Air's atmospheric sound may have made them outliers in the late-'90s electronica boom, but they became one of the most influential electronic acts of the 2000s and beyond. Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel's influences are Burt Bacharach, Brian Wilson, disco, synthesizer maestros like Tomita and Vangelis, new wave, and obscure Italian film soundtracks, distinguished them from their dancefloor-oriented contemporaries and helped make their 1998 debut album Moon Safari an instant classic. After the tremendous success of their debut album, which is now celebrating its 25th anniversary, AIR was invited to compose the soundtrack of “As Virgens Suicidas” for the first movie of Sofia Coppola, as well as publishing an album with all the music in 2000.