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  • In the ‘playing room’, full of acoustic and electronic instruments

    01In the ‘playing room’, full of acoustic and electronic instruments

  • Vintage synths, gold discs – Air’s Atlas studios are a treasure trove

    02Vintage synths, gold discs – Air’s Atlas studios are a treasure trove

  • Dunckel taking time out after a recording session

    03Dunckel taking time out after a recording session

  • Lunchtime is still creative time: local restaurants are like a studio extension

    04Lunchtime is still creative time: local restaurants are like a studio extension

  • The moon’s everywhere in Air land.

    05The moon’s everywhere in Air land.

  • Vintage amps warm up next to the studio’s wooden walls

    06Vintage amps warm up next to the studio’s wooden walls

  • A gold CD for the ‘Virgin Suicides’ soundtrack

    07A gold CD for the ‘Virgin Suicides’ soundtrack

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Floating on air— Paris

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Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel, aka French ambient electro band Air, talk to Monocle about their working life, from a reluctance to dance on stage and their inner maths geeks to finding studio voodoo power.

Air, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Le Voyage dans la Lune, Nicolas Godin, The Virgin Suicides

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