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perfect album to listen to while floating around in space. first 3 songs are 10/10
listened on yt music. 1. la femme d'argent funky!! i like it :) 2. sexy boy *dancing cat gif* 3. all i need (ft. beth hirsch) LOVE. actually so pretty 4. kelly watch the stars so funky!! this album slays 5. talisman YUUHHPPP 6. remember like! 7. you make it easy :') 8. ce matin-là gotta love an instrumental 9. new star in the sky great 10. le voyage de pénélope so sleazy and fun! 10/10 album no notes
Good for an ambient noise album, but probably wouldn’t listen to it again
Atmospheric electronic much better than what I normally hear when I think of electronic. Great album to just turn on and relax or while you’re doing chores.
Interesting
No. This is bad. Too experimental. Not good.
Kind of ok but not my style
Quirky and fun
Was super worried that would be some strange album but it was hella vibey
The entire time I just felt like the meme of that guy poking with the stick sayin "c'mon, do something". Soooooooooooooooo fucking boring
Daft Punk Lite
Kinda sounds like bad TV show music. Remember is a cool track tho
Great electronic album. Forgot all about how iconic Sexy Boy is!
3/5 Chill and lo fi. Favorite Songs: La femme d'argent You Make It Easy Talisman Le voyage de Pénélope
very movie soundtrack, which makes sense because they then went on to make the virgin suicides soundtrack. very cool however i would only return to a few of the standouts like sexy boy
funky and so smooth, instrumentals are great and I loved “remember” and “Kelly watch the stars”. I actually remember my dad playing “sexy boy” in the car one time, so that was cool lol
Moon safari by Air wasn't amazing and was background music at best, I very easily zoned out while listening
really love how instrumental this is- so easy to listen to
Beautiful, and the most Frenchly French thing I have ever put in my ears.
Smooth, rich, and deeply comforting. It's got this laid-back French cool without being pretentious. Spins: 3 Playlist Additions - La Femme d'argent - Sexy Boy - All I Need - Kelly Watch the Stars - Talisman - You Make It Easy - Ce matin là
About as exciting as a safari on the moon. "Oh shit look... another rock!!"
Saved: Sexy Boy, All I Need
(PRE-LISTEN) I have a lot of work to do today, so for once I am kind of glad to see an electronic album pop up. That's about as kind as I can be. (LISTENING) This music makes my ears glaze over. I had good friends who listened to this stuff back in the day and it made me want to spend less time around them.
Really enjoyable, I remember lots of these tracks well. Don't like All I Need much but the rest is a lovely vibe.
Hm... more enjoyable than I expected
Loved this, very relaxing album
3 1/2 Stars: Took me right back to my college radio days. A very lo-fi vibey album of French electronica that plays a little too safe, but I can see why this was highly regarded at the time. A good background album while you're doing other things.
I probably need another listen before I can determine whether this is average or genuinely good ambient pop. I enjoyed it at times and was unengaged other times during the listening process. 3 seems safe for now
If you're my cat, then Kelly Watch the Stars is a fantastic tune to have your human listen to while playing with a cat wand and this is a five-star album for that song. But if your a human, this isn't an album to exercise to, but a fun chill-out album. Four stars.
fav songs: la femme d'argent you make it easy stylish, mellow, atmospheric 50/100
This just happened this year.
Álbum rock experimental francés. Me ha recordado en algunas canciones a una mezcla de Pink Floyd y Daft Punk muy curiosa. Muy recomendable, se escucha solo pero a la vez siento que es mejor escucharlo con atención, buen álbum.
I have never listened to an electronic album that I more than tolerated. Surprise!! I fucking loved this. Everything about this- melodies, instrumentation, song structure- is just beautiful start to finish. Perfectly named album, too. Really feels like an ethereal float through outer space, but the music stays grounded and never loses structure the way some space-psychedelia sounds sometimes can. Fuck. Might turn into a 5.
This feels like a software update on the 1950s/1960s instrumental lounge music you can find for fifty cents in the back of really bad bookstores and I am here to embrace it with arms open wide
What if Daft Punk but more chill and airy? I'm down
This album beautifully captures the zeitgeist of late 1990s. The optimism brought by the evolution of technology, the feeling of change, the boldness to be different and whoever you want to be. The songs are both sweet, sexy, melancholic, but they all transform you to a time that's so different from today, that it almost feels unreal.
Yeah, this is my shit
8.5/10 very relaxing didnt expect that i would like it as much as i did
Every time I listen to this album, I can picture different moments of my life. I remember discovering them on MTVLA, Sexy Boy and Kelly were mainstays for months in the late 90s. I studied with this album, decicated songs, roadtrips, reunions, late nights. I was obsessed with the band for years, searching and listening to French radio and KCRW interviews. Few albums have been as impactful in my life as this one. Flawless
I’m completely biased when it comes to 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘪, but some albums make it hard to pretend otherwise. For me, it’s one of the finest electronic albums ever made. From beginning to end, Air create a sound that is warm, elegant, and effortlessly immersive, making the album feel less like a collection of songs and more like a place you can disappear into for an hour. What I love most is how relaxed it is. The album never feels the need to show off or overwhelm the listener. Instead, it lets its melodies, textures, and atmosphere do the work. There’s a softness to 𝘔𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘪 that sets it apart from a lot of electronic music, giving it a timeless quality that still feels fresh decades later. More than anything, it’s an album I never get tired of returning to. Every time I put it on, it creates the same sense of calm and wonder that made me fall in love with it in the first place. For all my bias, it remains one of the best electronic albums I’ve ever heard.
lekker sfeerfje terwijl ik de was ophing
Kinda like weird keyboard techno but in a pregame jazz bar type way before it becomes a jazz bar but is trying to get through a good weird vibe
seems to me like slightly elevated quality of elevator music or very high quality XXX movie soundtrack... I had never heard of them before and probably wont again... Objectively its very nice sounding and great production value. You can tell they spent days just playing around with sounds, effects and mic placements. I respect if they influenced others but its hard for me to fully appreciate. "Sexy boy" was very enjoyable though.
