From: leslie shill (icehouse@redshift.com)
Date: Thu Dec 05 2002 - 03:20:00 CET
So is the consensus then that the material is weak or the artists is kinda
well, lacklustre? I have never been that much of a fan of his, even the
DJ-Kicks was tres ordinaire, but this latest is real weak in my opinion, not
even one track has any really outstanding beats, let alone the ohter
essential elements!
leslie/The Power of Sound
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gretzky @ Soulsession" <soulsession@hotmail.com>
To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 6:14 PM
Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Vikter Duplaix - International Affairs - Opinion
> So now we're actually in a place where the general concensus on the
Duplaix
> album is disappointment. Surprise surprise... well not, actually... I was
> disappointed as well...
>
> The tracks are way too slick and over-produced. It figures that the best
> track, I think, is the remix of the single "Looking for love"(the 58 St
> thing). The original is good too and produced by 4Hero Marc Mac, so that
> figures. I love Vikter Duplaixs other work, so I guess he's just at his
best
> when other artists produce the beats and lay the foundation. In those
> situations, he excels.
>
> Dunno 'bout you guys but I thought the vocals were funnily pathetic too.
He
> just seems to loose his depth and vision. No doubt will he regain this in
> time.
>
> -Gretzky
>
>
>
> >From: ridu_moya@hotmail.com
> >To: <acidjazz@catchthebreak.com>, <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> >Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Vikter Duplaix - International Affairs - Opinion
> >Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 12:17:18 -0800
> >
> >Y'know, I love Vikter Duplaix and I sampled the album on some french
site.
> >I didn't quite want to say it, but after I heard the album I realised
that
> >really, all the dope Vikter Duplaix tracks that I really like are remixes
> >by
> >somebody else.
> >It's just that some of his songs are a little too over to the darkside of
> >the force (ie. commercial rnb) sounding.
> >He has got a great voice and puts a lot of soul in his music, but
> >personally
> >I prefer it when he is complimented by some dope west london beat.
> >I agree that maybe he should have matured his sound some more before this
> >album. But, that's just my opinion and I still love his stuff. My record
> >box
> >is infested with remixes of Vikter's tracks.
> >
> >love,
> >Ridu
>
>
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