Thomas Bangalter plays surprise set at DJ Mehdi’s “Lucky Boy” 20th anniversary party

Former Daft Punk member Thomas Bangalter made an unannounced appearance behind the decks on 30 October 2026 at a Paris party marking 20 years of DJ Mehdi’s album “Lucky Boy”, according to We Rave You. The celebration was hosted by Ed Banger at Wanderlust.

The night, dedicated to Mehdi and his music, featured a lineup of A-Trak, Busy P, DJ Falcon and a Breakbot b2b Irfane set. Footage from the club shows Bangalter playing to the Paris crowd.

The date was fitting: “Lucky Boy” came out on Ed Banger Records on 30 October 2006, exactly two decades before the party, and became a cornerstone of the label’s early catalogue. Bangalter has his own tie to the record through his edit of “Signatune”, one of its best-known tracks.

DJ Mehdi, a key figure in French hip hop and electronic music and a close part of the Ed Banger circle, died in 2011. The anniversary brought together many of the artists and friends who had worked with him.

Thomas Bangalter is a French producer, DJ and composer, born in Paris in 1975. His newest studio album, according to MusicBrainz, is “Mirage - Ballet for 16 Dancers”, released in June 2026.