Kvaliteteten på den her er høj. Der er kælet for det og det lyder meget... fransk deraf. Jeg kan sådan set godt lide det, og må også respektere, Air som band for at kunne være de første til at lave sådan noget her - for det tænker jeg de har været? Men altså, sååå meget bedre bliver det ikke med tiden. Jeg føler en OK treer her, lige i midten. Der er nogen highlights, men også noget ret kedeligt. Produktionen er der og ALTID.
It's fine, there's nothing about it I dislike but at the same time there's not too much that stands out for me I've heard this album being called "everyone's favourite ['love-making'] music", so I guess no tracks absolutely *have to* stand out on their own - more important things are at stake. I'm inclined to give it a 4 on the basis that it sounds terrific and I was decently entertained throughout. 3.8
vibe decente, mas nao vai nda pra playlist. uma experiencia legal e diferente como album, mas nao vou revisitar. nota 3,6
Some good tracks early on, but the second half started to drag a bit. I liked it, but it seemed like something that would be better as an EP
If you're in need of something supremely innocuous and sleep inducing, this is for you. Pleasant and soothing but hardly challenging, innovative or seminal in any way.
A classic from the 90s. Good stuff!
Mellow, reptitive. Otherworldly/farout vibe. Several odd instruments. Nothing particularly noteworthy.
6/10 - It’s not my style of music, but I see the appeal. It’s pleasant and interesting. I would give this some spin if I wasn’t wanting an electronic sound. Glad it was on the list.
I like the songs here that have lyrics, but too many of the instrumental tracks tend towards background music. It's all pleasant enough though. 6/10
An album that was so chill that I forgot it was playing multiple times while I was supposed to be listening. This wasn't devoid of talent, but there was nothing to latch onto. It's completely ignorable, which in a way is worse than being bad.
Gorgeous album with swooping melodies and gentle beats. Funnily enough the only song that doesn't really fit the vibe is "All I Need" which is a great song on its own. This album makes me think of hangovers and lying in the sun.
Perfectly pleasant background music for a suburban cocktail bar’s happy hour but you don’t really need to listen to it. A generous 3.
Extremely cool album to listen to while driving through the majesty Of Iceland
I imagine all the elevators in spaceships and space stations have this on repeat. Likes: La femme d’argent; All I Need; Kelly Watch the Stars; You Make it Easy; Ce martin-là
3,5
This was an enjoyable listen. I will be back. 4/5
nice one
All I Need is pretty good due to the vocals but I don't really need the rest. Fine as background music.
goated album, has classics with a mix of songs with no vocals. very dramatic, raw and electronic, feel like i’m a spy or in a mystery movie
I couldn't even finish it
La femme d'argent - 4 Sexy boy - 4 All i need - 4 Kelly watch the stars - 2 Talisman - 3 Remember - 2 You make it easy - 3 Ce matin la - 3 New star in the sky - 2 Le voyage de penelope - 3
Aburrido.
Amazing very atmospheric would make amazing background or listening music
i love this album, and loved it so hard when it first came out. it feel deliciously timeless
If you are looking for deep and meaningful you won't find it here. If you want a beautifully crafted musical soundscape that is full and warm yet strangely spacious you'll find it in spades here. I saw Air play at the Dome in Brighton supported by Joy Zipper who you might like if Air is your kind of thing.
Very late 90s and better than I remember.
I am a sexy boy
Just what I needed to get through my timesheet entry on a Friday
Excellent music for an early morning commute
really pleasant listen. pretty good instrumentation although it never really rose above the level of pleasant
Es buena música para tener de fondo, pero no es más que eso. ↑: La femme d'argent, You Make It Easy, Le voyage de Pénélope ↓: –
Album assez hétéroclite, des musiques bonnes et des moins bonnes, mais rien ne m’a transporté au final
OK album
Músicas relaxantes
- Coming into this album just leaving some Leonard Cohen. I love surf, and funk to what I'm hearing from the first track. La femme d'argent. That funky bass line is already getting my head moving. From first view it appears as there are no lyrics on the first track which is another good sign. This means we are here for some good vibes / jams. Just checked it out the song translates to The Silver Woman. This title and the French assigned to it, gives you a sort of sensual feeling and something that you can rly get down to. Absolute banger so far. - Around 2 years ago or so, I saw oceans 11 for the first time. I fell in love with the instrumental soundtrack produced by David Holmes, and he made some bangers like Million Dollar Chinese Man. This is already giving me those vibes. I have never heard of "Air" before but they have a very interesting sound and I am hooked already. - Sexy boy is even more addicting than The Silver Woman. So the lyrics are sharp, and sang by two women? It sounds super cool. Safari reminds me of The Beach Boys --> Surfin' Safari / Safari. Brings good vibes because who doesn't love some beach fun. Only possible complaint that is lowering it down from a 5 would be the repetitiveness of the album. Seems like they are repeating themselves a lot. - All I Need, opens up some lyrics that are quite unexpected. I thought the whole album would just be some instrumental beats / jams but idk this is opening up new possibilities. Beth Hirsch reminds me of the beautiful voice of Kali Uchis, almost making me feel that this song brings Tyler, The Creator vibes. The beat is screaming his name and the vocals are just bringing that up in my brain. This track feels almost as calming as "Find Your Wings" with a little more nostalgic vibe to it. - Kelly Watch the Stars, sounds like a celebration or like a party time, hold on the vocals are giving hard Daft Punk vibes. These guys sound like Justice, Daft Punk, and Sigue Sigue Sputnik all had a baby together. Sounds sick asf. - So I just realized I didn't inspect the album cover enough, to which it obviously reads "French Band" across the side of AIR. So that's chill ig. Talisman sounds like a super cool strings / bass slam together. Very interesting and "new" sounding song with sort of futuristic attributes to it. ( keep in mind with this review there is not a lot of blood in my brain still from my recent hospital encounter so I might still be going insane. ) - So far this album sounds like a perfect album to sit and study to. Remember opens up with a weird ahh voice that idk if I'm gonna be able to get around listening to without cringing, but its ok cuz the beat is banger. Reminds me of the "Fitter Happier" voice from OK Computer. - Something about the notes these guys play just makes my brain tingle. Idk how or why but the a sharp to the c flat just brings me like immense dopamine rush. - You Make It Easy, brings a super calming feeling. Talking about the perfect love one may feel for another. I felt this heavy, with my ex-girlfriend from grade 10. Everything in grade 10 was stupid, awkward and cringe, until she showed up and made everything easy. Nothing was stupid anymore because we both thought that it was funny and cool. That feeling of comfort you get with that one special person, is something you should try and hold onto forever. - Ce matin-là ( That morning ) is a song that brings a whole lot of beauty to our ears. Sounds like the sound of immense joy, happiness, perfection. At around 2:40 when that funky guitar sound starts to play, that really tingles my ears. In just the best way possible. - New Star in the Sky, is a title that can be symbolized as finding a new love interest, or discovering a new possibility or achievement. The song features some vocals, and amazing chords per usual, what stood out to me was when he said; "The world, the world, the world, the world Just for you, for nobody else." This quote makes me almost think that he is abandoning his old woman, for this new star in the sky. This song symbolizes a good feeling, of being free from past chains and rules. Moving on to something completely new. - Le voyage de Pénélope ( Penelope's Journey ), first impression of this track; who the heck is Penelope. We have heard absolutely 0 names in this album so far so bringing this up is super random. This track sounds as if something is disturbing to start up with, as if there is a problem that needs to be solved. STOP THAT DRUM INTO IS INSANE. The slow fade in is absolutely amazing. Something I can absolutely jam/funk out to. The synthesizer makes me just want to- WAIT that weird glitchy drum. I've never heard anything like this before... The glitchy bass drum thing sounds really distorted, and amazing. The strings just add to this effect. THIS SONG. BRINGS THE ALBUM UP TO A 5. I'm in love dude, that was an amazing experience and will be looping this album again.
