Air (skupina)

Air
Základné informácie
Pôvod	Francúzsko
Žáner(-re)	Electronica, downtempo, trip hop, pop
Pôsobenie	1995–súčasnosť
Vydavateľstvá	Astralwerks
Webstránka	www.intairnet.org
Členovia skupiny
Nicolas Godin Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Hudobný portál

Air je francúzska skupina pozostávajúca z dua Nicolas Godin a Jean-Benoît Dunckel, založená v roku 1995. Ich kritikou ocenený prvý album Moon Safari nasledovali albumy Premiers Symptômes, 10000 Hz Legend, The Virgin Suicides (soundtrack) a Talkie Walkie.

Ich najnovší album Pocket Symphony, bol vydaný 5. marca 2007. Účinkuje na ňom aj člen a spevák skupiny Pulp Jarvis Cocker a Neil Hannon zo skupiny The Divine Comedy. Producentom albumu je Nigel Godrich.

Diskografia

Albumy

• 1997 Premiers Symptômes - (5 stôp) - 12"/CD Source
• 1998 Moon Safari - 12"/CD/MD Source
• 1999 Premiers Symptômes - (7 stôp) - 12"/CD Source
• 2000 The Virgin Suicides - 12"/CD/MD Record Makers
• 2001 10 000Hz Legend - 12"/CD Source
• 2002 Everybody Hertz - 12"/CD Source
• 2003 City Reading (Tre Storie Western) with Alessandro Baricco - 12"/CD Source
• 2004 Talkie Walkie - 12"/CD+DVD/CD Astralwerks/Source
• 2006 LateNightTales
• 2007 Pocket symphony

Single/EP

• 1995 "Modulor Mix" - 12"/CD Source (titul je narážkou na Le Corbusierov systém modulor)
• 1996 "Casanova 70" - 12"/CD Source
• 1996 "Modulor" - 12"/Cd Mo'Wax
• 1997 "Le Soleil Est Près De Moi" - 12"/CD Source
• 1998 „Californie“ - 7" Source
• 1998 "Sexy Boy" - 7"/12"/Cassette/CD Source
• 1998 "Kelly Watch The Stars" - 7"/12"/CD Source
• 1998 "All I Need" - 12"/CD Source
• 2000 "Playground Love" - 7"/12"/CD Record Makers
• 2001 "Radio #1" - 7"/12"/CD Source
• 2001 "How Does It Make You Feel?" - 7" Source
• 2001 „People in the City“ - 12" Source
• 2002 „Don't Be Light“ - 12" Source
• 2002 „Everybody Hertz“ - CD/EP Source
• 2004 "Cherry Blossom Girl" - CD/12"/7" Source
• 2004 „Surfing on a Rocket“ - CD/12"/7"/DVD Source
• 2004 „Alpha Beta Gaga“ - CD/12" Source
• 2004 Surfing on a Rocket E.P. - CD Source (USA verzia)

Kompilácie

• 1995 "Modulor Mix" na SourceLab - 12"/CD Source
• 1996 "Casanova 70" na SourceLab 2 - 12"/CD Source
• 1997 "Soldissimo (EDC Remix)" on Superdiscount- 12"/CD Solid
• 1997 "Cosmic Bird" (with Jean-Jacques Perrey) on SourceLab 3Y - 12"/CD Source
• 2000 "Planet Vega" on At Home With The Groovebox - 12"/CD Grand Royal
• 2002 „Dirty Trip (Live)“ on Rarewerks II - CD Astralwerks

