London-based singer and electronic musician Sampha appeared on BBC Radio 1's Piano Sessions series yesterday, performing a jazz-inflected cover of "All I Need," originally by downbeat…

Air's Nicolas Godin is set to release his Bach-inspired solo album Contrepoint on September 18 and today he's shared a video from that record alongside…

Starwalker is a new project aligning Air co-founder Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Bang Gang mastermind Bardi Johansson. Each is proficient at crafting haunting scores and here…

1. THE FOCUS: "I love this one." Two young women are studying Phoenix through a glass window. "Do I know any songs…

On February 7, French duo Air will release an expanded soundtrack to French cinema pioneer Georges Méliès' 1902 silent film Le Voyage Dans La Lune.

Last year, French duo Air, who already had lunar travel on their résumé thanks to their debut Moon Safari, were commissioned to provide a soundtrack…

The Velvet Underground's 1967 debut, The Velvet Underground & Nico, is one of the most important albums in rock history. Its crude yet gorgeous proto-punk…

Some nights are just meant to be. The perfect band in the perfect venue on a perfect night in a town so perfect its number…

French duo Air's music is beautifully mysterious -- just listen to any of their six albums or numerous film soundtracks, especially their work on The…

"African Velvet"? "Eat My Beat"? Gauche titling aside, Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin offer no shake-ups on Love 2. Instead, more than a decade into…

This week, Lollapalooza invaded Chicago with more than 130 bands banging out sets in the blazing heat. Plus, Jack White released his first solo track,…

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…

What is this -- a friggin' French invasion?

The 20 best albums of 1998, ranked by the SPIN editors. [This list was originally published in the January 1999 issue of SPIN.]…