Ride the space mountain.
In the soundtrack to George Lemiere's Le Voyage Dans La Lune, the first science-fiction film (1902), French duo Air sets to explore the land of cosmic percussion and dreamy landscapes. The film was used in Martin Scorsese's eye-candy of a film, Hugo, and the restored film premiered at last year's Cannes Film Festival. Since then Air has aggregated 11 more minutes in what is now their own album. It's confusing to say whether this is good or not. There's periods of pure magic, just like there's moments of equal boredom. The weird thing about the album is that they have excellent percussion beats and beautifully crafted melodies but there's also a constant dichotomy between the two, therefore the tracks that lack both of these elements come off as uninspired. Ultimately it's a pleasant listen with different feels from freak-beats to steampunk to Pink Floyd vibes, and since it's only 30 minutes long, there's not much to loose.
3 song's worth listening:
- "Astronomic Club" - The album's heavy opener, sounds like slaves rowing in a steampunk space battleship travelling through the milky way. Seven Stars- the continuing song of
- "Astronomic Club" is the perfect example of the split between beat and melody. This one features Au Revoir Simone/Beach House's Victoria Legrand on vocals and an excellent string section. "
- "Sonic Armada" - Takes it back to the 70s.
This album makes me want to: ride Space Mountain just as long as this is the music played in the waiting line.
Other albums you'd like:
- Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon
- Zero 7 - Simple Things
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