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Carbon Due Out June 24 via Prototyp Recordings
Jun 08, 2022
By Mark Redfern
JB Dunckel (full name Jean-Benoît Dunckel), one half of French duo Air, is releasing his third solo album, Carbon, on June 24 via Prototyp Recordings. Now he has shared its third single, “Shogun.” More
Carbon Due Out June 24 via Prototyp Recordings
May 12, 2022
By Mark Redfern
JB Dunckel (full name Jean-Benoît Dunckel), one half of French duo Air, is releasing his third solo album, Carbon, June 24 via Prototyp Recordings. Now he has shared its second single, “Zombie Park.” He has also shared a new live in the studio session where he performs “Zombie Park,” as well as the album’s first single “Corporate Sunset.” Both live tracks sound pretty close to the studio versions. More
Plus Tim Burgess, Faye Webster, TRAAMS, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 15, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the fifteenth Songs of the Week of 2022. This week our new favorite band, Wet Leg, hit #1 on the British album charts with their debut album. It was a solid week for new tracks, but none that screamed #1 Song of the Week, so this week’s order should be considered less strict than some weeks. More
Carbon Due Out June 24 via Prototyp Recordings
Apr 13, 2022
By Mark Redfern
JB Dunckel (full name Jean-Benoît Dunckel), one half of French duo Air, has announced his third solo album, Carbon, and shared its first single, “Corporate Sunset.” More
Now Only Out Now via P.W. Elverum & Sun
Mar 16, 2018
By Michael James Hall
This week’s album of the week serves as a follow-up to the most stark, moving and genuinely heartbreaking records of last year, Mount Eerie‘s A Crow Looked At Me. Charting Phil Elverum’s immediate situation and emotional response to the death of his wife Geneviève in 2016, not long after the birth of the couple’s only child, a daughter, the album was a brutally honest document of death and grief delivered with remarkable, soft, melodic directness. More
Plus The Beat Escape, The Decemberists, Simian Mobile Disco, JB Dunckel, and a Wrap-up of the Week's Other Notable New Tracks
Mar 09, 2018
By Mark Redfern
After a couple of strong weeks for Songs of the Week, it was more much more of a challenge this week to come up with 10 songs we were truly excited about. But we’re really fully passionate about this week’s Top 5 and stand behind the rest of the Top 10. More
H+ Due Out March 16 via Sony Music France/Jive Epic
Feb 14, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Jean-Benoît Dunckel, one half of French duo Air, is releasing his sophomore solo album H+ under the name JB Dunckel. It’s due out March 16 via Sony Music France/Jive Epic. More
Sophomore Solo Album H+ Due Out March 16 via Sony Music France
Jan 22, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Jean-Benoît Dunckel, one half of French duo Air, is releasing his sophomore solo album H+ under the name JB Dunckel. It’s due out March 16 via Sony Music France. More
Reviews
Mar 13, 2018
By Lily Moayeri
The individual members of the French duo Air make good use of their time in between albums. Jean-Benoît “JB” Dunckel, in particular, has spread his talents extensively including the collaborative albums Tomorrow’s World and Starwalker as well as scoring a few soundtracks. H+ is his second solo album under his own name, following his solo debut, Darkel, over a decade after the fact. More