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)
----------------------------------------
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.
----------------------------------------
Japanese noise rock, Air is an alias of Koji Kurumatani first released album Wear Off in 1996.
----------------------------------------
Air is a late 90s Indonesian Pop band that became popular with their "Bintang" song.
----------------------------------------
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.
----------------------------------------
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.
Love
Air Lyrics
Jump to: Overall Meaning ↴ Line by Line Meaning ↴
As long as I am, beside the night and day
And I'd be SAFE here
But still I am aware
If I will throw it away
Would I stay myself again?
Perfect endpoint, 'till death
I will never forget that
"I'm all the same"
I'm-not-the same
As I used to confuse - by myself!
Can-we-meet?
Will we meet us again? not the same
Right now!
Done!
Listen to yourself!
Crash me down - now! crash me down - now!
I've never felt this way
Would you take me over? take me over!
I never set this game
I can remember the time and place
Never felt so much under
And now I can remember your face again
Thought you understand
How are you all doing tonight?
We are free air and we play this from the bottom of our souls, straight from our hearts
Hope you enjoyed this ride! are you still out there? have a good night and live your life!
It's the beginning of the end
I never thought I just said that
It's the beginning of the truth
Too many times - broken - also, me too
I tried to fall in love
But I failed, but I failed It all
I tried to SEIZE some chords
I tried to find it all
Chords of our love
And I fall
And I fall
And I FALL! ... in LOVE
I thought I could save you
I thought you could save me
Before we all change view
I thought i could save me
I thought you could save you
Before we all change view
Before we all change view
Before we all change view
Before this all changes you
Before this all changes me
Before this all changed all of us
Before this all changed our view
Before this all changed all of us
Before this all changed our view...
The lyrics of Air's "Love in 2" convey mixed emotions of fear, uncertainty, and hope regarding love. The opening line “I wish I could stay, not to fall away” portrays the fear of losing oneself in love. The singer feels safe next to their beloved but is aware that throwing oneself into love could mean losing oneself. The line “Perfect endpoint, till death, I will never forget that” implies that the singer has already experienced a great love, which has resulted in a perfect endpoint. However, they must now forget and move on. The song's title, "Love in 2", may suggest that the singer has had two different experiences with love or envisions two possible outcomes.
As the lyrics progress, the singer struggles with their identity and experiences a different kind of love. The line “I'm not the same, as I used to confuse - by myself” suggests that the singer has undergone a change and is struggling to come to terms with their new identity. They question whether they will meet their beloved again, and if they do, they will not be the same person. The lines “Crash me down - now! Crash me down - now! I've never felt this way,'' express a sense of urgency to be taken over by this new experience of love completely.
The lyrics are at times cryptic, but they express a complex web of emotions. They convey the singer's grappling with contemporary and universal challenges of identity, love, and life.
Line by Line Meaning
I wish I could stay - not to fall away
I want to stay strong and not give in
As long as I am, beside the night and day
As long as I am alive, I will be with you through everything
And I'd be SAFE here
I would feel secure here
But still I am aware
However, I am still conscious
If I will throw it away
If I give this up
Would I stay myself again?
Will I still be me?
Perfect endpoint, 'till death
A perfect conclusion, until death comes
I will never forget that
I will always remember that
And now I need to forget
But now I need to unremember
"I'm all the same"
I used to believe I was like everyone else
I'm-not-the same
But now I know I am different
As I used to confuse - by myself!
As I used to be confused, without anyone else's help
Can-we-meet?
Can we see each other again?
Will we meet us again? not the same
Will we meet again, but changed?
Right now!
At this moment!
Done!
Finished!
Listen to yourself!
Hear yourself out!
Crash me down - now! crash me down - now!
Break me now, I can take it!
I've never felt this way
I have never been so overwhelmed with emotion
Would you take me over? take me over!
Will you become my everything?
I never set this game
I did not start this game
I can remember the time and place
I can recall when and where
Never felt so much under
I have never felt so low
And now I can remember your face again
Now, I remember what you look like again
Thought you understand
I believed you comprehended
How are you all doing tonight?
How is everyone doing tonight?
We are free air and we play this from the bottom of our souls, straight from our hearts
We are Air, and we play this with our whole being, right from our hearts
Hope you enjoyed this ride! are you still out there? have a good night and live your life!
We hope you enjoyed this experience! Are you still listening? Have a great night and live your life!
It's the beginning of the end
This is the start of the end
I never thought I just said that
I never thought that was what I was going to say
It's the beginning of the truth
This is the start of the truth
Too many times - broken - also, me too
Too many times, broken - and I am broken as well
I tried to fall in love
I attempted to fall in love
But I failed, but I failed It all
But everything fell apart
I tried to SEIZE some chords
I tried to grasp at some chords
I tried to find it all
I tried to find everything
Chords of our love
Chords of our relationship
And I fall
And I fall
And I fall
And I fall
And I FALL! ... in LOVE
And I FALL! ... in LOVE
I thought I could save you
I thought I could rescue you
I thought you could save me
I thought you could save me
Before we all change view
Before we all see things differently
Before this all changes you
Before everything changes you
Before this all changes me
Before everything changes me
Before this all changed all of us
Before everything changed all of us
Before this all changed our view
Before everything changed how we see things
Before this all changed all of us
Before everything changed all of us
Before this all changed our view...