Why would they go on a safari to the moon? Are they stupid? 2.5 stars.
I cannot believe there are two Air albums on this list, but it’s also weirdly good even if the music doesn’t stand out.
I know virtually nothing of Air other than "Sexy Boy", which in itself has become an iconic electronic track for it's almost throat sounding beats and breathy female vocals; I've always loved it. "La Femme D'argent" had a beautiful lounge vibe created in it's smooth and consistent bassline, accompanied by the electric organ sounds and synth sounds. "All I Need" took me by surprise with it's actual lyrics, delivered beautifully by Hirsch. Against Air's signature lounge electronic style, it felt like something truly special. Hirsch's performance on "You Make It Easy" was just as beautiful, but the arrangement didn't quite come together as well as All I Need. Between the bassline, the sinister synth sounds and the rise and falls of the violins, I found "Talisman" truly beautiful, too. "Remember" with it's distorted voice and instrumentation bore resemblance to Daft Punk for me; bias swaying my like for the track. "New Star in the Sky" and "Le Voyage de Penelope" were also gorgeous in their own right. Overall, this album surprised me by offering more than just the electronic sound I thought they were initially comprised of. The whole album was beautiful.
I have the cd!! Feels like your an alien an another planet where everything is like blue and lila Favorite: sexy boy
This album made me feel nostalgic
Blue Lines Massive Attack Reggatta De Blanc The Police 25 Adele
Background music.
Realmente malo, aburrido.
A review in two scenes Scene 1: INT a dodgy South London flat late 90’s My flatmate has both a PC and moon safari. When he’s working I spend the evening playing football manager and listening to moon safari. Scene 2 : INT a very mediocre hotel somewhere in the south east 2024. Away for work I have a very average breakfast whilst moon safari plays in the background It’s fair to say that this album deserves better than either of those listening environments. Its silky smooth exterior hides great depth. In the sultry vocals of Beth Hirsch and in the lush production. And the bass… my word… it pulses, grooves and drives the whole thing alone. Do yourself a favour, listen to this sat a table overlooking the med as the sun sets and you drink something cool. If you can’t do that give yourself the time and space to bathe in the albums warmth
Overall I enjoyed. I think there’s a few songs that stick out, and it’s better than the last album from Air that I listened to. Rating: 7/10 Favorite Song: New Star in the Sky, Sexy boy, la femme d’argent
Diosssss que joya, es un gran álbum toda la combinación de géneros musicales es wow, la mejor canción en mi opinión es “Talismán “, pero sin duda las demás le sacan lucha
Great
nice music, interesting sound, but it's not really my type of thing.
loved it more albums like this plsss
Good album I'd never heard of before. Unfortunately the final few tracks brought it down from a potential 4 to a 3
Great album to relax to.
Lovely dreamy electronic pop stuff. Obviously the famous first two songs are great, but I found the female vocal songs to be excellent as well.
It was surprisingly enjoyable.
poop
It was not the how of music that I would have chosen for myself, but it was enjoyable and easy to listen to. I liked the electronic music vibe… it was ok overall.
Pre daft punk kinda. Overall enjoyed
Have loved this album since it can't out, it's superb, chilled and just wonderfully put together. By far the best album by Air.
As a prog rock fan, I am no stranger to long songs. I'm not feeling the need for a track to get in and get out so to speak. As a fan of instrumental and electronic music I'm no stranger to repeating motifs, and find them really cool and helpful sometimes. There is nothing interesting enough in this album for each song to be clocking in at 5-6 minutes. The same 15 second loop with minor variations repeating a dozen times holds very little interest for me. A couple tracks were better than the others, but ultimately nothing here really begs me to listen to it again, and I'm sure I'll have already forgotten what it sounds like in a couple days.
