''Le voyage dans la lune'' ( en, A Trip to the Moon, italic=yes) is the sixth studio album by French
electronic music
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duo
Air
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, released on 6 February 2012 by
Virgin Records
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.
Background and release
The album is inspired by the 1902
silent science fiction film
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''
A Trip to the Moon'' (''Le voyage dans la lune'') by
Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.
Méliès was well known for the use of ...
and is intended to be a soundtrack to the restored version of the film. A free three-minute film excerpt featuring the song "Sonic Armada" was made available for one week in early December 2011 in conjunction with a pre-order offer. A limited edition of the album (70,000 copies worldwide) includes the CD and a DVD of the film. The digital version of the album, along with the newly restored and colourised 16-minute film, was released as a strictly limited edition.
Track listing
Personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''Le voyage dans la lune''.
Air
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Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Jean-Benoît Dunckel (born 7 September 1969) is a French musician best known for being one half of the French music duo Air, along with Nicolas Godin.
In the 1980s, he formed the band Orange with Alex Gopher, Xavier Jamaux and Jean de Reydellet ...
–
Mellotron
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;
Wurlitzer
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; piano ; synths ; vocals ;
Solina, organ bass ;
vibes ; drums
*
Nicolas Godin
Nicolas Godin (born 25 December 1969) is a French musician best known for being half of the music duo Air.
Early life
Godin was born in Paris, Île-de-France, France, and studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture ...
– timpani ; guitars ; synths ; harpsichord ; bass ; piano ; vocals ; Mellotron ; electric sitar ; percussions ; drums ; banjo, electric guitar
Additional musicians
* Vincent Taeger – drums
* Isabelle Vuarnesson – cello
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Victoria Legrand
Victoria Garance Alixe Legrand (born May 28, 1981) is a French-American musician, best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter and keyboardist of the dream pop duo Beach House.
Early life
Legrand was born in Paris, France, the daughter of painte ...
– vocals
*
Alex Thomas
Alex Thomas (born 10 October 1978) is an English drummer from Lutterworth, Leicestershire, who performs with Squarepusher and Air. He also performed with John Cale (2013).
Thomas joined Bolt Thrower on 21 August 1997. He played drums on ''Merce ...
– drums
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Au Revoir Simone
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– vocals
Technical
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Air
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– production
* Stéphane "Alf" Briat – mixing
* Louis Arlette – sound engineering
* Chab – mastering
Artwork
* Laurent Pinon – graphic design
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Georges Méliès
Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès (; ; 8 December 1861 – 21 January 1938) was a French illusionist, actor, and film director. He led many technical and narrative developments in the earliest days of cinema.
Méliès was well known for the use of ...
– artwork
Charts
References
External links
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"Air's Safari to the Moon"– March 2012 interview with Air about the making of ''Le voyage dans la lune''
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2012 albums
Air (French band) albums
Alternative versions of soundtracks
Georges Méliès
Music based on works by Jules Verne
Virgin Records albums
Works based on From the Earth to the Moon