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DJ Mehdi

Background information
Birth name Mehdi Favéris-Essadi
Born 1977
Origin Paris, France
Genre(s) hip hop, electro
Label(s) Ed Banger Records

DJ Mehdi (born Mehdi Favéris-Essadi in 1977) is a French hip hop and electro producer. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Ed Banger Records is a French Electronic music Record label run by Pedro Winter. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Electro ( electro-boogie, electro-funk) is a Genre of Electronic music directly influenced by the use of TR-808 and Funk

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Biography

Mehdi was born in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine (92) (literally "Seine Heights") and of a Tunisian background. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa. He was a former disc jockey of the groups Different Teep (ex-group of Manu Key & Lil Jahson), Ideal J and former member of the collective the Mafia K'1 Fry. A disc jockey (also known as DJ or deejay) is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience He was also a long time the quasi-appointed producer of the group 113 and carried out the nearly all the production of the albums for Different Teep and Karlito. Amid his work Mehdi has remixed various electronic acts and composition soundtracks for many French and international films.

Being recognised for his efforts and budding into one of the French underground hip hop music scene’s premier producers, since then he has pushed the boundary’s by mixing hip hop and electronic music. Collaboration with such notable artists of the likes of Daft Punk, Cassius, MC Solaar, Futura 2000, and Asian Dub Foundation among others. Daft Punk Cassius is a French House music duo consisting of producers Philippe Cerboneschi and Hubert Blanc-Francard better known as Philippe Zdar and Boom MC Solaar is the Stage name of Claude M'Barali (born March 5, 1969) a Francophone hip hop and rap artist Futura 2000 (born 1955) is an internationally acclaimed Graffiti artist Asian Dub Foundation are a British electronica band that plays a mix of Breakbeat, dub, Dancehall and Ragga, also “Coming from a rap music background, it’s always nice to collaborate within other music genres…Paris is very inspiring because a lot of people are making great stuff, music and in other arts related fields also. My music and philosophies revolve around beats and blues, that’s how I would try to describe it. ”

Signing to cross-genre label Ed Banger Records, Mehdi and Pedro Winter (aka Busy P) were working on various disco-hop sounds the two as far back as 1997. Ed Banger Records is a French Electronic music Record label run by Pedro Winter. Pedro Winter is a French Electro house DJ producer manager and owner of the Ed Banger Records label Together they hosted a very successful monthly night at former Paris nightspot Pulp. “I like to be the DJ, I love it so much. I love to try new things. You would never get into this business to be bored, or you would hope not. ”

Mehdi released his first full-length LP in 2002 (The Story of Espion), and his second successive album, Lucky Boy, in August 2006. With the popularity of cross genre hip hop into such areas as indie and electronic music, popularization by Timbaland and other labels from the United States in more recent years had assisted to bridge the gap between dance genres. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Timothy Z Mosley (born March 10, 1971) better known by his Stage name Timbaland, is an American Record producer, The United States of America —commonly referred to as the

“The internet has changed music. ” With the rise in popularity of online media, particularly sites such as MySpace, he knows it has given him a medium of expressing and putting out his music, but Mehdi has never been one to jump on the bandwagon. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and

The American audience may be familiar with Mehdi's I am Somebody used in a 2007 commercial for XM radio.

Mehdi is married to Fafi, and is commonly referred to as the 'French Pharrell'

Selected discography

Albums

Ideal J
113
Karlito
Solo work

Singles

Remixes

References

External links

Anna-Catherine Hartley, better known by her stage name Uffie, is an American -born Paris -based Rapper currently signed by the critically MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and
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