With the release of Air's fifth full-length album, J.B. Dunckel discusses his experience working with Nigel Godrich, his desire to score the next Bond film, and his fear that in the future, anyone can sound like Elvis."I will do the best I can to sound clever." The above sentence is a strange thing for a rock star to promise at the start of an interview, but then again, J.B. Dunckel's group, th...
Album name: Love 2Artist name: AIRGenre: Electronica/Pop/ExperimentalReleased: October 5th 2009Label: Astralwerks (US) / Virgin (ROW)ZME Rating: 10/10Website: http://en.aircheology.com ;We all know this band, we all appreciate its uniqueness and most incredible talent. And they've done it again. they will release tomorrow what in my opinion is they're best...
New Air record leaked yesterday. I have been listening to it for the last 24hrs and must say its pretty good. Better then the last one which I could never get into for some reason. It is a good mix... Music,Media,NYC Events, Gear, Gadgets and other Randomness from Brooklyn
Grab your popcorn, hot dogs, cold beer and get ready for the newest episode of The Best Cuts of Music! Hosts Robe Flax and Sam Houser are treating the Best Cuts office staff to a team building office baseball game. They face off against the All-Stars of NPR but tragedy strikes the stadium. What happens? Wind up your music player and pitch this episode on there to find out!http://www.thebestcuts...
Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, will release their fifth studio album Love 2 on October 5th. Nestled in the leafy backstreets of northern Paris, Atlas provided a creative haven for the band to produce these twelve new songs, which they wrote, performed, recorded and produced by themselves. These recording sessions again saw the band handling [...]
Please note that Air’s latest album is Love 2 and not Love 2.0.Please note that Air’s latest album is Love 2 and not Love 2.0. Air is not looking for a radical reinvention. If anything, what they’re presenting is intended to be some kind of sequel to previous efforts, or perhaps a rebranding effort for the emotion of love. Sadly, Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel’s new love is about as
Air, would you believe it, are on their sixth studio album and have been creating their mix of down-tempo electronica and ambient French-pop for nearly fifteen years now. From the elegance of 1998's Moon Safari and 2004's Talkie Walkie to the confused disappointment of the 2007's Pocket Symphony, the pair have had their fair share of musical ups-and-downs over their decade and a half together a...
Air - Pocket SymphonyIt starts out gorgeous from the beginning. 'space maker' is a beautiful track with the head of moon safar and the polish of talkie walkie. then wave your tearful goodbyes because the rest is a big departure for them. not the brain melting, weirdly thrilling freakout that was 10,000 hz legend, they're very much in control. But Air have made an album that demands to be warmed...
Dunno why, but I love these guys. Every album I've sampled is pretty different from the rest. They definitely keep you guessing.The Virgin Suicides soundtrack is also quite good, although a little repetitive. (the nature of most soundtracks)This song is one of my favs from this CD.
Video here:http://www.culturebully.com/archives/2967More info and music samples at these two websites:http://www.pocket-symphony.com/http://www.myspace.com/intairnetDaily OM Review below:June 7, 2007Pocket SymphonyAir2007"The French composer-production team known as Air-Nicolas Godin and J-B Dunckel-created a lounge-music sensation back in 1998 with their debut album Moon Safari, a collection o...
--- - |- On the cusp of summer and my full-time employment, I impart to you, my faithful readers this creation of mine, the dance mix antidote. But wait? Don't I largely support dance music? Yes, but dance music is largely loud energetic and entices you to move. Which are all great things that I will continue to revel in at almost every opportunity, but you know what? Sometimes I get tired. I ...
With the release of Air's fifth full-length album, J.B. Dunckel discusses his experience working with Nigel Godrich, his desire to score the next Bond film, and his fear that in the future, anyone can sound like Elvis."I will do the best I can to sound clever." The above sentence is a strange thing for a rock star to promise at the start of an interview, but then again, J.B. Dunckel's group, th...
Grab your popcorn, hot dogs, cold beer and get ready for the newest episode of The Best Cuts of Music! Hosts Robe Flax and Sam Houser are treating the Best Cuts office staff to a team building office baseball game. They face off against the All-Stars of NPR but tragedy strikes the stadium. What happens? Wind up your music player and pitch this episode on there to find out!http://www.thebestcuts...
Please note that Air’s latest album is Love 2 and not Love 2.0.Please note that Air’s latest album is Love 2 and not Love 2.0. Air is not looking for a radical reinvention. If anything, what they’re presenting is intended to be some kind of sequel to previous efforts, or perhaps a rebranding effort for the emotion of love. Sadly, Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel’s new love is about as
Air, would you believe it, are on their sixth studio album and have been creating their mix of down-tempo electronica and ambient French-pop for nearly fifteen years now. From the elegance of 1998's Moon Safari and 2004's Talkie Walkie to the confused disappointment of the 2007's Pocket Symphony, the pair have had their fair share of musical ups-and-downs over their decade and a half together a...