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Laurent Garnier (born February 1, 1966) is a French house music producer and DJ. Laurent Garnier began DJing in Manchester during the late 1980s. By the following decade, he had a broad stylistic range, able to span classic deep house and Detroit techno, the harder side of acid/trance and jazzy tracks as well. He added production work to his schedule in the early 1990s and recorded several LPs.

During the late 1970s Laurent Garnier discovered clubbing with his brother in Paris, where his family lived. He loved disco but also listened to all other contemporary musical genres: reggae, funk, punk… At the age of 16 Laurent was already interested in clubs and DJs and had started recording and mixing music on basic tape recorders.

In 1984, Laurent started working as a waiter for the French Embassy in London. He stayed there for a year and a half before moving to Manchester in 1986. England was a revelation for him, as he discovered the booming UK house scene and started DJing.

In 1987 he discovered the Haçienda club in Manchester and met Mike Pickering the resident DJ. Chicago House and Detroit Techno became very popular, and Garnier started mixing at the Haçienda club under the name of DJ Pedro. Garnier becomes one of the first Europeans to begin mixing American house music in Britain, Garnier was one of the prime cogs in the late-1980s Manchester scene. His DJing at Manchester’s Haçienda club provided an inspiration for The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays to begin adding house rhythms to rock music.

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1	The Man With the Red Face	451
2	Gnanmankoudji (Horny Monster mix)	206
3	Crispy Bacon full track	179
4	Dealing with the man	160
5	No Musik, No Life	158
6	Pay TV	140
7	Last Dance @ Yellow	135
8	From Deep Within	108
9	The Sound of the Big Babou	93
10	Desirless	92
11	City Sphere	86
11	Bourre Pif (avant Bath Time!)	86
13	Forgotten Thoughts	75
14	Dangerous Drive	70
15	Downfall full track	67

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Foncati wrote:
last month

yes. new album is very nice and Bourre Pif (Avant Bath Time) is a fucker track |m|

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DJSadisto wrote:
last month

New Album is very Nice!!

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Addicted2Melody wrote:
May 2009

Not everything on the new album instantly grabbed me, I must admit, but he doesn't half show some skill, flair and versatility on that record. In terms of the way he mixes styles together, yet keeps the record sounding holistic and balanced, it is indeed formidable. Top marks for creativity and finesse, definitely.

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Darxta wrote:
May 2009

superb new album - he puts many styles together and the result... blow my mind away ;) formidable!!!

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Corpan wrote:
May 2009

Awesome Awesome Awesome

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Corpan wrote:
May 2009

new album is great

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Lyngby666 wrote:
May 2009

I will bring Acid Eiffel into a grave with me... Laurent, don't ever stop playing.

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Anira_Sugar wrote:
May 2009

Qué temazos se gasta este tío! AMAZING

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tf700 wrote:
May 2009

i've heard many an amazing set by this man

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Sveta_dekaDANCE wrote:
May 2009

I love you!!!!!!!! 8) This is great stuff for me, my favourite track is Pay TV! We want to see you in Russia!!!!!

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nakke wrote:
May 2009

only listened to the new album once so far, but I like it quite a lot. Dunno how it'll change with time, since usually I don't like new albums right away

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Cypher303 wrote:
May 2009

New album is quite great but definitely "Unreasonable Beahaviour" is much better.

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TechForze wrote:
May 2009

So, is "Tales Of A Kleptomaniac" a good follow up from "Unreasonable Behaviour"?

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DoktorVegas wrote:
May 2009

@famkeZ. As mentioned below... it is all a matter of taste. But especially for you: If Laurent is a god than sven is his servant... at the most. ;-)) Good Idea to listen to his new album. i bought it yesterday! :-)

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gioRgioM wrote:
May 2009

LAURENT 100% LIVE @DISSONANZE 2009 in ROME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJnAl3vA7VU

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famkeZ wrote:
May 2009

@DoktorVegas. No man is God. Not even God is God. And.. if there should be gods around then Väth is at least as good as Garnier. I like them both. A lot. Fortunately, this is not mutually exclusive.. Now listening to the new Garnier album. : ) (Tales of a Kleptomanic).

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Omenkind wrote:
May 2009

It´s like a flashback...

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DJSadisto wrote:
May 2009

Странный стиль какой то у этого парня))

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Haarry wrote:
May 2009

THE SOUND OF THE MOTHERFUCKIN BIG BABOU

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joiletblog wrote:
May 2009

Polish support his incoming album: http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/05/Garnier-przygotowuje-opowiesc.html - Polish; http://joilet.blox.pl/2009/05/Garnier-knock-ups-an-albums-history.html - English; cheers

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