''Vis-à-vis'' is the second

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by Slovak musician Karol Mikloš, issued via on October 21, 2002. Based on available music reviews, the work met with mixed to positive commentaries.

Reception

Critical response

''Vis-à-vis'' spawned miscellaneous reactions among music journalists, with moderately prevailing positive. Daniel Baláž of '' SME'' commented that "an intelligent

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established on oddly set up

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to old-fashioned melodic songwriting tis simply of his own". Seeing some resemblance to Miroslav Žbirka and Ladislav Lučenič, the author in general acknowledged Mikloš'es musical direction, including his deliberate and shy performance in public. Jaroslav Špulák from ''&MusiQ'', formerly ''Rock & Pop'' magazine, emphasized the album's mood, and inner drive as well as its good production which "compete with the rest European recordings in the mainstream ranking excellently". Other critics such as Pavel Seifert of FreeMusic.cz, were less enthusiastic. He concluded in his review: "Having own sound and style is a potential prerequisite for the success of any performer, but only when they make an effort in cultivating it. Songs y Miklošdo have their sound and style. The rstroke of fate is however, that due to an identical pattern you come to the feeling at the end of the CD as if you were listening to the same track ever since.

Commercial performance

The album release didn't enter record charts, nor did any of the released singles.

Track listings

Credits and personnel

; Management *

Recording studio A recording studio is a specialized facility for Sound recording and reproduction, recording and Audio mixing, mixing of instrumental or vocal musical performances, spoken words, and other sounds. They range in size from a small in-home proje ...

– Mikloš'es home,

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• Sedis Studio,

Topoľčany Topoľčany (; before 1920; ) is a town in the Nitra Region of Slovakia. The population is around 25,000 in total. The town's population is nicknamed ''Žochári'' (singl. ''Žochár'') (producers, or owners of "mosses"). The Nitra River flows t ...

• IMI Studio,

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• Exponent Studio,

Hlohovec Hlohovec (, Hungarian ''Galgóc''), is a town in southwestern Slovakia, with a population of 21,508. Name The name comes from ''*Glogovec'', the Old Slavic name for a place densely overgrown by hawthorn. The Hungarian form ''Galgóc'' was ado ...

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– & Publishing,

, SK ; Production *

Writers A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stori ...

– Andrej Monček • Mikloš * Mastering – Sedis Studio • Mikloš'es home * Production and mixing – Monček • Mikloš • Roman Hlubina * Programming – Monček • Mikloš *

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– Ján Došek * Press – GZ Digital Media , Loděnice,

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; Personnel *

Lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

– Mikloš *

Backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

– Emília Lokšenincová • Second Nature *

Musical instrument A musical instrument is a device created or adapted to make Music, musical sounds. In principle, any object that produces sound can be considered a musical instrument—it is through purpose that the object becomes a musical instrument. A person ...

s – Second Nature *

Guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

s – Mikloš and Hlubina • Monček • Marián Králik *

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– František Kraus *

Synthesizer A synthesizer (also synthesiser or synth) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis a ...

s – Monček • Mikloš *

Photography Photography is the visual arts, art, application, and practice of creating images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is empl ...

– Ivana • Ján Čajda • Rado D. • Vrbkin *

Cover art Cover art is a type of artwork presented as an illustration or photograph on the outside of a published product, such as a book (often on a dust jacket), magazine, newspaper ( tabloid), comic book, video game ( box art), music album ( album ar ...

– Mikloš *

Graphic design Graphic design is a profession, academic discipline and applied art that involves creating visual communications intended to transmit specific messages to social groups, with specific objectives. Graphic design is an interdisciplinary branch of ...

– Vladimir Yurkovic

Awards

References

External links

''Vis-à-vis''
(Official website)
''Vis-à-vis''
on

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''Vis-à-vis''
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