Air

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Formed 1995.

French band

Air Mick Hutson/Redferns

Biography

Air is a music duo from Versailles, France, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel.

Air's debut EP, Premiers Symptômes, was followed by the critically acclaimed album Moon Safari, the re-release of Premiers Symptômes, The Virgin Suicides score, and subsequently albums 10 000 Hz Legend, Everybody Hertz, Talkie Walkie, Pocket Symphony, Love 2, and Le Voyage Dans La Lune.

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BBC Reviews

  1. Le Voyage Dans La Lune 2012

    Review of Le Voyage Dans La Lune

    Reviewed by Ian Wade

    Perhaps the ‘most Air’ collection the French pair has ever mustered.
  2. Love 2 2009

    Review of Love 2

    Reviewed by David Stubbs

    They sound reinvigorated, differently coloured, and full of fresh intentions.
  3. Pocket Symphony 2007

    Review of Pocket Symphony

    Reviewed by Chris White

    ...An album that frustrates and bores in its steadfast refusal to confront the...
  4. Talkie Walkie 2004

    Review of Talkie Walkie

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    All Gallic cool mixed with naïve whimsy. A bit like Francoise Hardy in the 25th century.
  5. 10,000Hz Legend 2001

    Review of 10,000Hz Legend

    Reviewed by Andy Puleston

    Once again the French duo demonstrate an extraordinary degree of invention.
  6. Moon Safari 1998

    Review of Moon Safari

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    It's up to you, the horizontal listener, as to whether you can still really hear it.

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