ‘Whatcha Gonna Do’
PUZIQUE ’Don’t Go’
TODD TERRY ‘A Day In The Life’ (RITON “Feel It” Edit)
DEETRON ‘Life Soundtrack’
MIKE DUNN ‘Deep Down (The Underground)’
ARMANDO ‘Turn My Shit Up’
HARDTON ‘Earthquake’
THE PERSUADER ‘Bottle Up’
DIRT CREW ‘Psycho’
MOKO ‘Acid On The Air’
JAN DRIVER ‘Tellyfoam’
MATTHEW DEAR ‘Dog Days’
ARMAND VAN HELDEN ‘Can U Feel It’
JOSH WINK ’How’s The Music’
UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE ‘Timeline’
KIKOMOTO ALLSTARS ’I’ll Make You Jack’
LAND SHARK ‘Tie Me Up’ (Chicken Lips Trax Dub)
DAN BLACK ‘Symphony’ (Hot City’ Remix)
CARTE BLANCHE ‘In The Mix’
CARTE BLANCHE ‘Gare Du Nord’
HIGH POWERED BOYS ‘Get Down’
PAUL JOHNSON ‘Get Get Down’ (RITON Edit)
ROYAL HOUSE ‘Yeah Buddy’
DJ JUKE ‘Blow Your Whistle’ (NY House Mix)
HARD DRIVE ‘Deep Inside’



Carte Blanche House Party 2: The Pyjama Jam Mixtape (May 2011)

"SINCERELY YOURS ALWAYS,
RITON & MEHDI."


HOUSE PARTY 2: THE PYJAMA JAM by edbangerrecords
 
Tracklist:

CARTE BLANCHE 'Jack On The Moon'
RYTHM IS RYTHM 'Strings Of Life'
PROMMER & BARACK 'The Barking Grizzle' (Adam Port Remix)
UNKNOWN 'Your Soul On Mine'
CHROMEO 'Don't Turn The Lights On' (Carte Blanche Dub)
RON HARDY 'Sensation' (Obi Blanche Edit)
VEEMANJANSSEN 'Diana Voss'
THOMAS BANGALTER 'Out Run'
HOUSEMEISTER 'Hyperactive'
MARBLE PLAYERS 'Playground'
LARRY HEARD 'The Sun Can't Compare'
ROBBIE TRONCO 'Walk For Me'
STACY KIDD Give It To Me'
RUFFNECK feat. YAVAHN 'Everybody Be Some Body'
YELLOW BOTSCH 'Unknown'
DROP THE LIME 'Hot As Hell' (Canblaster Remix)
HAHAHA 'Adzuki Beans'
AZARI & III 'Into The Night' (Renaissance Man Remix)
UNKNOWN 'Beat My House'
MOODY MAN 'Shades Of Jae'
MICHEL CLEIS 'La Mezcla'
MONGOLOIDS 'Spark Da Meth'
HIJACK & BRABE 'Boogie'
ROBYN 'Hang With Me' (Hot City Remix)
TODD TERRY just wanna dance
CARTE BLANCHE 'feat. ALEXIS TAYLOR With You'



Tunisian Summer Mix (September 9th, 2011)

"...in partnership with the good blokes at TSUGI MAGAZINE, I have the pleasure to offer you this new SUMMER MIXTAPE, mixed live at Paris Social Club in August.
It’s that usual mixtape momentum that you guys know I like: starting quite slow, creeping up to a couple of current favourite hits, and finishing with a classic throwback and a Hip-Hop tune. 2011 Time Capsule business. Here’s the tracklist:

INTRO: ANTONY & CURRENT 93 ‘Idumea’
SUPER SUPER ‘Boba’
DJ GREGORY ‘Don’t Panic’
AUDIOJACK ‘Jack The Keys’
KINK ‘E 79′
ADONIS ‘We’re Rocking Down The House’
GREGOR SALTO ‘Messe Messe’
DANCES WITH WHITE GIRLS ‘It’s About The House’
JAMIE JONES feat. ALI LOVE ‘Forward Motion’
CANBLASTER ‘Air Totem’
THE RAPTURE ‘How Deep Is Your Love’ A-TRAK Remix
THE WEEKND ‘What You Need’ ADAM PORT Remix
AZARI&III ‘Into The Night’ RENAISSANCE MAN Remix
NATHAN FAKE ‘Xmas Rush’ DUB
CASSIUS ‘La Notte’
OUTRO: JET AGE OF TOMORROW ‘I Want You Still’

MEGAUPLOAD LINK: HERE.
TSUGI LINK: THERE.

Last but not least, this mix is, quite humbly, dedicated to the people of my ancestors country, TUNISIA, for obvious reasons."



"Classik" (2000)...




RIP Mehdi Favéris-Essadi - 20 January 1977 - 13 September 2011.