Radio #1: Translations in English and Lyrics - Air

More apt to cite the majestic comparisons of rock Burt Bacharach and Brian Wilson as their inspiration than Derrick May or Aphex Twin, the French duo Air achieved inclusion in the electronic wave of the late 1990s primarily for the labels their recordings appeared on, not the music they produced. Their sound, a variant of the classic disco sound convinced in a soothing late 1970s Prozac vision, looked back on a variety of phenomena of the period: synth masters Tomita, Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis, new music wave of the non-pungent variety and dark soundtracks of Italian films. Despite gaining rapid entry into the dance community (through releases for Source and Mo 'Wax), Air's 1998 debut album, Moon Safari, charted a light - well, airy - path along soundscapes composed of lines. melodics from Moog and Rhodes, not Roland and Yamaha. The presence of several female vocalists, a list of equipment whose number of pieces stretched by the dozen and a Baroque tuba solo on one track - all contributed to making Air more of an event in the living room than on the dance floor.