Nicolas Godin studied architecture at the รcole nationale supรฉrieure d'architecture de Versailles, and Jean-Benoรฎt Dunckel studied mathematics, before forming a band in 1995. Before founding Air (erroneously considered as an acronym of Amour, Imagination, Rรชve, which translates to Love, Imagination, Dream), Dunckel and Godin played together in the band Orange with others such as Alex Gopher, Xavier Jamaux and Jean de Reydellet. The former two subsequently contributed to remixes of tracks recorded by Air.
Initially Godin worked alone, recording a demo with members of Funkadelic as his backing band before releasing his first entirely solo effort, "Modular Mix", which featured production by รtienne de Crรฉcy.
Career
After making several remixes for other acts in the first half of the 1990s, Air recorded its first EP, Premiers Symptรดmes, in 1995. The band released its first album, Moon Safari, in 1998. Its first single, "Sexy Boy", was heavily played on alternative radio stations. The album received universal acclaim and became an international success. In 1999, Air composed the score The Virgin Suicides to Sofia Coppola's debut film of the same name; in 2012, Air wrote its second score to Georges Mรฉliรจs' Le voyage dans la lune.
Other works
Air has often collaborated with Coppola. Air drummer and former Redd Kross member Brian Reitzell put together the soundtrack to 2003's Lost in Translation, including one original contribution by Air titled "Alone in Kyoto". The soundtrack for Coppola's October 2006 film Marie Antoinette featured a track by Air ("Il Secondo Giorno"). Air wrote and played the music of the album 5:55 by Anglo-French actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg, which was released in August 2006. Air has recorded a DJ mix album, Late Night Tales: Air, for Azuli Records' Late Night Tales series. The release was initially scheduled for October 2005, but was delayed several times. It finally was released, complete with a new sleeve design, in September 2006. Darkel, a solo album by Dunckel, was released that same year.
City Reading (Tre Storie Western) (2003) started as an idea for a collaboration with contemporary Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, known for his unusual characterizations and lyrical, poetic style. Baricco contacted Air in summer 2002 with the idea to marry narration of texts from his book City with live original musical accompaniment. The performance premiered live in November 2002 at Rome's Teatro Valle and was deemed such a success that both parties resolved to make a full studio recording.
Influences and musical style
Air is associated with a variety of musical styles: electronica, space pop, dream pop, progressive rock, downtempo, chillout, trip hop, ambient, electronic pop and space rock. Dunckel grew up listening to both classical and electronic music, especially Kraftwerk. He later took an interest in what he called the "English dark rock" of Siouxsie and the Banshees and Joy Division, while being a fan of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. Brian Eno and Cluster were two of the electronic acts who inspired him the most. He cites among his favorite artists: Maurice Ravel for classical music, Franรงois de Roubaix for music soundtracks and Siouxsie and the Banshees for pop music. Dunckel shared with Godin a special liking for the music of Michel Legrand, Philip Glass and Grace Jones. During his childhood, Godin was fascinated by the Beatles before later discovering the soul of Sly and the Family Stone. The duo were influenced by progressive rock pioneers Pink Floyd.
Air uses many of its studio instruments (like Moog synthesizers, the Korg MS-20, Wurlitzer and Vocoder) on stage, where their ability to improvise is more clearly highlighted. The band performs the well-known tracks from the albums live as extended or altered versions. Air often collaborates (both in the studio and live) with artists like Beth Hirsch (Moon Safari), Franรงoise Hardy ("Jeanne"), Jean-Jacques Perrey ("Cosmic Bird"), Gordon Tracks ("Playground Love" and "Easy Going Woman" โ Gordon Tracks is a pseudonym of the French singer Thomas Mars from Phoenix), Beck (10 000 Hz Legend) and Jean-Michel Jarre ("Close Your Eyes" from Jarre's Electronica 1: The Time Machine). They also invited Dave Palmer on their 2004 tour and drummer Earl Harvin, Vincent Taurelle and Steve Jones on their 2007 tour.
Studio albums
Moon Safari (1998)
10 000 Hz Legend (2001)
Talkie Walkie (2004)
Pocket Symphony (2007)
Love 2 (2009)
Le voyage dans la lune (2012)
Soundtrack albums
The Virgin Suicides (2000)
Music for Museum (2014)
Extended plays
Premiers Symptรดmes (1997)
Collaborative albums
City Reading (Tre Storie Western) (2003)
Mix and remix albums
Everybody Hertz (2002)
Late Night Tales (2006)
Compilation albums
Twentyears (2016)
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Air is one of the many aliases of Pete Namlook. He has been releasing ambient music under this name since the release of an eponymous album in 1993.
