Idealism

Idealism is the debut album by German electronic duo Digitalism. It was released in Japan on 9 May 2007 by EMI Music Japan as Digitalism (デジタル主義 Dejitaru Shugi?) and on 21 May 2007 by Kitsuné and Virgin Records. 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"-were previously released as EPs prior to the release. The song "Digitalism in Cairo" samples the The Cure's 1979 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 is also currently used in a commercial for Airness on French TV. "Pogo" is used in a few commercials, including a 2007 Pontiac commercial and a Virgin Mobile commercial, and was featured in Need for Speed: ProStreet and FIFA 08. A sample of "Idealistic" is used by American radio call-in programme Loveline at the beginning of each segment prior to going on air.