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Saturday, 08 August 2009 17:07

Air - Alone in Kyoto - Talkie WalkieAlone in Kyoto is a pop gem. This song was featured in the movie "Lost In Translation", and is really a wonderful piece for a film. It shows more of the film score side that Air put into the Virgin Suicides soundtrack. There are vocals, but they really are just there to add another instrument to the song as they lend no lyrics, but just a nice percussion. This is a soft dreamy song like much of the album, and it is easy to just start daydreaming when this song is playing. It is really lovely, and the part with the piano near the end is a great comedown for the  final track of the album Talkie Walkie.

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air-alone-in-kyoto-1Talkie Walkie is an ambient dance record which exists on a seperate plane than it's peers. The album is minimalistic, and spacey, and Air is able to use that as an asset rather than a hinderance, as every single sound is critical to the feel of the song. The songs lack depth, and many can be written off as pretty pop tunes, but there is something special in the music that puts them in another strata when it comes to electronic pop.

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