Champagne (EP)

Champagne
EP by Miss Kittin & The Hacker
Released	July 6, 1998 (1998-07-06)
Recorded	1997
Genre	Electronica, Electropop, Electroclash, Dance, Synthpop, Techno
Label	International DeeJay Gigolo Records
Producer	Caroline Hervé, Michel Amato
Miss Kittin chronology
Champagne (1998) Intimités (1999)
The Hacker chronology
Girls on Film (1998) Champagne (1998) A Strange Day (1999)
Singles from Champagne
"1982" Released: 1998 (1998)

Champagne is the debut extended play (EP) by the French recoding duo Miss Kittin & The Hacker. Released in July 1998,^[1] several of the album's songs were later included on the duo's debut studio album First Album.

Background and development

While establishing themselves as musicians and appearing on several compilation albums for Mental Groove Records,^[2] Miss Kittin & The Hacker eventually signed to DJ Hell's label International DeeJay Gigolo Records to release their debut EP as a duo Champagne. The Hacker explained in an interview with In the Mix about the musical direction of the EP:

"When we started we decided that we won’t do classic techno. We wanted to bring back some human feelings to electronic music, and also, very important, some lyrics and with Miss Kittin’s words it was perfect. At last electronic music had something to say! Another thing was that I wanted to use classic song structure in an electronic style."^[3]

Singles

• "1982" was released as the album's lead single commercially worldwide in 1998. The song became an underground hit and was featured on German MTV.^[4]

Track listing

All lyrics written by Miss Kittin & The Hacker, except where otherwise noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Gigolo Intro"		1:52
2.	"Frank Sinatra"		3:51
3.	"The Grey Area"		5:16
4.	"1982"		5:17
5.	"Gratin Dauphinois"		3:31
6.	"Gigolo Outro"		2:02
7.	"Dirty Talk"	Klein + M.B.O.	2:05

Source: ^[5]

References

1. ^ "records.1998". Misskittin.com. http://misskittin.com/disco/records/98_01.htm. Retrieved 2011-03-11. 
2. ^ Kellman, Andy. "Miss Kittin". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p320600. Retrieved 2011-03-11. 
3. ^ PiNKe (2003-09-17). "The Hacker: The existentialist on inthemix.com.au". In the Mix. http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/11941/The_Hacker_The_existentialist. Retrieved 2011-03-11. 
4. ^ Gagne, Justin (2011). "Velle - Couture Soundtracks - Winter 2010". Velle. http://www.velle.us/features/couture-soundtracks/. Retrieved 2011-03-11. 
5. ^ "Miss Kittin And The Hacker* - Champagne! E.P.". Discogs. Zinc Media, Inc. http://www.discogs.com/Miss-Kittin-And-The-Hacker-Champagne-EP/master/38663. Retrieved 2010-10-30. 

External links

• "1982" at Yahoo! Music