Laurent Garnier announces new album and plans to step back from touring

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Laurent Garnier has announced that he will release a new album in May. He also says that if you want to catch him DJing somewhere near where you live, the next eighteen months will be the time to do it, as he plans to step back from touring in 2025.The new record, titled ’33 Tours Et Puis S’en Vont’, will be Garnier’s first solo album for the best part of a decade – the last being 2015’s ‘La Home Box’.

Spanning house, techno and more, it will also feature guest vocals from the late Alan Vega of Suicide, who died in 2016.“I’m not a nostalgic person, and yet, I can’t help but draw comparisons between this new album and my very first album, ‘Shot In The Dark’”, says Garnier. “Except that this time around, I have a much better idea of the direction I’m heading in”.Turning to his decision to step back from touring, he goes on: “The global situation made me reassess what’s important and helped me face up to some truths: becoming a dusty, old jukebox has never been an option, and so as my ‘swinging’ 60s draw nearer, the time has come for me to consider my life as a touring DJ differently”.“That doesn’t mean abandoning the decks for good”, he continues.