Laurent Garnier to Tour Australia in March
Hardware is proud to announce that Laurent Garnier is to play Australia 2nd weekend in March. Be prepared for one of the kings of Electronica and a sure fire Hardware favorite.
One of the first Europeans to begin mixing American house music in Britain, Garnier was a driving force in the late-'80s Madchester scene. His DJing at Manchester's legendary Haçienda club provided a major inspiration for the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays to begin adding house rhythms to rock music.
Garnier shifted his attention back to France in the early '90s, running the Wake Up club in Paris for three years and gradually moving into recording as well. For the FNAC label, Garnier released "French Connection" and the Bout de Souffle EP. After the label went under, though, he formed the F Communications label with Eric Morand (a friend who had also worked for FNAC). He had amassed quite a discography by the mid-'90s, but his first LP Shot in the Dark wasn't launched until 1995. His second, 30, appeared in 1997, followed by the retrospective Early Works. After trotting the globe with multiple DJ appearances during the late '90s, Garnier returned to the production realm with 2000's Unreasonable Behaviour and 2005's Cloud Making Machine.
While not what most would associate with techno,'Cloud Making Machine's' ten songs written over a four year period are reflections of the intimate, deep vision of Laurent Garnier. An album with the same palette of muted, dark colours that have always been present in his work.
Tour Dates:
Fri 9th March – Melbourne – Hardware 21
Sat 10th March – Sydney – The Cross
Sun 11th March – Sydney – Playground Festival