Loved this one. Bounces between fatboy slimesque electronic beats and soothing soul grooves
I'd not heard of Air. I start the album playing, enjoy listening through headphones while I read the Wikipedia article, which leads me to I browse the 2010 list of 100 essential albums of French rock (on which it appears), I went down some rabbit holes but then searched up more about Air, including a Mixmag interview from 2025 (when the "Blue Moon Safari" remake was released). When the album's finished, I watch a couple of the videos (which seem to help me gauge the intent) and then I replay the album some more. It's significantly more energetic than the 'chillout' or 'downtempo' labels would have lead me to expect. Also it sounds way more analogue than the label "electronic duo" would have suggested - more like multi-instrumentalists who had aimed for retro arrangements with drums, bass and plenty of keyboards (often given solo space), occasional front-and-centre space-bleep bits. (Quote from Nicolas Godin: "I wonder how we put all of this together, because they're all made using the same trick: one bassline, some pads, organs…") It seems very nicely produced - good for headphones, I dare say it would be good for coming down from over-excitement (while not nearly falling-asleep music). Largely instrumental, some tracks have singing/vocoder - chords and vibe in Kelly Watch The Stars quite suggestive of Daft Punk. A step back has me wondering what is the album saying, or (since it doesn't appear to be demanding attention) what does it want from us - is it happy to be a soundtrack to other activities, eg reading a book?? It's described as "dance music" - I wonder if people did or would dance to these tracks in a club context?? Whatever answers might seem good to these questions, I've decided that for me this album is Very Good, 8/10.
Way more enjoyable than I typically find electronic albums. Chill. A good listen overall. Wouldn't mind it as background music is a bar or something. I liked "Remember."
Yah, this is good music! I can picture 13 year old Daft Punk hearing this and going, "Yah, that's the stuff!" And the Massive Attack kids were like "We're taking some of it, too!" I usually hate on songs/bands that get very repetitive, but somehow I wasn't annoyed by it much here. I prefer the instrumental bits over the singing ones. Beth is fine, but not quite grabby enough for me. Overall though, super listenable. Not soul-stirring or deep, but quality background music. I'd give it a 3.7. A 4 here because I really didn't have a minute where I wanted to skip out.
Different but ok
Fucking awesome. Chill, intricate sound that stays consistent but is explored through different instruments and styles. What can I say, I'm a sucker for music that's designed for peaceful dozing
One of my fave albums of all time - listened to air all day after !
SOOOOO 90’s omg- I need to go to a coffee shop in a Lycra turtleneck so I can listen to this again
Loved this vibe a lot, definitely going to come back to it. Was making cookies while listening and it really nailed it
I really like this downtempo chill sound. Feels like flowing water. A bit ethereal, a bit dreamy.
Favourite tracks: All I Need, Remember Really nice soft electronica, kept me interested all the way through although the tracks with vocals were an obvious stand out to me. 3.5/5
Heyy! I just listened to this a few weeks ago after my brother recommended Air. Crazy timing. Nice down-tempo atmospheric album, great bass lines, overall just a great sleepytime or early morning record to listen to over coffee. Gives off that kind of chic “sexy spy” sound that I think is a hard line to walk and where a lot of artists fall embarrassingly into shmaltz (looking at you Ute Lemper)— but it’s pulled off really well here. I couldn’t blame anyone for not feeling this but it’s my jam for sure.
Wollt ich schon immer mal hören, cool. Am Ende etwas langweilig.
4.5
this was a good pick for a really nice day, the opening track is really great, i will say i do have beef with that sexy boy song purely just out of annoyance, as the album goes on my thoughts throughout each song would shift from “idk how i feel about it” to “okay i like it” until i hit remember, that is my stand out of the album, i enjoyed it more than i thought i would, take songs like you make it easy, its a pretty good song, i enjoyed it, nothing less than that is how i’d describe this album, i’m surprised at how much i did enjoy it but it is pretty good.
It was fine. Atmospheric, electronic music. 3/5
Review - better than I expected but still not great. Score - 6/10 Need to listen? YES
Rarísimo, solo conozco la canción que sale en "10 cosas que odio de ti".
A very relaxing and enjoyable listen. A good album to listen to driving home after a night out or just relaxing at home having a beverage of your choice.
Best Track - "Sexy Boy"
When I was in my late teens, I decided to try and listen to something that I don't listen to usually. Well, that backfired since here I am 20 years later trying to repeat the same process via this 1001 albums exercise! At the time, undecided on what to listen, I looked over online or consulted with friends about what should I give a chance to. This album routinely popped up in a lot of suggestions so it was one of those I gave a try. I had huge expectations, naturally, as it is one of the most lauded albums of all time. Man, they were not wrong, and all these years later, it still sounds great.
Liked it - quite varied, Sexy Boy the hit I remember, but lots of much mellower tunes make up the rest of a pretty relaxing listen
Nothing really grabbed me here, but it was a pleasant album to listen to.
Tää nyt ei rehellisesti lähtenyt yhtään, ei mun tyylistä musaa. Itse laulua todella vähän ja muutenkin tuli lähinnä mieleen hissimusiikki
Mitäänsanomaton. Katoin että oli huomattava määrä kuunteluja mutta en kyllä saanut ideasta kiinni
7/10 good to get one i haven't heard for my first pick, very good chill vibes chillax stuff w chills
Not for me
çok fazla daft punk'ın atası gibi hissettirdi parçalar. bazı yerlerde saksafon kullanımını çok ama çok beğendim. beth hirsch ile işbirliği olan şarkılar daha çok sardı çünkü bu tarz yk2 fütüristik soundları genelde bu albümdeki gibi vokallere daha çok yakıştırıyorum. tam 90lar sonunda kalın kot kumaşlı bi pantolonumla ve ip askılı hafif nemli, yapışkan havada rutubet kokan metro durağında arıza yapan metroyu beklemek gibi hissettirdi.
I remember when this album came out, Sexy Boy was playing everywhere, and everyone around me was suddently into downtempo, lounge bars and after-parties. I had a knee-jerk reaction to it, because I was an edgy contrarian. It was a bit unfair of me, so I'm glad I finally had the opportunity to give the complete album a chance. I'll admit I was wrong - it's a beautifully crafted record, with groovy samples, a distinct retro vibe and a very peculiar blend of sexy and psychedelic beats. It takes its time to slowly build a unique soundscape that has certainly influenced many artists over the years, and I can see now how groundbreaking it was. That being said, it's still not really my kind of music. Although I'm much more open to EDM now, I always struggle with downtempo. It's pleasant enough, but I can never shake the feeling that it's just background music designed to be forgotten while you're doing something else. If I try to listen with focus, it bores me pretty quickly ; it just lacks the extra depth that I need to remain interested for a whole 40 minutes. It was a nice experience overall, but I don't think I'll come back to it. If I need trippy laid-back music, trip hop does it better. 6/10
Finally, some French stuff. I’m not a huge fan, but it does the job pretty well. The whole retro 70s vibe is genuinely charming and gives the album a cool atmosphere.
muito bom
More of a 3.5-3.75 stars album than a 4 star album.
