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- Summary: This is the full-length debut for French techno artist and DJ Pascal Arbez-Nicolas, best known for his 2001 single "La Rock 01" (which is included here).
- Record Label: Uncivilized World / Pias
- Genre(s): Electronic
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 14 out of 15
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Mixed: 1 out of 15
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Negative: 0 out of 15
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What makes OK Cowboy worthwhile is not a greater emphasis on the chilly tones that made Vitalic’s initial singles so impressive and characterized some of his savage DJ sets, but the demonstration of a surprising degree of variety and even humanity within those seemingly narrow colonnades of rising and whiplash synths over soulless, mechanical drums.
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New Musical Express (NME)This is an album that leaves you in absolutely no doubt that, at the very least, Pascal Arbez-Nicolas is the best thing to come out of France since Daft Punk. [30 Apr 2005, p.63]
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Beyond the grooves etched in this record, what is most exciting is the ease with which Arbez brushes aside the canon of 90s giants.
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Listening to it from start to finish is so bracing it's overwhelming; it sounds like what it would feel like to drink six cups of black coffee chased down with a bucket of ice water.
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UncutArbez not only shatters the risible notion that dance music is currently unwell, he also presents thrilling new ways of approaching pop, folk and rock'n'roll. [May 2005, p.100]
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UrbYou could buy this album just for "Poney Part 1," and really, it'd be worth it. [Jun 2005, p.81]
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Q MagazineSound[s] like out-takes from [Daft Punk's] Discovery. [Jun 2005, p.118]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 22 out of 24
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Mixed: 1 out of 24
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Negative: 1 out of 24
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CramerCJul 28, 2006so deeply high!
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HaimCJun 10, 2005First time with electronic based music. I think that now i won't be able to here again mainstream music. Fabulous!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Shawna-Mar 2, 2006I Enjoyed him. Lovely music. I fell in love without marrying it.
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IanOJun 1, 2005Outstanding stuff. You just know he's French from the first listen. Evokes robotic bliss. You just can't stop tapping out those beats.
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vinnyApr 11, 2006pretty impressed this one! saw him live in osaka last year, one of my bests gig ever!!! album is spun out. lovin repair machines and poney part 2!
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BrettNMar 19, 2006My Friend Dario and Newman good tunes
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PhilJJul 17, 2006Seriously overrated. Uninspired, boring and annoyingly cheesy. Astonished at how much attention this has received. Matmos and Isolee
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