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Air is a French band, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, founded in 1995.Their critically acclaimed first album Moon Safari was followed by the release of Premiers Symptômes, 10 000Hz Legend, The Virgin Suicides ( soundtrack) and Talkie Walkie.
Although Air's music is often referred to as electronica or trip-hop and is often found in such bins in record stores, their form of electronic music really owes more to the synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis. Other influences that are more readily apparent than house and techno are psychedelic rock pioneers Pink Floyd and Krautrockers Tangerine DreamThis article is about the German band Tangerine Dream. Tangerine Dream is also the name of the Japanese band Do As Infinity's first single, released on September 29, 1999. For information regarding the Japanese band and their music, see: Do As Infinity Ta (although there are some echoes of dance music styles in the production). Air's music also has jazzFor other article subjects named Jazz see jazz (disambiguation). Jazz is a musical art form characterized by blue notes, syncopation, swing, call and response, polyrhythms, and improvisation. It has been called the first original art form to develop in th inflections at times, and their ability to improvise is more clearly highlighted in the live arena.
Before they founded Air, JB and Nicolas played together in the band Orange , with others such as Alex Gopher , Xavier Jamaux and Etienne de Crécy — names which have recently reappeared in connection with Air's remixes.
Air uses many of their studio instruments (often unusual ones, like the Moog, Korg MS20 , WurlitzerWurlitzer is a brand of organ that was played in 1920's theaters for silent movies. It was often rigged up to other instruments in the room that could be played as the organist at the console pulled out various stops. Known as the Mighty Wurlitzer for its and VocoderA vocoder (name derived from voice coder formerly also called voder is a speech analyser and synthesizer. It was originally developed as a speech coder for telecommunications applications in the 1930s, the idea being to code speech for transmission. Its p) live on stage. The band performs the well-known tracks from the albums live as extended, alternated or ingeniously mixed versions. Air often works together, both in the studio and live on stage, with artists like Beth Hirsch (Moon Safari), Françoise HardyFrancoise Hardy (b. January 17 1944 in Paris) is a French singer and actress. Biography She signed her first contract with the record label Vogue in November 1961. In April 1962, shortly after finishing school, her first album Oh oh Cheri appeared, with t (Jeanne), Jean-Jaques Perrey (Cosmic Bird), Gordon Tracks (Playground Love und Easy Going Woman), BeckBeck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician and songwriter. Biography Beck Hansen was born in Los Angeles, California to parents, David Campbell, a musician, and Bibbe Hansen, a visual artist. When his parents separated, he (10 000Hz Legend) and, on the current tour, with Dave Palmer and drummer Earl Harvin .
1 Discography
1.1 Albums
- 1997 Premiers Symptômes - (5 tracks) - 12"/CD Source
- 1998 Moon Safari - 12"/CD/MD Source
- 1999 Premiers Symptômes - (7 tracks) - 12"/CD Source
- 2000 The Virgin Suicides - 12"/CD/MD Record Makers
- 2001 10 000Hz Legend - 12"/CD Source
- 2002 Everybody Hertz - 12"/CD Source
- 2003 City Reading (Tre Storie Western) with Alessandro Baricco - 12"/CD Source
- 2004 Talkie Walkie - 12"/CD+DVD/CD Source/Astralwerks