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Japanese noise rock, Air is an alias of Koji Kurumatani first released album Wear Off in 1996.
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Air is a late 90s Indonesian Pop band that became popular with their "Bintang" song.
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Air was a jazz trio with its roots steeped in Chicago's Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), and was formed originally in 1971. The jazz trio Air formed from within the Muhal Richard Abrams Sextet, which was active on the Chicago scene contemporaneously with the birth and growth of the AACM and groups such as the Art Ensemble of Chicago. Henry Threadgill on reeds, hubcaphone, and percussion; Fred Hopkins on bass, and Steve McCall on drums formed the trio when Threadgill was commissioned by Columbia College to score and adapt Scott Joplin's work for a performance honoring Joplin's centenary (Joplin's birth has been established now as sometime in 1868) and a rebirth of interest in the noted ragtime composer. All three men were Air signs in the zodiac, and so adopted the name.
They performed first around Chicago, while maintaining residency with Muhal Abrams group, which also featured Kalaparusha Maurice McIntyre and Wallace McMillan, both reed players. The Air "brand" remained a side project until all three reunited in New York in 1975, and began recording under that name for India Navigation, Nessa, Black Saint, and Novus. The trio broke up when Steve McCall left in the early 1980s, and when Pheroan Aklaff joined in 1982, they recorded as New Air, and recorded several albums under that name, including Air Show No. 1 in 1986, which featured Cassandra Wilson on vocals. Andrew Cyrille ultimately replaced akLaff before the band eventually was superceded by the burgeoning careers of its members: Threadgill with his groups Sextett and Very Very Circus, and Hopkins as the go-to bassist for Threadgill, David Murray, and Hamiet Bluiett. McCall's health forced his retirement from touring around 1980, and the dynamic drummer and effusive and gracious man who was a cofounder of the AACM with Muhal Abrams and Fred Anderson, died of a stroke in 1989.
This Air is listed as Air (4) on Discogs and is also been identified on last.fm as Air (Fred Hopkins, Steve McCall, Henry Threadgill) and Air with Fred Hopkins, Steve Mccall, Henry Threadgill (sic: McCall's name misspelt), and possibly also other alternative spellings of the group's name exist.
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Air was a psychedelic folk rock band featuring Googie and Tom Coppola, John Siegler and Mark Rosengarden. They released their first self titled album in 1971.
Can't Let Go
Air Lyrics
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A silver hatchback with a dent in the door
And I followed it around the block
Started taking a familiar route
And I was thinking this has got to be you
So I hoping maybe we could talk
I can't let go and I
Would screw it up from the very beginning
If your the one then I
Can't let you run away
No no
No no
We ended up in a high speed chase
The tinted windows were hiding your face
When I drove up beside you
You probably think that I lost my head
Stopping at the green lights
And running the reds but I
I'm not gonna lose you again
No no
No no
'Cause I
I can't let go and I
I should have know that I
Would screw it up from the very beginning
If your the one then I
Can't let you run away
No no
No no
No we can't keep driving like this
Because one of us is going to end up
Dead in a ditch and I
I'm not trying to kill you
No no
No no
We both pulled over
To the side of the road
But a man jumped out
Popped me in the nose and I
Started rolling up my window
He ran over to the passenger side
Grab me by the shirt and he
Punched me in the eye and I
I had to apologize
I said
Please let go 'cause I
I truly know
That I've been screwin' up
From the very beginning
I thought you were someone and I
Couldn't let you run away
No no
I can't let go and I
I should have know that I
Would screw it up from the very beginning
If your the one then I
Can't let you run away
No no
No no
I can't let go and I
I should have know that I
Would screw it up from the very beginning
If your the one then I
Can't let you run away
No no
No no
No no
No no
No no
No no
No no
NO
The song โCanโt Let Goโ by Air Traffic Controller talks about a personโs desperate attempt to find and reconcile with someone they have lost. In the first few lines, the singer describes the scenario where they see a silver hatchback car in a parking lot that resembles the car of the person they are searching for. Following the car around, they believe that itโs indeed the person they are searching for and hope to stop and talk to them. The plot thickens as the situation turns into a high-speed chase where both cars run through red lights and stop signs. Eventually, both cars pull over, but the singer is assaulted by a stranger.
