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Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 10:00pm… EMBRACE PRESENTS:

EMBRACE PRESENTS:

”From out of nowhere, French techno’s finest returns to obliterate everything” – Rave Magazine

Embrace is pleased to announce that VITALIC will be returning to Toronto this winter and will be performing at Wrongbar on Saturday, February 27, 2010.

VITALIC (born as Pascal Arbez in 1976) is an electronic music artist. He was born in France and is of Italian descent. His first singles were released in 1996 and 1997, but were confined to the underground electronic music scene. However, he became good friends with Michel Amato, also known as The Hacker, whom he met in the Rex, the “techno temple” of Laurent Garnier. The Hacker suggested he send his new tracks to DJ Hell, head of Gigolo records in Munich. Pascal did so, and International DeeJay Gigolo Records, released the well known ‘Poney’ EP in 2001, which was a huge success shortly after its release. With the track “La Rock 01”, VITALIC created a club anthem which was a hit in the summer of 2001. The track was also included on many compilation albums, even rock compilations.

In 2005, VITALIC’S debut album, ‘OK Cowboy’ was released on Different/PIAS Recordings. Pascal states that all of the instruments used in the album are synthesized. His song “Trahison” from ‘OK Cowboy’ was used in the trailer for the 2007 French film Naissance des Pieuvres. His song “Poney Part 1” was featured in the Pleix film Birds. VITALIC’S second studio album ‘Flashmob’ was released in September 2009. He has spoken a great deal about the new disco influence on ‘Flashmob’. The result is an album that sounds simultaneously current and antiquated, in the best sense of both. ‘Flashmob’ is the frontrunner for top electronic album of 2009, and if VITALIC keeps up the less-than-prolific output level, we can expect the next best-of-year sometime in late 2014.

Don’t miss VITALIC live at Wrongbar on Saturday, February 27, 2010.

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