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"Atlas Air" was the final song completed for the album Heligoland (2010). It was written by Robert Del Naja, Grant Marshall, Neil Davidge and John Baggott.
When this song was first played live it was known by its working title of "Marrakesh". 3D explained: "...The track was meant to be slightly schizophrenic. I had the Middle Eastern drum part. It had the very analogue organ part which also felt it could have been seen slightly Turkish but European as well and the drums, disco but slightly Arabic. And then obviously the keys at the end just going off, electronically, in a more twisted fashion."
The promo video for Atlas Air directed and animated byEdouard Salier debuted online on the October 17, 2010. In the director’s own words it is intended as a prequel of sorts to his already released video for Splitting The Atom.
The concept for the video was realised between the director Edouard Salier and 3D when they met in Los Angeles earlier in 2010. In interviews Edouard Salier has given, he states that the video and also the song Atlas Air as he interprets them, are about rendition flights and the illegal detention of prisoners at places such as Guantanamo bay.
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