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Hi all i'm waiting with big impatience his first album !!!
for more info about vitalic go here :
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Vitalic Fan Club
http://www.vitalic.ouquoi.org
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― ouquoi, Friday, 21 January 2005 17:50 (twenty-one years ago)

for anyone else going along to The End tomorrow some of us are meeting in the Princess Louise pub tomorrow night around 8pm prior to clubbage

― Stevem On X (blueski), Friday, 21 January 2005 18:03 (twenty-one years ago)

dansu!

― cis (cis), Friday, 21 January 2005 18:49 (twenty-one years ago)

surely one of you londoners has a minidisc recorder...?

― :| (....), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Ooh I did not see this thread until now. I will be there on Saturday (omg tomorrow!): am meeting others god knows where first, I will attempt to steer them towards the Princess Louise. And if not I will see alla y'all inside. (Alba, do not even think of leaving London again before meeting me!)

― The Lex (The Lex), Friday, 21 January 2005 20:28 (twenty-one years ago)

da~ansu!

― cis (cis), Sunday, 23 January 2005 05:17 (twenty-one years ago)

holy fuck was that ever amazing. holy fuck.

I met Ronan's brother on the bus home!

― The Lex (The Lex), Sunday, 23 January 2005 06:19 (twenty-one years ago)

haha weird. I am in barcelona, my friends are in bed. I saw Lawrencand MIA from Sub Static, lots of fun. How did you meet my brother lex?

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 23 January 2005 09:51 (twenty-one years ago)

Aw man, I wish I could have been there. Leaving the house for all of two hours yesterday made me so tired I could barely move. Fucking flu.

― RickyT (RickyT), Sunday, 23 January 2005 11:50 (twenty-one years ago)

Ronan - we were at the same bus stop waiting for the same bus, he'd been at the End too. He mentioned his brother in Ireland who wanted to be a music journalist, and I was like 'hmm that sounds familiar'. he said you were in Barcelona!

it was lovely meeting Barima at last!

― The Lex (The Lex), Sunday, 23 January 2005 12:21 (twenty-one years ago)

that's some coincidence! Barima also bumped into an old college friend. I was just glad to hear so much great stuff I recognised last night (pablo Psychonaut was good as was Brendan Long tho he doesn't look like a DJ, if you know what I mean, haha) e.g. the Daft Punk, Rex The Dog, Tiefschwarz, 'E Talking', that one that goes 'waap waap waap waap waap...waap waap waap waaaaaaaaap', erm

― Stevem On X (blueski), Sunday, 23 January 2005 13:06 (twenty-one years ago)

and obv. Vitalic was awesome. i think my feet actually lifted off the floor for a split second during 'Poney 2', and i was temporarily deafened

― Stevem On X (blueski), Sunday, 23 January 2005 13:07 (twenty-one years ago)

so, so good.

― cis (cis), Sunday, 23 January 2005 13:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Vitalic's set seemed to go by so fast, such an amazing experience.

― The Lex (The Lex), Sunday, 23 January 2005 13:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I haven't yet wrapped my head around it all. It was grebt and everything, but I think my suspicions about my fading love for electro house are coming true. My legs still ache too.

The rumours about Alba's vanishing act are set to run and run.

If I ever give anyone the thumbs up ever again, just kill me.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Sunday, 23 January 2005 17:54 (twenty-one years ago)

also it sounds like there are at least 3 GREAT tracks on the Super Discount 2 comp

― Stevem On X (blueski), Sunday, 23 January 2005 22:21 (twenty-one years ago)

Vitalic = Nosferatu.

I'm glad you guys decided to follow me to the other room, since I thought you were being a bit 'meh' on the always excellent PsychoPab at first.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Sunday, 23 January 2005 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

OMG

Apparently the ALBUM will be released on March 21 in France, according to Vitalic himself posting on the forum at vitalic.org

OMG

― The Lex (The Lex), Sunday, 23 January 2005 22:43 (twenty-one years ago)

March 21! 2005 is turning out to be a cracker of a year already, isn't it?

I am kind of jealous I missed this, but the DJ at my sister's party was playing lots of DFA and electrohouse so I was happy enough.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Monday, 24 January 2005 10:54 (twenty-one years ago)

and remember everyone, it's not a contest ;)

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 11:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Wooo!

Or is it wood?

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 24 January 2005 17:29 (twenty-one years ago)

you tell us ;)

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 17:33 (twenty-one years ago)

more elaboratin' for the less fortunate please

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Monday, 24 January 2005 20:26 (twenty-one years ago)

i'll post photos tomorrow. i only recognised the big tunes in his set and it seemed chronological ('cept i can't remember if 'La Rock' came before or after 'Candy' and 'Fanfares', the latter being probably the highlight - really incredible! I don't think 'Poney 2' sounded as good as it did on the Peel session apart from being technically louder and better quality, being as i was actually there.

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:12 (twenty-one years ago)

"La Rock" was at the end, wasn't it? Maybe even one of the encores? Definitely after "Fanfares" which was mental and astounding. I didn't know you had a camera there...

