Pocket Symphony
by AIR
- Type: Album
- Released: 6 March 2007
- Label: Source, Virgin, Astralwerks
- Country: France
- Length: 56:06
- Community rating: 3.54/5 from 5 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
AIR incorporates Japanese instruments like the koto and shamisen into their lush electronic sound on 'Pocket Symphony'. Produced by Nigel Godrich, the album is gentle, atmospheric, and exquisitely crafted. It is a serene, ambient-pop journey.
Genres
Descriptors: atmospheric, electronic, orchestral, downtempo, french
Tracklist
- Space Maker (4:02)
- Once Upon a Time (5:03)
- One Hell of a Party (feat. Jarvis Cocker) (4:02)
- Napalm Love (3:27)
- Mayfair Song (4:18)
- Left Bank (4:07)
- Photograph (3:51)
- Mer du Japon (3:04)
- Lost Message (3:32)
- Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping (feat. Neil Hannon) (3:35)
- Redhead Girl (4:33)
- Night Sight (4:20)
- The Duelist (feat. Charlotte Gainsbourg & Jarvis Cocker) (4:40)
- Crickets (3:32)
Credits
- AIR - primary artist, producer
- David Campbell - arranged by [strings]
- Joby Talbot - arranged by [strings]
- Darrell Thorp - engineer
- Florian Lagatta - engineer
- Nigel Godrich - engineer, mixed by, producer
- Andrew Rugg - engineer [assistant]
- Simon Hayes - engineer [assistant]
- Jarvis Cocker - lyrics by, vocals, featuring
- Neil Hannon - lyrics by, vocals, featuring
- Bob Ludwig - mastered by
- Nicolas Godin - bass, guitar, synthesizer [solina], guitar, synth [synth bass], drum machine, shamisen, piano, koto, shamisen, bass, bass, guitar, drum machine, bass, drum machine, synthesizer, guitar, vocals, bass, guitar, glockenspiel, tambourine, bass, guitar, koto, tambourine, drums, bass, guitar, synthesizer [memory moog], koto, drum machine, guitar, bass, synthesizer [memory moog], wind chimes, glockenspiel, koto
- Joey Waronker - drums, drums, percussion
- Jean-Beno卯t Dunckel - piano, synthesizer, vibraphone, vocals, piano, synthesizer, glockenspiel, synthesizer, sampler [samples], piano, percussion, xylophone, synthesizer [voice pad], synthesizer, synthesizer, drum machine, vocals, electric piano [rhodes], piano, synthesizer, vocals, piano, synth [synth bass], vibraphone, vocals, electric piano [rhodes], synthesizer, piano, synthesizer [voice pad]
- Tony Allen - drums
- Magic Malik - flute