Flying high
January 18, 2009
Another act that takes me back to the late 90s is the Swedish electro-pop duo Air France. Not that they were blessing the airwaves back then – simply that they capture a lot of what was good about those days.
Their second EP, No Way Down, was released last year and it’s a promising sign of things to come. Their music is mostly-wordless, sample-based ambient house music, perfect for lazy summer days and beach parties. A heaps of turn-of-the-century artists come to mind. “No Excuses”, my favourite song on the EP, sounds like Daft Punk’s “Digital Love” mashed-up with The Avalanches’ “Since I Left You” in sound as much as bittersweet emotion. Traces of the Thievery Corporation, Air and a host of little-remembered house anthems can be found elsewhere.
At less than half an hour, it’s over far too quickly, but they’re not fobbing us off so much as whetting our appetite for more substantial fare. After this, the main course will be really something.
