10 000 Hz Legend
by
Air
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studio album
First released:
May 23 2001

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10,000 Hz Legend is the third album by French electronic duo Air, first released in May 2001. On this album, tracks are longer and more electronic-oriented than on their previous records. These experimentations find the duo expanding their capacities and working with other artists including Beck and Buffalo Daughter.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
10332
Release dates:
  • May 29 2001 in United States

Genres

Chillout, Electronica, French. Vote on Genres

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4 stars New Air...........Interesting
Well this is interesting. They said it themselves: it's not Moon Safari. If you want music references then it leans a lot more towards The Virgin Suicides, but it's not that either. Basically we're looking at a more "up and at `em" album here. It's full of tight drums and good rhythms, with the usual complement of computer voices, vocoders, and this time some really nice vocals too. The usual groove comes back in now and again, but if you ever saw Air live you should recognise some of their on-s…
Written by md
3 stars the coolest sounds $$$$$ can buy....
AIR is 1/2 of a good band. The other (non-existent) half would be a band that can write songs and not rely on expensive gimmicks to fill an entire album. AIR, like so many of today's best bands, is like the Beatles post-Revolver without the songs: all you're left with is "Revolution # 9" and the sound effects track from "Tomorrow Never Knows". Another analogy would be Pink Floyd, if all they ever did was that proto-techno song on "Dark Side of the Moon", the samples of people laughing in "Time" …
Written by tron

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10 000 Hz Legend 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: 10332
release dates: May 28 2001 in United Kingdom
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10 000 Hz Legend 11 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Source Records France
catalog number: 10332
release dates: May 28 2001 in France
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10 000 Hz Legend 12 tracks format: 1 x CD
catalog number: VJCP-68306
release dates: May 23 2001 in Japan
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