After all the hooting and hollering, I think a couple of things need to be said:
1. Laurent is one of the O.G. Technotourists, who started coming to Detroit to hang out and play years and years ago. He is every bit the fan as you or I. He LOVES Detroit -- the music and the city and the people. 2. While he's not the only producer in France, or the first, he is one of France's true pioneers in Dance music, and is a hero to French kids. France is in its own way as insular and conservative as the US, and Laurent introduced and championed US house and techno to an audience that isn't always receptive to new music from elsewhere. His infectious enthusiasm for the music, and his skills in reading and motivating a crowd, allows him to lead and educate an audience. If you don't like him, or were underwhelmed when you saw him, that's fine. It's horses for courses. I only like some of what he's done as a producer. But I will always have huge respect for what he's accomplished
