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Love 2 does at least sound like a break with the Air of old, more detailed, evolved and upgraded. It represents an advance for Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, in that this is the first time the pair have produced themselves, working out of their own Atlas studio. On opener Do The Joy they sound reinvigorated, differently coloured, full of fresh and rocky new intentions, working at a quicker, Krautrock-ish pace, which they attempt to sustain throughout the album. However, it's not long before they slip back into their old, albeit winsome habits, with the rhythm box and lush, incidental tones of Love, while So Light Is Her Footfall is a helium-light serving of blue-eyed soul soufflé.
Their battery of tricks and turns is a mix of old and new – the spangly electric keyboards, languid, bubbling wah-wah guitar and silvery, celestial analogue synth streaks of Night Hunter ride alongside the woofer-vibrating belching Moog of Be a Bee. But there are less successful stretches. The vocals of Heaven's Light might have sounded engagingly naïve once but now seem cloying. The lengthy Tropical Disease, meanwhile, sounds as mouldy and throwaway as a ten-year old papaya.
Air would probably be hurt at such criticism – they've clearly worked hard on the handcrafting and interweaving of this album, and that's clear enough on the lovingly collected menagerie of eclecticism that is Eat My Beat. The problem is, for all its sweet, elaborate guile and intelligent shading, the question of what Air really have of relevance to say or offer in the 21st century remains unanswered. --David Stubbs
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Nestled in the leafy backstreets of northern Paris, Atlas provided a creative haven for the band to produce these twelve new songs. Writing and producing entirely by themselves, they have cemented their association with LA-based drummer/percussionist Joey Waronker, who had previously joined them for their intimate, three-man "Close up" tour of south-east Asia in the Autumn of 2008. Stéphane "Alf" Briat, a long-time fixture of the Paris music scene, whose work with Air dates back to some of their earliest material, also came on board for the mixdown at Atlas.
Air’s 1998 debut album Moon Safari struck a unanimously harmonious chord with music lovers around the globe and has since become an electronic pop classic. Since then Air have enjoyed many career-defining moments and accolades, both at home and abroad, and have written, produced and collaborated on a breathtaking array of music projects.
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However, after listening to the album through earphones, I started to hear the magic that makes this album so great. The subtle electronic sounds that take you first by surprise and then draw you back to hear them again, especially in the second half of the album, are just sublime. This album is a real grower so stick with it, put you earphones on and lose yourself in Air's Love 2 Subtle Magic.
So that is Air really, that's what they've done, they went a bit electronic, some could say tried to be a bit to clever and they haven't really produced anything outstanding since. Good, oh yeah, of course, I've enjoyed all of the albums post Moon Safari. Loved them the same way. No, of course not.
This is a bit of a mish mash of all there stuff, not a massive mish mash, actually I'm lying, it's not a huge mish mash but the closest to Moon Safari since, well, Moon Safari. It's nice, it's not as good as Moon Safari and they mess it up a bit by adding a couple of heavy songs in there, I'm looking at you "Be A Bee"
There's not potential singles, mean when do Air really produce what you'd class as something that's going to rival Leona Lewis anyway, that's why we love them right?
Highlight though without doubt, Love, Heavens Light and the outstanding, breezy and strangely titled "tropical disease" which has got some lovely pan pipes on it. Yes, lovely pan pipes, something I never thought would be possibly to use in the same sentence.
To conclude and allow you lovely people to get on with your lives, and stop reading this drivel I would just like to say.
If you liked Moon Safari, if you enjoyed Premier Symptoms and if you don't want to listen to anymore of the contestants on X Factor, you couldn't go very far wrong with the beautiful Love 2 !
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