Also known as Air (band), Aie
French electronic music band
Key facts
- Origin
- Versailles , Île-de-France , France
- Genres
- Electronic space pop dream pop downtempo progressive rock chill-out
- Years active
- 1995–present
- Labels
- Source Virgin Astralwerks EMI
- Members
- Nicolas Godin Jean-Benoît Dunckel
- Website
- airfrenchband .com
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Air is a French music duo from Versailles, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. Their critically acclaimed debut album, Moon Safari, including the track "Sexy Boy", was an international success in 1998. Its follow-up, The Virgin Suicides, was the score to Sofia Coppola's first film The Virgin Suicides. The band has since released the albums 10 000 Hz Legend, Talkie Walkie, Pocket Symphony, Love 2, Le voyage dans la lune and Music for Museum. The band is influenced by a wide variety of musical styles and artists.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Air” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.