Air - 10 000Hz Legend (2001)
Air - 10 000Hz Legend (2001)
Electronica/Lounge | MP3 | CBR 256 kbps | 60:42 | 110 MB
Air are a French electronic band formed by Nicolas Godin and Jean Benoît Dunckel in 1995. Their name comes from the initials of "amour", "imagination" and "rêve" – French for "love", "imagination" and "dream" – which is reflected in the soft textures of their music. The atmospheric nature of their music has been in great demand from other sectors, including advertising for cars and jeans, video… 10 000 Hz Legend is their third album released in May 2001.On this album, tracks are longer and more electronic-oriented than on their previous records. These experimentations find the duo expanding their capacities and working with other artists including Beck and Buffalo Daughter.
Previously Air's Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin made softcore collages of Pink Floyd-ish synth tones and droning French lounge pop. 10,000 Hz Legend goes further out, attaining new heights of cheesy, Space Odyssey-like computer music. Like Kraftwerk skinny-dipping with French nymphet Jane Birkin and Star Wars's R2D2, Legend swells with mad robo-love, following a computer romance amid droll tributes to vacant pop culture. Beck's appearance on "The Vagabond" proves the Loser only works well solo, making Air disappear on their own album. The absurd "Radio #1" and the sappy chorus in "How Does It Make You Feel?" could snuggle beside Celine Dion's latest yawner. But there is magic: "Radian" is a Cluster-like orb of cooing flutes, gentle rhythms, and a ghostly vocal. "Electric Performers" offers clunky electronic beats and the lines "We are the synchronizers / Machines give me some freedom." The catchy "People in the City" sounds like Mirwais producing Serge Gainsbourg, while "Don't Be Light" recalls electro Krautrockers Neu! Feeding us Moog merengue and Reese's Pieces rhythms, Air remain sweet computer boys to the core. –Ken MicallefTracklist:
1. 01 - electronic performers (5:36)
2. 02 - how does it make you feel (4:37)
3. 03 - radio #1 (4:22)
4. 04 - the vagabond (5:37)
5. 05 - radian (7:37)
6. 06 - lucky and unhappy (4:31)
7. 07 - sex born poison (6:18)
8. 08 - people in the city (4:57)
9. 09 - wonder milky bitch (5:50)
10. 10 - don't be light (6:19)
11. 11 - caramel prisoner (4:58)