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November 16, 2006

New Air Album Pocket Symphony Coming In March

On March 6, armchair electronica heroes Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît "Darkel" Dunckel return to our iPods with 12 new tunes produced by Nigel Godrich. Jarvis Cocker and Neil Hannon cameo.

For Symphony the French duo added new toys to its collection of Moogs and vocoders: According to Astralwerks, Nic has been taking koto and shamisen lessons from "an Okinawa master." Wax on, Godin-san!

And if you're a Mike Mills fan ... well, you're out of luck. But the visuals for the Pocket campaign will be handled by Xavier Veilhan, and he does cool rhinoceros art.

The band will play some European dates in March, then hit the states in May, where we'll be in the front row trying to hand them Stereogum t-shirts.

Pocket Symphony Tracklist
01. Space Maker
02. Once Upon A Time
03. Hell Of A Party
04. Napalm Love
05. Mayfair Song
06. Left Bank
07. Photograph
08. Mer Du Japon
09. Lost Message
10. Somewhere Between Walking And Sleeping
11. Redhead Girl
12. Night Sight

Posted at 1:31 PM




8 Comments

Who is this "we" anyway? Show yourself, blogger. Transparency is better for accountability.
Is there a Stereogum news reading programme that churns out these reports? If so, please correct the area of coding that deals in The Karate Kid references. It's Godin-san, not son.
Mr. Miyagi does not eff white bitches.

Posted by: billlll at 11/16/06 2:27 PM | Reply
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Fixed. Thanks Billlllllll.

Posted by: scott at 11/16/06 3:04 PM | Reply
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um. coachella performance anyone? oh wait- stereogum isn''t down with coachella, right...

Posted by: cat dirt at 11/16/06 4:13 PM | Reply
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Oh yeah!! I'm waiting for a new masterpiece:D

Posted by: Bj at 11/16/06 4:30 PM | Reply
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Oh yeah!! I'm waiting for a new masterpiece:D

Posted by: Bj at 11/16/06 4:30 PM | Reply
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color me excited..
plus a jarvis cameo
hott

Posted by: marsh at 11/16/06 5:47 PM | Reply
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Booga!

Posted by: WAAKOW at 11/18/06 2:00 PM | Reply
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It's a beautifull album. If you enjoyed the Charlotte Gainsbourg album, you will defenitely enjoy this one..

Posted by: monsieur Jaques at 01/09/07 7:00 AM | Reply
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