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My Friend Dario
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Wikipedia article
"'My Friend Dario'" is the first single from Vitalic's debut album, 'OK Cowboy'. It is the first single from Vitalic to use "Brigitte", a vocal synthesis program. "No Fun", which is another track on 'OK Cowboy', also uses Brigitte.
The music video for "My Friend Dario" features a band mimicking instrumentation; the guitarists play air guitar and the drummer air drums. The lack of band instruments in the video reflect a statement made on Vitalic's website; that the instruments on his album 'OK Cowboy' are entirely synthesized and that "the only thing he can't fake is the emotion that galvanizes his music."
The maxi-CD version of the single includes a live cover of Daniel Miller's "Warm Leatherette", performed on BBC Radio 1. The cover was later included in a collector's edition of 'OK Cowboy'.
In an interview with Pascal Arbez in CMJ New Music Monthly, Arbez dialoged:
:[Interviewer:] What can your alterego "Dario" do that you haven't been able to do?
:[Interviewee:] When he finally has a crash, because he drives like a brainless kid, he dies. But it is not real because it is just a song. It has no impact. As far as I am concerned, I try to make my own excesses, which 'are' real, not leading to a sad end.
:[Interviewer:] But you've gotten a few speeding tickets lately. So are you and Dario becoming the same person?
:[Interviewee:] Sometime we are. Dario is just the concept name of a part of myself. It is convenient to have these names to point out in an easy way how I feel or how my behavior is at a precise moment. Instead of saying, "Oh, you are acting like a stupid drunk and please don't take the car," my friends would say, "Arrte de faire ton Dario!" ["Stop acting like Dario!"]
The song appears in the EA video games 'FIFA 06' and 'Need for Speed: Carbon' (plays only when driving a tuner car). It also features in 'Riders Republic', developed by Ubisoft Annecy.
Single track listing
;12"
#"My Friend Dario" (extended mix) 4:38
#"My Friend Dario" (Dima prefers new beat mix) 5:30
;CD
#"My Friend Dario" 3:37
#"My Friend Dario" (extended mix) 4:38
#"My Friend Dario" (Dima prefers new beat mix) 5:30
#"Warm Leatherette" (as heard on Radio 1)
References
Category:2005 singles
Category:Electroclash songs
Category:2005 songs
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