AIR

Le Voyage Dans La Lune
Astralwerks / EMI

Le Voyage Dans La Lune, which translates to A Trip To The Moon, is the seventh studio album by French duo Air. While the talented two-some have always drawn inspiration from famous film scores, Le Voyage Dans La Lune truly feels like an Air film soundtrack, albeit to a film that doesn’t exist.

Inspired by the famous French silent film from 1902 by the same name, Le Voyage Dans La Lune has a much more sinister tone than previous work by Air, foregoing a poppy single that previous releases have had at least one of. It starts to gather lots of momentum by fourth track Parade, but with lots of short songs bridging tracks, you really feel like Le Voyage Dans La Lune must be heard in its entirety if it’s to be heard at all.

Like a soundtrack, Le Voyage Dans La Lune has a beautiful, consistent theme throughout, with reprised melodies, ebbs and flows. The influences of film composer Ennio Morricone, and the famous Blade Runner score by Vangelis have never been more obvious or welcome. Last track Lava sounds the most like an older Air track, with a confident and surging bass-line.

A new high water mark for the lads and a record that will spin many times in my living room.

_TOM VARIAN

xpressradio by X-Press Magazine

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