VERY RARE :::::::: AIR "Premiers Symptomes" :::::::: Vinyl, 12", EP (Source) :
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RARE Cut out sleeve with colour printed inner sleeve !!!
AIR ?– Premiers Symptomes
Label:Source ?– 724389428766
Format:Vinyl, 12"
Country: France
Released: 1997
Genre: Electronica/Downtempo, Ambient
Tracklist
A1 Modulor Mix Bass
[Basse], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Drums [Batterie], Percussion [Samples], Strings [Solinas String Ensemble], Synthesizer [Minimoog], Piano [Reverse] – Nicolas Godin Electric Piano [Reverse Rhodes] – Alex Gopher Featuring [Samples] – Xavier Jammeaux* Producer [Produit Par], Mixed By Etienne De Crecy
A2 Casanova 70
Bass [Basse], Electric Guitar [Guitare Electrique], Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Synthesizer [Minimoog], Strings [Solinas String Ensemble], Percussion [Samples] – Nicolas Godin Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – J.B Dunckel* Organ [Orgue Solo] – Eric Regert Tuba – Patrick Woodcock
A3 Les Professionnels
Bass [Basse], Percussion [Samples], Strings [Solinas String Ensemble], Synthesizer [Minimoog] – Nicolas Godin Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer], Organ [Orgues Chœurs] – J.B Dunckel* Producer [Produit Par], Mixed By [Mixé A La Maison Par] – Etienne De Crecy* Tuba, Acoustic Guitar [Guitare Acoustique] – Patrick Woodcock
B1 J'ai Dormi Sous L'Eau
Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer], Strings [Solinas String Ensemble], Synthesizer [Korg Ms 20], Choir [Chœurs], Organ [Orgue], Clavinet – J.B Dunckel* Sitar, Bass [Basse], Synthesizer [Minimoog], Talkbox [Talk Box], Effects [Samples] – Nicolas Godin Tambura [Tampura] – Etienne Wersinger Tuba – Patrick Woodcock
B2 Le Soleil Est Pres De Moi
Effects [Vocoder], Guitar [Guitare], Bass [Basse], Synthesizer [Minimoog] – Nicolas Godin Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer], Organ [Orgue], Synthesizer [Minimoog], Effects [Vocoder], Clavinet – J.B Dunckel* Tuba – Patrick Woodcock
Premiers Symptômes (English: First Symptoms) is the debut EP by French music duo Air, consisting of early singles released between 1995 and 1997. "Les Professionnels" was later used for the basis of Air's 1998 single "All I Need".
"It's usually just the collectors and obsessed fans that contend a band's first few singles are really their best work, far better than the material that ends up on their first album. With the French band Air, the collectors may just be right for once. Premiers Symptomes, a five-track EP boosted up to seven tracks for its eventual American issue on Astralwerks, features some of the most gorgeous moments in the duo's discography -- no small task considering the gems included on their full-length debut, 1998's Moon Safari. Almost completely instrumental (except for the surprisingly smooth robot croon on "Le Soleil est Pres de Moi"), Premiers Symptomes offers a half-dozen tracks of beautiful, deliciously downtempo synth-pop. It's far more than just a compilation of substandard early material that works best for collectors, it takes its place right next to Moon Safari as another highlight of French electronica"
Review by John Bush (allmusic.com)
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"When a record company cranks out old experiments by a new band after its splashy debut, it usually means profit is taking precedence over art. But Air's Premiers Symptomes, a reissued EP collection of the Parisian pair's first three singles now expanded to seven tracks, is nearly as sublime as 1998's Moon Safari. Almost every trademark of Air's Jean Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin is here: otherworldly analog synths, melodic bass lines, jazzy electric-piano tinkles, relaxed tempos, melancholy horns and a hushed simplicity that reaches back to classic French minimalist Erik Satie by way of Burt Bacharach's swingin'-Sixties lounge pop. "Casanova 70" references the beatbox soul of Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together," while the final folky moments of "Les Professionnels" provide a beautiful blueprint for Moon Safari's "All I Need." Until the duo's soundtrack for Sofia Coppola's The Virgin Suicides drops early next year, Premiers Symptomes should provide further evidence of why Air's sonic effervescence is such a gas."
BARRY WALTERS (Rolling Stone Magazine - (RS 820))
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