Air (band)
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Air is a music duo from Versailles, France, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel
. The name Air is derived from the backronym
which translates to Love, Imagination, Dream.
Air's debut EP
, Premiers Symptômes
, was followed by the critically acclaimed album Moon Safari
, the re-release of Premiers Symptômes, The Virgin Suicides score, and subsequently albums 10 000 Hz Legend, Everybody Hertz
, Talkie Walkie
, Pocket Symphony
and Love 2
.
whereas Jean-Benoît Dunckel studied mathematics before forming a band in 1995. Before founding Air, Dunckel and Godin played together in the band Orange, with others such as Alex Gopher
, Xavier Jamaux, Éric LaCourt, and Étienne de Crécy
. These musicians have subsequently contributed to remixes of tracks recorded by Air.
Initially Air was Nicholas Godin alone. He recorded a demo with members of Funkadelic as his backing band before releasing his first entirely solo effort 'Modulor Mix', which featured production by Étienne de Crécy.
; 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
; film composer Ennio Morricone
; krautrock
ers Tangerine Dream
; early pioneers of the eurodance electronica subgenre Space; Jean-Jacques Perrey
(although there are some echoes of dance music styles in the production); French crooner Serge Gainsbourg
(Histoire de Melody Nelson
, for example); and soft rock duo The Carpenters
(Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
, for example).
Air use many of their studio instruments (like Moog synthesizer
s, 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
(Moon Safari), Françoise Hardy
("Jeanne"), Jean-Jacques Perrey
("Cosmic Bird"), Gordon Tracks ("Playground Love" and "Easy Going Woman" - Gordon Tracks is a pseudonym of the French singer Thomas Mars from Phoenix
), Beck
(10 000 Hz Legend), on the 2004 tour with Dave Palmer
and on the 2007 tour with drummer Earl Harvin
, Vincent Taurelle and Steve Jones.
. They composed the music to her debut film The Virgin Suicides
in 2000. Air drummer and former Redd Kross
member Brian Reitzell
put together the soundtrack to 2003's Lost in Translation
, including one original contribution by Air titled "Alone In Kyoto". The soundtrack
for Coppola's October 2006 film Marie Antoinette
featured a track by Air ("Il Secondo Giorno").
Air wrote and played the music of the album 5:55
by French actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg
, which was released in August 2006.
Air have recorded a DJ mix album, Late Night Tales: Air
, for Azuli Records
' Late Night Tales
series. The release was initially scheduled for October 2005, but was delayed several times. It finally was released, complete with a new sleeve design, on 11 September 2006.
On September 18, 2006, Darkel
, a solo album by Jean-Benoît Dunckel, was released.
City Reading (2003) started as an idea for a collaboration with contemporary Italian writer Alessandro Baricco
, known for his unusual characterizations and lyrical, poetic style. Baricco contacted Air in summer 2002 with the idea to marry narration of texts from his book City with live original musical accompaniment. The performance premiered live in November 2002 at Rome
's Teatro Valle
, and was deemed such a success that both parties resolved to make a full studio recording that resulted in the album City Reading: Tre Storie Western.
Air are currently performing live with drummer Alex Thomas.
Moog source, Roland JX-3P, Roland VP-330 Vocoder plus, Wurlitzer 200A,
Moog minimoog, Solina string ensemble, Yamaha CS1x
Hammond XB-2, Roland PC-180, Guitare Fender Jaguar, EMU SP-1200
Fender Rhodes suitecase Mk I, Korg MS-20,
Moog Theremin
VP 330, Roland PC-200, Fender Rhodes mk II, Moogerfooger MF-103, Solina String Ensemble, Korg Ms-20, Akai MPC 2000 XL
Alesis A6 Andromeda, Kurzweil keyboard
Korg cx3 ( with EHX Memory Man), Roland PC-200, Harmonica
Boss Dr Sample SP-202, Boss VT-1 Voice Transformer, EHX Delay Moogerfooger MF-104
Gibson SG, 70's Guild D35
70's Fender Mustang Bass , Ashdown Amp
Yamaha CP-80, Nord Lead 2, Korg MS-20, Solina String Ensemble, Fender Rhodes Mk I
Sequential Circuits Six Track, Hammond XB-2, Roland SH-101 ( blue version), Microkorg, Moog Minimoog Voyager
Yamaha CP 80, Korg MS-20, Solina String Ensemble, Fender Rhodes mk I
VP-550, Fender Mustang Bass Red Competition, Hofner Club Bass 500/2, Guild Acoustic Guitar, Ashdown Amp
Korg MS-20, Solina String Ensemble, Manikin Memotron, Wurlitzer, Moog Source, VP-550, Fender Mustang Bass Blue Competition, Guild D35, Ashdown Amp
Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Jean-Benoît Dunckel, , is a musician best known for being in the electronica duo Air....
