Emile Londonien/ Air (Jazz à Juan 2025)

_Emile Londonien presents a second album entitled Inwards. This project marks the band’s growth and development, with subtle references to British jazz and established artists such as Ashley Henry, CHERISE and Kazy Lambist. They also continue to position themselves as leading figures of the new French jazz scene, inviting prestigious artists to perform on the album including Laurent Bardainne, Jowee Omicil and Léon Phal. Once again, Emile Londonien demonstrates his surprising ability to combine broken beat, house, jazz and R’n’B in a most singular way

_Two students of astrophysics and architecture walk into a bar on the moon. This sounds like the beginning of a joke — but in the waning light of the 20th century, it really happened, leaving a serious imprint on pop culture. On January 16th 1998, Air released Moon Safari, an album which catapulted Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel to the uppermost rung of electronic music’s ladder. 25 years on, it’s not hard to alight upon why “Moon Safari” has stood the test of time. AIR’s masterful rhythmics and atmosphere, the band’s precision of execution and its exhilarating melodies have carried the group to posterity. In 2024, AIR performed “Moon Safari” live for the first time ever, during a world tour.