Air will perform their 1998 album “Moon Safari” across North America this fall
Moon safari Rarities go live on March 15th
March 05, 2024
Photo by Manuel Obadia-Wills
French duo Air have announced some North American tour dates this fall, performing their beloved and acclaimed 1998 debut album Moon safari, as a whole. They previously announced some EU and UK Moon safari shows. Some Moon safari The rarities hit streaming platforms on March 15, including demos, live tracks and BBC session tracks. Last week the band shared “New Star in the Sky (Demo 1).” Listen to it below, followed by tour dates and a tour trailer, as well as the tracklist for the rarities release.
Air's Jean-Benoit Dunckel had this to say Moon safari in a press release: “The hype was a violent experience. Air's music is not accessible or easy to discern: The form is strange, the voices are strange, the themes are strange. Even “Sexy Boy” sounds weird. We were an electronic duo, dreaming of selling 10,000 copies and being recognized by other musicians as cool. Then suddenly, we met the world. Personally, it took me a while to see that we could be a big, important band.”
The band's Nicolas Godin had this to add about the album: “This kind of bedroom music was about imagination. In my head, I imagined myself at Capitol Records, surrounded by all the best musicians, feeling like Burt Bacharach. Actually, I was in the fucking 18th arrondissement of Paris, with a sampler, singing into a microphone. But when your imagination is that strong, I think it comes through in the cables and the speakers. His power Moon safari it was about getting people to believe in what we believed in.”
Air's last album was in 2012 Le voyage dans la lunetheir soundtrack to the iconic silent short film of the same name (aka A trip to the moon). Read our 10th anniversary look at this album, from 2022.
Air North American Moon safari tour Dates:
9/25 – Vancouver, BC @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre
9/27 – Seattle, WA @ Benaroya Hall
9/29 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum
9/30 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum
10/2 – San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
10/4 – Denver, CO @ Bellco Theatre
10/6 – Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre
10/8 – Chicago, IL @ Auditorium Theatre
10/10 – Detroit, MI @ Fox Theatre
10/12 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall
10/13 – Montreal, QC @ Place Bell
10/15 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway
10/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Met
10/18 – Washington DC @ The Anthem*
10/21 – New York, NY @ Beacon Theatre
10/24 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
10/26 – Miami Beach, FL @ Fillmore Miami Beach
10/29 – Dallas, TX @ Music Hall at Fair Park
10/30 – Austin, TX @ Moody Amphitheater
Moon safari 25th Anniversary Edition Rarities:
01 Dirty Hiroshima (Demo)
02 New Star in the Sky (Demo)
03 Ce Matin Là (Demo)
04 Maggot Brain (Live)
05 J'ai Dormi Sous L'eau (Bbc Live Session)
06 Sexy Boy (BBC Live Session)
07 Kelly Watch The Stars (BBC Live Session)
08 Kelly Watch The Stars (Extended)
09 Remember (published by David Whitaker)
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