DJ-Kicks

by Vikter Duplaix

Overview

Though his name isn't familiar to most electronica listeners, Vikter Duplaix earned a volume in !K7's epic mix series DJ-Kicks thanks to an impressive, rangy credit list -- artists from Jazzanova to Erykah Badu to MC Dynamite to Jermaine Dupri. For his own feature (the first under his own name), Duplaix fashioned a house mix ranging far and wide for tracks that probably wouldn't have made much sense out of this setting. Duplaix's style isn't that of a traditional house DJ; he's actually more of a selector, choosing tracks he likes and ones that work well together, but never worrying about beat-matching or blending tracks into each other. After a spoken word opener from his own Critical Point project, Duplaix spins through plenty of crucial tracks, but arranges many of them into mini-sets; after a couple of tracks of earthy breaks ("Hold It Down" by 4hero and the excellent keyboard distortion of P'taah's "The Crossing (Evacuation of Form)"), he breaks in -- courtesy of a retro-computer voice -- and then turns to the sensual tribal house of "Feelin Me Feelin You" by Waiwan and "Tree of Life" by Osunlade. His own track, the solid stuttered-funk workout "Sensuality," opens up a few tracks of contemporary R&B. Toward the end, he salutes hip-hop with tracks from De La Soul, hometown friend Bahamadia, and Erykah Badu. Besides a few too many reminders explaining whose mix album listeners are tuned into, Duplaix's DJ-Kicks is an excellent installment in the series, gathering all manner of groove tracks into a tough, tight mix. ~ John Bush

Product Details

Release Date:	01/29/2002
Label:	!K7
UPC:	0730003711527

Tracks

1. The Beginning
2. Together [Cry Tuff Original]
3. Hold It Down
4. The Crossing (Evacuation of Form) [Opaque Remix]
5. Feelin Me Feelin You
6. You Saw It All
7. Tree of Life
8. Sensuality
9. The Way
10. Happiness [Ashley Beedle's West Coast Beach Bossa Vocal Mix]
11. Berimbau [Bongo Re-Edit]
12. Free As the Morning Sun
13. Welcome To the World
14. Transition
15. How Do I Move
16. Copa (Capanga)
17. Philadelphia
18. Bag Lady
19. Holy Sounds
20. The Sun

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Vikter Duplaix   Primary Artist
Wadud   Primary Artist
Nepa Allstars   Primary Artist
Carina Andersson   Primary Artist
Loretta Heywood   Primary Artist,Vocals
Taurus   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Phillip Charles   Primary Artist
Osunlade   Primary Artist,Bass,Fender Rhodes
Bahamadia   Primary Artist
Critical Point   Primary Artist
Erykah Badu   Primary Artist
Wai Wan   Primary Artist
Spacek   Primary Artist
De La Soul   Primary Artist
P'taah   Primary Artist
Hopper   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Herbert   Primary Artist
Mandrake   Primary Artist
Mr. Hermano   Primary Artist
Shawn Lee   Primary Artist
4hero   Primary Artist
New Sector Movements   Primary Artist
Hilary Skewes   Cello
Krista Caspersz   Violin
Lawrence Jones   Flute
Sarah Button   Violin
Billie Godfrey   Vocals
Lady Alma   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Geoffrey Williams   Vocals (Background)
M.A.D.   Clapping
Mark de Clive-Lowe   Fender Rhodes
Nadirah Shakoor   Vocals
Tristan Banks   Drums
Francesco Romano   Guitar
Jeff "The Funkmaster" Walker   Double Bass
Ben Taylor   Drums,Drums
Ian Grant   Percussion
Becca Ware   Viola
Dego   Bass,Clapping,Keyboards,Percussion
Ede Wright   Guitar
Frank McComb   Vocals,Keyboards
Dwele   Vocals
Ben Mitchell   Percussion
Ron Trent   Drums,Percussion
Kaidi Tatham   Hammond Synth,Organ (Hammond)
Kebbi Williams   Saxophone

Technical Credits

Vikter Duplaix   DJ,Composer,Producer,Mixing
James Razor Brown   Engineer,Programming
Calyx Berlin   Mastering
Ricardo Brown   Composer
Andwele Gardner   Composer
Chris Fleming   Producer
Matt Lord   Mixing
Ron E.   Mixing
Dego McFarlane   Composer
James Brown   Engineer,Programming
Wadud Ahmed   Composer
Michael Johnson   Composer
Brad Somatik   Engineer
Luke Parkhouse   Producer
Makoto Ozone   Composer
Mandrake   Performer
Baden Powell   Composer
Kelvin Mercer   Composer
Chris Brann   Composer
Matthew Herbert   Composer,Producer
P'taah   Performer
Klaus Dahmen   Design,Artwork
S. Martin   Composer
Wah Chu-Ku   Producer
M. Brookman   Executive Producer
Karl Injex   Composer,Producer
Vinicius de Moraes   Composer
Jeff Mann   Mixing
De La Soul   Performer
Vincent Mason   Composer
Ali Kepenek   Photography
Nathaniel Hale   Composer
DC Santana   Composer
Edmund Cavill   Composer
Michael "Mike Dee" Johnson   Producer
Hopper   Performer
Bo Kondren   Mastering
Ian Grant   Engineer,Producer,Programming
Dego   Arranger,Producer,Drum Programming
I. Grant   Composer
Spacek   Producer
Shawn Lee   Composer,Producer
Andre Young   Composer
Balter Space   Composer
Bahamadia   Producer
King Britt   Producer,Remixing,Executive Producer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
Critical Point   Performer
Frank McComb   Composer
Dwele   Producer
Ben Mitchell   Producer
Erykah Badu   Composer,Producer
Carina Andersson   Composer
John Coltrane   Composer
Wai Wan   Composer,Producer
Steve White   Composer
Josh Wink   Executive Producer
Loretta Heywood   Composer
Phillip Charles   Composer
Marty Sheller   Composer
New Sector Movements   Performer
Nicolette Larson   Composer
Michael Rose   Composer
Opaque   Reconstruction
Osunlade   Composer,Producer
Ashley Beedle   Producer,Remixing,Programming