The man with the red face

All right, you win, I’m back. But don’t take this as a sign I’ll do everything you want me to, OK? Good. Now this is out of the way, let’s get on with the business at hand, namely music. There’s been plenty of while I was away, and there’s still a lot to come this summer, what with records leaking sooner and sooner… The track that made me want to get back into the groove is by the legendary Laurent Garnier. He’s a got a double-CD called Retrospective poised for release in September, some sort of of live-and-rare/best-of compilation. Not all tracks are must-haves, but there’s one that drove me and my friends crazy over the week-end, dancing round the pool, getting all red in the face (and everywhere else) from the sun. It’s a live take from 2002 featuring Bugge Wesseltoft and his band, and I daresay it’s better than the original. Sax is the new sex!

• Laurent Garnier & Bugge Wesseltoft & Band “The Man With The Red Face (Live)” Retrospective, 2006

Since I’m a sucker for bonuses, here are a few more rare-ish live tracks by the former DJ Pedro:

• Laurent Garnier “Acid Eiffel (Live)” Unreasonably Live At The Rex Club June 2000, 2001
• Laurent Garnier “Tribute To The 20th Century (Live)” Unreasonably Live At The Rex Club June 2000, 2001
• Laurent Garnier “Dance 2 The Music (Live At The Rex Club, 1998)” Live & Rare, 1998
• Laurent Garnier “Kall It! (Live At Sonar Club, 1998)” Live & Rare, 1998

[Buy Laurent Garnier]