My Peoples,

Couldn’t be more thrilled to present you this HOUSE PARTY MIX, mixed by RITON and yours truly aka CARTE BLANCHE.

We 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 (RITON + DJ MEHDI) will be on tour around the world this spring, so that’s also a good idea of what to expect—

DOWNLOAD IT HERE or directly THERE and feel free to post, share, forward, tweet or retweet.

HOUSE MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG!

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

(CARTE BLANCHE EP ‘Black Billionaires’ out on ED BANGER on MAY 31st)

Apart from his obvious and widely documented legacy to Rap music and Hip-Hop, I want to address the man’s memory for many reasons.
I met GURU a few times, not only he was one of the nicest cats, he also always had something insightful to say about the music I played to him. He always heard something I didn’t pay attention to, even when I had composed the very music (Interestingly, Kery James and Mr Oizo are the other peeps I know blessed with the same gift).

This ‘Chump’ song off of Gangstarr second album is one of my favourite rap song of all time. Lyrics, amazing beat work by Premier, and overall great memory of going to the record store to buy ‘STEP IN THE ARENA’, you know, just to get a rep—

GURU RIP.

Mehdi.

WATCH IT IN HQ—

M.

—

Taking Care of Business.

Keeping It Moving.

Pleasure No Limit.

CARTE BLANCHE and CLUB 75 are my 2010 main courses, and boy, hungry I am.

Breaking it down once again:
-CARTE BLANCHE is the House-Music project I’ve been working on with my british pal RITON. Our EP will be out on Ed Banger on MAY 31st. It features Kid Sister on one track, it’s engineered by big bass master Alex Gopher, it’s dope. We’ll be touring worldwide in May, June and July. We jack to the sound of the underground.

-CLUB 75 is the so-called ‘DJ supergroup’ of JUSTICE + CASSIUS + BUSY P + me, DJ MEHDI. We’re deejaying all together, 10 hands on the decks, no order, just disorder. We’re only doing few shows a year, just for fun and the love of techno (seriously!). Our next stop is the COACHELLA FESTIVAL in Califormia, this Sunday in the Sahara Tent. Trust me, you don’t want to miss this.

Soon soon soon,

M.

My peoples,

Here’s the full DJ MEHDI + RITON = CARTE BLANCHE Europe and America tour info.

EXPECT A MIX OF THIS:

AND THIS:

09-Apr AMSTERDAM (NL) Melkweg

07-May LONDON (UK) Fabric

08-May BIRMINGHAM (UK) Rebel Viscount

11-May ROME (IT) L-Ektrica

12-May ZURICH (CH) Hive Club

13-May LISBON (PO) Lux

14-May MADRID (ES) Low Club

15-May BARCELONA (ES) Lolita

20-May PARIS (FR) Social Club

21-May BRUSSELS (BE) Knal

22-May ANTWERP (BE) Petrol

4-Jun MUNICH (DE) Erste Liga

5-Jun HAMBURG (DE) Baalsaal

18-Jun BARCELONA (ES) Sonar Festival

19-Jun LA CORUNA (ES) Sonar Festival

22-Jun TAMPA (FL) Czar

23-Jun MINNEAPOLIS (MN) 7th St. Entry

24-Jun BLOOMINGTON (IN) Video Saloon

25-Jun NEW YORK (NY) Webster Hall

26-Jun TORONTO (ON) Sound Academy

28-Jun CHICAGO (IL) Boom Boom Boom

29-Jun PHILADELPHIA TBA

30-Jun KANSAS CITY (MO) Czar Bar

1-Jul OKLAHOMA CITY (OK) Electro Lounge

2-Jul SAN FRANCISCO (CA) Mezzanine

3-Jul LOS ANGELES (CA) Vanguard

4-Jul LAS VEGAS (NV) TBA

15-Jul VIENNA (AU) Pratersauna

31-Jul LONDON Field Day Festival

Yes, RITON will play the air slap bass.