To additional rejoice the Twenty fifth anniversary of Air’s seminal debut album Moon Safari, a Deluxe audio-video bundle shall be launched by way of Parlophone/ Warner Music on March 8. This follows large pleasure that the enduring French duo will play their broadly celebrated album in its entirety for the primary time throughout Europe this February & March. All dates on the unique tour bought out in document time and given the distinctive demand for tickets, Air have now added additional dates to their touring schedule for late spring and into the summer season together with an evening at The Royal Albert Hall in London and key appearances throughout Europe, together with a headline present at legendary digital music pageant Sonar in Barcelona.
The album re-issue (a Deluxe 2CD/Blu Ray Audio-Video) will embody a Spatial Dolby Atmos audio model of the unique album together with tremendous uncommon or beforehand unreleased tracks in addition to Mike Mill’s 1998 documentary movie ‘Eating, Sleeping, Waiting & Playing’ filmed through the band’s first-ever worldwide tour and extra…
Celebrating its Twenty fifth-anniversary final 12 months, the discharge of Moon Safari catapulted Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel to the uppermost rung of digital music’s ladder and left an indelible imprint on popular culture on the finish of the twentieth Century.
Despite being younger 20-somethings on the time and having solely launched one EP so far, Godin and Dunckel’s stars aligned and collectively they have been blessed with the inventive ability to make the proper digital pop songs. These two college students of astrophysics and structure set about creating their universe with the arrogance and pedigree of seasoned execs.
Today, the document’s legacy is canonical, however on the time of launch, its multi-million success was removed from assured. Says Dunckel: “We have been a duo performing some digital factor, dreaming of promoting 10,000 copies and being recognised by different musicians as cool. Then all of the sudden, we met the world.” In no time in any respect, AIR’s downtempo affect was straightforward to detect throughout.
Through Moon Safari, Air’s music infiltrated and transfixed among the nice visionaries of the late twentieth century – David Bowie, Madonna, Beck – in addition to influencing preeminent aesthetes of the incoming age – together with Charlotte Gainsbourg, Kevin Parker and Sofia Coppola, whose inventive relationship with Air grew to become as synergetic as that of Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch (one other fan).
Moon Safari birthed hit singles in ‘Kelly Watch The Stars’, ‘All I Need’ and ‘Sexy Boy’, bought tens of millions of copies world wide, and pushed Air into headline standing at main festivals. 25 years on, it’s not onerous to purpose why Moon Safari has stood the take a look at of time. It’s a temper you need to stay inside ceaselessly. It’s a revelation. It’s dialog pit music for a greater future.
Dunckel sums up his personal album as “a deep, common spell, full of affection and thriller.”
“To me,” Godin concludes, “Moon Safari is ideal.” And who can argue…
AIR PLAY MOON SAFARI:
Feb 24 Antigel @ Victoria Hall, Geneva – Ch Sold Out
Feb 25 Fabrique, Milan – Italy Sold Out
Feb 27 Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna – Austria Sold Out
Feb 29 De Roma, Antwerp – Belgium Sold Out
March 2 Theater Des Westens, Berlin – Germany Sold Out
March 7 L’Olympia, Paris – France Sold Out
March 8 Paradiso, Amsterdam – Netherlands Sold Out
March 24 London Coliseum, London – UK Sold Out
*NEW DATES
May 30 London Royal Albert Hall – UK * on sale Feb 2nd at 10am native
June 14 Sonar Festival, Barcelona – Spain * on sale
June 24 Days Off Festival, Philharmonie De Paris – France * on sale March 2024
July 21 Zitadelle Spandau, Berlin – Germany * on sale
July 23 Medastadt Open Air, Vienna – Austria * on sale
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