- Year of release
- 1998
- Global sales
- 2 million
- Genre
- Electronica, chill-out
- Buy this album
- Download | Buy CD
French duo Air's debut album proper, this hypnotic collection of retro-esque songs set the benchmark for mellow electronic albums with its dreamy Moog-enhanced soundscapes, inventive use of synths and enchanting melodies. Truly, an out of this world record.
Best tracks:
Sexy Boy
Kelly Watch The Stars
All I Need
Top facts:
- The name Air is actually an acronym for Amore, Imagination, Reve, which transtlates into English as Love, Imagination, Dream.
- Air are the musical muses of American film director Sofia Coppola. They wrote the score for her debut movie The Virgin Suicides and their drummer Brian Reitzell compiled the soundtrack for Lost In Translation which, unsurprisingly, features Air. The band also feature on her latest film, Marie Antoinette.
- Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel both grew up in Versailles, near Paris, but didn't actually meet until they were both at college. Godin studied architecture and Dunckel read maths.
If you like this, try:
Charlotte Gainsbourg: 5:55
Stereolab: Dots And Loops
Groove Armada: Vertigo
Jean-Jacques Perrey: Moog Indigo
Stereolab: Dots And Loops
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