Air's music is known for its calming character. Airy soundscapes with melody lines from a Moog synthesizer or a Fender Rhodes piano, inspired by obscure soundtracks from Italian cinema and synthesizer greats such as , and . This led to the brilliant CD , the successor and for the movie The Virgin Suicides. After Air had performed in Rome with the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco and had received
… enthusiastic reactions from the public and press, they decided to make a CD, on which a reading voice is accompanied by music. In itself, Barrico City Reading Tre Storie Western is not a bad idea, were it not for the fact that it is presented entirely in Italian, which limits the listening group to blind and partially sighted people who master this language. The other listeners will have heard it after the first song. It might be a better idea to borrow an old Air CD and find a suitable book for it yourself. (AD)more
