I'm A Cliche France レコード& CD

Review: Following last year's "Last Train To Marzahn", the legendary walking talking Cliche (and one half Bot'Ox) Cosmo Vitelli goes solo across four blistering and far-ranging tracks. Floor-wise it's all about "When Suddenly" (an all-out late night warehouse demolition derby) and the pure epicity of "The Cemetery of Unsigned House" while the softer focus and dense melodic layers of both versions of "El Si Senor" provide a soothing narrative that acts as the consummate tonic. Pure eclecticism, as always from Benjamin Boguet.

Review: French label I'm A Cliche's founder Cosmo Vitelli is back with this four track EP boasting remixes from Malaso and British artist Tim Paris. "Night Dogs" is a disco edged anthem that rides off heavy electronic keys and an up-tempo driven beat. Featuring spoken vocals from a sultry Nakion it's very much for use on sweaty dancefloors. Malso's remix hones in on the vocals, pushing them to the forefront and leaving the music to take a more eighties-tinged ambience below. Tim Paris twists things totally by incorporating a hypnotic guitar lick and warm balmy key melodies on his remix; Juno's pick of the bunch. Finally, "Running Backwards" leans towards techno sensibilities with head strong kick drums and cosmic tones.

Review: Paris mainstay Cosmo Vitelli is no stranger to a bit of house and disco. Having released his debut album on Etienne De Crecy's Solid label, the man has a solid background complete with all the right kind of production skills to burn the dance floor good and proper. In more recent years, Vitelli's focus has been the I'm A Cliche label, where he returns to now with four pumping dance locomotives in a disco sort of shade, and "A Cruel Story" opens the doors to synthy cyber-world that evolves ever so nicely into the equally mesmeric and almost sinister melodies of "Ketamine Karaoke". On the B-side, "Chiens De L'enfer" is fuzzier, more in a house mood, and guided by a steely bassline, but the moment of truth comes from legend I:Cube's remix of "A Cruel Story" - a contained and dubbed-out drum groove with a futuristic sort of touch that only the king of French house can deliver.