French Band AIR To Perform In Bucharest On February 11, 2010

Several ideas are floated concerning the location of the concert and a firm decision on the concert location will soon be made.

AIR duo consists of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. The name AIR is a backronym for "Amour, Imagination, Rêve" (love, imagination, dream).

AIR's music is often referred to as electronica. Their form of electronic music was influenced by the synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Francis Lai. Other influences include psychedelic rock pioneers Pink Floyd, Jean-Jacques Perrey and French crooner Serge Gainsbourg.

AIR uses many of their studio instruments (like Moog synthesizers, the Korg MS-20, Wurlitzer and Vocoder) live on stage, where their ability to improvise is more clearly highlighted. The band performs the well-known tracks from the albums live as extended or altered versions. AIR often works together, both in the studio and live on stage, with artists like Beth Hirsch, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Gordon Tracks, Beck and others.

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