Throughout their impressive 5-year career, Air have openly embraced new challenges, continually driving themselves to explore the boundaries of their skills as composers. At the end of 2001, following a sold out tour of the U.S., their first ever broadcast TV appearance and the darkly fascinating new album "10,000 Hz. Legend", Air (JB Dunckel and Nicolas Godin), began to consider their next musical adventure. Well, we can now announce the initial details of the next Air recording, slated for release on March 25th. Alessandro Baricco is Italy's most famous contemporary writer, known for his unusual characterizations and lyrical, poetic style. He originally contacted Air in summer 2002 for a live performance in a theater during readings of one of his best selling novels "City". The show premiered last November in Rome's Teatro Valle with such artistic success that both decided to make a record out of it and the result is "City Reading". Air recorded more than one hour of original music mixed by Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich, over which Baricco recites his own texts in Italian with his unique voice.
The result is a deep voyage into western stories, underpinned by Air's unique musical know-how, exploring both sentimental and cinematic moods. Air are currently recording their next studio album, hopefully for release in 2003. In the meantime, their fans should be more than excited by this evolutionary step in the life of one of the world's most revered bands.
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