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JB Dunckel, half of electronic iconic French band Air, releases a new solo album. Carbon, JB Dunckel”s first album in four years, considers the recent uncertainties that have befallen the planet and explores diffuse visions of how a better future might look. There are meditations on existential bliss (the airy, chiming “”Cristal Mind””) and egotistical escapist fantasies (“”Sex UFO””, which can”t help but recall Jeff Bezos phallic rocket). Yet Carbon also considers the subversive pleasures of nihilism: reveling in man”s insignificance compared to the cosmos (the languid “”Space””) and wondering whether big tech might save us yet (the triumphalist “”Corporate Sunset””). The album is a psychological test that reveals the listener”s own outlook, says Dunckel — an artist who taught pop fans how to dream more than 20 years ago as half of the trailblazing cosmic pop duo Air. Since then, he”s become a lauded, César-nominated composer for films such as François Ozon”s film Summer of 85 (2020). With Carbon, the accompanying images are entirely of the listener”s creation: “”I want them to feel ready to travel in space,”” he says. “”Space”” features Heather d”Angelo.
