The debut from French duo Air is a warm, weightless record built from vintage synthesizers, Rhodes piano, live strings, and a vocoder that turns voices into something half-human. Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoit Dunckel chase a retro-futurist mood, part 1970s lounge, part space-age daydream, on tracks like 'La femme d'argent', 'Sexy Boy', and 'All I Need'. Released in early 1998, it became a landmark of the era's downtempo and chill-out sound, an album made for late evenings rather than dance floors. Later reissues added a documentary and live material to mark its anniversaries.