GARNIER, LAURENT / DUNE - THE ALLIANCE EP

Laurent Garnier (born February 1, 1966) is a French house music producer and DJ. Laurent Garnier began DJing in Manchester during the late 1980s. By the following decade, he had a broad stylistic range, able to span classic deep house and Detroit techno, the harder side of acid/trance and jazzy tracks as well. He added production work to his schedule in the early 1990s and recorded several LPs. During the late 1970s Laurent Garnier discovered clubbing with his brother in Paris, where his family lived. He loved disco but also listened to all other contemporary musical genres: reggae, funk, punk... At the age of 16 Laurent was already interested in clubs and DJs and had started recording and mixing music on basic tape recorders. In 1984, Laurent started working as a waiter for the French Embassy in London. He stayed there for a year and a half before moving to Manchester in 1986. England was a revelation for him, as he discovered the booming UK house scene and started DJ-ing. In 1987 he discovered the Haçienda club in Manchester and met Mike Pickering the resident DJ. Chicago House and Detroit Techno became very popular, and Garnier started mixing at the Haçienda club under the name of DJ Pedro. Garnier becomes one of the first Europeans to begin mixing American house music in Britain, Garnier was one of the prime cogs in the late-1980s Manchester scene. His DJing at Manchester's Haçienda club provided an inspiration for The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays to begin adding house rhythms to rock music. In 1988 he went back to France to fulfill his military obligations. He also spent some time in New York where he meets Frankie Knuckles. Garnier shifted his attention back to France in the early 1990s, running the Wake Up club in Paris for three years, also mixing in clubs like le Palace or le Boy, DJing in rave parties 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 often also DJed at "Open all hours" at London's Ministry of Sound on Friday nights, in the early and mid 1990s. One such set had a music press journalist enthusing 'Laurent Garnier is the best DJ in the world!'. His first LP, Shot in the Dark, came in 1995. His second, 30, appeared in 1997 and included one of Garnier's best selling singles, "Crispy Bacon". 30 was followed by the retrospective Early Works. After trotting the globe with multiple DJ appearances during the late 1990s, Garnier returned to the production realm with Unreasonable Behaviour, released in early 2000, which features one of Garnier's best known songs, "The Man with the Red Face". Garnier released an EP in 2002 and his latest full length album, The Cloud Making Machine, in 2005. His most recent album is Retrospective, a best-of which collects both his original work and remixes, including some vinyl-only or previously-unreleased tracks. Garnier has also collaborated with System 7. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

There are multiple artists by the name "Dune": 1) German rave band Dune 2) Finnish demoscene musician, now known as Brothomstates 3) Alias for drum & bass DJ and artist Ray Keith 4) An Indiana, U.S.-based musician recording a single album 5) An Australian power/progressive metal band 6) Danish indie rock band Dúné 7) French band active in the 70s 8) Laurent Garnier, Pascal F.E.O.S. 9) Stoner rock band from Ohio, USA 10) Scottish progressive sludge/stoner metal group from Edinburgh 1) The German rave band Dune was founded in 1995 by Oliver Froning and Jens Oettrich, who were both avid fans of Frank Herbert's novels, which inspired the band's name. Their first single, "Hardcore Vibes," featured the voice of Oliver's 11-year-old cousin, Janine. Their second single, "Are You Ready to Fly?," marked a departure in style and introduced the signature Dune sound, characterized by high-pitched vocals and catchy melodies. In late 1996, the band released the album "Forever," featuring numerous tracks in a classical style, performed in collaboration with the London Session Orchestra (see Dune & the London Session Orchestra). Lead singer Verena von Strenge left the band after the release of "Forever" to pursue a solo career. Dune returned in April 1998 with a new lead singer, Vanessa Hörster. The single "Keep the Secret" achieved moderate success, but its follow-up, "Electric Heaven," was a commercial failure. In late 1999, Verena von Strenge rejoined as lead singer after her solo career did not meet her expectations. The single "Dark Side of the Moon" was released, and the album "Reunion" was completed and set for release in May 2000. However, the album was never released due to a court order that halted the single "Heaven." The latest single released was "Rainbow to the Stars 2003," a rework of their 1996 classic. It was released on June 23, 2003. 2) A Finnish demoscene tracker musician who adopted the unique name Brothomstates in the latter half of the 1990s and was later signed to Warp Records. 3) Dune was also an alias used by drum & bass DJ/artist Ray Keith in the early 1990s. 4) An Indiana-based musician who recorded an album titled "Road of Life" in 2000. 5) An Australian power/progressive metal band that is now disbanded. The band only recorded a demo titled The Eleventh Hour. 8) A duo consisting of Laurent Garnier and Pascal F.E.O.S. (Pascal Dardoufas). They released one EP, "The Alliance EP," in a trance and ambient electronic style. 9) Four friends from Athens, Ohio, formed DUNE in 2011. Influenced by bands such as Sabbath, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, Sword, and Truckfighters, DUNE's brand of stoner metal incorporates elements of soul and thrash. You can find them on Bandcamp. 10) A progressive sludge/stoner metal band, Dune formed in recent years in Edinburgh, Scotland. They recently released their first EP, entitled 'Progenitor.' You can find them on Bandcamp here: [http://songs-of-arrakis.bandcamp.com](http://songs-of-arrakis.bandcamp.com). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.