JeanBenoît Dunckel born 7 September 1969 is a French musician best known for being one half of the French music duo Air along with Nicolas Godin In the 1980s he formed the band Orange with Alex Gopher Xavier Jamaux and Jean de Reydellet He studied mathematics and physics and taught at a middle school in Paris before embarking on a career as a professional musician Since 1995 he has been one of two members of the band Air along with his partner Nicolas Godin Working under the name Darkel he released his first solo album titled Darkel in September 2006 In 2011 he formed the electronica side project Tomorrows World with Lou Hayter of New Young Pony Club Tomorrows World their first album was released in 2013 Dunckel collaborated with Icelander Barði Jóhannsson under the name Starwalker and released an EP in March 2014 featuring Losers Can Win and Bad Weather A new song not featured on the EP was issued in November 2014 titled Blue Hawaii In April 2016 a selftitled fulllength album was released In March 2015 he issued the fourtrack minialbum titled The Man of Sorrow Also in 2015 he composed the soundtrack for the film The Summer of Sangailé The soundtrack album was released on 24 July In 2018 he released his 2nd fulllength solo album titled H under Jive Epic records Four years later in June 2022 Dunckel released his next fulllength studio album Carbon under his own label Prototyp On the album theme Dunckel suggests technology could save the world AllMusic gave the album in its review 35 out of 5 stars About the album title Carbon Dunckel said When you burn it it doesnʼt go away Itʼs full of strength diamonds are crystallized carbon Carbon is the thing that makes you solid Itʼs the most important thing in our bodies and in our lives but weʼre hardly aware of it Source Article JeanBenoît Dunckel from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30
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