The French duo Air is an outsider in the international electronics. The Paris student Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin finding their mid-nineties by a shared passion for early keyboard music of Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream, artists risk being forgotten at the time. The elegant melodies with which the two come up, and inspired by popcomponisten seem like Serge Gainsbourg, Brian Wilson
… and Burt Bacharach, a novelty in the genre. After several well received 12 inches having released Air debuts in 1998 with strong classical album Moon Safari. The worldwide success seems a millstone refuses to accept the neck of the pair to be, as the public course teaching in these plates. Talkie Walkie (2004) and Pocket Symphony (2007) sound a cautious return to success sound.more
