Air by Mathieu Rainaud

The 1998 debut album by the French duo Air lives on as an end-of-century wish. The vibe shift, post-grunge, was already positive just as Air’s Moon Safari surfaced: Electronic music was wafting out of clubs and into our headphones, cars and homes. And then there were Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, using vocoders and synths to create their funky, winsome, chilled-out, ethereal space-pop retro dreamworld.

It was social and outgoing yet also perfect bedroom music. As Air continue to celebrate Moon Safari at 25 by performing their downtempo classic on tour, here’s a track-by-track breakdown.

“La femme d’argent” — On the impossibly groovy opener, you can faintly hear rain pitter-pattering about four minutes in just like you might on a gloomy day lying in bed. Or strapped into a spaceship watching the water bead on the window before liftoff. Whichever version of “The Silver Woman” you like.

“Sexy Boy” — Air extolling the male-model version of masculinity.

“All I Need” (feat. Beth Hirsch) — My personal favorite. Tampa native Hirsch’s voice easily coasts along here. Just … listen.

“Kelly Watch the Stars” — The artwork for the album’s flagship single depicts a woman’s curious eyes with a star inside each pupil. A hopeful jaunt with an inset of lovely piano.

“Talisman” — Secret agent vibes here: strings, plucky bass and a damn cool drum machine track to heighten the drama.

“Remember” — Daft Punk must have taken inspiration for 2001’s Discovery from this number, which simply asks the listener to remember a beautiful day.

“You Make It Easy” — This could pass for ’60s girl pop, but Hirsch, featured again, imparts much more: “You make it easy to watch the world with love / You make it easy to let the past be done.”

“Ce matin-là” — Now here’s some tuba and strings to make for a pleasant wake-up theme on “That Morning” after.

“New Star in the Sky” — More soft acoustic guitar and vocoder vocals, but still with plenty of space effects in the background.

“Le voyage de Pénélope” — A fitting, audibly self-satisfied closer. Were we all Pénélope on this journey the whole time?

Air perform 8pm Saturday, October 26 at the Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater. airfrenchband.com ~ Olivia Feldman