Let’s kick off this year with some awesome music. 
The Armed Gang – Love Shot (Club Version)

Inner Life ft Jocelyn Brown- I’m Caught Up (In a One Night Love Affair)

Berlin was cold and foggy, but it was good to hang out with friends, listen to some music, and eat out all the time.

In Flagranti – I Can Thrill & Delight (A Rio Lobotomy)

Chromatics – Tick of the Clock

Until next year…

Karin Jones – Under The Influence Of Love (Tee Scott Mix)

DJ Mehdi is dead.
Life goes on, but DJ Mehdi is dead. I’d never ever thought I’d be writing those words on this blog, like this year, this month, today.
I heard the news just as I was coming back from the beach on Tuesday; I picked up my phone and found one sms, and one email from two friends, both delivering the same sad news to me.
It’s weird when someone ‘famous’ dies, especially someone whose music, you enjoyed. (I think I stopped being a ‘fan’ of anyone in 1999) It’s like you were close to this person, and thus feel sad when they pass away, without having ever met them, or barely. (In Mehdi’s case, a Hello exchanged at Plastic People in 2005; a joke or two shared at the Scala in London, circa 2007; a missed encounter a few months ago outside Pigalle station)

DJ Mehdi was banging, both on record and live. He was also totally buff, and if I were to borrow some of Mademoiselle Robot’s expressions here, I’d say a total babe, a real dreamboat (I hope my husband won’t mind me writing those words, these are really exceptional circumstances), all the way at the top of my list, before Louis Garrel or Gael Garcia Bernal.

Anyway, I won’t post here the Brodinski remix of « Pocket Piano », or « Signatune », because I am sure that you have already heard them all.
Instead I’ll leave with you with Mehdi’s last mixtape, “Tunisian Summer”.
Now, in remembrance of the man, enjoy, and dance!

DJ Mehdi – Tunisian Summer

Tracklist:

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

Moderne – Vers l’Est

Got a promotion at work.

Oh yeah, and got married a month ago. It was banging and I got a little emotional walking inside the town hall (15 mins late, obviously) and seeing all the friends and family there.

Les Rythmes Digitales – Take A Little Time

See you again soon, world?

Been buying lots of records lately, mostly from the web (thanks discogs, for emptying my wallet), and also brought lots back from San Francisco. Working from home, listening to banging disco, that’s what life is all about!

Bumblebee Unlimited – Space Shuttle Ride