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Based on this MTV interview with Olivia Wilde, it looks like French electronica duo Daft Punk may have a cameo in the upcoming Tron Legacy movie.

Daft Punk is doing the soundtrack for the sequel to the 1982 original, Tron, which broke new ground in computer animation.

Anybody else overly excited about the new Tron movie?

Free Music Friday: Air is releasing their latest single, Do The Joy, as a free download for subscribers to the Air newsletter.

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This is a classic track from Air, Le soleil est près de moi. Read more…

French electronica duo Air has announced a new album, Love 2, to be release in October.

The 12-track followup to 2007’s Pocket Symphony will be headed by the Love 2?s viral single, Do The Joy on July 7th. The first physical single, Sing Sang Sung will be released August 25th. Air is planning a European tour in early 2010, followed by a US tour in the spring.

Love 2 Tracklist:

• Do the Joy
• Love
• So Light Is Her Footfall
• Be a Bee
• Missing the Light of the Day
• Tropical Disease
• Heaven’s Light
• Night Hunter
• Sing Sang Sung
• Eat My Beat
• You Can Tell It to Everybody
• African Velvet

This video captures Tangerine Dream performing before their seventies peak, in Paris, February 1973.

The photography on this is great, with gear porn galore, and it gives you a great view into what it was like to perform synth music live back in the day. Read more…