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This month’s Electronic Sound cover stars are the effortlessly sublime Air. The esteemed French band are currently on a lengthy world tour to promote the deluxe edition of their landmark 1998 album ‘Moon Safari’, a record that hit double platinum sales in the UK and remains an electronic masterpiece to this day. With big bells on. 

To accompany the issue, we’re releasing a clear vinyl seven-inch featuring two remixes of the intoxicating and irresistible ‘Sexy Boy’, a highlight of ‘Moon Safari’ and one of Air’s most popular tracks. The wonky downtempo version on the A-side of our single is the work of Étienne De Crécy, a key figure on the French electronic scene for many years and an old friend of Air’s from their home town of Versailles. The B-side is meanwhile a muscular remix by the highly praised Cassius, formerly known as La Funk Mob, which Air man Nicolas Godin remembers hearing in a Paris club one night. 

“The music was very loud and someone suddenly started shouting, ‘Hey, sexy boy, sexy boy!’,” says Godin. “I turned around and it was Thomas Bangalter from Daft Punk. He said, ‘I heard your album and it’s badass!’. That’s a great memory for me.”

As with all our music releases, this record is strictly limited and only available to readers of Electronic Sound, so be sure to order your copy right away.