Moon Safari - Air Reviews

This album was released in 1998 by two French musicians namely Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. If you haven't listened to this album you may in fact be surprised by how many of the tracks you recognise. The album is a favourite for programmes concerning themselves with property development, so at some point you may see lawrence llewellyn ...  Read the complete review

There appears to be somewhat of a social stigma when it comes to listening to French music. In our minds, we must think of girls singing about their lovers or (even worse!) Eurovision entries. However, these days should be left firmly in the past when it comes to discussing modern French music and, more importantly, the band Air. Air is actually ...  Read the complete review

The whole album oozes this kind of relaxed coolness, start to finish. It gets me as closed to fully relaxed without dozing off as possibly. It is great music for travel programs, in particular tropical islands as it just has that vibe to it. "Remember" for example seems to have a Beach Boys sample there, with a Daft Punk-like vocal (not ...  Read the complete review

Moon Safari As part of the chill out music explosion of the nineties, Air appeared on the scene, a pair of Parisian musicians, Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel who were heavily influenced by Jean Michel Jarre and the electronic sounds of the seventies, when combined with the smooth dream like beats of Serge Gainsbourg, this is a ...  Read the complete review

It was in the mid to late 90's that the 'chill-out' phase really started to hit the british public. It seemed that youngsters were now more interested in laying back and letting retrofied songs wash over them, than being battered into submission with constant 4/4 beats. French Duo Air arrived at just the right time. With a perfect ...  Read the complete review

French music used to be associated with heavy breathing and 14 year old girls singing about taxi drivers. However, the late 1990's saw the emergence of a dynamic strand of Gallic dance and chill-out music that has been inescapable ever since, largely due to its omnipresent appearance on TV shows and adverts. Air, along with the likes of ...  Read the complete review

In the past, I feel my music op's have been criticised for focussing a little too much on the background of the tracks and album's in question, becoming autobiographies of the artists, with only brief references to the actual music. As a music lover (of most genres) (well, credible genres anyway) I do tend to get wrapped up in the stories ...  Read the complete review

In a quick poll of my immediate associates an astonishing "fair few" suggested that this album was the album of choice for getting in on. Pressed on what exactly they were talking about, they indicated that by "getting it on" they were referring to the carnal act of human reproduction, irrespective of chemical ...  Read the complete review

The French music is hardly known in Great Britain or even worldwide. Mind you French people tend more to turn towards American or British incomings also. That is why few years ago, some radio stations launched a special programme to promote French music. To do so they decided to broadcast less foreign songs. It was a good initiative as it allowed ...  Read the complete review

If you haven’t heard ‘Moon Safari’: Take notice… sit up and listen… smell the coffee… where have you been? One of the greatest albums I have ever had the pleasure to listen to. Before you say it, I know that everyone has different tastes and all, but I truly believe that anyone who hears this album will find at ...  Read the complete review

Mellow and melodic, this is like a musical journal through the clouds - Advantages: Chilled out, Beautiful, Heavenly - Disadvantages: None

I got into Air well after the primary stages of hype surrounding this album. It was on discount as one of those essential albums the music stores say you gotta have. Usually it's just mid-quality junk they want to shift but in the case of 'Moon Safari' they were underselling. 'Moon Safari' can be described in one word, ...  Read the complete review

The UK debut from Air, released in 1998, was a revelation for me. A concept album that was very nearly, conceptually and musically, naff, but that actually sounded so good you had to play it over and over. The album sold over 2 million copies so a lot of people felt the same way. It starts very quietly, with what sound like the sound of ...  Read the complete review

Look I KNOW all things french are the best thing since sliced baguettes at the moment (do they do sliced baguettes?), and I concede that it worked for Madonna, Daft Punk, and stretching it, Modjo. But here I have to draw the line! I'm not saying I hate it.. there are a few decent tracks - but sadly it seems to me like another one of those ...  Read the complete review

I first fell in love with Air when I heard Sexy Boy for the first time (didn't we all)– that amazingly twisted bass line – that you will recognise when you hear it, alerted me to the band – and when I got their album, I was immensely impressed. The singles – Sexy Boy + Kelly Watch the Stars – are fantastic, ...  Read the complete review

I chanced upon this band when they appeared on my favourite TV show 'Rock profiles'which is on UK Play.The show has two actors who appear as the band and generally poke fun at them.This is intercut with clips from the actual band's videos tagged with 'rock facts'such as "the band work part time as jokewriters for 'The ...  Read the complete review

French cool has never been so evident as on Moon Safari. It marks a return to form for synth based melodies and luxurious beat manifesto's. Together with Daft Punk and St. Germain, Air consistently poke fluffy marshmallows in the eyes of the mainstream and alternative scenes. Who cares anyway, when Moon Safari can transport you beyond the ...  Read the complete review

I don't know anybody who hasn't been instantly converted after hearing Air. It was my soundtrack of the year in 1999, and pretty much the same in 2000. I just don't bore of this album - it's incredible. The only weak track in my opinion is "sexy boy" - the only one i know of that got recognition in the charts from this ...  Read the complete review

Moon Safari, featuring the singles Sexy Boy and Kelly Watch The Stars, is a masterpiece. Within seconds of the first track going on the stereo, I was transfixed - and I've seen it happen to plently of other people too. The sound is mellow, easy listening if you will - but with a complexity not initially obvious. This music is unmistakeably ...  Read the complete review

This is without a doubt the greatest album ever written. the music of Air caught up with us all a couple of years ago and Moon safari is still on everybodies 'must have' list and for good reasons. the first track is above any music that I have ever heard, wake up or meditate to this track and it feel's like you are flying. ...  Read the complete review