. The name Air is derived from the backronym
Backronym
A backronym or bacronym is a phrase constructed purposely, such that an acronym can be formed to a specific desired word. Backronyms may be invented with serious or humorous intent, or may be a type of false or folk etymology....
which translates to Love, Imagination, Dream.
Air's debut EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
, Premiers Symptômes
Premiers Symptômes
Premiers Symptômes is a collection of early Air singles released between 1995–1997. Premiers Symptômes translates to First Symptoms in English, and is most likely a reference to the Serge Gainsbourg song of the same name...
, was followed by the critically acclaimed album Moon Safari
Moon Safari
Moon Safari is the first full-length studio album by the French band Air, released in 1998.On April 14, 2008 Virgin Records released a reissue of Moon Safari to mark the album's 10-year anniversary...
, the re-release of Premiers Symptômes, The Virgin Suicides score, and subsequently albums 10 000 Hz Legend, Everybody Hertz
Everybody Hertz
Everybody Hertz is a remix album by French electronic duo Air, first released in 2002. It contains remixed versions of songs from their 10 000 Hz Legend album. The remixes are mostly by other artists, including a version of "Don't Be Light" by The Neptunes.The title is a pun on the R.E.M...
, Talkie Walkie
Talkie Walkie
Talkie Walkie is the fourth full-length album by Air, released on January 27, 2004. The album was possibly named after the song "Le Talkie Walkie" by Serge Gainsbourg, a known influence of the duo...
, Pocket Symphony
Pocket Symphony
Pocket Symphony is the fifth full-length album by French duo Air. The album was released in March 2007 and features collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon....
and Love 2
Love 2
-Chart positions:...
.
Genesis of the band
Nicolas Godin studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de VersaillesÉcole Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles
The École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Versailles or ENSAV is a French architectural school located at the ancient stables of the Versailles Palace. The school was founded in 1969 after the suppression of the École des beaux-arts architecture section...
whereas Jean-Benoît Dunckel studied mathematics before forming a band in 1995. Before founding Air, Dunckel and Godin played together in the band Orange, with others such as Alex Gopher
Alex Gopher
Alex Gopher is a French DJ who composes electronic dance music and house.- Career :Alex began his musical career playing bass in the band Orange with future Air members Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin...
, Xavier Jamaux, Éric LaCourt, and Étienne de Crécy
Etienne de Crecy
Étienne Bernard Marie de Crécy is a French DJ and producer who composes house and electronic music.-Biography:...
. These musicians have subsequently contributed to remixes of tracks recorded by Air.
Initially Air was Nicholas Godin alone. He recorded a demo with members of Funkadelic as his backing band before releasing his first entirely solo effort 'Modulor Mix', which featured production by Étienne de Crécy.
Musical style
Air's music is often referred to as electronicaElectronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
; their form of electronic music was influenced by the synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel Jarre
Jean Michel André Jarre is a French composer, performer and music producer. He is a pioneer in the electronic, ambient and New Age genres, and known as an organiser of outdoor spectacles of his music featuring lights, laser displays, and fireworks.Jarre was raised in Lyon by his mother and...
, Vangelis
Vangelis
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou is a Greek composer of electronic, progressive, ambient, jazz, pop rock and orchestral music, under the artist name Vangelis...
and Francis Lai
Francis Lai
Francis Lai is a French accordionist, and composer noted for his film scores.While in his twenties, Francis Lai left home and went to Paris where he became part of the lively Montmartre music scene...
. Other influences include psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock
Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that is inspired or influenced by psychedelic culture and attempts to replicate and enhance the mind-altering experiences of psychedelic drugs. It emerged during the mid 1960s among folk rock and blues rock bands in United States and the United Kingdom...
pioneers Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd were an English rock band that achieved worldwide success with their progressive and psychedelic rock music. Their work is marked by the use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album art, and elaborate live shows. Pink Floyd are one of the most commercially...
; film composer Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone, Grand Officer OMRI, , is an Italian composer and conductor, who wrote music to more than 500 motion pictures and television series, in a career lasting over 50 years. His scores have been included in over 20 award-winning films as well as several symphonic and choral pieces...
