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.
One Love
Air Lyrics
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Now the night has gone away
Doesn't seem that long
We hardly had two words to say
Hold me in your arms for just another day
I promise this one will go slow, oh
We have the right you know
We have the right you know
Don't say the morning's come
Don't say the morning's come so soon
Must we end this way
When so much here is hard to lose
Love is everywhere, I know it is
Such moments as this are too few, oh
It's all up to you
It's all up to you
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways (ooh)
Tell me we can stay
Tell me we can stay, oh, please
They are the words to say
The only words I can believe
Hold me in your arms for just another day
I promise this one will go slow, oh
We have the right you know
We have the right you know
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
The night has gone
A part of yesterday
I don't know what to say
I don't know what to say
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways (here I am)
The lyrics of Air Supply’s “The One That You Love” tell the story of a couple who have just spent the night together and are obsessing over the fact that they don't want the night to end. The lyrics express how much they are in love and don't want to lose that feeling or each other. They ask for just one more day to be together, to soak up the moment, and make sure that they appreciate each other. The underlying message is that when you love someone, you have the right to want to keep that love and cherish it as long as possible.
The lyrics convey a poignant sense of urgency, with the couple holding onto the night they've spent together and asking for more time. This sense of the fleeting nature of love is emphasized by the repetition of the lines, “Hold me in your arms for just another day, I promise this one will go slow” and “Tell me we can stay, oh please, they are the words to say, the only words I can believe.” The lyrics emphasize that love is worth fighting for, and that sometimes it's important to take a step back and appreciate the person you love for who they are.
Line by Line Meaning
Now the night has gone
The darkness of the night has passed
Now the night has gone away
The night has ended
Doesn't seem that long
It doesn't feel like it was a long time
We hardly had two words to say
We didn't have much to say to each other
Hold me in your arms for just another day
Wrap your arms around me for a little while longer
I promise this one will go slow, oh
I promise that time will seem to move slower than usual
We have the right you know
We are justified in wanting to be together
Don't say the morning's come
Please don't acknowledge that the morning has arrived
Don't say the morning's come so soon
Don't say that the morning has come too quickly
Must we end this way
Do we have to say goodbye?
When so much here is hard to lose
We have so much to miss
Love is everywhere, I know it is
We are surrounded by love
Such moments as this are too few, oh
These moments together are too rare and precious
It's all up to you
The decision is in your hands
Here I am
I am here with you
The one that you love
The person that you deeply care about
Askin' for another day
I am requesting for more time together
Understand the one that you love
Comprehend how much I love you
Loves you in so many ways (ooh)
Expressing love in numerous forms
Tell me we can stay
Tell me that we can continue to be together
Tell me we can stay, oh, please
Please tell me that we can spend more time with each other
They are the words to say
Those are the words that need to be spoken
The only words I can believe
I can only believe those specific words
A part of yesterday
It is now in the past
I don't know what to say
I am speechless
Here I am
I am still here
Askin' for another day
Requesting for more time together
Understand the one that you love
Please comprehend how much I love you
Loves you in so many ways
Expressing love in various forms
Here I am
I am still here with you
Askin' for another day
Asking for an extension in our time together
Understand the one that you love
Truly comprehend how much I love you
Loves you in so many ways (here I am)
Expresses love in many different ways
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Graham Russell
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Now the night has gone
Now the night has gone away
Doesn't seem that long
We hardly had two words to say
Hold me in your arms for just another day
I promise this one will go slow, oh
We have the right you know
We have the right you know
Don't say the morning's come
Don't say the morning's come so soon
Must we end this way
When so much here is hard to lose
Love is everywhere, I know it is
Such moments as this are too few, oh
It's all up to you
It's all up to you
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways (ooh)
Tell me we can stay
Tell me we can stay, oh, please
They are the words to say
The only words I can believe
Hold me in your arms for just another day
I promise this one will go slow, oh
We have the right you know
We have the right you know
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
The night has gone
A part of yesterday
I don't know what to say
I don't know what to say
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways (here I am)
@PeacefulRelaxing96
To all future generations, do not let this classic die.
@joel1754
Hey Girl Friends 🤎
@jonathansantos2271
yes, fan friend option. I totally agree. 80's baby here for now❤
@joel1754
@@jonathansantos2271 Julio Reina
@jessicamccrady5210
Omg you said it all ❤️
@jessicamccrady5210
Seeing them in concert twice was the absolute best! Definitely try to catch them when they tour it’s so worth it
@Romano52997
Em seus shows, eles descem do palco e cantam em meio ao seu público.👏🏻
@caerus90
Coming back to these sounds after 42 years is really quite an experience..it sound so much better even now at 50 than it did at age 8. That's the thing about timeless music..it just keeps getting better.
@joel1754
Hey Girl Friends 🤎
@user-io4mh3bf9x
❤lindo tema