Personnel: Vikter Duplaix (various instruments, bass guitar); Heide Marie, Tye Tribbett, G.A. (vocals); P.K. Duplaix (various instruments); Spanky Chalmers (guitar); Sebas The Latin Love Machine (keyboards, Moog synthesizer, vocoder); Micheal Angelo (keyboards, drums); Mr. Poyser, James Poyser (keyboards); Paris Bowens, Anthony Bell (synthesizer); Pino Pallidino, Raphael Saadiq (bass guitar); Pancho Tomaselli (fretless bass); George "Spanky" McCurdy (drums); Karsh Kale (tabla); Andreas "King Kane" Allen, Debi Nova.
Additional personnel: Ms. Saigon.
Cool and sultry, but usually accompanied by intricate, highly sophisticated production, Vikter Duplaix stands apart from your average urban contemporary artist. BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL, the artist's third release, is one of his sharpest and most seductive. Amid lush, often futuristic electronic soundscapes that blend jazz, breakbeat, lounge, and soul, Duplaix lays down vocals straight from the heart, resulting in a winning combination. The mood of the album is low-key and atmospheric, lending itself nicely to romantic background music, but it sounds even better with headphones.