Mirages JB Dunckel & Jonathan Fitoussi

• 1 Mirages 07:20
• 2 Oracle 04:31
• 3 Source 05:45
• 4 Syntesia 03:52
• 5 Acqua Alta 05:35
• 6 Gamma 04:10
• 7 Monolake 07:40
• Total Runtime 38:53

Info for Mirages

Electronic musicians Jean-Benoît Dunckel (of Air fame) and Jonathan Fitoussi have joined forces to release Mirages, a sonic exploration of analogue synthesis, released on HighResAudio. Born inside the studio which Xavier Veilhan built as part of the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017, the album was finished in Dunckel’s Paris-based studio, and features synthesisers amassed over several years, including an Arp 2600, PPG Wave, Synthi A, Buchla, Yamaha CS60, Korg MS20. Moving from the minimal to the cinematic, as Joseph Ghosn says: “Between start and finish, a singular floating and inventive pop music unfolds. An upgraded form of instrumental electronic music, that takes the listener very far, and very high, perfectly mixing both musicians world.”

JB Dunckel
Known as a solo artist and the co-founder of the hugely influential duo Air, Jean-Benoît Dunckel is a mastermind of stylish, sensual, and ethereal pop.

Before becoming a professional musician, he studied maths and physics, and went on to form Air in 1995 with former bandmate, Nicolas Godin. The duo soon earned acclaim for their seminal 1998 debut album Moon Safari, and the soundtrack to Sofia Coppola’s 2000 film The Virgin Suicides.

While he and Godin worked with Charlotte Gainsbourg on her 2005 album 5:55, Dunckel embarked on a solo career, and his 2006 album shared the hazy atmosphere and lush synth passages as his Air work, but also explored Dunckel’s fondness for more straightforward pop and rock.

When Air went on hiatus in 2012, he founded the sci-fi pop act Tomorrow’s World with New Young Pony Club’s Lou Hayter, and Starwalker, a duo with Bang Gang’s Bardi Johannsson.

Whilst continuing to make and release albums with Air, and as JB Dunckel, he also began to score TV and film productions on his own. His scores include François Ozon’s acclaimed Summer of 85, which saw him nominated for a Cesar Award for best music, the Netflix series’ Mythomaniac and The 7 Lives of Lea, the critically lauded The Good Teacher, and For Night Will Come.

Alongside his score work, 2024 saw Dunckel release his first solo piano album, ‘Paranormal Musicality’ on Warner Classics, as well as writing and recording his first-ever ballet, Möbius Morphosis, a monumental work blending electronics, percussion and mixed choir. The ballet was commissioned as part of Paris’s Cultural Olympiad, in collaboration with renowned choreographer Rachid Ouramdane, and brought together over 100 acrobats, dancers, and choir members on stage.

Air are currently on a world tour to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Moon Safari’, and performed at the closing ceremony of the Paris Olympics 2024.

This album contains no booklet.