Limited BOX SET edition including :
5 vinyls, numbered & signed by Vitalic (500 copies)
+ very special gifts for the luckiest
Over the past 20 years French producer Vitalic has worked on redefining the very idea of electro ‘à la française’ by imposing his distinct style (energetic and melodic) with tracks that became cult classics within the club culture.
As soon as his EP ‘’Poney’’ was released in 2001 on Gigolo Records, a label always about scouting new talent and run by famous artist DJ Hell, Vitalic was comfortable with his influences: synthetic, sensual, mutant disco, in the likes of Giorgio Moroder, Cerrone, Lime or Gino Soccio.
Vitalic with his energetic, powerful sound claimed top spot among the electro artists and charts of the time. Belgian brothers 2 Many DJs, experts in blending rock, pop, techno and disco, called all the shots within the dance realm and included the track ‘’La Rock’’ in the ‘’Radio Soulwax’’ compilation. Meanwhile, other star DJs such as Aphex Twin, Richie Hawtin, Erol Alkan, Tiga and Laurent Garnier took every opportunity to play the track in their sets. The Vitalic craze and ‘’metal disco’’ at the time took off and went far beyond the French borders. He was invited to perform live in Spain, Germany, Eastern Europe, Japan, Canada, the USA, and South America. More generally the “Poney’’ EP made a breakthrough on the French Touch scene.
On his 2005’s debut album ‘’Ok Cowboy’’, speedy and rushed electro met brass music, leaping electric guitars, and teary-eyed slow, sad pop songs.
It was the start of a seamless career and a series of 4 studio albums, all different but the same at the core. 2009 witnessed the very effective, dancing release of ‘’Flashmob’’ that, while relating to his debut album, expressed Vitalic’s limitless love for new wave. In 2012 ‘’Rave Age’’ followed. It was a violent, harsh, twitched record that led the EBM movement (taking over the USA years later) and radiated power and conveyed electronic ardor on stage. In 2017 Vitalic pulled out ‘’Voyager,’’ nostalgic of retro-futuristic mood inspired by re-imagined disco ambiances of the ‘70/80s, a record that was largely acclaimed by the press.
While keeping his musical identity, Vitalic worked on reinventing himself with every album.
That is what sets him apart and reveals his true identity: mixing disco, electro sounds, new wave references, EBM, punk rock, rave sounds, power pop with catchy melodies, physical energy, reaching beyond his own idea and vision of disco.
The producer’s strength definitely lies in his ability to constantly renew himself, to explore every possibility and every facet (much like a mirror ball) of ‘’metal disco,’’ or in plain words ‘’fuzzy disco.’’
