{"id":33356,"date":"2020-02-05T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33356"},"modified":"2020-02-01T08:56:41","modified_gmt":"2020-02-01T13:56:41","slug":"nicolas-godin-shares-catch-yourself-falling-video-featuring-vocals-by-hot-chips-alexis-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33356","title":{"rendered":"Nicolas Godin shares \u2018Catch Yourself Falling\u2019 video featuring vocals by Hot Chip\u2019s Alexis Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Air\u2019s Nicolas Godin\u00a0has shared a beguiling video for\u00a0<em>Catch Yourself Falling<\/em>, one of the standout tracks lifted from his \u2018Concrete and Glass\u2019 album, which features\u00a0Alexis Taylor from Hot Chip\u00a0on vocals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The video was filmed in the gardens and alleys\u00a0Palace of Versailles\u00a0and features a goofy young king roaming the gardens and generally surveying his kingdom. Of the video director Joseph Bird says:\u00a0<em>\u201cI had heard Nicolas grew up in Versailles then all I could imagine when listening to the track is a young\u00a0boy exploring the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, then to make him a young king with red hair sounded even better!\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Watch the video clip via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IEanKw7ZEUY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In its soft ambient pulse and melting minimalism, lead track <em><a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/nicolas-godin-air-co-founder-returns-with-the-border-single-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Border (opens in a new tab)\">The Border<\/a><\/em> is a perfect entry-point to Godin\u2019s hymns to buildings, arranged and co-produced with&nbsp;Pierre Rousseau.&nbsp;Elsewhere, current single&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/goldatl.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1629568b93b4cdd8b1bce89f0&amp;id=de7d4d3745&amp;e=964e5dc542\">The<\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/goldatl.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1629568b93b4cdd8b1bce89f0&amp;id=de7d4d3745&amp;e=964e5dc542\"> <\/a><\/strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/goldatl.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1629568b93b4cdd8b1bce89f0&amp;id=de7d4d3745&amp;e=964e5dc542\">Foundation<\/a><\/em>,&nbsp;which features guest vocals from&nbsp;Cola Boyy&nbsp;sees the&nbsp;Oxnard singer and activist brings soul to the righteously engaged track whilst the squelchy synths and buoyant grooves burn slow, allowing the stealthy arrangements and message room to resonate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Godin\u2019s vocoder vocals also hark back to Air\u2019s early work, the album accommodates a diverse spread of guest vocalists.&nbsp;Psychedelic soul singer&nbsp;Kadhja Bonet&nbsp;sings with measured serenity over tremulous synths on <em>We Forgot Love<\/em>, while Russian experi-pop artist&nbsp;Kate NV brings a gracefully aching romanticism to the blissful swoon-pop of <em>Back to Your Heart<\/em>.&nbsp;Additionally, Australian conceptual provocateur&nbsp;Kirin J Callinan&nbsp;contributes a vocal of restrained drama to <em>Time On My Hands<\/em>, a midnight-drift soft-pop ballad with a silky allure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between its title-track and the sultry, smoky jazz stylings of closer\u00a0<em>Cit\u00e9 Radieuse<\/em>,\u00a0\u2018Concrete and Glass\u2019 is an album that truly travels, in tune with its global pitch. For Godin, it marks another milestone in a musical journey that began when Air\u2019s 1998 debut album,\u00a0\u2018Moon Safari,\u2019 became the sublimely weightless soundtrack of its time. For\u00a0\u2018Concrete and Glass,\u2019 Godin builds on his storied past with tremendous finesse, charm and fluency, opening fresh windows of perspective at every lovingly executed turn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Godin recently shared two superb remixes of The Border, the first by\u00a0Pierre Rousseau\u00a0and the other by\u00a0Mick Starwood. Listen\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/nicolas-godin-air-co-founder-releases-the-border-remixes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/8C7185EE-27D1-461E-9F69-2CDDAA0CBDA6.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024\" alt=\"Nicolas Godin Concrete and Glass cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-33358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/8C7185EE-27D1-461E-9F69-2CDDAA0CBDA6.jpeg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/8C7185EE-27D1-461E-9F69-2CDDAA0CBDA6.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/8C7185EE-27D1-461E-9F69-2CDDAA0CBDA6.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/8C7185EE-27D1-461E-9F69-2CDDAA0CBDA6.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/8C7185EE-27D1-461E-9F69-2CDDAA0CBDA6.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Concrete and Glass\u2018\u00a0tracklist<\/strong><br>1. Concrete and Glass<br>2. Back To Your Heart ft. Kate NV<br>3. We Forgot Love ft. Kadjha Bonet<br>4. What Makes Me Think About You<br>5. Time On My Hands ft. Kirin J Callinan<br>6. The Foundation ft. Cola Boyy<br>7. Catch Yourself Falling ft. Alexis Taylor (Hot Chip)<br>8. The Border<br>9. Turn Right Turn Left<br>10. Cit\u00e9 Radieuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/goldatl.us2.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=1629568b93b4cdd8b1bce89f0&amp;id=63a3e66711&amp;e=964e5dc542\" target=\"_blank\">Concrete and Glass<\/a>\u2018\u00a0is out now\u00a0via Because Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Nicolas Godin, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nicolasgodin.com\">nicolasgodin.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Air\u2019s Nicolas Godin\u00a0has shared a beguiling video for\u00a0Catch Yourself Falling, one of the standout tracks lifted from his \u2018Concrete and Glass\u2019 album, which features\u00a0Alexis Taylor <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33356\" title=\"Nicolas Godin shares \u2018Catch Yourself Falling\u2019 video featuring vocals by Hot Chip\u2019s Alexis Taylor\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Nicolas Godin shares \u2018Catch Yourself Falling\u2019 video featuring vocals by Hot Chip\u2019s Alexis Taylor","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,23,28,29,30],"tags":[71,8878,8879,8822,585,3978],"class_list":["post-33356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-air","tag-alexis-taylor","tag-catch-yourself-falling","tag-concrete-and-glass","tag-hot-chip","tag-nicolas-godin"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/3FF1975F-4BF2-4729-8E63-59BD406697BC.jpeg?fit=1825%2C1218","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8G0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34082,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34082","url_meta":{"origin":33356,"position":0},"title":"Nicolas Godin shares video for \u2018Concrete and Glass\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"April 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Just over two months since the release of his acclaimed new album,\u00a0\u2018Concrete and Glass,\u2019 Nicolas Godin\u00a0has shared a hypnotic video for the album\u2019s title\u2019s track, directed by\u00a0Dodi El Sherbini.\u00a0 Of the track Godin says:\u00a0\u201cThe track was inspired by John Lautner, one of my favourite architects in the whole world who\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;electronic music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"electronic music","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?cat=13"},"img":{"alt_text":"Nicolas Godin press photo","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/B9FBDD7A-DF0D-490C-8947-039E83D97C4D.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/B9FBDD7A-DF0D-490C-8947-039E83D97C4D.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/B9FBDD7A-DF0D-490C-8947-039E83D97C4D.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/B9FBDD7A-DF0D-490C-8947-039E83D97C4D.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/B9FBDD7A-DF0D-490C-8947-039E83D97C4D.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33203,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33203","url_meta":{"origin":33356,"position":1},"title":"Nicolas Godin (Air co-founder) releases \u2018The Border\u2019 remixes","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"January 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"With his anticipated new album\u00a0\u2018Concrete and Glass\u2019\u00a0due for release\u00a0on January 24 via\u00a0Because Music,\u00a0Nicolas Godin\u00a0has shared two remixes of His recent single\u00a0The Border. 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