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A lot has changed in the world of electronic music in the time since we last heard from Laurent Garnier. Micro-genres and trends have come and gone, the popularity of the club as a concept waxed and waned, what is and isn’t techno furiously debated, but still the legendary Frenchman has (mostly) kept himself under the radar. Aside from a scattering of singles and a very robust box set of early tracks, 2015 feels like the last time we truly heard from Garnier, as it's when he last issued a solo LP. Suffice to say that the 8 year gap has grown, in a word, cumbersome. Clearly sensing our collective thirst for new material, Garnier has opened up the proverbial floodgates and blessed the world with something grand: a 19 track opus that touches on nearly every strand of electronic music he’s ever wrapped his brain around entitled 33 Tours Et Puis S'en Vont.

Despite the mammoth track and genre agnosticism, Garnier guides the contours and curves of 33 Tours Et Puis S'en Vont with grace. There’s a emotional through line between the serene acidic electro of ‘Liebe Grüße Aus Cucuron’, the skyward trance of ‘Sake stars fever’, and the detuned rave of ‘Au clair de ta lune’. With detours into grime inflected hardcore, broken beat, and drum and bass rubbing elbows with thrilling guests like the late Suicide vocalist Alan Vega, 33 Tours Et Puis S'en Vont is an ambitious tour de force.