; krautrock
Krautrock
Krautrock is a generic name for the experimental music scenes that appeared in Germany in the late 1960s and gained popularity throughout the 1970s, especially in Britain. The term is a result of the English-speaking world's reception of the music at the time and not a reference to any one...
ers Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream
Tangerine Dream is a German electronic music group founded in 1967 by Edgar Froese. The band has undergone many personnel changes over the years, with Froese being the only continuous member...
; early pioneers of the eurodance electronica subgenre Space; Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Jacques Perrey is a French electronic music producer and was an early pioneer in the genre. He is best known within the sphere of popular music as a member of the influential electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, and for his unusually light-hearted style of music.-Biography:Perrey was...
(although there are some echoes of dance music styles in the production); French crooner Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg
Serge Gainsbourg, born Lucien Ginsburg was a French singer-songwriter, actor and director. Gainsbourg's extremely varied musical style and individuality make him difficult to categorize...
(Histoire de Melody Nelson
Histoire de Melody Nelson
Histoire de Melody Nelson is a 1971 concept album by French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg. The Lolita-esque pseudo-autobiographical plot involves the middle-aged Gainsbourg unintentionally colliding his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost into teenage nymphet Melody Nelson's bicycle, and the subsequent...
, for example); and soft rock duo The Carpenters
The Carpenters
Carpenters were an American vocal and instrumental duo, consisting of sister Karen and brother Richard Carpenter. The Carpenters were the #1 selling American music act of the 1970s. Though often referred to by the public as "The Carpenters", the duo's official name on authorized recordings and...
(Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft
"Calling Occupants of Interplanetary Craft " is a song by Klaatu, originally released in 1976 on their first album 3:47 EST. The following year, The Carpenters covered the song, using a crew of 160 musicians...
, for example).
Air use many of their studio instruments (like Moog synthesizer
Moog synthesizer
Moog synthesizer may refer to any number of analog synthesizers designed by Dr. Robert Moog or manufactured by Moog Music, and is commonly used as a generic term for older-generation analog music synthesizers. The Moog company pioneered the commercial manufacture of modular voltage-controlled...
s, the Korg MS-20
Korg MS-20
The Korg MS-20 is a patchable semi-modular monophonic synthesizer which Korg released in 1978 and which was in production until 1983. It was part of Korg's MS series of instruments, which also included the single oscillator MS-10, the keyboardless MS-50 module, and the SQ-10 sequencer...
, Wurlitzer
Wurlitzer
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....
and Vocoder
Vocoder
A vocoder is an analysis/synthesis system, mostly used for speech. In the encoder, the input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder...
) 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
Beth Hirsch
Beth Hirsch is a singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida, born in . Hirsch is best known for her collaboration with Air on their critically acclaimed album Moon Safari. Her first solo album, Early Days, was released in 1999, followed by Titles & Idols in 2001...
(Moon Safari), Françoise Hardy
Françoise Hardy
Françoise Madeleine Hardy is a French singer, actress and astrologer. Hardy is an iconic figure in fashion, music and style. She is married to the singer and movie actor Jacques Dutronc.-Biography:...
("Jeanne"), Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Jacques Perrey is a French electronic music producer and was an early pioneer in the genre. He is best known within the sphere of popular music as a member of the influential electronic music duo Perrey and Kingsley, and for his unusually light-hearted style of music.-Biography:Perrey was...
("Cosmic Bird"), Gordon Tracks ("Playground Love" and "Easy Going Woman" - Gordon Tracks is a pseudonym of the French singer Thomas Mars from Phoenix
Phoenix (band)
Phoenix is a Grammy Award winning French indie rock band from Versailles, founded by Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.-Formation and early years:...
), Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
(10 000 Hz Legend), on the 2004 tour with Dave Palmer
Dave Palmer (American keyboardist)
Dave Palmer is an American session keyboardist native to Texas and living in Studio City, California. Palmer has toured, performed, or recorded with Air, Fiona Apple, Seal, Chris Isaak, Joe Henry, Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, Ponga, Critters Buggin, MC 900 Foot Jesus, Aimee Mann, Solomon Burke,...
and on the 2007 tour with drummer Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin
Earl Harvin is a drummer, percussionist and multi-instrumentalist from the New York area who has lived in Dallas, Texas and Los Angeles and is now residing in Berlin, Germany....
, Vincent Taurelle and Steve Jones.
