London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ matter) - Laurent Garnier - In Concert: Full live performance, 7pm-11pm
Laurent Garnier Club Night: feat. Francois K & Norman Jay, 11pm-6am
It can be said, with little hesitation or argument, that Laurent Garnier's effect on UK dance music culture is unequalled. First introducing the Hacienda to Detroit techno and Chicago house, Garnier then changed the face of clubbing again with his all-night-long sessions at The End, in-between establishing himself alongside Frankie Knuckles in NYC, reinvigorating Paris clubland with his Wake Up parties at Rex Club and playing some of Ibiza's most iconic sets on the Space terrace. Similar to his dense musical chronology, equipped with unpredictable movements around the globe, as a DJ, Garnier is equally as lively and difficult to pin down - always ready to shake things up and leave you breathless with a swift change of direction, just when you think you have him pegged.
And so to 2009, and Laurent Garnier once more makes a move into a new and unexpected area - Friday May 22nd is the date that all will be unveiled at matter. The Friday evening will be split into two parts: the first sees Garnier reveal his new live band project with an early performance to launch his latest artist album, 'Tales of a Kleptomaniac.' The second part follows immediately at 11pm with the start of a vivacious club night, featuring a DJ set from our hero and several more very special guests.
The Laurent Garnier live show takes the form of a six-piece band, including a horn section, which demonstrates just how rooted in live instrumentation 'Tales of A Kleptomaniac' is. As you'd expect from Garnier, it's a dazzling mixtures of genres and styles, each tackled as adeptly as the other. The album is a divine collage of acid house, Detroit techno, tribal, dubstep, DnB, acid jazz and dub reggae - all illuminated with the rare flair of a true visionary. Largely eschewing the typical machinations of a DJ/producer locking himself away in a studio, Laurent Garnier will incorporate a remarkable array of live instrumentation and vocalists that will fall, quite simply, nothing short of magic.
For the second half of the night, we've lined up a group of pioneers that will undoubtedly create a wondrous evening of imagination and innovation. Joining Laurent and matter resident Yousef in Room 1 will be a fellow French producer and DJ whose left an indelible mark on modern music: Francois K. And Room 2's not lacking for veteran elder statesmen of dance music either, playing host to the king of the carnival, Norman Jay MBE, who will be joined Chris Coco and The Unabombers.
Tickets for the LIVE event, 7pm-11pm: ?15 advance/?20 on the door/?15 students
Laurent Garnier - full live band + DJ support
Tickets for the CLUB event, 11pm-6am: ?15 advance/?20 on the door/?15 students
ROOM 1: Laurent Garnier (DJ set), Francois K, Yousef
ROOM 2: Norman Jay, Chris Coco
Tickets for BOTH the LIVE & CLUB events: ?23
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