Air - 10 000 Hz Legend 2xLP
- Format
- 2LP
- Genre
- Rock
- Discs
- 2
Limited double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. 10,000 Hz Legend was the third studio album by Air, originally released in 2001. Air is a music duo from Versailles, France, consisting of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel. Their form of electronic music was influenced by the synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, and Francis Lai. Other influences include psychedelic and progressive rock pioneers Pink Floyd; film composer Ennio Morricone; krautrockers Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk; early pioneers of the eurodance electronica subgenre Space; Jean-Jacques Perrey and Claude Perraudin; French crooner Serge Gainsbourg and soft rock duo The Carpenters. Air use many of their studio instruments (like Moog synthesizers, the Korg MS-20, Wurlitzer and Vocoder) live on stage, where their ability to improvise is more clearly highlighted.
- Format
- CD
- Genre
- Rock
- Discs
- 2
- Pressing
- Blu-ray Included
Deluxe two CDs + Blu-ray 20th anniversary edition. In 2001, iconic French Touch duo and electronic music pioneers Air released their second proper album 10 000 Hz Legend. Recalling everything from classic '70s rock to '80s synthesizer experiments while still looking forward to a bright shining digital music future, the record, which sold a million copies worldwide when it first came out, is a far reaching love letter to both technology and musical history. Still sounding fresh and new 20 years later. This 20th Anniversary edition housed in a digisleeve includes previously unreleased materials and for the first time a Dolby Atmos Mix of the original album on Blu Ray. A pure mind-blowing experience! A work of art done with the help of Bruce Keen, the original sound engineer of the record The Blu-ray also includes a 5.1 mix and a PCM stereo Mix. Alongside this Dolby Atmos mix on Blu-ray, the Deluxe Edition includes the original album (CD1) + rarity « The Way You Look Tonight » which was only available on the Japanese version of the album and on the 2002 Everybody Hertz mini-album. CD2 features three live versions froma 2001 KCRW session (L.A. based radio station), ""People in the City (Live at the Mayan Theater, Los Angeles, 2001)"" and four previously unreleased demo versions.
