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Village Voice: ‘Vitalic’s 2001 cult classic Poney EP became the equivalent of carrying around a defibrillator in a record bag, any lifeless set could instantly be brought back from the dead with it. (…) Listening to it (OK Cowboy) from start to finish is so bracing it’s overwhelming, it sounds like what it would feel like to drink six cups of black coffee.’

Vice: ‘OK Cowboy is the best rock / disco / pop / folk / techno album of the last five years, a 50 minute sheer pleasure rush’

Spin: 'If Willy onka hosted a game show, the Vitalic single "Polkamatic" could be the theme song'

Remix: 'The overall set is banging and unrelenting - an instant classic from start to finish'

The Guardian: rated 4 stars

Wire: ‘Absolutely enormous’

NME: ‘He is the master (…) Adored by everyone from Aphex Twin, to Bjork to Daft Punk’

The Observer: ‘Effortlessly outclassing the latest record by Daft Punk (…) OK Cowboy is easily the most important dance album that will be released this year’

Uncut: ‘That seriously impresses’

Telegraph: ‘Ok Cowboy sounds like nothing else’

Update: ‘One of the most exciting techno albums of all times’

BBC: ‘Ok Cowboy is vibrant, visceral and vital in a way that Daft Punk and other established dancefloor luminaries can no longer manage’
- Village Voice/Vice/Spin/Remix...

Jive Magazine: 'A gorgeously dancey album full of energy and variety that is the Mistressy signature. You can't listen to ‘Come With Me…’ and sit still. You'll be more than mesmerized by the fun techno infusion.'

Musicomania: 'For a techno/house album of great quality, this new CD by Misstress Barbara has to be strongly considered before many other ones.'

Montreal Mirror: 'Barbara throws another curveball at her fans with a deeper, fuller, rounder and dare I say more mature techno sound that hints at electro and micro-house.'

Internet DJ: 'this is Misstress Barbara at her best' - Jive Magazine/Musicomania/...

Vice: 'A fantastic debut from one of the most talented DJ groups around'

XLR8R: ‘The Quartet reconfigures beautiful, pastoral music snippets into the realm of turntablism. Yet they’re still awesome beat jugglers’

- Jive/XLR8R/...

Toronto Eye Weekly: 'At times noJazz can be as slick and sexy as Gilles Peterson's mix sets, as chilled and elegant as Bob James' Touchdown-era smooth-jazz or as provocative and intriguing as Miles Davis' '80s high points'

Jazz Break: 'an uncommon energy and a desire to party, without worrying about being classified jazz or NoJazz for these "robots" musicians from another planet.'

Guardian Unlimited: 'a knowingly made album - slick and funky'



- Toronto Eye Weekly/Guardian Unlimited/...

The Hub: 'Here, Cam’s trip-hop gets flip flopped as downtempo and hip-hop remixing luminaries alike pay homage to one of the DJ world’s heavy hitters by putting their signatures on some of his best tracks. Two strikingly different versions of “Success” emerge from Kenny Dope, who lets the soulful vocals ride bareback, and Thievery Corporation, who eliminate them altogether in favor of a blunted Moroccan lullaby. Add to that contributions from knob twisters like DJ Vadim, Kid Loco and J Dilla (whose crackle-and-pop take on “Love Junkee feat. Cameo,” acts as the ultimate aphrodisiac), and Cam’s peers do a fine job of tipping their hats… and not a moment too soon.'

Prefix Mag: 'Cam's musical vision, a blend of smooth jazz–inflected down-tempo grooves in direct mixture with hip-hop's harder edges - which sees his early work at least on par with the likes of DJ Krush and Shadow - makes for variety enough'

PopMatters: 'DJ Cam achieves every goal of the successful DJ record itinerary'

EarPlug: 'An essential accelerant on the international "blunted" hip-hop scene alongside North America's Shadow and Japan's Krush' - The Hub/ Prefix Mag/...