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Moon Safari

Air · 1998

• Scores: Noise 1, Unease 1, Complexity 1 (each 1 to 5)
• Genre: Electronic, Downtempo, Space Pop
• Mood: dreamy, sunlit, floating
• Sound: vintage synthesizers, vocoder, Rhodes, soft grooves, lounge touches

Air recorded this in April to June 1997 in Paris, with strings added at Abbey Road in London, produced by Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin. Dunckel's Solina String Ensemble is credited on every track, alongside vintage keyboards including the Korg MS-20, Minimoog, Rhodes and Wurlitzer, and vocoder and talk box on several tracks. Beth Hirsch sings on two songs, and David Whitaker arranged the strings on three. The album is credited with setting the stage for the downtempo style.

Track list

1. La Femme d'argent (7:08)
2. Sexy Boy (4:57)
3. All I Need (4:28)
4. Kelly Watch the Stars (3:44)
5. Talisman (4:16)
6. Remember (2:34)
7. You Make It Easy (4:00)
8. Ce matin là (3:38)
9. New Star in the Sky (Chanson pour Solal) (5:38)
10. Le Voyage de Pénélope (3:10)