Talkie Walkie (Limited Edition) (Bonus DVD)
by Air (French Band)- Released
- 26/01/2004
- Music Genre
- Electronic
Description
Additional personnel includes: Jessica Banks, Lisa Papineau (vocals); Malik Mezzadri (flute); Michel Colombier (piano); Joey Waronker (percussion).
Recorded at Revolvair Studio, Paris, France.
This is an enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
This limited edition also contains a bonus DVD featuring European tour footage.
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
After the ambitious robotic quirkiness of 10,000 HZ LEGEND, French duo Air streamline their sound with TALKIE WALKIE, a dreamy outing that hearkens back to the group's revered debut, MOON SAFARI. Gone are the guest vocalists, replaced by Air themselves, Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, who gleefully distort their voices to suit their unique soundscapes. "Venus" sets the tone with its gently gliding keyboards, spare beats, and light acoustic guitar strumming. In fact, this instrumentation supplies the foundation for many of TALKIE WALKIE's tracks, including the catchy "Cherry Blossom Girl," the bossa-nova-based "Universal Traveler," and the haunting "Alone in Kyoto" (from the lauded film LOST IN TRANSLATION). Working with renowned producer Nigel Godrich, Dunckel and Godin have crafted a collection of atmospheric compositions poised at the halfway point between waking and dreaming.
Product Details
- Artist
- Air (French Band)
- Number of Discs
- 2
- Combo Details
- CD + DVD
- Disc Layers
- 2
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- DVD Region
- Region Free
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- DVD-Video
- Label / Studio
- VIRGIN
- Original year of release
- 2004
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Year of release
- 2004
- Cast & Crew
- Air (Music Performer)
- Air (Producer)
- Nigel Godrich (Producer)
- Yann Arnaud (Sound Engineer)
Press Reviews
For a band known as a major player on the electronic music scene, Air certainly uses a lot of...banjo. CMJ (1/19/04, p.6)
[Producer Nigel Godrich] helps the French duo bring their soft-focus sound into sharper relief....the dreamy space pop will have you floating in the clouds, if not above them." - Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly (1/23/04, p.99)
8 (out of 10) - "...a pop art masterpiece NME (24/01/04, p.39)
4 stars out of 5 - "[E]motive mood music that provides a roadmap to love, loneliness, all the difficult stuff. Q (2/04, p.99)
3.5 stars out of 5 - "[A]ir return to what they do best: elegantly moody soundtrack music for imaginary films....TALKIE WALKIE is rich, somber headphone pop... Rolling Stone (2/5/04, p.56)
Ranked #35 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "Air fashioned a soundscape that's paradoxically simple and dense... Spin (p.63)
4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he album contains their most convincing, most composerly music to date....Clever... Uncut (2/04, p.69)
Ranked #58 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "Sci-fi and sex remain their chief preoccupations; nothing gets lost in translation. Uncut (p.78)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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Venus
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Cherry Blossom Girl
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Run
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Universal Traveler
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Mike Mills
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Surfing On a Rocket
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Another Day
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Alpha Beta Gaga
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Biological
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Alone in Kyoto
