Air
Country of origin:
France
Type of music generally:
Alternative pop, electronica
Status:
Most recent release, Le Voyage Dans La Lune (soundtrack, 2012)
See also:
Air's site
Wikipedia's entry on Air
Comparisons:
Stereolab
Covers/own material:
Own
General comments:
I stumbled across a French duo called Air that reminded me a bit
of Stereolab, but with some interesting twists...
They've got the classic synths of Stereolab (moog and korg), and a few of their tracks feature some interesting 'vocoder' vocals by the 2 band members (Jean-Benoit Dunkel and Nicolas Godin) and Moon Safari also features 2 tracks with guest vocals by Beth Hirsch.
(jeffw@smoe.org)
Recommended first album:
Moon Safari is the only one that had much impact on ecto
Recordings:
- Premiers Symptômes (1997)
- Moon Safari (1998)
- The Virgin Suicides (soundtrack, 2000)
- 10 000 Hz Legend (2001)
- Everybody Hertz (2002)
- Talkie Walkie (2004)
- Late Night Tales (2006)
- Pocket Symphony (2007)
- Love 2 (2009)
- Le Voyage Dans La Lune (soundtrack, 2012)
Release info:
1998
Availability:
Wide
Ecto priority:
Recommended for electronica fans
Group members:
Jean-Benoît Dunkel—keyboards, synths, organ, vocals, piano, pan pipes, hand claps, glockenspiel
Nicolas Godin—bass, synths, percussion, vocals, guitar, hand claps, harmonica, glockenspiel, piano, organ, pan pipes, drums
Guest artists:
Beth Hirsch—vocals (2 tracks
Enfants square Burcq—vocals
Alf (a.k.a. Stephane Briat)—hand claps
Caroline L.—hand claps
Marlon—drums
Eric Regert—organ
David Whitaker—string arrangement, conducting
P. Woodcock—guitar, tuba
Comments:
not to be confused with Air Miami which i initially did with all the press Air was getting. quite good actually, one of the few CDs i think that actually lived up to the HYPE. smooth swanky kinda stereolab-ish but more pop song structured. (iflin@speakeasy.net)
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