Nicolas Godin studied architecture at the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles, and Jean-Benoît Dunckel studied mathematics, before forming a band in 1995. Before founding Air (erroneously considered as an acronym of Amour, Imagination, Rêve, 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 Étienne de Crécy.
Career
After making several remixes for other acts in the first half of the 1990s, Air recorded its first EP, Premiers Symptômes, 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 Méliès' 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, François 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), Françoise Hardy ("Jeanne"), Jean-Jacques Perrey ("Cosmic Bird"), Gordon Tracks ("Playground Love" and "Easy Going Woman" – 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 Symptômes (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.
Just Like Honey
Air Lyrics
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You give me when the time is right
I just like the feeling
When you tell me you'll be here tonight
Let me believe that this moment is good for you too
When you leave it's not really all through
Does it get to you
I just like the feeling
I just like the feeling
That your love is not too far away
Tell me again
That you'll stay for as long as you can
When I'm really not part of the plan
I just like the feeling
I just like the feeling
I just like the feeling
Closest to love
I just like the feeling
When you're next to me without a sound
I just like the feeling
When you tell me that you're all unwound
One night I'm yours and tonight
You can have nothing less
Tomorrow I long for the rest
Tell me a lie
If it helps me get through one more day
You know I'll be here anyway
I just like the feeling
I just like the feeling
I just like the feeling
Closest to love
One night I'm yours and tonight
You can have nothing less
Tomorrow I long for the rest
Tell me a lie
If it helps me get through one more day
You know I'll be here anyway
"Just Like Honey" by Air is a song that speaks of a love that is not quite requited, but is still appreciated. The lyrics express the desire to believe that the moment is as good for the other person as it is for the singer. There is a certain feeling that the other person brings about, a feeling that the singer likes, and wants to hold onto for as long as possible. The singer enjoys pretending that the other person will stay, and that their love is not too far away. Even if the other person's plan does not include the singer, the singer will still be there, enjoying the feeling of love that is closest to what they are hoping for.
In the second half of the song, the lyrics take a slightly different direction. The singer expresses the pleasure of being close to the other person without the need for words. The singer recognizes that they may only have the other person for one night, and that even though they long for the rest of love, they may have to settle for the moment. The singer is willing to accept a lie if it helps them get through one more day, because they know that they will be there anyway.
Line by Line Meaning
I just like the feeling
I enjoy the sensation
You give me when the time is right
The feeling you evoke at the appropriate moment
When you tell me you'll be here tonight
When you assure me of your presence this evening
Let me believe that this moment is good for you too
Allow me to believe that this moment is also enjoyable for you
When you leave it's not really all through
Your exit doesn't signify the conclusion of things
Does it get to you
Does it affect you similarly?
Of pretending that some day you'll stay
Fictitiously envisioning you'll stick around one day
That your love is not too far away
That your affection isn't too distant
Tell me again that you'll stay for as long as you can
Reassure me once more that you'll stay as feasible
When I'm really not part of the plan
Although I'm not truly included in the scheme
When you're next to me without a sound
When you're silent but in close proximity
When you tell me that you're all unwound
When you proclaim that you're completely relaxed
One night I'm yours and tonight
One evening, you possess me and presently
You can have nothing less
You won't settle for anything inferior
Tomorrow I long for the rest
Tomorrow, I yearn for the remainder
Tell me a lie if it helps me get through one more day
Falsify something to aid me get through another day
You know I'll be here anyway
Regardless, I'll still be present
Closest to love
The most similar to love
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
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@angieengi
(lyrics because sometimes it is so annoying to look for them while listening to the music)
Listen to the girl
As she takes on half the world
Moving up and so alive
In her honey dripping beehive
Beehive
It's good, so good, it's so good
So good
Walking back to you
Is the hardest thing that
I can do
That I can do for you
For you
I'll be your plastic toy
I'll be your plastic toy
For you
Eating up the scum
Is the hardest thing for
Me to do
Just like honey (x16)
@elijahgibran7569
Years ago, a girl I was dating was killed in a car accident. One night soon there after, I was listening to the local alternative radio station. I thought it fitting to call and request a song for her. I got through, but the DJ didn't have the song I wanted. However, he said he had a good song in mind. He played this song.
@alexare7948
What was the song you wanted??
@dchoney9435
Alex Are Stand Inside Your Love by Smashing Pumpkins. It’s me, I just had to change my account info.😊
@richardcalladine3908
A very fitting song.
@SussedRage
@@dchoney9435 the lyrics in Stand Inside Your Love are truly phenomenal.
@xanderharris1104
What was the song u wanted?
@WINGERSTEIN9000
is it me or does this song sound a lot newer than it actually is, so timeless
@alexferguson1139
I was thinking the same thing, it hasn't aged at all.
@rachelnbrien
This is quality production<3<3 Sooo beautiful. Art<3
@toogoodlimegreen
WINGER STEIN It holds up almost too well.