From the burst of analog synth goodness that kickstarts “Throw”—LCD Soundsystem’s cover of Detroit legend Carl Craig’s techno classic—you know what follows is gonna be nothin’ but a party.

Lefto is unbeatable in timely blogs and naturally his Day 1 & 2 reports were up before he went to sleep at 6am – major props to him cause this normally includes editing a vid clip and in last night’s case helping out with covering up the sound system up during a short downpour – but i’ll get back to that. First off last night was the start of the live events and Soil & “PIMP”Sessions once again absolutely destroyed it, added to Elan Mehler’s sublime jazz ‘n vocal gem of a set & Sebastien Schuller lived up to my prediction ….

The curating team of the Gilles Peterson Worldwide Festival just keep on pulling out the gems – latest editions to the already fantastic 4 days of festivities in Sete include an exclusive performance by Jimi Tenor and his band plus heavyweight don Carl Craig. In the next couple of days the full line-up will be out in the open for the last few of you who need even more convincing to finally purchase those passes. The stellar WF lineup includes Diplo, Laurent Garnier, Mocky, Soil & “Pimp” Sessions, Todd Terje, Gilles Peterson plus plus plus.