Other works
Air have often collaborated with American film director Sofia CoppolaSofia Coppola
Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American screenwriter, film director, actress, and producer.In 2003 she received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Lost in Translation, and became the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing...
. They composed the music to her debut film The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides (film)
The Virgin Suicides is a 1999 American drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola, produced by her father Francis Ford Coppola, starring James Woods, Kathleen Turner, Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett, and A.J...
in 2000. Air drummer and former Redd Kross
Redd Kross
Redd Kross, a rock band from Hawthorne, California had their roots in 1978 in a band called The Tourists begun by Jeff and Steve McDonald while the brothers were still in middle school...
member Brian Reitzell
Brian Reitzell
Brian Reitzell is a musician, composer, producer and music supervisor best known for his contributions to several film soundtracks. He was formerly the drummer for the punk band Redd Kross. He has also collaborated with the French electronica duo Air, having performed drums on their 2001 album 10...
put together the soundtrack to 2003's Lost in Translation
Lost in Translation (film)
Lost in Translation is a 2003 American film written and directed by Sofia Coppola; her second feature film after The Virgin Suicides and it stars Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson...
, including one original contribution by Air titled "Alone In Kyoto". The soundtrack
Marie Antoinette (soundtrack)
Marie Antoinette is the soundtrack to the 2006 Sofia Coppola film of the same name. The soundtrack is composed heavily of atmospheric guitar-based rock music and electronic music, a trend established in previous Coppola films such as Lost in Translation and The Virgin Suicides which were also...
for Coppola's October 2006 film Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette (2006 film)
Marie Antoinette is a 2006 biographical film, written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It is very loosely based on the life of the Queen consort in the years leading up to the French Revolution. It won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design...
featured a track by Air ("Il Secondo Giorno").
Air wrote and played the music of the album 5:55
5:55
- Bonus tracks :On some releases one or two bonus tracks were added, for details see release history.-Personnel:* Charlotte Gainsbourg – vocals* Jean-Benoît Dunckel – piano, organ, synthesizer, glockenspiel, vibraphone, backing vocals, synth drums...
by French actress and singer Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success...
, which was released in August 2006.
Air have recorded a DJ mix album, Late Night Tales: Air
Late Night Tales: Air
Late Night Tales: Air is the 15th DJ mix album released in the Late Night Tales series on Late Night Tales. It was mixed by Jean-Benoît Dunckel from French band Air and was originally intended as the 14th release but was delayed several times. In the meantime, Late Night Tales: Belle & Sebastian...
, for Azuli Records
Azuli Records
Azuli Records is an independent record label, focusing mainly on house music and other forms of electronic dance music. The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London, UK in 1991 and went into liquidation in April 2009. It's assets were sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd...
' Late Night Tales
Late Night Tales
Late Night Tales and its predecessor Another Late Night are the names of two related series of artist curated compilation albums released on Late Night Tales independent record label...
series. The release was initially scheduled for October 2005, but was delayed several times. It finally was released, complete with a new sleeve design, on 11 September 2006.
On September 18, 2006, Darkel
Darkel
Darkel is the debut solo album by Darkel , one-half of the French electronica band Air. It was released in September 2006 .-Track listing:All tracks by Darkel except where noted...
, a solo album by Jean-Benoît Dunckel, was released.
City Reading (2003) started as an idea for a collaboration with contemporary Italian writer Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco
Alessandro Baricco is a popular Italian writer, director and performer. His novels have been translated into a wide number of languages...
, known for his unusual characterizations and lyrical, poetic style. Baricco contacted Air in summer 2002 with the idea to marry narration of texts from his book City with live original musical accompaniment. The performance premiered live in November 2002 at Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
's Teatro Valle
Teatro Valle
The Teatro Valle is a theatre and former opera house in Rome, Italy.Commissioned by the Capranica family, the architect Tommaso Morelli designed the theatre which was built in 1726. It was inaugurated with the staging of the tragedy Matilde by Simon Falconio Pratoli...
, and was deemed such a success that both parties resolved to make a full studio recording that resulted in the album City Reading: Tre Storie Western.
Air are currently performing live with drummer Alex Thomas.
Studio albums
- Moon SafariMoon SafariMoon Safari is the first full-length studio album by the French band Air, released in 1998.On April 14, 2008 Virgin Records released a reissue of Moon Safari to mark the album's 10-year anniversary...
(1998) - The Virgin Suicides (2000)
- 10 000 Hz Legend (2001)
- Talkie WalkieTalkie WalkieTalkie Walkie is the fourth full-length album by Air, released on January 27, 2004. The album was possibly named after the song "Le Talkie Walkie" by Serge Gainsbourg, a known influence of the duo...
