Air (skupina)

Air
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Základné informácie
Pôvod	Francúzsko
Žáner(-re)	Electronica,; downtempo,; trip hop
Pôsobenie	1995 – súčasnosť
Vydavateľstvá	Astralwerks
Webstránka	www.intairnet.org
Členovia skupiny
	Nicolas Godin; Jean-Benoît Dunckel
	Hudobný portál

Air je francúzska skupina pozostávajúca z dua Nicolas Godin a Jean-Benoît Dunckel, založená v roku 1995. Ich kritikou ocenený prvý album Moon Safari nasledovali albumy Premiers Symptômes, 10000 Hz Legend, The Virgin Suicides (soundtrack) a Talkie Walkie.

Ich najnovší album Pocket Symphony, bol vydaný 5. marca 2007. Účinkuje na ňom aj člen a spevák skupiny Pulp Jarvis Cocker a Neil Hannon zo skupiny The Divine Comedy. Producentom albumu je Nigel Godrich.

Diskografia

Albumy

1997 Premiers Symptômes – (5 stôp) – 12"/CD Source
1998 Moon Safari – 12"/CD/MD Source
1999 Premiers Symptômes – (7 stôp) – 12"/CD Source
2000 The Virgin Suicides – 12"/CD/MD Record Makers
2001 10 000Hz Legend – 12"/CD Source
2002 Everybody Hertz – 12"/CD Source
2003 City Reading (Tre Storie Western) with Alessandro Baricco – 12"/CD Source
2004 Talkie Walkie – 12"/CD+DVD/CD Astralwerks/Source
2006 LateNightTales
2007 Pocket symphony

Single/EP

1995 "Modulor Mix" – 12"/CD Source (titul je narážkou na Le Corbusierov systém modulor)
1996 "Casanova 70" – 12"/CD Source
1996 "Modulor" – 12"/Cd Mo'Wax
1997 "Le Soleil Est Près De Moi" – 12"/CD Source
1998 „Californie“ – 7" Source
1998 "Sexy Boy" – 7"/12"/Cassette/CD Source
1998 "Kelly Watch The Stars" – 7"/12"/CD Source
1998 "All I Need" – 12"/CD Source
2000 "Playground Love" – 7"/12"/CD Record Makers
2001 "Radio #1" – 7"/12"/CD Source
2001 "How Does It Make You Feel?" – 7" Source
2001 „People in the City“ – 12" Source
2002 „Don't Be Light“ – 12" Source
2002 „Everybody Hertz“ – CD/EP Source
2004 "Cherry Blossom Girl" – CD/12"/7" Source
2004 „Surfing on a Rocket“ – CD/12"/7"/DVD Source
2004 „Alpha Beta Gaga“ – CD/12" Source
2004 Surfing on a Rocket E.P. – CD Source (USA verzia)

Kompilácie

1995 "Modulor Mix" na SourceLab – 12"/CD Source
1996 "Casanova 70" na SourceLab 2 – 12"/CD Source
1997 "Soldissimo (EDC Remix)" on Superdiscount- 12"/CD Solid
1997 "Cosmic Bird" (with Jean-Jacques Perrey) on SourceLab 3Y – 12"/CD Source
2000 "Planet Vega" on At Home With The Groovebox – 12"/CD Grand Royal
2002 „Dirty Trip (Live)“ on Rarewerks II – CD Astralwerks

Remixy, ne-albumy a live nahrávky

1996 Ollano „Latitudes (Air Remix)“ na Latitudes – 12" Artefact
1997 Crustation "Purple (La Femme D'Argent Mix)" na Purple – 12"/CD Jive
1997 Neneh Cherry „Kootchi (Air Remix)“ on Neneh Chérie Remixes - 100% French Mixes – CD Hut
1997 Depeche Mode "Home (Air „Around The Golf“ Remix)" on Home - 12"/CD Mute
1997 Alex Gopher "Brakes On Mix" on Gordini Mix Remixes – 12"/CD Solid
1998 Étienne Daho "Me Manquer (Londres En Été - Air Remix)" na A New World – 12"/CD Virgin
1998 Air with Françoise Hardy „Jeanne“ (Sexy Boy B-Side)
1998 „Mabrouk“ (Moon Safari Tour, version of the title track of the French TV show "30 Millions D’Amis")
1998 „Be A Bee“ (Moon Safari Tour)
1998 „Le Slow“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover piesne „Melissa“ od Francisa Lai, soundtrack Bilitis)
1998 „Maggot Brain“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover „Maggot Brain“ od George Clinton & The Parliament)
1998 „Tomorrow Never Knows“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover of „Tomorrow Never Knows“ od Beatles)
1998 „Close Encounters Of The Third Kind“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover of the soundtrack by John Williams (composer))
1998 „Blue Monday“ (Moon Safari Tour, cover piesne „Blue Monday“ od New Order)
1999 Beth Hirsch "Minor's Son" (with J.B. Dunckel on Rhodes)
1999 Alex Gopher "Ralph And Kathy" (with J.B. Dunckel on keyboards and MS20)
2002 David Bowie "A Better Future (Air Remix)" na Heathen (Ltd. Edition) – CD Virgin
2002 „Summer Love (Demo Version)“ (Deck Safari Part 2)
2002 „Flowerhead“ (Everybody Hertz Japan Bonus Track)
2004 „Easy Going Woman“ (Talkie Walkie Japan Bonus Track)

Ďalšie single a remixy albumov

1998 „Sexy Boy“ (Bertrand Version, Bertrand Burgalat)
1998 „Sexy Boy“ (Deep Dish Remixes, Promo Only 12")
1999 „Sexy Boy“ (QAF Remix)
1999 „All I Need“ (BB Breakbeat Mix)
2002 „Le Soleil Est Près de Moi“ (Money Mark Remix, Premiers Symptômes Japan Bonus Track)
2002 „Le Soleil Est Près de Moi“ (Buffalo Daughter Remix, Premiers Symptômes Japan Bonus Track)

Videá a filmy

1998 Sexy Boy (Video, Mike Mills)
1998 Kelly Watch The Stars (Video, Mike Mills)
1998 All I Need (Video, Mike Mills)
1999 Le Soleil Est Près De Moi (Video, Mike Mills)
1999 Eating Sleeping Waiting And Playing (DVD, Moon Safari Tour)
2000 The Virgin Suicides (Movie od Sofia Coppola)
2000 Playground Love (Video, Sofia & Roman Coppola)
2001 Radio #1 (Video, Alex & Martin)
2001 How Does It Make You Feel (Video, Antoine Bardou-Jacquet / Ludovic Houplain)
2001 Don't Be Light (Video, Jean-Francois Moriceau / Petra Mryzk)
2002 Sexy Boy, Kelly Watch The Stars, All I Need, Le Soleil Est Près De Moi, Playground Love, Radio #1, How Does It Make You Feel (Promotional DVD for Everybody Hertz)
2004 Electronic Performers, Talisman, Don't be Light, People In The City, La Femme D'Argent (Talkie Walkie Bonus DVD)
2004 Cherry Blossom Girl (Video, Kris Kramski)
2004 Surfing On A Rocket (Video, Antoine Bardou-Jacquet / Romain Guillon)
2004 Alpha Beta Gaga (Video, Mathieu Tonetti)