Jean-Benoît Dunckel-Barbier (born 7 September 1969) is a French musician best known for being one half of the French music duo

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, along with

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. 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

. Working under the name Darkel, he released his first solo album, titled '' Darkel'', in September 2006. In 2011, he formed the electronic side project Tomorrow's World with Lou Hayter of

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. ''Tomorrow's World'', their first album, was released in 2013. Dunckel collaborated with Icelander

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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 self-titled, full-length album was released. In March 2015, he issued the four-track mini-album 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 second full-length solo album titled ''H+'' under Jive Epic records. Four years later, in June 2022, Dunckel released the full-length studio album ''Carbon'', under his own label Prototyp. On the album (theme) Dunckel suggests technology could save the world.

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gave the album in its review 3.5 (out of 5) stars. About the album title ''Carbon'', Dunckel said: "When you burn it, it doesn't go away, It's full of strength - diamonds are crystallized carbon. Carbon is the thing that makes you solid. It's the most important thing in our bodies and in our lives, but we're hardly aware of it." In 2024, Dunckel composed the score for the film ''

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Discography

Albums

* '' Darkel'' (2006) * ''H+'' (2018) * ''Carbon'' (2022) * ''Möbius Morphosis'' (2024) * ''Paranormal Musicality'' (2024)

EPs

* ''The Man of Sorrow'' (2015)

Soundtracks

* ''Cyprien'' (fr) (2009) * '' The Summer of Sangailé'' (2015) * ''Swagger'' (fr) (2016) * ''K.O.'' (fr) (2017) * '' Mythomaniac'' (2019) * ''

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'' (2020) * ''Poissonsexe'' (fr) (2020) * ''

Summer of 85 ''Summer of 85'' () is a 2020 romantic drama film written and directed by François Ozon, partly based on the 1982 novel '' Dance on My Grave'' by Aidan Chambers. It stars Félix Lefebvre and Benjamin Voisin. It was released in France on 14 Jul ...

'' (2020) * ''Normale'' (fr) (2023) * '' For Night Will Come'' (2023) * ''

'' (2024)

Collaborations

* ''Tomorrow's World'', with Lou Hayter (2013) * ''Starwalker'', with

(2016) * ''Mirages'', with Jonathan Fitoussi (2019) * ''Mirages 2'', with Jonathan Fitoussi (2025)

References

External links

Starwalker page

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1969 births Living people Musicians from Versailles French electronic musicians French male film score composers French male songwriters French songwriters Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Air (French band) members {{France-musician-stub