(2004) - Pocket SymphonyPocket SymphonyPocket Symphony is the fifth full-length album by French duo Air. The album was released in March 2007 and features collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon....
(2007) - Love 2Love 2-Chart positions:...
(2009) - Le Voyage Dans La Lune (2012)
Compilations and remix albums
- Premiers SymptômesPremiers SymptômesPremiers Symptômes is a collection of early Air singles released between 1995–1997. Premiers Symptômes translates to First Symptoms in English, and is most likely a reference to the Serge Gainsbourg song of the same name...
(1997) - Everybody HertzEverybody HertzEverybody Hertz is a remix album by French electronic duo Air, first released in 2002. It contains remixed versions of songs from their 10 000 Hz Legend album. The remixes are mostly by other artists, including a version of "Don't Be Light" by The Neptunes.The title is a pun on the R.E.M...
(2002) - City Reading (Tre Storie Western)City Reading (Tre Storie Western)City Reading is a 2003 album by the French band Air in collaboration with the Italian writer Alessandro Baricco. In this album, Baricco narrates some passages from his novel City with Air's music in the background. The impetus for the album was in 2001, when Air performed background music to a...
(2003) - Late Night TalesLate Night Tales: AirLate Night Tales: Air is the 15th DJ mix album released in the Late Night Tales series on Late Night Tales. It was mixed by Jean-Benoît Dunckel from French band Air and was originally intended as the 14th release but was delayed several times. In the meantime, Late Night Tales: Belle & Sebastian...
(2006)
Instruments
The gear they used on tour:- Moon SafariMoon SafariMoon Safari is the first full-length studio album by the French band Air, released in 1998.On April 14, 2008 Virgin Records released a reissue of Moon Safari to mark the album's 10-year anniversary...
(JB Dunckel, Nicolas Godin, Brian Reitzell, Roger Manning Jr., Brian Kehew, Justin Meldal Johnsen)
Moog source, Roland JX-3P, Roland VP-330 Vocoder plus, Wurlitzer 200A,
Moog minimoog, Solina string ensemble, Yamaha CS1x
Hammond XB-2, Roland PC-180, Guitare Fender Jaguar, EMU SP-1200
Fender Rhodes suitecase Mk I, Korg MS-20,
Moog Theremin
- 10,000 Hz Legend ( JB Dunckel, Nicolas Godin, Brian Reitzell, Jason Falkner, James Rotondi)
VP 330, Roland PC-200, Fender Rhodes mk II, Moogerfooger MF-103, Solina String Ensemble, Korg Ms-20, Akai MPC 2000 XL
Alesis A6 Andromeda, Kurzweil keyboard
Korg cx3 ( with EHX Memory Man), Roland PC-200, Harmonica
Boss Dr Sample SP-202, Boss VT-1 Voice Transformer, EHX Delay Moogerfooger MF-104
Gibson SG, 70's Guild D35
70's Fender Mustang Bass , Ashdown Amp
- Talkie WalkieTalkie WalkieTalkie Walkie is the fourth full-length album by Air, released on January 27, 2004. The album was possibly named after the song "Le Talkie Walkie" by Serge Gainsbourg, a known influence of the duo...
( JB Dunckel, Nicolas Godin, Dave Palmer, Earl Harvin)
Yamaha CP-80, Nord Lead 2, Korg MS-20, Solina String Ensemble, Fender Rhodes Mk I
Sequential Circuits Six Track, Hammond XB-2, Roland SH-101 ( blue version), Microkorg, Moog Minimoog Voyager
- Pocket SymphonyPocket SymphonyPocket Symphony is the fifth full-length album by French duo Air. The album was released in March 2007 and features collaborations with Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon....
( JB Dunckel, Nicolas Godin, Steve Jones, Vincent Taurelle, Earl Harvin)
Yamaha CP 80, Korg MS-20, Solina String Ensemble, Fender Rhodes mk I
VP-550, Fender Mustang Bass Red Competition, Hofner Club Bass 500/2, Guild Acoustic Guitar, Ashdown Amp
- Love 2Love 2-Chart positions:...
( JB Dunckel, Nicolas Godin, Alex Thomas)
Korg MS-20, Solina String Ensemble, Manikin Memotron, Wurlitzer, Moog Source, VP-550, Fender Mustang Bass Blue Competition, Guild D35, Ashdown Amp