Idealism

Idealism is the debut album from German electro duo Digitalism. It was released on 9 May 2007 on Toshiba EMI in Japan as Digitalism (デジタル主義, Dejitaru Shugi) and 21 May, 2007 on Kitsuné Music/Virgin. In the United States, it was released on 5 June 2007 on Astralwerks. Five of the album's fifteen tracks - "Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Digitalism in Cairo", "Jupiter Room" and "Pogo" - have been previously released as EPs prior to the release. The song... more

Idealism is the debut album from German electro duo Digitalism. It was released on 9 May 2007 on Toshiba EMI in Japan as Digitalism (デジタル主義, Dejitaru Shugi) and 21 May, 2007 on Kitsuné Music/Virgin. In the United States, it was released on 5 June 2007 on Astralwerks. Five of the album's fifteen tracks - "Idealistic", "Zdarlight", "Digitalism in Cairo", "Jupiter Room" and "Pogo" - have been previously released as EPs prior to the release. The song "Digitalism in Cairo" samples the 1979 The Cure song "Fire In Cairo". The CD comes with a special code to download seven additional tracks on the internet. The bonus tracks are only available at a bitrate of 128kbit/s. "Idealistic" was used by Rockstar Games in the announcement trailer for their upcoming video game Midnight Club: Los Angeles . It's also currently used in a commercial for Airness on French TV. "Pogo" is used in a few commercials, including 2007 Pontiac commercial and a Virgin Mobile commercial, and will be featured in Need For... less