Nicolas Godin

Nicolas Godin

born on 25/12/1969 in Paris, France

Nicolas Godin

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Nicolas Godin

Nicolas Godin (born 25 December 1969) is a French musician best known for being half of the music duo Air.[1]

Early life

Godin was born in Le Chesnay near Paris, Île-de-France, France, and studied architecture at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture de Versailles, along with soon to be musical partner, Jean-Benoît Dunckel, a mathematics student.

Before founding Air, Godin played in the band Orange,[2] with others such as Jean-Benoît Dunckel, Alex Gopher, Xavier Jamaux, Éric LaCourt, and Étienne de Crécy. He and Jean-Benoît have been working together since they were teenagers in the 1980s.[3]

Solo career

At its outset, AIR an acronym for Amour, Imagination, Rêve (love, imagination, dream) was a oneperson project. Nicolas Godin, then an architecture student and amateur musician, was asked by a childhood friend to write a song for a compilation to be released by Source, a small French independent label. Modulor Mix, a tribute to Le Corbusier, was recorded on Godins Portastudio, and appeared on the Source Lab album in 1995. With several remixes, it was rereleased on British label MoWax in 1996.[4]

Air

Following this small success, Godin asked his friend Jean-Benoît Dunckel, a classically trained pianist, to join him in AIR. Together, they produced further maxisingles for Source, with titles like Jai Dormi Sous Leau, Les Professionnels, Casanova 70 and Le Soleil Est Près De Moi. Finally, in 1997, Source asked AIR to record a whole album. The duo spent several months in a recording studio near Paris called Studio de SaintNom, and asked a friend freelance engineer and former Plus XXX assistant Stéphane Alf Briat to work as a sound engineer on that project.[5]

Their full-length debut studio album Moon Safari, released in 1998, was propelled to chart success by the singles "Sexy Boy," "Kelly Watch The Stars" and "All I Need." Its mixture of synths, strings and guitar made it a unique release in the electronica genre at the time.[6] Moon Safari went Platinum in the United Kingdom[7] and Gold in France.[8]

See also

  • Air
  • Jean-Benoît Dunckel

References

  1. Thompson, Dave (2000-11-01). Alternative rock, p. 149, Hal Leonard Corporation. URL accessed 31 July 2011.
  2. Nicolas Godin. Nndb.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
  3. Interviews: Air | Features. Pitchfork (2009-10-12). Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
  4. Nicolas Godin & Jean-Benoît Dunckel (AIR): Building Atlas Studio. Soundonsound.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
  5. Nicolas Godin & Jean-Benoît Dunckel (AIR): Building Atlas Studio. Soundonsound.com. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.
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  7. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/Search.aspx
  8. Disque en France. Disque en France. Retrieved on 2012-03-31.

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