I liked it. It was quite funky.
Great album that harkens back to the space age. Reminds me of Royksopp.
Suprisingly nice instrumentals
Super om hier mee wakker te worden. Rustgevend! Zo veel herinneringen
Sublime!
Some nice, vocal-less beats and music. Slower and etherial so far.
Really enjoyed the front half of the album, but started to lose interest. Ethereal, dancy, and good times still to be had.
Considerado su mejor trabajo, el segundo álbum que escucho de AIR mantiene el sonido increíble de TVS, creando atmósferas y ritmos lentos geniales para escuchar tranquilo, juegan con la psicodelia y no sólo utilizan medios electrónicos sino que agregan instrumentos acústicos y de viento, enriqueciendo mucho más las canciones.
"Le voyage de Penelope" favorite track of album
just as dreamy as I remember
femme d'argent sounds like severance theme, generally cool like french experimental jazz
Siempre pensé que este álbum era más viejo y no del 98. Esta piola, chill, te va metiendo en el Moon Safari que el álbum pretende. En ese sentido es bueno. Los sintes, las texturas que va generando, medio de viaje espacial. Dicho esto, no es un género que me atrape, no termino de entrar del todo. 6/10
Extremely tasteful vibe music. Air is an appropriate name for this band. Ethereal, ambient, and enjoyable. Incredible focus music. Will be added to the rotation. 4/5.
-i’ve heard this one before. very interesting album. Air has such a unique sound -La femme d’argent kinda carried the album right off the bat imo, the rest was good but didn’t stand out quite as much. i do like it more than the Virgin Suicides score which i initially gave a 4 but ah well -Favorites: La femme d’argent, Sexy Boy, All I Need
This was good! I listen to a lot of music in this vein already (good background music for working!) so there wasn’t anything noteworthy here for me, but this was still an enjoyable album! Definitely have found a new band to check out. 3/5.
Nice trance of rock and roll, fun surprise
super !!
90s equivalent of lofi beats to study to and painfully fucking boring lounge jazz. Another piece of evidence to add to my “most 90s music is boring and toothless” file
“You Make It Easy” is a great song but I felt pretty bored to the rest of the album. I would give this a 5/10 at most…
easy listening
I can see how some people would like it, it's personally not my cup of tea. It's very creative I'm sure, to my ears though it just sounds like a whole lot of pretentious noise.
Groovy
Nice and chilled.
Interesting and chill album, close to a 4
Really good!
Great record, I have it on vinyl
Robot Jazz. Robot Folk? I don't know, I kind of liked it more than I thought I would. Talisman just sounded like the epitome of cool Daft Punk meets Beck. 3
Cool ambient, relaxed album. It was excellent background listening, and I didn't get pissed off or annoyed by any of it. I didn't get a whole lot of excitement either, but it wasn't bad. 3/5, pretty inoffensive, was maybe groundbreaking at the time but doesn't do a whole lot for me these days. Would listen again though!
Nice
An understated, chill vibe Favourite track: La femme d'argent
Awesome!
The name of this band tells you everything you need to know about their music. Air, and nothing but
Enjoyable but forgettable
Started out a 5 star but couldn’t sustain.
This is ok. I'll give it a soft 3.
- already love this album. i feel so cool listening to it. - they wrote “sexy boy” about austin paul behrens - this album def had influence on daft punk and the strokes. i hear it in the synth~ especially on “remember” - 🇫🇷 - wish i was on a beach in Europe sunbathing
Chill pleasant experience. The fusion of acoustic instruments, electronic elements and vocals were pretty nice a bit forgettable doe 6.5-10
rocks cock
Nice summer 90s long grass sleepy not really for a workday vibes. Always forget they did sexy boy. High 3
Lots of memory and nostalgia here, and soft good vibes. A few filler tracks in the middle but mostly lush.
I truly do not get the hype. French dudes pressing buttons. Nothing feels revelatory or transformational, just sort of atmospheric. Like a school project in places.
Beautiful, haunting, ethereal. Great vibey listen.
Adult Swim bumper music.
Sexy boy is transcendent the rest OK
This is a 5 star album for me. And such nostalgia still. But I loved it when it first came out, the thick synth is so real. Love it.
Like the Sundays & Garbage but Electronic and mixed with a 60’s French film score
0/10, not vibing with instrumentals
I almost finished this, and while I didn't dislike it, I didn't like it much either 2 stars
Overall, it is some enjoyable background music.
Very cool and unique listen. Enjoyed most of the songs on this album!
I really vibed with this album. It explores a ton of different sounds, many of which I can hear in echoes of later more famous songs. Clearly an inspirational album for the electronic genre, it's also an excellent listen in its own right. Smooth relaxing beats, strong electronic sounds that would appear in later artist's works, and brilliant vocals all appear throughout. Truly an unexpected gem to me.
An enjoyable listen with many orchestral sounds blended with synthy electronic music and many quality bass lines. Never did the album sound too electronic or exceed its own boundaries, nor did it require an excess of attention to appreciate. A quality album that surpassed expectations.
There's such an air of French mystery to this album - the music almost oozes with sensual, slurring panache, and would perfectly fit a modern noir film set in Paris. Air's command over their unique sound leaves the listener swirling in a post-acid haze, caught somewhere in the hookah smoke of the 60s and the fuzzy bitmaps of the 90s. I feel like I need to be stood on the balcony of a Miami penthouse apartment, while white-silk curtains unfurl out of the windows with the late summer night breeze, watching the twinkling lights of the city below me, superslim in hand.
