The Air group won great fame by choosing a genreelectronic music. It's about a duet. Both of his members, Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunkel, were born in 1969. The birthplace of one is the exemplary and respectable city of Versailles near Paris. The second was born in the neighborhood, on the territory of the town of La Shesna.
Orange
The Air Group was created by two people whomet at school. In the eighties, they were students of the Lyceum Jules Ferry. Young people loved music. Together with friends, they originally organized a group of Orange. The team offered their demo recordings to record companies, but to no avail.
Modulor
Nicolas, discouraged by failure, began to receiveeducation architect. At the same time he stubbornly continued to create on the synthesizer. The Air group began its history in 1995. It was then that Nicolas offered the company Modulor to Virgin. The company was then preparing a collection of Source Lab vol.1. It mainly included instrumental works, but they intertwined influences of techno, trip-hop and pop music. The composition of Nicolas, who already used the pseudonym Air, was selected for a future collection. It was released in 1995. It became obvious how the work of our hero stands out among the rest. Modulor has a taste for even the classic BBC. Channel adorned her broadcasting grid.
Co-creation
Air band became a duet after Nicolasconverged again with Jean-Benoit Dunkel - fellow project Orange. At that time he was a math teacher and occasionally worked occasionally as a pianist in a bar. Jean-Benoit - holder of classical music education. He attended a piano class at the Conservatory of Versailles. Thanks to this man, the young French band has become more melodic.
In 1996, in July, the team releasedmaxi disc called Casanova 70. The sound traces the influence of the 70s, as well as the most melodic achievements of the variety genre. The Air group has won over English fans with its style. In 1997, in July, the next maxi-disc called Le Soleil est près de moi appears. This is an instrumental work. From this point on the group speak seriously. Due to the improving maxi disc series, the duet masters, such as Nene Cherry and Depeche Mode, are beginning to be interested in the duet. They also work with the classic of electronic music in France, Jean-Jacques Perret.
Seventy composer with a colossalCreative Fuse is involved in the creation of compositions Remember and Cosmic Bird. In parallel, in 1997, Jean-Benoit and Nicolas rented a studio in the suburbs of Paris and began recording their first full-length album. In 1998, Moon Safari simultaneously went out in forty countries of the world. 10 songs were on the disc. Mostly these were instrumental works. Vocals are present only in three compositions. The string parts were recorded at a studio known as Abbey Road. Supervised the process of no less famous David Whitaker. Air showered praise reviews. Critics admire the magnificent performance, modernity of sound, availability, variety and ease of works. The album created a sensation in the UK, and then conquers the United States.
