Biography
Laurent Brancowitz is a French guitarist and composer. Born Laurent Mazzalai on 19 October 1973 in Versailles, he is a founding member of the band Phoenix, alongside his brother Christian Mazzalai, Thomas Mars and Deck d’Arcy.
Brancowitz began his career in the early 1990s with the short-lived group Darlin’, whose members included future Daft Punk founders Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. He has contributed original music and supervision to several films directed by Sofia Coppola, including Somewhere (2010), The Beguiled (2017), On the Rocks (2020) and Priscilla (2023).
