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In 2024, Air look to provide a compelling demonstration of what English author Simon Reynolds termed "retromania" in his 2010 book of the same title. The French duo is performing their debut album, the revered Moon Safari from 1998, live for the first time in front of an audience. This event celebrates nostalgia (given the album's 25-year-old status, or more precisely, 25 and a half years - at this point, fans are intimately familiar with the melodies of "Sexy Boy" and "Kelly Watch The Stars"). It introduces a sense of novelty and freshness; perhaps since the group have long disappeared from public view and have never before performed this album live.
It’s a success: Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel seem as if they’ve returned from another dimension where time hasn’t altered the musicians’ faces or frames, the scenography, resembling a three-dimensional painting, is magical, and the music of Moon Safari is retro-futurist and trippy. This marks a return to the original album, as well as a bonus disc that digs up rare tracks dating from the same period, so there are no stunning revelations over the course of the record’s nine tracks, but we at least can confirm that Air’s music has definitely passed the test of time. An unlikely combination of influences for the time (from prog-rock to cartoon soundtracks, as well as synth pop), the music of Moon Safari was also avant-garde, and paved the (milky) way for the daydreamers of the new millennium. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
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Nilesh Patel, MasteringEngineer - Marlon, Drums - Jérôme Blondel, Assistant Mixing Engineer, Assistant Recording Engineer - Air, MainArtist - Nicolas Godin, Producer, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Tambourine, Writer, Synthesizer, Talkbox, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Writer - Stephane "Alf" Briat, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - JB DUNCKEL, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer, RecordingEngineer
© 2024 Warner Music France Label Parlophone, ℗ 1997 Warner Music France
Nilesh Patel, MasteringEngineer - Jérôme Blondel, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Air, MainArtist - Nicolas Godin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Writer, Synthesizer, Talkbox, Vocoder, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Writer - Stephane "Alf" Briat, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - JB DUNCKEL, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer, Vocoder, RecordingEngineer - Jérôme Kerner, Assistant Recording Engineer - Enfants Square Burq, Additional Vocals
© 2024 Warner Music France Label Parlophone, ℗ 1997 Warner Music France
Nilesh Patel, MasteringEngineer - Jérôme Blondel, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Air, MainArtist - Nicolas Godin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Writer - Patrick Woodcock, Tuba, Writer - Stephane "Alf" Briat, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - JB DUNCKEL, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Synthesizer, RecordingEngineer - Jérôme Kerner, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2024 Warner Music France Label Parlophone, ℗ 1997 Warner Music France
George Clinton, Jr., Composer, Writer - Edward Hazel, Composer, Writer - Air, Lead Vocals, MainArtist
© 2024 Warner Music France Label Parlophone, ℗ 1997 Warner Music France
Christian Mazzalai, Guitar - Air, MainArtist - Nicolas Godin, Vocals, Writer - Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Vocals, Writer - Laurent Brancowitz, Additional Keyboards - Deck D'Arcy, Bass - Thomas Mars, Drums
© 2024 Warner Music France ℗ 2024 BBC
Air, Vocals, MainArtist - Nicolas Godin, Writer - Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Writer
© 2024 Warner Music France ℗ 2024 BBC
Air, Vocals, MainArtist - Nicolas Godin, Writer - Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Writer
© 2024 Warner Music France ℗ 2024 BBC
Nilesh Patel, MasteringEngineer - Marlon, Drums - Jérôme Blondel, Assistant Mixing Engineer - Air, MainArtist - Nicolas Godin, Producer, Keyboards, Percussion, Writer, Synth Bass, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Hand Clap, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Writer - Stephane "Alf" Briat, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - JB DUNCKEL, Producer, Glockenspiel, Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer, Vocoder, Hand Clap, RecordingEngineer - Jérôme Kerner, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2024 Warner Music France Label Parlophone, ℗ 1997 Warner Music France
Nilesh Patel, MasteringEngineer - Jérôme Blondel, Assistant Mixing Engineer - David Whitaker, Strings Conductor, Strings Arranger - Jean-Jacques Perrey, Writer - Air, MainArtist - Nicolas Godin, Producer, Drums, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion, Tambourine, Vocals, Writer, Synthesizer, Talkbox, Vocoder, RecordingEngineer - Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Writer - Stephane "Alf" Briat, MixingEngineer, RecordingEngineer - JB DUNCKEL, Producer, Keyboards, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Synthesizer, RecordingEngineer - Jérôme Kerner, Assistant Recording Engineer
© 2024 Warner Music France Label Parlophone, ℗ 1998 Warner Music France
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In 2024, Air look to provide a compelling demonstration of what English author Simon Reynolds termed "retromania" in his 2010 book of the same title. The French duo is performing their debut album, the revered Moon Safari from 1998, live for the first time in front of an audience. This event celebrates nostalgia (given the album's 25-year-old status, or more precisely, 25 and a half years - at this point, fans are intimately familiar with the melodies of "Sexy Boy" and "Kelly Watch The Stars"). It introduces a sense of novelty and freshness; perhaps since the group have long disappeared from public view and have never before performed this album live.
It’s a success: Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel seem as if they’ve returned from another dimension where time hasn’t altered the musicians’ faces or frames, the scenography, resembling a three-dimensional painting, is magical, and the music of Moon Safari is retro-futurist and trippy. This marks a return to the original album, as well as a bonus disc that digs up rare tracks dating from the same period, so there are no stunning revelations over the course of the record’s nine tracks, but we at least can confirm that Air’s music has definitely passed the test of time. An unlikely combination of influences for the time (from prog-rock to cartoon soundtracks, as well as synth pop), the music of Moon Safari was also avant-garde, and paved the (milky) way for the daydreamers of the new millennium. © Stéphane Deschamps/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:41:16
- Main artists: Air
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Parlophone (France)
- Genre: Electronic
© 2024 Warner Music France ℗ 2024 Warner Music France
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