Musical style[

Air's sound is often referred to as electronica; their form of electronic music was influenced by the
synthesizer sounds of the 1970s such as Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis, andFrancis Lai. Other
influences include psychedelic and progressive rock pioneers Pink Floyd; film composer Ennio
Morricone; krautrockers Tangerine Dream and Kraftwerk; early pioneers of the eurodance
electronica subgenre Space; Jean-Jacques Perrey and Claude Perraudin (although there are some
echoes of dance music styles in the production); French crooner Serge Gainsbourg (Histoire de
Melody Nelson, for example); and soft rock duo The Carpenters (Calling Occupants of Interplanetary
Craft, originally byprogressive rock band Klaatu for example).[8][9]
Air use many of their studio instruments (like Moog synthesizers, the Korg MS20, Wurlitzer and Vocoder) live on stage, where their ability to improvise is more clearly highlighted.
The band performs the well-known tracks from the albums live as extended or altered versions. Air
often works together, both in the studio and live on stage, with artists like Beth Hirsch (Moon
Safari),[10] Franoise Hardy ("Jeanne"), Jean-Jacques Perrey ("Cosmic Bird"), Gordon Tracks
("Playground Love" and "Easy Going Woman" - Gordon Tracks is a pseudonym of the French
singer Thomas Mars from Phoenix), Beck (10 000 Hz Legend),[11] on the 2004 tour with Dave
Palmer and on the 2007 tour with drummer Earl Harvin, Vincent Taurelle and Steve Jones.