It’s Day 3 already at WF09 in Sete and it’s well warmed up – will it be able to top the past 2 days of spectacular live and DJ sets here in Sete ? Biensur ! with the lineup at Theatre de la Mer a sublime one kicking off with the man Mocky who dropped one of our favorite albums of the year ‘Saskamodie’ and we’re wondering how he’s gonna do it live. Waow from the intro we knew ! what a chilled out but phenomenal set with Mocky on drums plus stand up bass, congas, keys, flutes and viola ah and let’s not forget the deliteful whistling on ‘Birds of a Feather’ (in jukebox) which GP asked for again in the encore and was delivered remixed and full audience participation.  Imagine Mocky’s many years of improvising with the likes of Gonzalez, Jamie Lidell, his electro roots mixed with Bob James, Michael Franks and last years WF gem Pascal Comelade and you have a sense of how it all came off. (small taste in Lefto’s video below)

Jimi Tenor meets Fela Kuti at Theatre de la Mer. Photo by Alex Stevenson

Next up rolling through strong and deep is the Sun Ra of modern dance music Jimi Tenor with his Kabu Kabu band jumping straight in with a Fela Kuti / Tony Allen back beat and the dance area fills up immediately all the way through a scorching afro journey until Jimi comes back round and encores out with his classics ‘ Can’t Stay With you Baby’ and cosmic ‘Beyond the Stars’. Totally nailed it and once again showing the magnificence of the magical ancient venue overlooking the ocean.

Laurent Garnier live band set at the Lighthouse/ Photo by Alex Stevenson

Wanting more, we head down to the lighthouse which served us seriously well last night for a highly anticipated live set by Laurent Garnier and DJ set by Alex Barck of Jazzanova. To a capacity crowd on this full moon Saturday night, Alex takes to the decks for a deep, soulful and seductive set continuing the evening’s foreplay and onwards towards hopeful climax by French techno house master whom the crowd have not really seen perform his live set. Tense build up back stage with some tech issues but Gilles keeps the flow on the mic preparing his WF crowd for it all and Laurent dives in as if deep in his favorite video game and car chases through his history from F.Comm jazzier days to his present full on sound that the crowd adore !

It’s been a fantastic night and in saving a little energy for the last days friends and family beach party marathon we head on up the hill to savor it all – 3 for 3 so far !

Day 3 Video by Lefto