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Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Sign in to saveAlso known as Jean-Benoit Dunckel, Jean-Benoît Dunckel-Barbier
French musician
Film & TV
Versailles, Yvelines, France
Jean-Benoît 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…
Known for
- Paris 2024 Olympic Closing Ceremony — Self (Air)2024
- Air play "Moon Safari" @ Royal Albert Hall — Self2024
- Terminal 1 : Air, Phoenix et Étienne de Crécy — Self2024
- AIR - Moon Safari - 25th Anniversary Edition — Self2024
- Bolero: A Global Hit — Self2019
- Boléro, le refrain du monde — Self2019
- Jean-Michel Jarre: A Journey into Sound — Self2015
- Track Stories — Self2015
- Cherry Blossom Girl — Self2004
- Air: Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing — Self1999
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- Listeners
- 212
- Total plays
- 4,855
Jean-Benoît Dunckel, born on 7 September 1969 in Versailles (Île-de-France / France), is a musician best known for being in the electronica duo Air. Working under the name "Darkel", Dunckel released his debut solo album, Darkel, in September 2006 ("dunkel" is the German word for "dark"). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Jean-Beno%C3%AEt+Dunckel">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Versailles
- Occupation
- songwriter
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- pop music
- Instrument
- synthesizer
- Official website
- www.jbdunckel.com
- Image
- Air mg 7127.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1969-09-07
- member of
- Air
- name in native language
- Jean-Benoît Dunckel
- Commons category
- Jean-Benoît Dunckel
- partner in business or sport
- Nicolas Godin
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