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JB Dunckel, half of electronic iconic French band Air, releases a new solo album. Carbon, JB Dunckel's first album in four years, considers the recent uncertainties that have befallen the planet and explores diffuse visions of how a better future might look. There are meditations on existential bliss (the airy, chiming "Cristal Mind") and egotistical escapist fantasies ("Sex UFO", which can't help but recall Jeff Bezos phallic rocket). Yet Carbon also considers the subversive pleasures of nihilism: reveling in man's insignificance compared to the cosmos (the languid "Space") and wondering whether big tech might save us yet (the triumphalist "Corporate Sunset"). The album is a psychological test that reveals the listener's own outlook, says Dunckel -- an artist who taught pop fans how to dream more than 20 years ago as half of the trailblazing cosmic pop duo Air. Since then, he's become a lauded, César-nominated composer for films such as François Ozon's film Summer of 85 (2020). With Carbon, the accompanying images are entirely of the listener's creation: "I want them to feel ready to travel in space," he says. "Space" features Heather d'Angelo.
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LP version. JB Dunckel, half of electronic iconic French band Air, releases a new solo album. Carbon, JB Dunckel's first album in four years, considers the recent uncertainties that have befallen the planet and explores diffuse visions of how a better future might look. There are meditations on existential bliss (the airy, chiming "Cristal Mind") and egotistical escapist fantasies ("Sex UFO", which can't help but recall Jeff Bezos phallic rocket). Yet Carbon also considers the subversive pleasures of nihilism: reveling in man's insignificance compared to the cosmos (the languid "Space") and wondering whether big tech might save us yet (the triumphalist "Corporate Sunset"). The album is a psychological test that reveals the listener's own outlook, says Dunckel -- an artist who taught pop fans how to dream more than 20 years ago as half of the trailblazing cosmic pop duo Air. Since then, he's become a lauded, César-nominated composer for films such as François Ozon's film Summer of 85 (2020). With Carbon, the accompanying images are entirely of the listener's creation: "I want them to feel ready to travel in space," he says. "Space" features Heather d'Angelo.
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Starwalker is a collaboration between electropop innovators Jean-Benoît Dunckel (AIR, Tomorrow's World, Darkel) and Barði Jóhannsson (Bang Gang, Lady & Bird). The 2014 EP Losers Can Win properly introduced their singular sound to the masses with great aplomb. Noisey, Stereogum, Spin, The Huffington Post, and others offered glowing praise. After finding a break in their respective schedules, they recorded this full-length debut, blasting off to a new universe where cinematic soundscapes seamlessly intermingle with unshakable melodies. It's a trip you'll want to take again and again.
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LP version. Starwalker is a collaboration between electropop innovators Jean-Benoît Dunckel (AIR, Tomorrow's World, Darkel) and Barði Jóhannsson (Bang Gang, Lady & Bird). The 2014 EP Losers Can Win properly introduced their singular sound to the masses with great aplomb. Noisey, Stereogum, Spin, The Huffington Post, and others offered glowing praise. After finding a break in their respective schedules, they recorded this full-length debut, blasting off to a new universe where cinematic soundscapes seamlessly intermingle with unshakable melodies. It's a trip you'll want to take again and again.
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J.B. Dunckel (AIR) presents his original soundtrack for the 2015 film The Summer of Sangailė. It's a rare film that takes you by surprise with the honesty of its performances, the poetry of its narrative, and the crispness of its cinematography. Writer and director Alanté Kavaïté uses transfixing imagery and exquisite casting to bring to life her distinctly layered story of young love and big dreams. The end result is a rapturous film experience. The Summer of Sangailė won the directing award in the dramatic world cinema category at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.
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Pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Darkel is the solo project of Jean-Benoît Dunckel, half of the French duo AIR with Nicolas Godin. His self-titled solo debut as Darkel was released in 2006, at the same time as Charlotte Gainsbourg's album 5:55 (BEC 5161976), which Dunckel and Godin produced. As well as participating in mythical soundtracks with AIR (The Virgin Suicides (1999), Lost in Translation (2003), Marie Antoinette (2006), Quartier Lointain (2010), Pioneer (2013)...), Dunckel composed the scores for Bee (2011), Je m'appelle Hmmm... (2013), and Cyprien (2009), always with an organic electronic spirit. His soundtrack for Alanté Kavaïté's 2015 film The Summer of Sangaile will be released in 2015.
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