''Premiers Symptômes'' () is the debut EP by French

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. It consists of singles issued between 1995 and 1997.

History

"Les professionnels" was later used as the basis of Air's 1998 single " All I Need". Of 'Le soleil est près de moi', Nicolas Godin said: "It's the best song we ever did. It proves the best that you do isn't always the most successful. It came very naturally. The hard thing was finding a sentence to express the feeling we had. It was winter, so we wanted to have the sun near us. We did it in my living room before we were official artists, and we had so many problems with neighbours complaining about the noise of the

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. It was horrible."

Track listing

#"Modular Mix" – 5:59 #"Casanova 70" – 5:53 #"Les professionnels" – 4:32 ("The Professionals") #"J'ai dormi sous l'eau" – 5:42 ("I Slept Under Water") #"Le soleil est près de moi" – 4:52 ("The Sun Is Close to Me") ;1999 re-release bonus tracks #

"Californie" – 2:27 ("California") # "Brakes On" – 4:22 #*Remix of Alex Gopher's "Gordini Mix" #*Alternately titled "Gordini Mix" (Brakes On mix) in some regions ;Japanese bonus tracks #

"Le soleil est près de moi" ( Buffalo Daughter Remix) – 4:48 #"Le soleil est près de moi" (

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Remix) – 2:37

Personnel

* Air – production * Jean-Benoît Dunckel - Fender Rhodes Piano, Organ, Solina Strings Ensemble, Korg MS20 and Mini Moog Synthesizers, Clavinet, Choir & Vocoder Effects * Nicolas Godin - Bass, Solina Strings Ensemble, Mini Moog Synthesizer, Drums, Percussion, Samples, Sitar, Reverse Piano, Talk Box & Vocoder Effects, Fender Rhodes Piano, Guitars, Voice * Alex Gopher – reverse Rhodes (track 1) * Xavier Jamaux – sampler (track 1) * Eric Regert – organ (track 2) * Etienne Wersinger – tambura (track 4) * Patrick Woodcock – Euphonium (tracks 2–5); acoustic guitar (track 3) * Stéphane Briat – mixing (tracks 2, 4, 5) * Étienne de Crécy – production, mixing (tracks 1, 3) * Alexandre Courtès – artwork * Fabrice Lepicier – photography * Sabotage! – design * Guy Davie – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Certifications

As of 2001 it has sold 77,000 copies in United States according to

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Premiers Symptomes 1997 debut EPs Air (French band) albums Virgin Records EPs