Air's Jean-Benoit Dunckel
Air, the French duo of Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, never shied away from high-tech methods to promote new material -- their website for 2001's 10,000 Hz Legend, which is still live, was years ahead of its time, and crashed many a PC. Now, they're offering a taste of their upcoming album, Do the Joy, with a slinky web video featuring an in-studio performance that's suitable for all levels of bandwidth.
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In the clip, the duo performs about 75 seconds of the album's title track in a humble studio, while cameras pan around their softly lit figures like some sort of 1970s-era Carpenters video. Godin picks away on the track's very Moon Safari-era bassline, while Dunckel coaxes fabricated coos from his Moog synthesizer and tickles the keys of a grand piano.
It's all vintage Air, and is available here for your viewing pleasure:
WATCH:
Air, "Do the Joy"
