Mezzanine (Venue Partner)
444 Jessie St
415.625.8880
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Vitalic
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Saturday Feb 20, 2010 (10pm)
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$13
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Pascal Arbez, the French-born Italian better known as Vitalic, has a national and musical pedigree seemingly predestined for electro greatness. OK Cowboy, his 2005 debut LP, became a techno/house club staple, packed with robotic samples, fat synth riffs, and crashing waves of sequenced beats. Flashmob, released last fall, takes a slightly gentler approach: tracks are laced with hints of italo disco (perhaps a nod to his roots), and acid riffs go head-to-head with the sci-fi vocal samples that marked so much of Vitalic's earlier work. Which isn't to say that he's lost any of his edge: Flashmob still makes ample use of heavily distorted digital beats and basslines to overwhelm the speakers and your senses.
