While the rest of their electronic music contemporaries in the late 1990s reached for dancefloor ecstacy and big room bombast, French duo Air paved an influential path with a more delicate and atmospheric sound. Taking inspiration from old school film composers and vintage synthesiser wizards like Burt Bacharach, Isao Tomita and Vangelis, they shot to success with a distinct sonic world.
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Formed in the mid 1980s, dip in the pool's vocalist Miyako Koda and producer Tatsuji Kimura created a whole that was greater than the sum of its parts. Kimura's sparse, delicate production - a motif of 1980s Japanese pop that resonates still - and Koda's breathy vocal performances fused in pop songs that fall on the listener like a fine mist. A rarity among Japanese artists, dip in the pool were signed by a western label, Rough Trade. Over the course of their two decade career, they released eight albums.
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Formed in the mid 1980s, dip in the pool's vocalist Miyako Koda and producer Tatsuji Kimura created a whole that was greater than the sum of its parts. Kimura's sparse, delicate production - a motif of 1980s Japanese pop that resonates still - and Koda's breathy vocal performances fused in pop songs that fall on the listener like a fine mist. A rarity among Japanese artists, dip in the pool were signed by a western label, Rough Trade. Over the course of their two decade career, they released eight albums.
Image Search traverses through 60 minutes of dip in the pool's delicate pop music.