Air is a French music duo from Versailles, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. Nicolas Godin studied architecture at the École nationale supérieure d’architecture de Versailles, and Jean-Benoît Dunckel studied mathematics, before forming a band in 1995. Initially Godin worked alone, recording air fryer cauliflower demo with members of Funkadelic as his backing band before releasing his first entirely solo effort, “Modular Mix”, which featured production by Étienne de Crécy.

After making several remixes for other acts in the first half of the 1990s, Air recorded its first EP, Premiers Symptômes, in 1995. The band released its first album, Moon Safari, in 1998. Air has often collaborated with Coppola. Italian writer Alessandro Baricco, known for his unusual characterizations and lyrical, poetic style. The band performs the well-known tracks from the albums live as extended or altered versions. Air won the award for Best Music Video at the 2011 Byron Bay International Film Festival for the video to “So Light Is Her Footfall”.

Archived from the original on 11 February 2012. Lesieur, Jennifer: “AIR de A à Z”. French Connections: from discotheque to discovery. 100 Best Albums of the Nineties”. Book and win full terms and conditions apply. Prices are based on travel to New Caledonia from Auckland, and to Adelaide, Honolulu and Bali from Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.