A bandmate recommendation that paid off. Moon Safari sits in electronic music territory that has been consistently difficult throughout this project, and it works where so many others haven’t — because Air built this record around warmth rather than coldness, melody rather than texture, and vintage analog keyboard sounds rather than synthetic distance. The Rhodes and Wurlitzer-style parts are the heart of it — warm, slightly worn, and immediately inviting in a way that most electronic production never manages. There’s a cinematic quality here that connects to the Shuggie Otis warmth that landed so well earlier in the project, a sense that these sounds belong to a specific and appealing world rather than just existing as production choices. The horns that surface on one track deepen that impression considerably, briefly making the whole thing feel like a lost 70s film score. The atmospheric quality that tends to push electronic records into background listening territory is present here too, and a closer listen would probably reveal more. But even at a moderate level of attention the melodic content and keyboard textures give it enough to hold onto — which is more than most records in this genre manage. A genuine four — warm, melodic, and the electronic record that finally delivers what the format keeps promising.
Cosmic chill.
Fav- new star in the sky 3/5
That was a good vibe and great background music. I don't know if I would just sit down and listen to the album though. Or go to a concert by them.
I’ll be honest, never really gave air a good listen to before. That was wrong. Really enjoyed this! 3.4
This was great! From the first (very groovy!) track, this had me hooked. Lots of variety, but always interesting. I might actually pick this one up. 8/10 Most Excellent
Was completely unfamiliar with this and assumed at first that it was much more recent. Very much of its time, and reminiscent of Fatboy Slim, Daft Punk, maybe a little Moby, and some of the French EDM that came later.
No sé que notar ponerle. Es música sin letra, me ha gustado pero esperaba algo más al ser el primer albúm
Very smooth chill music. All I need and Beth Hirsch voice absolute killer track
This was cool, a definite vibe kinda album. Not totally my jam, but chill.
Surprisingly enjoyable
not really my genre, but i think some of the songs are good, for example “all i need” is very nice, it feels like being suspended in the atmosphere
Ihan vitun hyvä mut oon kuunnellu jo kahesti ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
You'd think I'd like this based off my passionate undying love for Daft Punk, but Air in comparison comes up thin. I'm not too into the whole chill-out lounge thing. It's like the music is trying to seduce me. That might be a weird way of putting it, though there are moments where I can respect a sound here or there. The horns on Ce Matin La remind me much of Sgt Pepper's and who doesn't like that? I'll say this: As much as I love it, Something About Us isn't the reason I love Discovery. Therefore, an entire album of that vibe does not inspire. I MEAN it's ALRIGHT like...(5/10, 2/5 on this scale)
elektronische musik gemischt mit streichern und anderen analogen instrumenten - tolle atmosphäre mit bekannten hits.
Schön und beruhigend
Funny techno sound scapes. Fuels visual imagination. I like it.
This was pleasant enough, especially the instrumental tracks.
I really liked this, it almost makes up for the time I got high in the baseball dugouts behind our dorm, went into the chapter room and got freaked out while everyone was watching A Trip to the Moon scored by Air.
An old favourite. A chilled- out classic.
really feels like daft punk did an indie rock album (just a lot of vocoder for the vocals). This is really good / chill though. I always enjoyed a random song off this one but it is just a good mood album and a deep listening experience if you want to pay attention. Part 60's lounge jazz, part ELO instrumentation, generally very beautiful and a little psychedelic.
i like it, nice to chill to/have in the background
better than anticipated, mellow and listenable
Very good background synth
After the first song they all sounded the same. Way too digital with too little of the human touch.
Chill is a great way to describe this music, this is a great find and i greatly enjoyed it.
I dug it.
Fun album, would be great for a late-night drive. Thank you french people
Sounded like the music at the coolest coffee shop you’ve ever been too. Atmospheric and lovely. Will listen to at work.
Awesome video game music
Eh…
Noioso
Not these wankers again. Pfft
The title says it all. Analogously if Music were a drug, a texture, a temperature and weight: a warm, velvety tickly cannabidiol floating breeze. Feels better than good.
Sound of the late 90's. Just floated in out of nowhere and perfectly captured the times. La femme d'argent is out of this world, such a great vibe. The two Beth Hirsch songs are real standouts, especially her work on All I Need. The bass playing is front and centre, this record is dripping in romance and love, I love the feel of this thing. Deadbeats, it is timeless, you can put this on anytime and anywhere and it works, no drugs required.
This project has me thinking back on the various ways that I have discovered music over the years; via friends, radio (especially Triple J and 2SER), borrowing tapes from the local library, books and magazines, watching Rage (Australian all-night video show), working in a record store, blogs, etc. But a source I hadn't really considered until recently was magazine cover CDs. In the 90s and early 2000s I was fan of those expensive UK music mags like Mojo and Uncut that typically had a compilation Cd attached on the cover. The best ones were themed, but they were often just 'best recent releases'. I know that Air was a band I first came across via that medium. I looked up their discogs page and can see they appeared on >500 compilation CDs between 1998 and 2003. This was clearly a deliberate part of their promotional strategy, and I reckon it worked. It certainly worked on me. Tracks form this record always popped out on a compilation; cool, spacious, catchy, relaxed and unhurried. Flicking though my collection, it seems like I don't actually own a copy of Moon Safari, which surprises me. I am so familiar with the album that I could have sworn blind I must own it. Maybe there is a CD in a box somewhere. But that kind of summarizes my view; great background record that I would happily listen to almost any time, but not something I feel the need to search out and throw on the turntable. The largely instrumental (or so vocally minimal that they may as well be) album was really well suited to placement in films and television and ads etc, and this album became part of the environmental soundtrack of the late 90s and early 2000s. And why not? It was tasteful and funky and full of interesting moments without being aggressively in-your-face. You could do worse. The album is, thankfully, not overlong, but it does suffer from being heavily frontloaded with the best tracks. One minor quibble. They never met a filter mod they didn't like and (over-)use; wah wah, LFO filter sweeps, vocoders, phasers, hi-pass filters, lo-pass filters, and probably some I can't identify. But they loooove a filter. It almost becomes a cliche by the end of the album, like J.J. Abrams and lens flare.
This is absolutely top.
