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AIR
Les Francofolies de La Rochelle 2025
ESPLANADE ST-JEAN D'ACRE - LA ROCHELLE
SCENE JEAN-LOUIS FOULQUIER
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VENDREDI 11 JUILLET 2025 - 18H00 OUVERTURE DES PORTES 16H00CLARA LUCIANI / AIR / APASHE / PHILIPPE KATERINE / SOLANNRendez-vous du 10 au 14 juillet 2025 aux Francofolies de La Rochelle. Plus d’informations sur votre concertOuverture des portes de la scène Jean-Louis Foulquier à 16h00. Profitez du village Francofolies, de ses animations et de son offre de restauration. Liste des objets interdits à retrouver sur www.francofolies.fr (Pas de consigne sur place).Réservations PMR - PSH : Nous demandons aux personnes en situation de handicap de bien vouloir remplir le formulaire disponible sur https://www.francofolies.fr/accessibilite, rubrique « Pratique » avant l’achat des places. En cas de besoin, n’hésitez pas à nous contacter par téléphone au 05.46.50.55.77 ou par mail à billetterie@francofolies.fr. Plateforme ou places assises sur réservation, dans la limite des places disponibles.NB : Les Francofolies se réservent la possibilité de modifier les horaires et programmes du festivalDroit à l’image : Les spectateurs sont avertis que des prises de vues de la manifestation, et donc du public, sont effectuées aux fins de captations et que leur image est susceptible de figurer (i) sur toute vidéo destinée à des retransmissions de la manifestation à la télévision, sur internet ou tout autre support de diffusion et (ii) sur tout cliché photographique ou vidéo destiné à promouvoir la manifestation sur différents supports (site internet, réseaux sociaux, newsletters, etc.) ».
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Mathieu
March 30th 2025
Great show, great musicians, especialy the Drummer Whos outstanding, and give such like a psychédélick rock band flavor from the 70s
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AIR Biography
The French band Air is a duo consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel. They went to school in Versailles, Paris (Lycée Jules Ferry) before forming the band in 1995. Their critically acclaimed first album Premiers symptômes was followed by the release of Moon Safari, The Virgin Suicides (soundtrack), 10,000hz Legend, and Talkie Walkie. In 2007, Air released the album Pocket Symphony.
Although Air's music is often referred to as electronica or trip-hop and is often found in such bins in record stores, their form of electronic music actually owes more to the synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis. Other influences that are more readily apparent than house and techno are psychedelic rock pioneers Pink Floyd and krautrockers Tangerine Dream (although there are some echoes of dance music styles in the production). Another influence is French crooner Serge Gainsbourg. Air's music also has jazz inflections at times, and their ability to improvise is more clearly highlighted in the live arena. Before they founded Air, JB and Nicolas played together in the band Orange, with others such as Alex Gopher, Xavier Jamaux and Etienne de Crécy names which have recently reappeared in connection with Air's remixes.
Air uses many of their studio instruments (like Moog synthesizers, the Korg MS20, Wurlitzer and Vocoder) live on stage. 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-Jaques Perrey ("Cosmic Bird"), Gordon Tracks ("Playground Love" and "Easy Going Woman"), Beck (10,000Hz Legend) and, on the 2004 tour, with Dave Palmer and drummer Earl Harvin. On their 2007 album "Pocket Symphony", more guest writer and vocalist appearances were made by Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy. For the 2007 tour that accompanied the record, the band consisted of Earl Harvin on drums, multi-instrumentalist Steve Jones (steviejjones) and French keyboard player Vincent Taurelle.
Their music has also frequently been used in commercials. "Surfing on a Rocket" is the background music for the Nissan Armada commercial (2005). "Playground Love" was used in a Levi's jeans commercial (2002). A number of their songs are used as the background music for the BBC 2 show "Top Gear" in their films about exotic sports cars.
They recently contributed to Charlotte Gainsbourg's second album, "5:55".
Read MoreAlthough Air's music is often referred to as electronica or trip-hop and is often found in such bins in record stores, their form of electronic music actually owes more to the synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean-Michel Jarre and Vangelis. Other influences that are more readily apparent than house and techno are psychedelic rock pioneers Pink Floyd and krautrockers Tangerine Dream (although there are some echoes of dance music styles in the production). Another influence is French crooner Serge Gainsbourg. Air's music also has jazz inflections at times, and their ability to improvise is more clearly highlighted in the live arena. Before they founded Air, JB and Nicolas played together in the band Orange, with others such as Alex Gopher, Xavier Jamaux and Etienne de Crécy names which have recently reappeared in connection with Air's remixes.
Air uses many of their studio instruments (like Moog synthesizers, the Korg MS20, Wurlitzer and Vocoder) live on stage. 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-Jaques Perrey ("Cosmic Bird"), Gordon Tracks ("Playground Love" and "Easy Going Woman"), Beck (10,000Hz Legend) and, on the 2004 tour, with Dave Palmer and drummer Earl Harvin. On their 2007 album "Pocket Symphony", more guest writer and vocalist appearances were made by Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon (of The Divine Comedy. For the 2007 tour that accompanied the record, the band consisted of Earl Harvin on drums, multi-instrumentalist Steve Jones (steviejjones) and French keyboard player Vincent Taurelle.
Their music has also frequently been used in commercials. "Surfing on a Rocket" is the background music for the Nissan Armada commercial (2005). "Playground Love" was used in a Levi's jeans commercial (2002). A number of their songs are used as the background music for the BBC 2 show "Top Gear" in their films about exotic sports cars.
They recently contributed to Charlotte Gainsbourg's second album, "5:55".
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