Air: Moon Safari
Barney Hoskyns, Request, Spring 1998
MODULAR FRENCHMEN Nicolas Godin and Jean Benoit Dunckel need no reminding that French pop has always been a bit of a joke. With the brilliant Moon Safari, they show they are in on the sniggering and able to transmute Eurokitsch into charming, dreamlike art.
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