Great album
Fun, not sure I'll go back to it, but it was a good time
I was surprised how many songs I knew. "All i need" is my favorite track of the album. "New star in the sky" was a pleasant new discovery. Especially the start and end is strong. Nice, chilled atmosphere. The good version of pop music. Some songs feel a bit like a filler tho.
Not for me. But if course the number everyone knows is quite catchy.
Crazy the times we live in. I have a bunch of songs of theirs already in playlists but have never listened to the album or even knew who they were. Real nice easy listening electronica. Good for background. Top albums of all time? I dunno.
You have to be in the right mood for this album. I was irritated by the mix of indie pop songs in between. The instrumental songs were far more enjoyable.
Moon Safari doesn't belong to a specific time. Some albums are chapters — you listen to them intensely in a period and then whenever you return, you're back in that room, that year, that version of yourself. Moon Safari isn't like that. It's been there consistently, without rhythm, without a particular season. More like furniture than a photograph. A dear friend introduced me to this one, and I've been grateful ever since. Every song works. The whole thing is calm without being boring, warm without being sugary, electronic without being cold. Air found a temperature and stayed in it for 44 minutes. "You Make It Easy" is the one that hits hardest right now. There's a person this song makes me think of. Someone who actually does make things easy — who showed me that things can be joyful and light. The song doesn't explain that. It just feels it. 5/5 — and it's not even close.
Awesome. Such a warm, cozy, mildly psychedelic album. Instant stress relief. There are so many beautiful details in the compositions and I'd like to point out all of them, but I'm too lazy and will just mention the first thing and that is how I absolutely love the bass line in the first track. They manage to start off very strong and maintain the magic throughout the whole 43mins. "Talisman" is the best track here and can compete with All Them Witches' "Talisman" for "Best Track Called Talisman". 4,5/5 near perfect
forgetfull. not my music
Absolutely breathtaking. Feels like a breath of fresh... Air.
Excellent from first impressions love it love it love it
4.5
Definitely not an album for everyone, but it’s a great blend of what’s basically elevator music, some trance, trip hop, and downtempo. It’s not dancy, but it is easy to listen to, atmospheric, and pleasant. There’s some essence of daft punk and some others in here as well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I must not have been high enough to appreciate this one
great jams
most fitting artist name in music history fave track: talisman
I liked this album a lot considering I have not enjoyed any other electronic music I have tried. The first piece La femme d' argent is very good. I also liked Talisman.
Referring to an album as "mood music" has the danger of a carrying a negative connotation, conjuring memories of characterless elevator muzak. That's not what I mean when I refer to Moon Safari as sublime mood music. This album instantly changes the room's atmosphere from the first song "La femme d'argent" making it feel instantly more sophisticated. There are obvious comparisons to be made with Daft Punk but I feel like Air uses less vocal repetition which makes this more listenable for me than something like DP's "Discovery". The bass sounds so good throughout the whole album. I love the euphoric vocoder on "Kelly Watch the Stars". The opening minute of "New Star in the Sky" sounds like it should soundtrack a mysterious desert town in a JRPG. The album is mellow, textured and dreamy. However, this is music to put on in the background, and not as satisfying to actively listen to, which is where some of the vitriol is perhaps coming from.
Air is possibly the most aptly named musical group ever. How they manage to arrange such wispy and carefree melodies that still feel vital is beyond me. Tracks like All I Need, Ce Matin-La, and New Star in the Sky are as moody and beautiful as you could hope for in this laid back electronica that feels somewhere between dreampop and Daft Punk. And yet...I can't quite love it completely. Something about it is too ephemeral to focus on entirely and I fear that dooms it to beautiful background music in my listening repertoire.
gugugaga
Album from my childhood
i understand everything better now, just wow
It was different and a unique album.
Very satisfying background music - I mean it as a complement
Yea this was way more fire than I expected it to be
I had a relaxing listen, not a bad song. I then played it to my girlfriend who immediately laughed imagining Ross from Friends playing with his keyboard. I then thought like "Shit, maybe I am too a neat guy".
It was all right. I thought I would end up liking it a lot more after the first two songs, but in reality, all you really needed to do was listen to the first two songs. It's all pretty much the same, it had some interesting parts but overall just kind of boring
5. 5. 5. This album has been the soundtrack to so many hazy weekends. Can't quite do it the same 20 years later, but the feeling persists. I love most of what Air have done, but this album is on another level, created by angels.
listen to again, might be a 4
Very cool
This album feels like getting abducted by a ufo, but ultimately being at peace with it. A little odd, but great background music to do your APGOV vocab terms to fav track- talisman
Yesssss
This is possibly era defining music. Not my era, so was not previously familiar with Air beyond Sexy Boy. I think it's a good album with a strong and distinctive sound. Relaxing to listen to without ever being bland.
Although at times I thought this was teetering on easy listening without real substance, I quickly realised it has a lot of interesting layers. The electronic instrumentation is executed beautifully, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of Mort Garson's Plantasia. I wasn’t blown away, but I’ll definitely return to this.
Not too bad. Quite nice
Nordisk
Harmless, floaty, inoffensive, background music, but background music nonetheless. There was a lot of this kind of thing around at the time - Lemon Jelly were another lot - so I struggle to understand why it's considered essential. It's funny how I seem to know most of the tracks without ever having owned, or actively paid any attention to the album - perhaps it was endlessly fleeced for TV ads, etc, meaning I just soaked it up without ever really intending too. This is ironic, because really, it's the kind of record you only need to listen to once. That said, it was good to hear All I Need again as it reminded me that my car insurance is due.
Duller than I wanted it to be. A couple of good tunes don't save it from being like something conjured up on an app as "focus music"
5/10
mid
I think its very pretty, but like not something you would pick out of a croud. Like a girl who has a okay face but a boring personality. Not my fave ever but not bad. It just didn't really catch my attention. 5/10
Nice n groovy
I had no idea what to expect but I honestly liked it! Interesting sounds and vibes.
The chill out vibe here is just immaculate. The ambient vibe is mostly relaxing and just feeling the music wash over you. It's hardly Air's fault that they're French. This doesn't really feel like an album that's conducive to listening all the way through in the nature of this project, as it's much more of a downtempo background music kind of album. "Sexy Boy" is the stand out track for sure, and some of the latter half of the album kind of blends together into an ambient wash, but I'd definitely relisten to this one in a "come down at the end of the day" kind of way.
