Their quest to conquer South America and its monstrous mountain range, The Andes, had begun. Their ambitions were clear from the start : ride hard and pursue the powder. Upon arriving in Santiago, Leo and Robin met two very good friends of theirs, Franck Bigourdan and Simon Lagran, and a freakin? awesome foursome was born. After very little preparation, and in a whirlwind of intense enthusiasm and eager anticipation, their journey began. After some discussion with Robin Romera, an avid photographer and skier, together they concocted a plan for a last-minute trip to South America. With the summer in the Alps in full effect, Leo Taillefer was working hard to fund his winter season, dreaming constantly of fresh powder and distant horizons. Gpsy Feelin invite you to join them on an epic adventure to Chile and Argentina, filmed during the summer of 2011. Let yourself be guided by the film?s inner voice, accompanied by instrumental music in keeping with the simplicity of images which are a glimpse of skiing as we see it and of the lifestyle we cherish.not to mention a few sensual curves that have nothing to do with mountains !! The idea behind this project was to look at our lives and life style, at our passion and what makes up our little world with a critical eye, to evoke a few home truths about the economics behind the cult system and at the real issues as they stand today. His work is the inspiration behind this film, a tribute to this reactionary writer and adventurer who dedicated his life to his work and to scandal, shock value and protest before finally putting an end to his life in February 2005. His particularity was informing the reader of the nature and intensity of a given fact, even if doing so required him to deform this reality to a certain extent, which he did by exploiting the visual and by choosing an angle which was creatively sarcastic. Thompson was the journalist who invented the journalistic style known as « gonzo » which consists of an ultra-subjective investigation made up of stories told in first person narrative. More than a title the word « gonzo » hides a story. You?ll find behind this short film the motivation of a solid crew of childhood friends and their efforts throughout 10/11 winter to bring you today their third film. Recommended.GONZO is the new ski flick produced by the french ski movie production, GPSY Feelin. It's a road album, the sort you want to really take in properly. "Looks Like You Got Down In Love" is a funkier, more soulful version of Credence at their deepest, while other highlights include the supremely majestic "It's Over Now", and the tear-jerking "Alabama Eyes". Norway's Preservation has thankfully done the right thing by pressing it up on vinyl, and the opening title track is as just as wonderful as the first time we heard - a true soul masterpiece with a clear LA influence. I've Got The Feelin' was recorded a year later, in 1979, at the legendary Muscle Shoal Studios, but it never made it out onto the shelves apart from a seriously limited CDR run. The James Walsh Gypsy Band is kind of the outfit to go to if you're looking for some blue-eyed soul but, just like Ned Doheny and his sublime reissue on Numero, the band never fully came out of its shell and they were limited to just one album on RCA Victor, 1998's self-tiled LP.until now. Funky, smooth soulful version with the Tower of Power horns make this as a runner up of the best version of the track. Side B: Caves of Altamira is a fantastic mid tempo cover of the Steely Dan track. The track was also featured on the fantastic Americana - Rock Your Soul on BBE Records. Smooth soulful sounds for the dancefloor or travelling along the coust of California. Side A: The fantastic uptempo AOR Modern Soul track, I've Got The Feeling was an easy choice as the A side.
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