There is life after Daft Punk, and Thomas Bangalter can attest to it. The French artist, former half of the world-famous duo, will present an album under his name next April. it will be the ballet mythologieswhich he composed for the choreographer Angelin Preljocaj, presented at the Bordeaux Opera last summer.
“‘Mythologies’ is the first work composed by Thomas Bangalter for an orchestra,” Warner Music details in its announcement tweet. “Daft Punk co-founder reinvents his relationship with songwriting.”
This will be the first musical production by Thomas Bangalter since the separation of Daft Punk, announced by surprise at the beginning of 2021. This duo that he created with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo in 1993 had established itself as the global ambassador of french touchthanks to planetary tubes like harder better faster stronger Where Once again and collaborations with Kanye West or The Weeknd.
“A work for orchestra without electronics”
The composition of this ballet by Thomas Bangalter had been announced in the summer of 2021. “Angelin Preljocaj, who had already worked with Daft Punk on electronic music, offered Thomas Bangalter to compose ballet music for him this time,” he had explained. Olivier Lombardie, general manager of the Bordeaux National Opera, told AFP. “He wanted to change register, he really wanted to try to move forward, rub shoulders with symphonic orchestration”.
“It’s incredible, Daft Punk is falling apart and what is going to come out is a work for orchestra without electronics”, Angelin Preljocaj marveled a few hours after the show premiered.
the scrapbook mythologies it was recorded with the Orchester National de Bordeaux Aquitaine, conducted by conductor Romain Dumas. According to tsuguithe album will consist of 23 songs and will last for an hour and a half.
Source: BFM TV
