Santa Barbara, prepare for liftoff. On Saturday, June 24, the French electronic music space cowboys known as Air will rocket our way to the Santa Barbara Bowl with special guest Lo Moon. Ever since the group’s 1998 debut album, the down-tempo masterpiece Moon Safari, Air has endured as one of the top acts in its field, the band’s spacey soundscapes acting as a soundtrack to everything from Sofia Coppola films to museum exhibits to the inner lives of its listeners. I was fortunate to speak to cofounder Nicolas Godin about music, nostalgia, and being cool.
How is your 2017 going?
Uh, well it tends tends to be an embarrassment [with Trump]... We have had a lot of hard times here —when you go on tour you can get away from that sometimes — but they were very dark times, because of this horrible thing that happened at the Bataclan. But... we are going forward with dignity and it's nice, we are turning a page right now.