Album of the Day

Air released their second album, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES, in 2000; with more than two million copies sold worldwide, the first soundtrack by the electronic duo of Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel is as famous today as Sofia Coppola's first feature film (both NME and Pitchfork have hailed the soundtrack as one of the greatest of all time). Made quickly on a low budget during the early years of digital home studio equipment, the set’s sound wasn’t optimal – an issue addressed with a new 25th anniversary edition featuring an all-analog mix of the album produced by ‘Alf’ Briat and Air. THE VIRGIN SUICIDES REDUX “was about pushing the sound deeper in spirit and atmosphere,” explained the band. “It's a renaissance, it's a rebirth. It's like it was in artificial light before, now it's in natural light.“