While the rest of their electronic music contemporaries in the late 1990s reached for dancefloor ecstacy and big room bombast, French duo Air paved an influential path with a more delicate and atmospheric sound. Taking inspiration from old school film composers and vintage synthesiser wizards like Burt Bacharach, Isao Tomita and Vangelis, they shot to success with a distinct sonic world.
Selected and mixed by Ian Kim Judd.
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To our ears Camara's debut release is already a classic. A record that is not only sonically rewarding but emotionally so too, blending varied influences with care, warmth and a deft touch the result is an LP of sparse melancholy guitar edged electronica. We just getting to know Camara, but it was great to be able to start the friendship on the show.
To our ears Camara's debut release is already a classic. A record that is not only sonically rewarding but emotionally so too, blending varied influences with care, warmth and a deft touch the result is an LP of sparse melancholy guitar edged electronica. We just getting to know Camara, but it was great to be able to start the friendship on the show.