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.
daybreak
Air Lyrics
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It seems I'm not so strong
And suddenly, there's no more to lose
So where did I go wrong
I should have known before
Her love for me was gone
To fill this empty room
I need you now to break through the night
Whose shadows came too soon
I waited far too long and now
I feel I can't go on
CHORUS
Daybreak, oh daybreak
I let her walk away
I should have said, don't go
I know I should have found another way
Now I don't know what to do
So daybreak, please break through
Daybreak, I feel so alone
Why won't you come to stay
I waited far too long and now
I feel I can't go on
REPEAT CHORUS
The lyrics of Air Supply's song "Day Break" depict the aftermath of a lost love. The singer of the song feels weak and vulnerable, realizing that the love he thought was strong had slipped away without his knowledge. The first verse sets the tone for the rest of the song, with the singer acknowledging that he can no longer hide from the truth that his love is gone. The second half of the verse emphasizes his regret for not realizing sooner that his partner's love for him had faded away.
In the chorus, the singer pleads and hopes for the day break to bring a new light upon his life. He knows that he has lost his love due to his inadequacy and inability to speak up when it mattered the most. He wishes that he could have told her not to go and found another way to keep her in his life.
The second verse shows the singer's desperation for a solution, and his longing for his love to return to him. He needs someone to break through the darkness he's currently in. The line "I waited far too long and now, I feel I can't go on" sums up the feelings of the singer perfectly. The song ends with a repetition of the chorus, emphasizing his need for the daybreak to bring him hope and light.
Line by Line Meaning
Daybreak, I can't hide the truth
It's a new day and I can't keep pretending that everything is okay
It seems I'm not so strong
I thought I could handle the situation, but now I realize that I am vulnerable
And suddenly, there's no more to lose
I've hit rock bottom and there's nothing left for me to lose
So where did I go wrong
I'm trying to figure out what I could have done differently to prevent this situation
I should have known before
I ignored the signs and now I am regretting it
Her love for me was gone
I didn't realize that she had fallen out of love with me
Now I'm waiting for the light
I'm hoping that things will get better soon
To fill this empty room
My heart feels empty without her and I need something to fill that void
I need you now to break through the night
I need her to come back and bring light into my dark and lonely life
Whose shadows came too soon
I was caught off guard by the sudden end of our relationship
I waited far too long and now
I didn't take action soon enough and now it might be too late
I feel I can't go on
I am feeling overwhelmed and unsure if I can handle this anymore
Daybreak, oh daybreak
I'm calling out to the new day, hoping for a fresh start
I let her walk away
I didn't fight hard enough for our relationship and she left
I should have said, don't go
I regret not speaking up and letting her know how I truly feel
I know I should have found another way
I'm aware that there might have been other options to save our relationship
Now I don't know what to do
I feel lost and don't know how to move forward without her
So daybreak, please break through
I'm desperately hoping that the new day will bring some clarity and a way to move forward
Daybreak, I feel so alone
Despite the new day, I still feel lonely without her
Why won't you come to stay
I'm begging for a sign of hope that things will get better
Lyrics ยฉ O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: G RUSSELL
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
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