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Premiers Symptomes
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Track Listing
- Modular Mix
- Casanova 70
- Les Professionnels
- J'ai Dormi Sous L'Eau
- Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi
- Californie
- Brakes On
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #35879 in Music
- Released on: 1999-09-14
- Number of discs: 1
- Format: Extra tracks
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Air's European-label five-song EP, Premiers Symptomes, may have been a collection of early singles, but when it first came out in 1997 it felt all of a piece. Deploying an array of vintage mid-century instruments (Fender Rhodes, Minimoog, Clavinet), as well as a tuba, Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel created a cloistered, lulling sound world that was entirely their own (although, think The Percy Faith Orchestra Covers Brian Eno's Music for Airports and you get the basic idea). By contrast, the recent rerelease of Premiers, with two bonus tracks, sounds like exactly what it is: a collection of early singles. It's not that newcomers "Californie" and "Brakes On" are unworthy, just that their overt funk shatters the tranquil atmosphere this French duo so painstakingly establish elsewhere. Most electronica fans are usually more than happy to bump 'n' grind, but when they're in the mood to play Premiers Symptomes, all they want--all they need--is the Air that they breathe. --Jeff Salamon
Album Description
1999 reissue of this 1997 collection of early singles now features two previously unreleased bonus tracks ('Californie' and 'Brakes On') for a total of seven cuts.
Album Details
Japanese Version of the French Duo's Debut EP featuring Two Bonus Remixes of 'le Soleil Est Pres De Moi': Money Mark Remix, and Buffalo Daughter Remix.
Customer Reviews
Porn Soundtrack
Call me a freak, but i love this album and it reminds me of the soundtrack for any generic 70s porn flick. That, by the way, makes it good mood music.
Great EP
I originally heard the first track while listening to KCRW and I knew I had to pick up this album. I wasn't dissapointed.
Air Essential
This is Air's most famous, and arguably best, CD. It is dreamy yet tight and sets the bar for downtempo music. This is early Air before their CDs were full of collaborations.
If you're looking some music for background, to chill to, this is what you're looking for.
