Pocket Symphony is the fourth studio album by French
electronic music duo
Air, released on 5 March 2007 by
Virgin Records. It features collaborations with
Jarvis Cocker and
Neil Hannon.[12]Pocket Symphony incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin had recently learned to play from an
Okinawan master musician: the koto (also referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the three-string, banjo-like shamisen. However, a press release claims that "conventional instruments continue to play a great role" in the duo's music.[13] The album features art by
Xavier Veilhan.
Pocket Symphony debuted at number 40 on the US
Billboard 200, with 17,000 copies sold in its first week.[14] As of February 2012, it had sold 77,000 copies in the United States.[15]
All tracks are written by
JB Dunckel and
Nicolas Godin, except "One Hell of a Party", lyrics by
Jarvis Cocker, and "Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping", lyrics by
Neil Hannon and Cocker
Pocket Symphony is the fourth studio album by French
electronic music duo
Air, released on 5 March 2007 by
Virgin Records. It features collaborations with
Jarvis Cocker and
Neil Hannon.[12]Pocket Symphony incorporates some of the Japanese instruments Godin had recently learned to play from an
Okinawan master musician: the koto (also referred to as a Japanese floor harp) and the three-string, banjo-like shamisen. However, a press release claims that "conventional instruments continue to play a great role" in the duo's music.[13] The album features art by
Xavier Veilhan.
Pocket Symphony debuted at number 40 on the US
Billboard 200, with 17,000 copies sold in its first week.[14] As of February 2012, it had sold 77,000 copies in the United States.[15]
All tracks are written by
JB Dunckel and
Nicolas Godin, except "One Hell of a Party", lyrics by
Jarvis Cocker, and "Somewhere Between Waking and Sleeping", lyrics by
Neil Hannon and Cocker