''Arabology'' is the debut album by

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Y.A.S. Y.A.S. is an electronic music duo, formed in 2007 in Paris, France, and consists of Mirwais Ahmadzaï (keyboard/guitar) and Yasmine Hamdan (vocals). The duo began recording their debut album, '' Arabology'', in 2007. Ahmadzaï wanted to create a ...

The album was released in France on 8 June 2009. The

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, "Get It Right", was released in June 2009. The duo began recording the album in 2007.

Mirwais Ahmadzaï Mirwais Ahmadzaï (born 23 October 1960), known mononymously as Mirwais, is a French electronic dance music record producer and songwriter. Born in Switzerland to an Afghan father and an Italian mother, Ahmadzaï was a member of the defunct 198 ...

wanted to create an electronic music album that had an

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. Moreover, he wanted to present a different representation of

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to balance the view of

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as "

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Track listing

Samples

"A-Man" contains an excerpt from "Man Machine" as performed by

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.''Arabology'' (CD album liner notes). AZ. 8 June 2009.

Personnel

The following people contributed to ''Arabology'': *Yasmine Hamdan –

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, vocal engineering *Mirwais Ahmadzaï –

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, vocals, programming, engineering, mixing *François Poggio – guitar *Stephane Briat – vocal engineering *Simon Davey – mastering *

Stéphane Sednaoui Stéphane Sednaoui () is a French director, photographer, film producer and actor. Over the years, Sednaoui has redefined his artistic approach to focus on his fine-art and cinematographic projects. New and existing work have been exhibited r ...

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Release history

The album was released in two versions: a single disc version, which used

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technology to offer extras via a website, and a digital version which included a

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."Y.A.S. Arabology"
. iTunes Store France.

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Charts

References

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