Before everything changed how we see things...
Lyrics © O/B/O DistroKid
Written by: Mateusz Krupa, Rafal Kobylinski
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@roiybenkel682
Do The Joy
The world is on the brink
The brink of our extinction
The end of an era
The end of a genre
Do the joy, do, do, do
Do the shouts, do, do, do
Do the cries, do, do, do
Do the smiles, do, do the smiles
Building a sepulture and fading to the ground
Laughing on our ashes and holding our own lashes
Slapping all the species from all over the seas
Do the joy, do the joy, do the joy, do the joy
Do the shouts, do the shouts, do the shouts, do the shouts
Do the cries, do the cries, do the cries, do the cries
Do the smiles, do the smiles, do the smiles, do the smiles
Love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love
So Light Is Her Footfall
So light is her footfall
She walks like a bird
She's an angel
Such a familiar stranger
I wish I could help her
She's in danger
She's all alone alone alone alone alone alone
All alone alone alone alone
So light is her footfall
She moves like a ghost
And I lost her
In the mist of dawn
She's already gone
And I miss her
She's all alone alone alone alone alone alone
All alone alone alone alone
And I miss her
And I miss her
She's all alone alone alone alone alone alone
All alone alone alone alone
So light was her footfall
So light was her footfall
So light was her footfall
So light was her footfall
Be A Bee
Be a Bee
Be be be a bee
Be a Bee
Be be be a bee
So many things I refuse to be
I'd like to be be a bee
So many things I refuse to be
Be a Bee
Be be be a bee
Be a Bee
Be be be a bee
So many things are bothering me
But you know bees are free
So many things I refuse to be
I'd like to be be a bee
I'd like to be be a bee
Be a bee
Be be be a bee
Be a Bee
Be be be a bee
Missing The Light Of Day
Partying all night long
Sleeping around
Waking up so late
Missing the light of the day
The light of the day
Mixing bad people
Arguing with friends
Getting so much stress, getting so much stress,
Getting so much stress, getting so much stress
Missing the light of the day
The light of the day
Missing the light of the day
The light of the day
Partying all night long, partying all night long
Partying all night long,
Sleeping around, sleeping around, sleeping around
Waking up so late, waking up so late, waking up so late
Tropical Disease
Woman
Woman
Make me feel warm inside
Heaven's Light
On the way to the heaven's light
Where the time doesn't matter
You're so fine
Take my hand
Put me on the top of the world
On the way to the heaven's light
You were hiding behind the moon
You're so fine
You walk in my mind
Put me on the top of the world
On the way to the heaven's light
Things go up things go down
Our love stays around
Put me on the top of the world
On the way to the heaven's light
On the way to the heaven's light
Sing Sang Sung
You are such a workaholic boy
That you kill everybody's joy
Fill your head with some time to lose
With some time to lose
Sing sang sung sing me a song
Do did done don't be so down
Ring rang rung give me a ring
Please, please, please, don't be so long
What are we doing here my friend
Take a breath push your pain away
Nothing lasts it's better that way
It's better that way
Sing sang sung sing me a song
Do did done don't be so down
Ring rang rung give me a ring
Please, please, please, don't be so long
Sing sang sung sing me a song
Do did done don't be so down
Ring rang rung give me a ring
Please, please, please, don't be so long
You Can Tell It To Everybody
You can tell it to everybody
There is something between us
You can tell it to everybody
There is something going on between us
You can tell it to everybody
There is something between us
You can tell it to everybody
There is something going on between us
@Abrahamhamham
Just woke up, the weather is perfect, opened every door and window, the sun is shining inside, i'm surrounded by plants, the curtains are blowing in the wind, my cat is walking on the terrace, my two neighbors are drinking coffee on the next door terrace and i can here them talking, i make myself a coffee and i play this album just loud enough so the three of us can hear it. I think i haven't had a better start to a day than this in a long long time. This album is something else ❤
@nicolakiss
right on
@AlyssonGSouza
I have to say..., this is one of the greatest albums I've heard in my entire life! I knew the band few days ago, but I'm a huge fan already.
@Smola666
Very underrated and one of THE BEST AIR albums
@luciaup785
I’m agree
@AvosNasso5789
Viaos
@paranormalmanor260
I am still discovering that I love every Air album that ever existed. Only just getting to know Love 2 and am falling in love with it after 3 listens. Beautiful! Thank you so much for making such gorgeous music <3
@JulesN580
So good to hear (literally!). I love everything that AIR ever produced, for many, many reasons.
@QuietudeASMR
Musically you are overqualified for this world... Thank you for your incredible talent ♥
@mslr1305
theres some special kinda magic in airs music, something playful and light, and at the same time so honest and authentic with deep human emotional expression, simply genius