AIR LOVE 2 (2009)
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A decade ago, when Air was delivering its extraordinary debut, "Moon Safari," the notion of French pop was a punch line. Since then, there's been a gold rush of distinctive French music made by Daft Punk, Cassius, Phoenix, M83, Mellow, Justice and others. Air is still at it, with Nicolas Godin and JB Dunckel continually refining their delicate matrix of electronic cool, vocal androgyny and silken melody.
The immediacy of "Moon Safari" is lacking on the duo's fifth studio album, "Love 2," with a couple of exceptions: the space-age lullaby "Sing Sang Sung" and the propulsive mantra "Be a Bee." But the rest is more than just the idle purr of background synthesizers. Godin and Dunckel patiently array pastel-colored textures and then trace graceful melodies across them like Renaissance artisans.
"Love 2" is not a make-out album in the traditional sense. It's about the love of silence, stillness, of being a conscious human being and watching the world float by.
The immediacy of "Moon Safari" is lacking on the duo's fifth studio album, "Love 2," with a couple of exceptions: the space-age lullaby "Sing Sang Sung" and the propulsive mantra "Be a Bee." But the rest is more than just the idle purr of background synthesizers. Godin and Dunckel patiently array pastel-colored textures and then trace graceful melodies across them like Renaissance artisans.
"Love 2" is not a make-out album in the traditional sense. It's about the love of silence, stillness, of being a conscious human being and watching the world float by.
1. Do the Joy
2. Love
3. So Light Is Her Footfall
4. Be a Bee
5. Missing the Light Of The Day
6. Tropical Disease
7. Heaven's Light
8. Night Hunter
9. Sing Sang Sung
10. Eat My Beat
11. You Can Tell It to Everybody
12. African Velvet
2. Love
3. So Light Is Her Footfall
4. Be a Bee
5. Missing the Light Of The Day
6. Tropical Disease
7. Heaven's Light
8. Night Hunter
9. Sing Sang Sung
10. Eat My Beat
11. You Can Tell It to Everybody
12. African Velvet
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