Streaming for a day
― willem, Friday, 3 February 2012 10:41 (twelve years ago) link
interesting choice for vocalists. victoria legrand (who sounds great) has a famous french uncle and au revoir simone have a campy french name.also streaming on npr until release date http://www.npr.org/2012/01/24/145761308/first-listen-air-le-voyage-dans-la-lune
― mizzell, Friday, 3 February 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
stream not available in my shitty country
― bnw, Friday, 3 February 2012 14:55 (twelve years ago) link
bnw, these perhaps?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2012/feb/03/air-le-voyage-dans-la-lunehttp://3voor12.vpro.nl/#!/luisterpaal/albums/Air.html
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 3 February 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
nice, danke
― bnw, Friday, 3 February 2012 14:59 (twelve years ago) link
This is pretty cool! Definitely picking this up to see the film
― I'm not going leftfield on you... (hypehat), Friday, 3 February 2012 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
nowhere near as good as virgin suicides, but i'm feeling it.
― ⚓ (gr8080), woensdag 1 februari 2012 6:24 (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
OTM about Virgin Suicides, but I'm not feeling this one at all. It's so mediocre. Why o why have these talented young fellows made such mediocre records after Virgin Suicides? There wasn't even an album that truly bombed or was way out there, I would have respected that. But not this, it's so nothingy, I can't stand it. I feel they are capable of making a brilliant record but perhaps I am wrong about that.
― Flag post? I hardly knew her! (Le Bateau Ivre), Saturday, 4 February 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
This is so great
― dave cool, Saturday, 4 February 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
Bateau OTM. The track with Legrand is good but there's a huge drop off in quality after that. Just standard Air stuff mostly.
― Position Position, Saturday, 4 February 2012 17:37 (twelve years ago) link
not otm, it's lovely. not so ponderous as they have been in the past. maybe that is a problem for some?
― keythhtyek, Saturday, 4 February 2012 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
just standard air stuff? lol what does that mean? this review made me laugh as well...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/02/air-voyage-dans-lune-review
anyway, i love everything air have done up until 10,000hz. just never searched out anything after that. this record is fucking grand though. listened to it about 10 times last weekend. there are some real "grown up" moments on it, i like how they're real masters of what they do now. total synth porn, really cosmic, kitsch, adventurous with their harmony, love the timpani and the drum sounds, some sick sick bass sounds. good job well done etc this rec is def a keeper for me
― Crackle Box, Thursday, 9 February 2012 11:47 (twelve years ago) link
le voyage came up in the datf punk thread, and since this thread seems to have languished...
dig this album a lot. seems a shame that it wasn't more widely heard & embraced, but maybe that's inevitable, given that it's a brief soundtrack to a somewhat obscure silent film. just a little over 30 minutes, with only a two "real songs".
but so what? it's great! trippy, varied, and though clearly indebted to psychedelic 60s soundtracks, it isn't so derivative as to seem trapped in amber. tbh, i like the slightness, that it doesn't stretch to fill time or make a big statement. just a series of pleasantly cosmique distractions, sometimes jubilant, sometimes ominous, always intriguing.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Thursday, 16 May 2013 02:02 (eleven years ago) link
lol, in my library, it segues into alain goraguer's fantastic planet sndtrk. nice.
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Thursday, 16 May 2013 02:04 (eleven years ago) link
vimeo link to the film:
http://vimeo.com/39275260
― controversial vegan pregnancy (contenderizer), Thursday, 16 May 2013 02:14 (eleven years ago) link
I once interviewed one of the Air guys, and he kept apologizing for his English, which of course was beyond good. Eventually, I told him he should just start affecting the world's fakest, most exaggerated French accent, just to adhere to expectations.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 16 May 2013 02:52 (eleven years ago) link