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Thomas Bangalter has spoken publicly for the first on the break-up of his iconic electronic duo Daft Punk during an interview with the BBC. Formed in 1993 with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, the group released four studio albums to vast acclaim before dissolving in 2021.
Recent technological advancements and modern culture's embrace of them helped to sour Bangalter on the Daft Punk concept. “[Daft Punk] was an exploration, I would say, starting with the machines and going away from them," Bangalter explained.
"I love technology as a tool [but] I’m somehow terrified of the nature of the relationship between the machines and ourselves." Read Next: Daft Punk and Todd Edwards share previously unreleased track Bangalter goes on to explain how Daft Punk's use of technology was meant to help reveal something human rather than be a simple unfettered embrace of it. “We tried to use these machines to express something extremely moving that a machine cannot feel, but a human can," Bangalter explained.
"We were always on the side of humanity and not on the side of technology." Recent advancements in A.I. have prompted concerns in Bangalter which "go beyond its use in music creation," and have helped confirm that his decision to leave Daft Punk behind was the right one.
"As much as I love this character," he said, "the last thing I would want to be, in the world we live in, in 2023, is a robot." This Friday, Bangalter will release Mythologies, a solo album and orchestral score performed by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine and written for a ballet of the same name. The 10th-anniversary reissue of the final Daft Punk album Random Access Memories will be released in May.
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Daft Punk have shared some studio outtakes of their track ‘Give Life Back To Music’ – you can listen below.The original version of the song serves as the opener to the French duo’s fourth and final album ‘Random Access Memories’, which turns 10 years old in 2023.In February, the band – comprising Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – announced a special anniversary edition of the Grammy-winning record. The forthcoming collection was then previewed by ‘The Writing Of Fragments Of Time’.Today (April 20), Daft Punk released another cut from the expanded reissue in the form of ‘GLBTM’ (Studio Outtakes)’.Clocking in at six-minutes-and-21-seconds, the tune is essentially a pre-production demo version of ‘Give Life Back To Music’, boasting orchestral elements that combine with classical piano and harpsichord.A shorter two-minute-and-38-second edit of ‘GLBTM’ (Studio Outtakes)’ is also available on streaming platforms.
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Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter has shared a new mix for NTS Radio – listen in full below.A blurb from NTS says the hour-long mix see Bangalter exploring “orchestral sounds, piano pieces and more”.The new mix arrives alongside Bangalter’s first solo album in over two decades, ‘Mythologies’ – which was originally conceived as a ballet score and performed at Bordeaux’s Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux last July. Listen to the new mix here.Thomas Bangalter takes over in an extra special guest appearance ✨Classical flavoured compositions, soundtracks, piano instrumentals and more for the next hour, marking the release of his first solo project in twenty years, "Mythologies"https://t.co/UW6sG0bGqg pic.twitter.com/4CcmZxSnzv— NTS Radio (@NTSlive) April 12, 2023Elsewhere, Bangalter recently opened up about his career after Daft Punk – and explained the reasons behind the duo’s split.The musician – who founded the French electronic duo with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – was speaking in a new interview when he explained that he wanted to distance himself from the technology-infused sound.“Daft Punk was a project that blurred the line between reality and fiction with these robot characters,” he told the BBC.
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explained to the BBC on Tuesday, adding that glorifying the rise of robots was not their goal. “We were always on the side of humanity and not on the side of technology,” he said of Daft Punk, which was comprised of him and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, 49,before they broke up in 2021.
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One of pop's greatest recent mysteries - the sudden and very surprising split of Daft Punk two years - has now been solved. Kind of.
Thomas Bangalter has opened up about his career after Daft Punk – and explained the reasons behind the duo’s split.The musician – who founded the French electronic duo with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo – was speaking in a new interview when he explained that he wanted to distance himself from the technology-infused sound.“Daft Punk was a project that blurred the line between reality and fiction with these robot characters,” he told the BBC. “It was a very important point for me and Guy-Manuel to not spoil the narrative while it was happening.”He continued: “I love technology as a tool [but] I’m somehow terrified of the nature of the relationship between the machines and ourselves.
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