Born in 1966, February 1st, Frenchman Laurent Garnier began DJing in Manchester during the late '80s and became by the following decade one of the best all-around DJs in the world, able to span classic deep house and Detroit techno, the harder side of acid/trance and surprisingly jazzy tracks as well. He added production work to his schedule in the early '90s, and recorded several brilliant LPs with a similar penchant for diversity.
One of the first Europeans to begin mixing American house music in Britain, Garnier was one of the prime cogs in the late-'80s club scene. His DJing at Manchester's legendary Haçienda club provided a major inspiration for the Stone Roses, and The Happy Mondays to begin adding house rhythms to rock music. Garnier shifted his attention back to France in the early '90s, running the Wake Up parties at the Rex club in Paris for three years and gradually moving into recording as well. He formed the F Communications label with Eric Morand.