Roots of Air
The artists and genres Air came out of — one hop back on the influence tree.
Étienne DahoartistÉtienne Warren Daho is a French singer-songwriter. He has released a number of synth-driven and rock-surf influenced pop hit singles since 1981.
Cola BoyyartistMatthew Joseph Urango, known professionally as Cola Boyy, was an American musician and disability activist based in Oxnard, California. His debut EP, Black Boogie Neon, was released in 2018. His debut album Prosthetic Boombox was released in 2021. Urango toured and collaborated with MGMT. His music has been described as belonging to the disco genre. NME compared his sound to "a disco ball melting or the after-effects of some particularly potent hallucinogenics".
Klub des LoosersartistFuzati is a French rapper, singer, DJ and record producer. A secretive artist who performs wearing his signature white mask, and is noted for his wordplay, misanthropic and morbid lyrics, he is mostly known as the co-founder and frontman of the hip hop project Klub des Loosers. He was also the founder of rap collective Klub des 7 in the 2000s.
Jarvis Cockerartist
AMartistAM is an American songwriter, musician, composer and producer born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, raised in New Orleans, and currently residing in the Los Angeles Echo Park neighborhood in California. AM or A.M. refers to his band and is also the moniker for this artist. Known for his seamless fusing of pop, soul, funk and world music, recording artist AM has released several critically acclaimed albums and toured the world. His newest collaboration with London artist/producer Shawn Lee, has been described by Rolling Stone as "hypnotic" and by Daytrotter as "intricate, groove-filled dreamscapes that are every bit organic and every bit mad genius."
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Tony Allenartist
Suicideartist
Mirwaisartist
Jean-Jacques Perreyartist- Au Revoir Simoneartist
Simian Mobile Discoartist
VegynartistJoseph Winger Thornalley, known professionally as Vegyn, is a British music producer, DJ and graphic designer. He is best known for his production work on Frank Ocean's 2016 albums Blonde and Endless.
The Virgin Suicidesartist