No es de mis favoritos, aunque para la epoca supongo que fue un hit
I can almost feel it: this album is so so SO close to being an all-time classic but it's just too unobtrusive and plain sounding to make it to that next level. The opener "La femme d'argent" is very promising, what with its 5 minute buildup from a lounge piece to a whirring shoegazey texture later on. The buildup songs are the most interesting to my ears, as "Talisman" does much the same thing as the opener, and "Remember," the following track, has a chopped, glitchy snare that really sticks out amongst the more romantic sounding instrumentation. All the other tracks seem to blend into one another, and the rest of the album comes off as a wide-eyed and fluffly reimagining of Stereolab's Dots and Loops, which did a similar thing in blending lounge instrumentation with krautrock-esque instrumentation. This is a serviceable record for a YouTube algorithm (and I have no doubt it appears there plenty!) but there's much better loungey electronica out there.
Remember
Pleasantly surprised! The Downtempo genre description worried me a bit after slogging through three nothing albums in a roll but this one turned out to be very vibey
A psychedelic ensemble of tracks that feel like the faint yellow spots you see when you stare at the sun for too long.
i liked it! never heard something like that before. faves: remember, la femme d'argent, talisman, you make it easy, le voyage de pénélope
Not bad not bad, slower beats than I expected for electronic but overall liked it
ny hz norm
Me parecio un álbum interesante conocia el primer tema. Esperaba mas
10/10 Like daft punk before daft punk. Very electronically jazz. One of my favorites so far. After research this duo came out after technically. But they were part of the same movement of French electronic music.
Feels almost ahead of its time, definitely a pioneer in the electronic scene.
Escuchable
Bonito. Uma mescla de gêneros bem noventista, com a pegada confortável do downtempo, remanescente de um trip-hop, mas com elementos de diferentes âmbitos sonoros, como Jazz e Bossa Nova. Muitos convidados talentosos, e a pegada da dupla francesa inegavelmente lembra Daft Punk. Composições bonitas, não tem outra palavra para descrever. É tudo bem bonito e gostoso de ouvir. Meu lado mais cínico quer usar a palavra “derivativo”, novamente levando em conta o lado obscuro da música noventista, mas meu lado cínico ficou calado com tamanha ternura exposta nessas faixas. Além de seu tempo, a dupla francesa Air molha os pés nas águas do futuro e mantém a cabeça nas nuvens do passado. Lindo álbum. 5/5
I listened to most of this album on a run earlier. It might have been too downtempo for a run but nevertheless enjoyable. Extremely vibey and atmospheric. Sexy Boy was my favorite of the tracks, with Talisman coming in right behind. I’ll definitely continue to revisit this classic in the future.
love it! sexy boy is so me
Groovy French, 90s style. Honestly, the A-side of this album is the template for so much of the cool French stuff that came out in the late 90s and early 2000s. I dare anyone not to start nodding their head when the bassline of 'La Femme D'argent' kicks in. Sexy Boy, Kelly Watch The Stars, All I Need - what a bunch of deadset winners. The B-side of the album is not quite as stellar, but still pretty damn good. Highly recommended
So many textures and sounds. Love this band so much. This isn't my favorite album by them, but it's incredible nonetheless.
I liked a lot of this, but years ago the song "Remember" was on the playlist for a store I worked at. I HATED that song. I'm wondering if the songs on this album that I like now would become just as obnoxious under the same circumstances. Some music holds up on repeat listens, and some does not.
트랙 2에 레전드 브금 존재; 베스트 : Remember
I’ll revisit this album as I enjoyed the instrumental sounds! Wasn’t able to look into much info about the band or album while listening this time.
So gorgeous. Some minor filler but the bangers bang.
Ehh. The Beth Hirsch songs were nice because of the vocals but the rest of the album was pretty droning with robotic vocals that didn't do much for me. Seems like Daft Punk without the funky/catchy hooks and sampling.
Not really my cup of tea, there is not a lot more that I can say
Possibly the worst thing I have ever forced myself to listen to. It’s like a bunch of music school students said “I have an idea. What if we took the trippy instrumental part of a Pink Floyd song and made it the whole song?” And someone else said “we could make it the whole album!” And then someone asked “what about lyrics?” And the answer came back “we can repeat these 4 words over and over “for effect”” and they all said “genius!” And then they did this. Ugh. Just no.
Favorite Song: La femme d'argent
4.5/10
French electronic music duo. Right. Ok. What am I getting into. Let's see. I like electronic. I love the idea of the French. In reality not so much but the idea is great. This feels appropriating. Oh wait. This is good. Ok. Do your thing french electronic music duo. Are there any lyrics?? No of course not. At least they're not singing in french. The woman of money oh I'm sure. Yeah I like this. It's a vibe. Nothing really special though. Oh my god. This song. Reminds me a little of never let me down again by depeche mode but this is iconic. This is sexy boy. This is the electronic song of the 90s. Of course it's french. Ok I see why they've added this album now. Oh very 90s 2000s sounding. Ok I like this. Just an angsty floaty song. I like it. Idk about Kelly but I'll watch the stars any day. Or night I guess. They really like Beth. I'm cool with her. Favourite: Sexy Boy/talisman Least favourite: You Make It Easy
Cool, funky, dreamlike but ultimately a little underwhelming
If I were the sort of person who liked mood music, I might be into this
I liked this a lot. I didn't know the band or any of their music, though I suppose I must have head them when I watched Virgin Suicides. Whatevs. Definitely something to add to my quiet time listening.
I've liked the retro-futurism of Air for awhile. The soundtrack to the Virgin Suicides is really good too. This album definitely executes the vision. There are probably a few too many background songs to get to 5 stars, but Remember, Kelly Watch the Stars and Sexy Boy are all standouts.
4/5 - I knew a few of these songs, especially "Sexy Boy," so I had an idea about this going in. Smooth, chill-out album with a really specific mood. I'm here for it.
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