The lyrics capture the essence of a person's desperation and fixation on not wanting to lose someone they have lost. They cannot let go of the belief that the person they are searching for is the right person for them, even when their actions lead to physical altercations. The song reflects the idea that people's attachment to others can sometimes lead them astray and make them ignore reality.
Line by Line Meaning
I saw a car that looked just like yours
The singer saw a car that appears familiar to them and is likely the car of the person they are looking for.
A silver hatchback with a dent in the door
The car that the singer saw is a silver hatchback with a visible dent on one of its doors.
And I followed it around the block
The singer followed the car in question as they believe that it may belong to the person they are searching for.
Started taking a familiar route
The car took a route that the singer recognized or that is commonly taken by the person they're looking for.
And I was thinking this has got to be you
The singer thinks that the person they are trying to find is driving the car they are pursuing.
So I hoping maybe we could talk
The singer following the car with the hope of speaking to the person they are trying to reach.
I can't let go and I
The singer is deeply invested in finding the person they're looking for and cannot give up the search.
I should have know that I
The singer reflects on their past actions and realizes that they have made mistakes in the past.
Would screw it up from the very beginning
The singer believes that they have been messing things up from the start of their attempts to find this person.
If your the one then I
The person the singer is trying to find is someone that is important to them.
Can't let you run away
The singer doesn't want to lose this person again if they encounter them.
We ended up in a high speed chase
The pursuit of the car being followed escalated into a dangerous chase.
The tinted windows were hiding your face
The windows of the car being followed were tinted, and the singer cannot see the face of the person driving.
When I drove up beside you
The singer was able to get the car being followed to come alongside them.
Stopping at the green lights
The singer took unnecessary risks in traffic in order to keep up with the car they were chasing.
And running the reds but I
The singer took even greater risks by running through red lights while pursuing the other car.
I'm not gonna lose you again
The singer does not want to lose a chance to be close to the person they are looking for.
No we can't keep driving like this
The singer realizes that the high-speed chase is becoming dangerous and needs to end.
Because one of us is going to end up
The danger of the chase has become real, and someone will likely end up hurt if it continues.
Dead in a ditch and I
The singer realizes that their and the other driver's lives are at risk in this situation.
I'm not trying to kill you
The singer reaches out to the other driver, making it clear that they do not want to harm them.
We both pulled over
Both drivers come to a stop on the side of the road.
To the side of the road
Both cars have pulled over to the shoulder of the road.
But a man jumped out
An unknown person got out of the car in front of the singer.
Popped me in the nose and I
The unknown person punched the singer in the nose.
Started rolling up my window
The singer started to close the car window in self-defense.
He ran over to the passenger side
The unknown person went over to the passenger side of the car.
Grab me by the shirt and he
The unknown person grabbed the singer's shirt.
Punched me in the eye and I
The unknown person hit the singer in the eye.
I had to apologize
The singer had to apologize in order to diffuse the situation.
Please let go 'cause I
The singer pleads with the unknown person to let go.
I truly know
The singer wants to convey that they are sincere.
That I've been screwin' up
The singer is admitting to a pattern of poor behavior.
I thought you were someone and I
The singer is revealing that all of this confusion was the result of a mistaken identity.
Couldn't let you run away
The singer wants the chance to be with the person they were chasing, even if they are not the person they are intended to find.
Lyrics ยฉ BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sentric Music, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: Randall Weeks
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@carlosandradeealves2530
Que saudade de vc.
Nรฃo deixo o tempo apagar oque vivemos...
Por onde andas, meu amor?!
Serรก que me esqueceste?
Ah, meu amor, sinto tanto sua falta!
Sigo na estrada da vida, pelos jardins deste mundo, contemplando nossas doces recordaรงรตes...Sigo amando-te como sempre.
Onde estรกs o teu sorriso?!
Onde puseste o teu amor que juraste que era para mim??
Sinto tanta sua falta... Onde estรกs, meu amor?
@David-zb4qz
We picked this song as our wedding song in March of 89. We're still together 33 years later.
@lennilenni6889
Amazing
@joyreyes8632
0
@ka-pikoykoy4187
More more years to come ๐
@choyginaldagupan7775
Amazing
@pkgty
God bless you infinitely
@isaaccampoy5422
Air supply makes some of the most beautiful songs ever!
@paulonunez3859
I can't let go...coz you're so special to me and loved and gave such inspiration ...it reminds me a lot...
@aliingente7678
True
@mansantos6411
@@aliingente7678 ass's it unuuo I'll