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Jue | Music + Art 2011 presents
Vitalic China Tour
Ballsy dancefloor bangers that’ll rough you up, gently
Event Photos (by Joost Brokke; Click to enlarge)
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Beijing, Mar 17, Thur
@ Tango 3rd Floor
Door Time: 21:30
Address: 3F, No.79, Hepingli Xijie, Dongcheng District (formerly known as the Star Live)
Support: Pet Conspiracy, Liman, A.M.U, VJ Zhiqi
Price: 80 RMB(presale) / 120 RMB(door)
Info: 15201665539 & www.the-m.asia
（Co-presented by The M ）
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Shanghai, Mar 18, Fri
@ Shelter
Door Time: 22:00
Address: No.5 Yongfu Rd., Xuhui District
Support: The Horses(Acid Pony Club)
Price: 80 RMB(door)
Tel: 021-34605788
Check www.juefestival.com for ticketing info
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Pascal Arbez-Nicolas aka Vitalic is one of the world’s leading electronic producers. Like Daft Punk or Aphex Twin, the Frenchman is a disco visionary responsible for shaping the sound of modern-day electronic music, whose name alone arouses intense emotion in his countless admirers.
Vitalic’s most recent album, 2009’s Flashmob is his poetic interpretation of disco, but not the bell-bottomed or Balearic kind – more disco as a sensibility, a personal approach. These new tracks have been called “ballsy disco,” and you can see why. Listening to the exquisite high-energy bliss-pop and full-blooded new-beat of Flashmob is like being intoxicated and kissed, deeply, by a beautiful, stubbly stranger. Manhandled, yet prickled with goosebumps. Roughed up, gently. There is sweat and amyl nitrate in “Terminator Benelux”, “Poison Lips” and “Second Lives”, but brilliant sunshine and unbridled joy, too.
A daring successor to 2005’s OK Cowboy, Flashmob is an album that effortlessly evokes the hedonistic attitude of disco – reducing its essence, in certain places, to the sound of a snare, to a single handclap – while Pascal’s audacious production and compositional genius give the songs a timeless quality. “The idea was to make different songs, different styles, as if viewed through a disco tube,” he says. “I used technology that would have made it impossible to produce this album five years ago. I mixed many different styles, from R’n’B to Jean Michel Jarre with Justice and Metro Area.” After just two listens, you’ll notice how Flashmob bristles with ideas and that each one, however tiny the detail, is executed perfectly. You’ll appreciate, too, that no one sounds remotely like Vitalic, though many have tried.
Those encountering Vitalic for the first time are in for a treat. The four-song “Poney EP,” arguably the finest techno 12-inch of the decade, was Vitalic’s 2001 debut. Over the next few years, armed with the blistering euphoria of “La Rock 01” and “You Prefer Cocaine”, Vitalic blazed through clubland like the Wagner of rave – the flying V – a fearless metal-disco warrior slaying tens of thousands across Europe with his searing live show.
Although Vitalic has yet to have a top ten hit, his live show is recognised as one of the best of its kind, and in this respect, his reputation precedes him.
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2011《觉》音乐+艺术节呈现
法国电幻大师Vitalic中国巡演
北京，3月17日 周四
@ 糖果雍和店三层
入场：21:30
地址：东城区和平里西街79号糖果雍和店三层（原星光现场）
嘉宾：宠物同谋, Liman, A.M.U, VJ Zhiqi
票价：80元（预售） / 120元（现场）
咨询：15201665539 或者 www.the-m.asia
（北京演出由The M 和《觉》音乐+艺术 联合举办）
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上海，3月18日 周五
@ Shelter 庇护所
入场：22:00
地址：徐汇区永福路5号
嘉宾：The Horses(Acid Pony Club)
票价：80元（现场）
电话：021-34605788
详情查询《觉》官网：www.juefestival.com
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Vitalic是法国电子音乐人Pascal Arbez-Nicolas的艺名。童年时Arbez曾学习过长号，但在1990年中期他转向了合成器领域。他第一张专辑中的所有乐器都是用合成器模拟的。他将电子、古典和意大利式迪斯科等元素混合在了自己的音乐中。在地下音乐圈磨练了几年之后，2001年发行的《Poney EP》让他一举成名，其中的音乐均成了当年舞池中的经典之作，而《La Rock 01》更被视为当年的“Club国歌”。四年后，Vitalic发行了他的第一张正式专辑《OK Cowboy》，并因此收获了评论界的一致赞誉。Vitalic并不一味追求发行专辑的速度，而是喜欢精雕细琢地打造最完美的旋律，尝试全新的风格，每次有新作品问世都很难让人失望。同样时隔四年之后，第二张录音室大碟《Flashmob》与听众们见面。这张专辑依旧用它独特的声音向人们证明，Vitalic依旧是电子音乐领域最具影响力的艺人之一。
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