"My Friend Dario" | |
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Single by Vitalic | |
from the album OK Cowboy | |
Released | March 29, 2005 |
Genre | Electronica, electroclash |
Label | Different/Pias |
Songwriter(s) | Pascal Arbez-Nicolas [1] |
Music video | |
"Vitalic - My friend Dario" at YouTube |
"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. [2] "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. [3] 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 dialogued: [4]
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.
It was also used as a catwalk soundtrack for both Versace and Chanel’s Fall/Winter 2005 show.