''Le voyage dans la lune'' ( en, A Trip to the Moon, italic=yes) is the sixth studio album by French

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duo

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, released on 6 February 2012 by

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Background and release

The album is inspired by the 1902 silent

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A Trip to the Moon ''A Trip to the Moon'' (french: Le Voyage dans la Lune) is a 1902 French adventure short film directed by Georges Méliès. Inspired by a wide variety of sources, including Jules Verne's 1865 novel '' From the Earth to the Moon'' and its 187 ...

'' (''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

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 Reydelle ...

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Mellotron The Mellotron is an electro-mechanical musical instrument developed in Birmingham, England, in 1963. It is played by pressing its keys, each of which pushes a length of magnetic tape against a capstan, which pulls it across a playback head. ...

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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 *

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 *

Au Revoir Simone Au Revoir Simone is an American indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard/bass) and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard ...

– vocals

Technical

– production * Stéphane "Alf" Briat – mixing * Louis Arlette – sound engineering * Chab – mastering

Artwork

* Laurent Pinon – graphic design *

– 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'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Voyage Dans La Lune, Le 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