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It's been a decade since Air released their debut album, Moon Safari. That modest release has had echoes that continue a decade later with artists like Zero 7, Goldfrapp and many more taking notes from Air's retro music for the future. Pulling sounds from old Moog synthesizers, Fender Rhodes pianos and vocoders, Air articulated a mix of cocktail cool and serenely surreal pop that hasn't dated a second. Moon Safari has just been re-released in a deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition. We go back to our 1998 interview with Air and see how prescient they were about their music.
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Piece Description
It's been a decade since Air released their debut album, Moon Safari. That modest release has had echoes that continue a decade later with artists like Zero 7, Goldfrapp and many more taking notes from Air's retro music for the future. Pulling sounds from old Moog synthesizers, Fender Rhodes pianos and vocoders, Air articulated a mix of cocktail cool and serenely surreal pop that hasn't dated a second. Moon Safari has just been re-released in a deluxe 10th Anniversary Edition. We go back to our 1998 interview with Air and see how prescient they were about their music.
Broadcast History
aired on WXPN Philadelphia 04/16/2008
Timing and Cues
Incue: [sonar sound] + "This is an Echo Location, soundings..."
Outcue: "...I'm John Diliberto and this has been an Echo Location, soundings for new music." + :07 music fade
Additional Files
- Air: Nicolas Godin (air-nicolas.jpg)
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Review of Re-breathing Air
Echo Location Soundings in New Music
Musical enjoyment and music-journalism aside for one moment, the series "Echo Location Soundings in New Music" is one additional opportunity for stations who consider themselves to be in the "Find Out About New and Interesting Music Here" business.
The series, produced and hosted by John Diliberto (Echoes), is a good fit within your arts magazine program, and could, with proper planning and thought, fit within a local music show in the AAA-based neighborhood. The series can also be streamed on your web site.
The music, writing, hosting and production are typical of the craft consistently practiced by John Diliberto - making it both good radio and good listener service for those in your audience who look to you for the next best CD to add to their personal sound bank.