VITALIC – OK Cowboy 20Y – 2LP – Sparkled Black Vinyl [NOV 14]

2LP – Sparkled Black Vinyl

Originally released in 2005, OK Cowboy, Vitalics first album, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary with a reissue in several formats (box set, double vinyl, CD, digital), enriched with rare tracks and previously unreleased versions. OK Cowboy is a landmark album in electronic music, a pivotal record between eras. It perfectly captures that period while also anticipating the raw, abrasive new sounds of French Touch 2.0 (the movement led by Justice and the artists of the Ed Banger label). Twenty years later, the impact and power of this major album still mark it as a defining release of the mid-2000s, retaining its full sonic relevance today.

Critically acclaimed and widely praised, from the club world to cinema, OK Cowboyis a ground-breaking record. Vitalic has a certain playful mystique that goes beyond Pascal Arbezs invented back story of being a Ukrainian trubcka player and occasional gigolo from a family of sea otter fur traders. In fact, his inability to take anything too seriously, least of all the music he makes, may be the key to Vitalics appeal. In an interview around the time that his full- length debut,OK Cowboy, was released, Arbez stated that he didnt listen to techno albums because they are boring, something that cant be said of this witty, stylistically omnivorous album. Pascal states that all of the instruments used in the album are synthesized, with his official website stating that the only thing he cant fake is the emotion that galvanizes his music.”

Tracklist:

A1. Polkamatic (remastered)
A2. My Friend Dario (Dima prefers newbeat mix) (remastered)
A3. You are my Sun (remastered)
A4. Poney part 1 (remastered)

B1. My Friend Dario (remastered)
B2. Wooo (remastered)
B3. La Rock 01 (remastered)
B4. The Past (remastered)

C1. No Fun (remastered)
C2. Poney part 2 (remastered)
C3. Repair Machines (remastered)
C4. Newman (remastered)

D1. Trahison (remastered)
D2. U and I (remastered)
D3. Valletta Fanfares (remastered)
D4. One Billion Dollar Studio (remastered)