Bob Sinclar ‘Live at the Playboy Mansion’ Silk smoking jacket and monogrammed slippers at the ready! The Playboy Playmates have arrived, the place is swarming with sexy Bunnies, and it’s time to party along to a package of probably – no, absolutely - the sexiest dance music since disco was invented. Bob Sinclar is playing live at the Playboy Mansion… and that Grotto won’t know what’s hit it! Aaaah, Bob Sinclar *strokes white cat on lap*… The man’s CV is impeccable with now legendary residencies at Paris’ Les Bains Douches and Le Palace kicking off a truly glittering career in which he has taken dance music to the very pinnacle of sophistication. Why else would he be chosen to set the world’s most famous pleasuredrome on fire? And Bob Sinclar, with his international ladies’ man reputation, fits in perfectly at that Playboy Mansion. His real name may be Christophe Le Friant, but – when he’s not deep undercover as Bob Sinclar – he’s known as Chris the French Kiss, a veritable Hugh Hefner of the decks with his devilish good looks, his way of winning over whole roomfuls of pretty people and his status as an after-dark superstar and spinner of glamorous dreams. Even their humble beginnings have something in common, with Hef coming from a family of upstanding conservative parents and going on to conquer the world of publishing and glamour and Bob – or Christophe – a regular Parisian, with a regular career as a tennis instructor in front of him, seduced into a world of music (and women), which he first discovered after sneaking out of his bedroom window to worm his way into a club called Le Bataclan, and going on to conquer a world of music and – hold on – glamour! “I was good at tennis but my head was in the clouds,” says Christophe now. “I was dreaming about being someone strong. Then I went to see Afrika Bambaata and saw Cash Money scratching and knew: wow - it was amazing!” His first decks were bought when he was 17 and by 20 he was doing professional gigs at clubs in Paris that needed a sharp kick up le derriere from someone of Bob Sinclar’s vision. “Now the club is called Le Queen,” says Bob (yeah, honey, we’ve heard of it). “It’s on the Champs Elyses. It was a Tuesday -- not a typical night for clubbing -- so I could do what I wanted. It was the start of something.” Something pretty big. By New Year’s Eve 2006 – with millions of records sold - he would have 25,000 people in the palm of his hand at the Summer Dayze festival in Australia: “Just me, alone on this big stage!” Only the sexiest beats need apply as this is a VIP-only kind of event. Grace Jones accompanied by her slinky ‘Libertango’? Yes, you’re on the list, honey. Have a good night. European royalty in the form of Space’s ‘Magic Fly’ and a couple of tracks by Voyage? Yes, you’re down, plus one. Underplayed 70’s classics like First Choice’s ‘Newsy Neighbours,’ Gino Soccio’s ‘Dancer’ and Michael Zagger Band’s ‘Let’s All Chant?’ Open the velvet rope and let them through. And everyone stand back, PLEASE, for Machine’s immaculate, legendary social-conscience disco ‘There But For the Grace of God Go I’ and Class Action’s ‘Week End’. Defected Records present French superstar DJ Bob Sinclar ‘Live at the Playboy Mansion’ released on 24th September 2007 Watch Bob in action around the world Listen to the tracks Check out Bob in the mix Click for the full interview