Air - Safari Deck Part I & II

In 2002 Air "released" two double disc mix CD's with music that formed an inspiration on the creation of their first album Moon Safari. The four discs in total feature songs form their personal music collection and the songs give a nice insight in what music Air was listening to when working on Moon Safari. It starts with Speed of Life by David Bowie and the first thing that entered my mind when listening to that song in this context is: " That's where they got the snare sound for for the song Remember", and Papa by Prince has the same Rhodes sound as Air's Talisman. The list goes on... But music geek stuff aside, these are also some very interesting and cool mixes. They also, in a way like an ouroboros, included some Air specialties. Smell the Air!

Air - Safari Deck Part I

CD 1

01. David Bowie  - Speed Of Life
02. The Beatles - The End

03. Beck  - Where It’s At (Lloyd Price Express)
04. André Previn - Executive Party Dance
05. Dopplereffekt - Pornographic Movies
06. M.A.S.H.* - Suicide Is Painless
07. Quincy Jones - Summer In The City
08. Serge Gainsbourg - En Melody
09. Soft Machine - The Soft Wead Factor
10. Michel Polnareff - Computer Dream
11. Minnie Riperton - Loving You
12. John Lennon - How Do You Sleep
13. Jean-Jacques Perrey - Flight Of The Bumblebee
14. Beastie Boys - Car Thief
15. Ween - Roses Are Free
16.  The Cure - In Your House
17. Sly Stone - In Time
18. Frank Sinatra - Drinking Water (Aqua De Beber)
19. Prince - Crazy You
20. Kraftwerk - Statovarius

CD 2

01. Small Faces - Ogden's Nut Gone Flake
02. Beck  - Electric Music & The Summer People
03. Air - Malfunction
04. The Velvet Underground - Ocean
05. Money Mark - Pinto's New Car
06. Richard De Bordeaux - La Drogue
07. Stanley Cowell - Travelling Man
08. Supergrass - Lose It
09. Funk Factory - Rien Ne Va Plus
10. Brian Eno - On Some Faraway Beach
11. Michel Polnareff - Polnareve
12. Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talking
13. Francis Lai - Generique FR3
14. Phoenix - City Lights
15. The Pharcyde - Passin' Me By (Remix)
16. Chic - At Last I Am Free
17. David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World
18. Beck - Deadweight

Air - Safari Deck Part II

CD 1

01. Pink Floyd - More

02. Jacques Dutronc - Le Temps Des Copains

03. Horace Andy - Spying Glass

04. Lou Reed - Lady Day

05. The Rolling Stones - Fingerprint File

06. Air - Remember (David Whitaker Version)

07. Parliament - I Just Got Back

08. The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows

09. Brigitte Bardot - Contact

10. Dusty Springfield  - The Look Of Love

11. Etienne De Crécy - Prix Choc

12. Iggy Pop - Dum Dum Boys

13. Thomas Bangalter - Ventura

14. Prince - Papa

15. Air - Summer Love (Demo Version)

CD 2

01. The Beatles - The Word
02. Funkadelic - No Head No Backstage Pass
03. Air - You Make It Easy (Demo Version)
04. Dick Hyman - Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
05. Shirley Bassey - Light My Fire           
06. Prince - The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker
07. Château Flight - Monorama
08. Serge Gainsbourg - Cannabis
09. Michael Jackson - Ben
10. The Beach Boys - Don't Talk
11. Money Mark - Trust
12. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gz And Hustles
13. Beastie Boys - Transitions
14. Prince - Bob George
15. Scratch Pet Land - Post It           
16. Jimi Hendrix - Up From The Skies
17. Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
18. Kool & The Gang - Summer Madness