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Darkel

Better referred to as one half from the France electronic pop duo Surroundings, Jean-Benoît Dunckel embarked in his solo task, Darkel, even though he and fellow Surroundings member Nicolas Godin caused Charlotte Gainsbourg on her behalf record 5:55. He find the name Darkel being a twist on his last name, this means “dark” in German, and in addition because he done the task during the night with bassists Laurent Griffon and Dayan Korolic. While his Darkel music have got the same hazy, sensual atmosphere and lush synth passages as his Surroundings work, in addition they explore Dunckel’s fondness to get more simple pop and rock and roll, and influences such as for example Ween as well as the Beatles. Astralwerks released Darkel in fall 2006. Dunckel after that took a protracted break in the task, releasing three even more albums with Surroundings, further building himself being a film composer and getting into collaborations with New Teen Pony Club’s Lou Hayter (as Tomorrow’s Globe) and Bang Gang’s Bardi Johannsson (as Starwalker). He came back to the task in 2015 with THE PERSON of Sorrow, an EP boasting a lot more lavish-sounding arrangements.

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