Remixy, ne-albumy a live nahrávky

• 1996 Ollano „Latitudes (Air Remix)“ na Latitudes - 12" Artefact
• 1997 Crustation "Purple (La Femme D'Argent Mix)" na Purple - 12"/CD Jive
• 1997 Neneh Cherry „Kootchi (Air Remix)“ on Neneh Chérie Remixes - 100% French Mixes - CD Hut
• 1997 Depeche Mode "Home (Air „Around The Golf“ Remix)" on Home - 12"/CD Mute
• 1997 Alex Gopher "Brakes On Mix" on Gordini Mix Remixes - 12"/CD Solid
• 1998 Étienne Daho "Me Manquer (Londres En Été - Air Remix)" na A New World - 12"/CD Virgin
• 1998 Air with Françoise Hardy „Jeanne“ (Sexy Boy B-Side)
• 1998 „Mabrouk“ (Moon Safari Tour, version of the title track of the French TV show "30 Millions D’Amis")
• 1998 „Be A Bee“ (Moon Safari Tour)
• 1998 „Le Slow“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover piesne „Melissa“ od Francisa Lai, soundtrack Bilitis)
• 1998 „Maggot Brain“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover „Maggot Brain“ od George Clinton & The Parliament)
• 1998 „Tomorrow Never Knows“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover of „Tomorrow Never Knows“ od Beatles)
• 1998 „Close Encounters Of The Third Kind“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover of the soundtrack by John Williams (composer))
• 1998 „Blue Monday“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover piesne „Blue Monday“ od New Order)
• 1999 Beth Hirsch "Minor's Son" ( with J.B. Dunckel on Rhodes)
• 1999 Alex Gopher "Ralph And Kathy" ( with J.B. Dunckel on keyboards and MS20)
• 2002 David Bowie "A Better Future (Air Remix)" na Heathen (Ltd. Edition) - CD Virgin
• 2002 „Summer Love (Demo Version)“ (Deck Safari Part 2)
• 2002 „Flowerhead“ (Everybody Hertz Japan Bonus Track)
• 2004 „Easy Going Woman“ (Talkie Walkie Japan Bonus Track)

Ďalšie single a remixy albumov

• 1998 „Sexy Boy“ (Bertrand Version, Bertrand Burgalat)
• 1998 „Sexy Boy“ (Deep Dish Remixes, Promo Only 12")
• 1999 „Sexy Boy“ (QAF Remix)
• 1999 „All I Need“ (BB Breakbeat Mix)
• 2002 „Le Soleil Est Près de Moi“ (Money Mark Remix, Premiers Symptômes Japan Bonus Track)
• 2002 „Le Soleil Est Près de Moi“ (Buffalo Daughter Remix, Premiers Symptômes Japan Bonus Track)

Videá a filmy

• 1998 Sexy Boy (Video, Mike Mills)
• 1998 Kelly Watch The Stars (Video, Mike Mills)
• 1998 All I Need (Video, Mike Mills)
• 1999 Le Soleil Est Près De Moi (Video, Mike Mills)
• 1999 Eating Sleeping Waiting And Playing (DVD, Moon Safari Tour)
• 2000 The Virgin Suicides (Movie od Sofia Coppola)
• 2000 Playground Love (Video, Sofia & Roman Coppola)
• 2001 Radio #1 (Video, Alex & Martin)
• 2001 How Does It Make You Feel (Video, Antoine Bardou-Jacquet / Ludovic Houplain)
• 2001 Don't Be Light (Video, Jean-Francois Moriceau / Petra Mryzk)
• 2002 Sexy Boy, Kelly Watch The Stars, All I Need, Le Soleil Est Près De Moi, Playground Love, Radio #1, How Does It Make You Feel (Promotional DVD for Everybody Hertz)
• 2004 Electronic Performers, Talisman, Don't be Light, People In The City, La Femme D'Argent (Talkie Walkie Bonus DVD)
• 2004 Cherry Blossom Girl (Video, Kris Kramski)
• 2004 Surfing On A Rocket (Video, Antoine Bardou-Jacquet / Romain Guillon)
• 2004 Alpha Beta Gaga (Video, Mathieu Tonetti)

Speciálne projekty

• 2002 Monochromaticomouss (Hormonorium, Installation od Décosterd & Rahm)
• 2002 Polyvibratorwaves (Hormonorium, Installation od Décosterd & Rahm)
• 2002 Orange Blossom (Peinture Placebo, Installation od Décosterd & Rahm)
• 2002 Ginger (Peinture Placebo, Installation od Décosterd & Rahm)
• 2003 Near Life Experience (Ballet, Angelin Preljocaj)
• 2004 Pink TV (TV Signation)

Iné projekty

Commons

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