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Dem, der gik glip af ham på Roskilde, får nu helt ekstraordinært chancen igen: Laurent Garnier er tilbage - på Boxen!

Marts bliver en forrygende måned for københavnske klubhoveder, der forkæles med en perlerække af de helt store navne - og blandt dem er dj-superstjernen Laurent Garnier. Sidst han kunne opleves her i landet var søndag aften på Roskilde Festivalen, men dem, der gik glip af dén oplevelse, for nu helt ekstraordinært chancen igen: Det er lykkedes Culture Box at hive stornavnet, som har været med på technoscenen helt fra starten tilbage i slutfirserne, til landet igen torsdag den 13. marts. Der bliver trængsel på klubben, så kom tidligt.

April 2003, Laurent Garnier was playing the Music Box, a mythical Manchester nightclub, packed with a capacity crowd of 600 people. He served up a rare, eclectic, and passionate DJ set that night, lining up classic rave anthems from the nineties and cutting edge electronica, vintage hiphop and techno gems from Detroit, disco hymns and reggae classics. Suddenly, Garnier cut the music off. A lone voice rang out criticising the war in Iraq. The second Gulf War was already under way; Blair's government had dragged England into a war that the people didn't want. A clamour began and burst into a scream when military drum rolls boomed out. It was War by Edwin Starr. At this moment, Manchester went crazy. I saw t-shirts flying through the air, gangsters dancing like lunatics, girls twisting their bodies outrageously and guys literally hanging out of the ceiling. This was not a club anymore, this was not even a DJ set, this was now a pagan temple in which everything was allowed; eccentric behaviour, loss of control, blissful smiles and improbable gestures. I remember looking at Laurent plunged in his record boxes looking for a last record, hesitating nervously between Farley Jack Master Funk - Love Can't Turn You Around and Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body. He chose his last record. It sounded like a riot was going to start when the record ended with a spluttering hiss.

That night in Manchester is my clearest memory of Laurent Garnier's art: generous, urgent and capable of miracles

gentlemanfinn skrev:Alt for lækker fest, musikken var i top, stemingen var i top. manglede faktisk bare en morgenfest så havde det været perfekt :D

FrZ skrev:

gentlemanfinn skrev:Alt for lækker fest, musikken var i top, stemingen var i top. manglede faktisk bare en morgenfest så havde det været perfekt

Jeg sad så og læste til eksamen den hele nat :s - næsten lige så fedt :X