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 24 January 2005 21:21 (twenty-one years ago)

who went?

― charltonlido (gareth), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Me, Lauren, Stacey, Lex, Barima, Emma, Alan and Steve M.

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

and Cis

― Stevem On X (blueski), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 14:37 (twenty-one years ago)

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/vitalic20.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/poney.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/vitalic40.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/candy.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/barima.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/vitalic50.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/fanfares.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/vitalic60.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/larock.jpg

http://www.base58.com/pics/myphotos/0501_london/vitalic90.jpg

― Stevem On X (blueski), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 14:42 (twenty-one years ago)

it was cool that he did live vocals, even if you could barely hear them or understand what he was saying

― Stevem On X (blueski), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 14:44 (twenty-one years ago)

strange, it makes the end look much smaller than it actually is

i have vague recollections of someone taking a pic of me on saturday night.

― charltonlido (gareth), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 14:46 (twenty-one years ago)

well remember this was just that half of the main room where they made a little stage and it's usually closed off for things like Trash. not very practical i grant thee, but nobody cared.

― Stevem On X (blueski), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 14:48 (twenty-one years ago)

i wish i had come, in a way, but i needed a quieter* night than the end would have been

*of course, traipsing out for alcohol at 8am showed that i didnt actually get that quieter night...

― charltonlido (gareth), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 14:51 (twenty-one years ago)

oh well

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

I was there as well, not that I know any of you... Bloody marvellous it was as well, Pablo Psychonauts possibly rivalling Erol that night, he's improved so much since I last caught him out. Don't need to reiterate how amazing Vitalic was, just incredible.

― MattR (MattR), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:11 (twenty-one years ago)

agree on all counts

― Stevem On X (blueski), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:18 (twenty-one years ago)

MY EYEBROW IS TURNING GREEN OMG WTF

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:19 (twenty-one years ago)

it was cool that he did live vocals, even if you could barely hear them or understand what he was saying

I made out "Fremme neppa venette" and "Feed me little children".

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Might've been the same thing.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 15:29 (twenty-one years ago)

That Vitalic was incredible is about the only thing I clearly remember. You've just reminded me I met Cis.

There's no word on Vitalic doing more UK dates around the release of the album, is there?

― Alba (Alba), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 20:38 (twenty-one years ago)

two months pass...

http://www.7digital.com/shops/productDetail.aspx?shop=15&product=9764&sid=69184&trackid=107394

― fe zaffe (fezaffe), Friday, 15 April 2005 09:53 (twenty-one years ago)

That Björk remix is really great.

― locus solus, Friday, 15 April 2005 14:32 (twenty-one years ago)

it is HOT!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 15:35 (twenty-one years ago)

so hot

― cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 18:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I gave the album a listen last night. What is this guy using for synths? Is he using old analogue hardware, or is he a software guy? The album is mastered loud as fuck, the waveforms brickwall during the loud synth parts.

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 22:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Vitalic! and Björk! Together at last! sweeeeeet.

― The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

I love the synth / organy sound on that Bjork remix.

― Mil (Mil), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 01:48 (twenty-one years ago)

What did you think of the record Mike?

I know as regards the live show he changed from hardware to Ableton in the last year or so.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 06:49 (twenty-one years ago)

I only got ahold of the 1st seven tracks. I mainly just listen to the hits, Poney and La Rock. I think that if I heard either of those tracks on a loud system I would scream and yell and roll around on the floor. I thought the rest of the tracks were lack luster. Not horrible, just not my cup of tea.

His mixes are weird. He doesn't really give a shit about rhythm, his drum programming is really square and basic. Most of the action takes place in the synth which sounds huge and takes up most of the space in the mix. I really like how he uses volume dynamics and pitch shifting/portomento to build energy into his tracks. That is kind of his catch 22, he can work a crowd because his sounds are so extreme, but he isn't all that funky.

I have a definite Detroit/Black American prejudice there. For me to really appreciate something it has to be a lot more clever in the low end. I would rather hear a track with a simple bassline and some good drums than crazy rave noises. It is also an age issue, back in my day we had Neil Landstrumm to do the same thing with a pro-one and a 909. I still don't consider those records good "music", but for crazy rave noise to lose your mind to it works pretty well.

Again, As I age I tend to move more towards the jazz axis in dance music. I want more complex chord structures, polyrhythm, and heavy drum. I think Vitalic is working the rock axis, simple structure, simple rhythms, and and emphasis on crazy noise. I don't privledge one over the other, but I prefer electronic music that works off of jazz.

I think Deep Space by Model 500 on R&S is the best electronic music album of the 90's bar none. Deep Space is a heavy music record and nobody knows this. Between Deep Space and Mill's Every Dog has It's Day records most of my dance listening slots are filled. I just can't get down with 4/4 beats and screech anymore, unless it is fueled by nostalgia re:Landstrumm.

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:34 (twenty-one years ago)

it ain't called La Funk 01, that's for sure.

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:40 (twenty-one years ago)

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