The Early October is the first mixtape released by Air Dubai on October 29, 2008.

In the summer of 2008 rapper Julian Thomas approached rapper/singer Jon Shockness about creating a group under the name Air Dubai.

By September 2008 they were in the studio recording the 12 song album that would stand as the base for their eventual progression into a full 7 piece full instrumental band.

On March 13, 2010, Air Dubai announced that The Early October had officially gone out of print.