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I just recently attended one of Créateurs du Futur’s banging-fun events @ Paris’s hip contemporary art exhibition hall, Palais de Tokyo. What/who/comment, you may ask? Créateurs du Futur is an organization brought to you by Intel and Vice, dedicated to creation, art, and technology. It follows eight different artists as they experiment with film, music, and design while pushing the barriers of technology. The team includes French electro-sensation DJ Mehdi, as well as Laurent Garnier and Yuksek, among others. I was lucky enough to experience a Créateurs du Futur party whilst dancing away to the DJ mixes of Metronomy and Yuksek, who never fail to please an electro-loving crowd. Other perks included open bar, a little taste of home: free Hot Dogs à la New Yorkais, a whole lot of hipster watching, a Justice sighting, and exploring the …
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After jumping on the ED Banger house-of-hits back in ‘06, DJ Mehdi is prepping to drop an album of his own remixes. His last record proved him to be a standout amongst his labelmates, and this mix promises to be a dousy with Joakim, Etienne De Crecy, Sebastien Tellier, Cassius,Busy P, New Young Pony Club, …
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Up until 1992, wolves were extinct in France for over half a century, having been hunted and poisoned until they were vanquished from the country. That year, a pair of canis lupis was spotted in the Southern Alps, believed to have traveled up from Italy. Around that same time, a writer for the British music weekly Melody Maker described a young French indie band’s music as “a bunch of daft punk,” which as we all know would become a significant point on the eventual time line of French dance music. The wolves had returned.
Fifteen years later, the core of the French dance music scene travel together like a pack of wolves. Today they are in downtown Los Angeles, DJing on a small outdoor stage at LA Weekly’s annual Detour festival. The swarthy and handsome DJ Mehdi bounces behind the decks. …
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