Darkel
Encyclopedia
Darkel is the debut solo album
by Darkel (Jean-Benoît Dunckel
), one-half of the French
electronica
band
Air. It was released in September 2006 (see 2006 in music
).
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
by Darkel (Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Jean-Benoît Dunckel
Jean-Benoît Dunckel, , is a musician best known for being in the electronica duo Air....
), one-half of the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
electronica
Electronica
Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...
band
Musical ensemble
A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...
Air. It was released in September 2006 (see 2006 in music
2006 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 2006.-January:*January 10 – Eric Burdon releases his album Soul of a Man and begins touring with a new band....
).
Track listing
All tracks by Darkel except where noted- "Be My Friend" (Dunckel, Euston Jones) - 4:16
- "At the End of the Sky" (Dunckel, Jones) - 4:12
- "TV Destroy" - 3:10
- "Some Men" - 4:09
- "My Own Sun" (Dunckel, Jones) - 3:40
- "Pearl" - 4:07
- "Earth" - 6:37
- "Beautiful Woman" - 2:40
- "How Brave You Are" (Dunckel, Jones) - 4:28
- "Bathroom Spirit" - 6:52
Personnel
- Stephane "Alf" Briat – Mixing
- Alex Gopher – Mastering
- Laurent Griffon – BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, GuitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with... - Earl Harvin – Drums
- Hi-Five – Cover Art
- Dayan Korolic – Bass
- Anthony Mccann – Photography
- Valérie Sonnier – Cover Photo
Release details
| Country | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
18 September 2006 | EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... , Source Virgin Records Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny... |
LP Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... |
3666201 / 0 0946 366620 1 |
| CD Compact Disc The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,... digipak Digipak Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd., an Atlas Holdings company.-Features:... |
3666202 / 0 0946 366620 2 2 | |||
| CD | 3728912 / 0 0946 372891 2 9 | |||
| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
19 September 2006 | Astralwerks Astralwerks Astralwerks is a New York-based record label that releases primarily electronic music. It is owned by Virgin Records/EMI and distributed by Caroline Distribution in the United States.... |
LP | ASW-66620 / 0946 3 66620 1 |
| CD | ASW-72891 / 0946 3 72891 2 9 | |||
External links
- Darkel - official website.
- Darkel at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
. - Darkel at MetacriticMetacriticMetacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
. - Review of "Darkel" on Subculture Magazine