To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its release, French duo AIR will be performing their seminal album Moon Safari in full along with other favourites in an exclusive one-off show at Melbourne’s Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

Twenty-five years ago, two young French musicians embarked on a journey through the pop cosmos – and came back with a romantic masterpiece.

Melding lush electronics, swooning songcraft and irresistible European retro-futurism, Moon Safari contains a universe that continues to lure listeners with its gorgeous, starry-eyed sonic wonder. Now, to celebrate the album’s 25th anniversary, AIR returns to Melbourne to perform their iconic debut in its entirety, immersing the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in their singular soundscape.

Nicolas Godin and Jean-Benoît Dunckel were university students studying astrophysics and architecture when they combined their musical talents to form AIR in the mid-’90s. Released in January 1998, their full-length debut Moon Safari became a pop culture sensation, selling millions of copies and launching the inescapable hits “Sexy Boy”, “Kelly Watch the Stars”, and “All I Need”.

It would become a defining soundtrack of the era, transfixing the likes of David Bowie, Beck and Madonna, and influencing such artists as Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Charlotte Gainsbourg and filmmaker Sofia Coppola – with whom AIR would soon collaborate on music for The Virgin Suicides.

The record topped the year-end lists of numerous publications and was named one of the greatest albums of the ’90s by Rolling Stone.

Twenty-five years on, Moon Safari has lost none of its beguiling magic; it’s a mood that invites you to lose yourself in the music forever.

Presented by Always Live, Visit Victoria and TEG MJR.