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March 8, 2007

My List: Air

Air's Dunckel and Godin weigh in on their favorite albums
February 13, 2004

Air Take Trip With "Talkie"

April tour set to promote new album
January 26, 2004

New CDs: Air, Starsailor

Reviews of "Talkie Walkie," "Silence Is Easy" and more
September 29, 2003

Air Walk the "Walkie"

Ambient duo return with new album in January

Talkie Walkie

Like so many other pop wizards, Air take their favorite David Bowie disguise and build a whole new sound out of it. The French electronica duo always sounds as if it's lost in erotic space, floating in the blue with Major Tom, combining the soppy balladry of Hunky Dory with the whooshing electronic...

2004 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

Everybody Hertz

2002

10,000 Hz Legend

2001

The Virgin Suicides [Original Soundtrack]

2000

Premiers Symptomes

1998

Moon Safari

1998

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At a time when its native country had become the new hotbed of electronic music, French duo Air distinguished itself from its more house-music-oriented contemporaries (Daft Punk, Dimitri From Paris) with soft, keyboard-heavy compositions that recalled music from the '60s and '70s. With Jean-Benoit Dunckel having been formally trained in classical music at Paris' Conservatoire, he and his musical p...

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