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Laurent Garnier launches L.B.S tour

19 October, 2010 | 9.39AM

Written by: Beatportal
Filed under: Videos: benjamin rippert, l.b.s, laurent garnier, scan x

Laurent Garnier is hitting the road for a series of European club dates that begins this Thursday at Aix en Provence and travels through France, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. He’s got something special planned for it, too.

L.B.S is short for Laurent/Benjamin/Stephane (or, alternately, Live Booth Sessions): the French techno icon will be accompanied by Benjamin Rippert and Stephane Dri (Scan X), and between them they’ll be playing turntables, Rhodes keyboard, synthesizers and a gaggle of machines. Knocking out four-hour sets, the trio formation that aims to blur the line between DJ set and live performance.

Says Garnier of his inspiration for the project, “After eighteen months on tour with my musicians, I began to realize that I could get as much pleasure from playing live in a festival as I could from DJing in clubs. Whilst on tour, we developed a very open style of playing: interacting, improvising, and expressing ourselves freely, something that I thought I could only achieve through my DJ sets. It was obvious that after a long period spent touring round some of the biggest festivals, I was going to feel an overwhelming desire to go back to my roots (clubs and records), but the idea of finding myself alone behind two decks was impossible. So why not combine the two? Why not play other people’s records alongside my own tracks, played live? Why not put the two together to make one? After more than twenty years spent DJing, I really wanted to take it a step further. Sometimes, when I see other DJs playing out today I get the feeling that they’re bored, that they don’t get off on what they’re doing anymore. It is very clear to me why the idea behind L.B.S came to life because not only will it give my work a new lease of life, it will also offer a new and very different experience to club goers.”

We’ve got full tour dates after the jump.

L.B.S Dates 2010

Thursday 21.10 = / Aix en Provence / Spartacus / FRANCE

Friday 22.10 = / Montpellier / Villa Rouge / FRANCE

Saturday 23.10 = / Bordeaux / 4 Sans / FRANCE

Wednesday 10.11 = / Paris / Social Club / FRANCE

Friday 12.11 = / Brighton / Concorde 2 / UK

Saturday 13.11 = / Manchester / Sankeys / UK

Thursday 18.11 = / Offenbach / Robert Johnson / GERMANY

Friday 19.11 = / Berlin / Panoramabar / GERMANY

Saturday 20.11 = / Leipzig / Distillery / GERMANY

Friday 03.12 = / London / Village Underground / UK

Saturday 04.12 = Pays Bas / Amsterdam / Time Warp / NETHERLANDS

Saturday 18.12 = / Brussels / Fuse / BELGIUM

*More dates to come in 2011

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Laurent Garnier is hitting the road for a series of European club dates that begins this Thursday at Aix en Provence and travels through France, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. He's got something special planned for it, too. 

L.B.S is short for Laurent/Benjamin/Stephane (or, alternately, Live Booth Sessions): the French techno icon will be accompanied by Benjamin Rippert and Stephane Dri (Scan X), and between them they'll be playing turntables, Rhodes keyboard, synthesizers and a gaggle of machines. Knocking out four-hour sets, the trio formation that aims to blur the line between DJ set and live performance. 

Says Garnier of his inspiration for the project, "After eighteen months on tour with my musicians, I began to realize that I could get as much pleasure from playing live in a festival as I could from DJing in clubs. Whilst on tour, we developed a very open style of playing: interacting, improvising, and expressing ourselves freely, something that I thought I could only achieve through my DJ sets. It was obvious that after a long period spent touring round some of the biggest festivals, I was going to feel an overwhelming desire to go back to my roots (clubs and records), but the idea of finding myself alone behind two decks was impossible. So why not combine the two? Why not play other people's records alongside my own tracks, played live? Why not put the two together to make one? After more than twenty years spent DJing, I really wanted to take it a step further. Sometimes, when I see other DJs playing out today I get the feeling that they're bored, that they don't get off on what they're doing anymore. It is very clear to me why the idea behind L.B.S came to life because not only will it give my work a new lease of life, it will also offer a new and very different experience to club goers."

We've got full tour dates after the jump.
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