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Air are set to release the follow-up to 2004's Talkie Walkie on March 6 on Astralwerks. The record is titled Pocket Symphony, features artwork by contemporary artist Xavier Veilhan, and was recorded with Nigel Godrich over the last year and a half. Both Air members, Nicolas Godin and JB Dunckel (aka Darkel), sing on the album, and Jarvis Cocker and the Divine Comedy's Neil Hannon contribute vocals as well.
Pocket Symphony also incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin recently learned to play from an Okinawa master musician: the koto (also referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the three-string, banjo-like shamisen. However, a press release claims that "conventional instruments continue to play a great role" in the duo's music.
Air plan to spend much of 2007 on tour. They'll hit Europe in the spring and America in May, with festival appearances scheduled for the summer, and more shows throughout the fall and winter.
Tracklist:
01 Space Maker 02 Once Upon a Time 03 Hell of a Party 04 Napalm Love 05 Mayfair Song 06 Left Bank 07 Photograph 08 Mer du Japon 09 Lost Message 10 Somewhere Between Walking and Sleeping 11 Redhead Girl 12 Night Sight
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I saw Air a few years ago at a club in Boston. Very good set - songs like "Sexy Boy" that I dont really like were pretty kick ass. Plus, I would love to hear that song in french about the sun sung to a few thousand people.
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I agree that they'd be an incredible addition and go over wonderfully with the Roo crowd. Hopefully we'll begin to see some US dates padded around a possible appearance in Manchester.
I love Air...think they are fantastic. That said...for a late night? I think they'd put me to sleep. Way too mellow to be playing at midnight.
Of course, I've never seen them live. It could be possible that their songs become way more upbeat and danceable live. I just have this vision of them playing at 1 AM, with a tent full of pharmied-out wookies stumbling and shuffling around.
The dvd that came with Talkie Walkie shows them KILLING in a live performance. Granted, it's a relatively small sampling, but there was definitely more going on with their performance than I would have expected.
Post by oatmealschnappz on Feb 24, 2007 2:02:51 GMT -5
I absolutely love Air and a late-night Roo set would be just about pefect! I gotta say that I hated "Talkie Walkie' though. It just bored the hell out of me....and I REALLY dig laid-back ambient electro-grooves. But hey, everyone is entitled to a clunker every once in a while. If you really want to hear Air at their mellow, dream-like best...check out "Premiers Symptomes". It is an amazing piece of music! If I could hear "Kelly watch the stars" live at Bonnaroo this year, I would be beyond thrilled!
Post by canexplain on Feb 25, 2007 15:39:43 GMT -5
i saw air at coachella 04 and some people including myself consider it the best coachella show there has been ...i came back to denver and then saw them in a club here ... they are stellar and would be perfect to most any fest ... but yes earlier on, like at sunset ... cr**
