Vitalic
Vitalic is the best known pseudonym of the French techno musician Pascal Arbez-Nicolas (* 1976 ). He also publishes under the stage names Citizen Crew , Dima and Hustler Pornstar .
Life
In his youth Vitalic occupied himself with Belgian New Beat and the works of the composer Wim Mertens . Shortly afterwards he started producing his own works. First works appeared under the alias Dima on the French techno label Choice .
From the acquaintance with the electro producer The Hacker (Michel Amato) a close friendship soon developed. Amato brought Vitalic to DJ Hell's record label International Deejay Gigolos . Vitalic first became known to a larger audience through the 2001 Gigolo EP Poney EP . In the same year Arbez-Nicolas founded the label Citizen Records.
His debut album OK Cowboy was released in 2005. Other albums and EPs on labels like Different or PIAS followed.
In addition to his own publications, he produced a variety of remixes for other artists.
In 2019 he released the German-language album Dream and Existence under the project name Kompromat together with the singer Julia Lanoe .
Discography
Albums
- Vitalic - OK Cowboy (2005)
- Citizen Crew - Résumé - Selected & Mixed By Citizen Crew (DJ-Mix, 2006)
- Vitalic - V Live (2007)
- Vitalic - Résumé (2007)
- Vitalic - Flashmob (2009)
- Vitalic - Rave Age (2012)
- Vitalic - Voyager (2017)
- Kompromat - Dream and Existence (2019)
Singles / EPs
- Dima - Bonne Nouvelle EP (1996)
- Dima - Untitled (1996)
- Dima - Fuckeristic EP (1999)
- Hustler Pornstar - You Know… EP (1999)
- Hustler Pornstar - You Know… Part II (2000)
- Dima - Copy Kills Music (2000)
- Vitalic - Poney EP (2001)
- Vitalic - To L'An-fer From Chicago (2003)
- Vitalic - Fanfares (2004)
- Vitalic - My Friend Dario (2005)
- Vitalic - No Fun (2005)
- Vitalic - Bells (2006)
- Vitalic - Disco Terminateur EP (2009)
- Vitalic - Poison Lips (2009)
- Vitalic - One Above One
- Vitalic - Second Lives (2010)
- Vitalic - Stamina (2012)
- Vitalic - Fade Away (2013)
- Vitalic - Film Noir EP (2016)
- Vitalic - Waiting for the Stars feat. David Shaw (2016)
Remixes
- Lady B feat. Samantha - Swany (2002)
- Slam feat. Dot Allison - Visions (2002)
- A Number of Names - Shari Vari (2002)
- Miss Kittin & The Hacker - 1982 (2002)
- Demon vs. Heartbreaker - You Are My High (2002)
- Manu le Malin - Ghost train (2002)
- Giorgio Moroder - The Chase (2003)
- Basement Jaxx - Cish Cash (2004)
- Daft Punk - Technologic (2005)
- Björk - Who is it (2005)
- Röyksopp - What Else is there? (2005)
- Moby - Go (2006)
- Detroit Grand Pubahs And Dave The Hustler - Go Ahead (2006)
- Heartsrevolution - Ultraviolence (2008)
- Jean Michel Jarre - La Cage (2010)
- Jean Michel Jarre - Erosmachine (2010)
- Paul Kalkbrenner - Old Camuffel (2014)
swell
- ↑ CD Reviews: Kompromat - Dream and Existence , Mix1.de, accessed on May 14, 2019
Web links
- Literature by and about Vitalic in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website
- Vitalic at Discogs (English)
- Vitalic at laut.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vitalic |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Arbez-Nicolas, Pascal (real name); Citizen Crew; Dima; Hustler Pornstar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French techno musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1976 |