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Thomas Bangalter has revealed that he once bought a ticket from a tout to his own Daft Punk gig outside of the show.In a new interview with the French news channel Brut, Bangalter opened up about the moment and recalled being outside “to buy a sandwich” and then being approached by the seller. The musician found the interaction amusing and went on to purchase the ticket without revealing who he was.“I thought it would be funny, so I bought the ticket, went to the venue, and waited,” he told the outlet (transcribed by Mixmag).Elsewhere in the interview, Bangalter discussed the pros and cons of having a career that gave him anonymity.

Discogs has revealed that Daft Punk‘s ‘Random Access Memories‘ has become the “most collected release”.In a new report by the music release database, the original 2013 2xLP vinyl pressing of the French electronic duo’s – comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel – fourth and final album together has been catalogued in roughly 68,000 Discogs users’ record collections.The report was released in celebration of Discogs’ reaching a milestone of 750million catalogued records in the Discogs Collection Tool.In 2019, ‘Random Access Memories’ earned the title of best selling album of the 2010s on the online vinyl marketplace. In 2021, a limited-edition deluxe vinyl box set of the LP which was released in 2014 sold for the steep price of $2,139 (£1677) on the site, becoming one of the 30 most expensive items sold on Discogs that year.A post shared by Daft Punk (@daftpunk)Other highlights of the Discogs report include vinyl being the most collected music format coming in at 70 per cent over CDs and cassettes, The Beatles being the most collected artists with 4,700,000 vinyls collected and five of Taylor Swift’s LP’s becoming the most collected albums of the 2020s in Discogs’ Collection Tool (‘Folklore: The Long Pond Sessions’, ‘Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)’, ‘Midnights’ (Jade Green Pressing), ‘Midnights’ (Moonstone Blue pressing) and ‘1989 (Taylor’s Version)’).Last year, NME explored how ‘Random Access Memories’ became the most hyped album of its era in a special retrospective feature.

Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter has been announced as the composer of the DAAAAAALÍ film soundtrack.The news was announced on Instagram today (January 9) via Ed Banger Records (Justice, Breakbot), who will release the soundtrack on their label.“Let’s start 2024 with something very special!”, the label wrote. “Thrilled to welcome Thomas Bangalter on Ed Banger recordsfor the release of the original soundtrack of DAAAAAALÍ.”The movie, directed by Quentin Dupieux (also known by his DJ name Mr Oizo), is scheduled for release on February 7.A post shared by ED BANGER / PEDRO WINTER (@edbanger)DAAAAAALÍ! will be Dupieux’s twelfth feature film, following films such as his breakout horror-comedy Rubber (2010) and his recent black comedy Yannick (2023).

Daft Punk have officially released the ‘drumless edition’ of their last album, ‘Random Access Memories’.The French house pioneers have dropped the track-by-track reimagining of the iconic 2013 record, all without drums.“This version strips away all drum and percussive elements from the album, giving listeners the ability to dive deeper into the layers of instrumentation on each track,” the duo previously said. Take a listen to one of the tracks below:This year marks the 10th anniversary of the iconic album, which Daft Punk have celebrated with a special anniversary edition containing 35 minutes of outtakes and unheard demos.In a documentary series about the album, Pharell Williams opened up about working with the duo, even filming his reaction to hearing future hit ‘Get Lucky’ for the first time: “Wow,” he said.

Daft Punk will be reuniting to perform at the 2024 Paris Olympics.Yesterday (October 24) the director of the games’ opening ceremony, Thomas Jolly, suggested during an interview on French radio station France Inter that the electronic duo would be making a comeback for the event.“Daft Punk would be very happy to be part of the ceremony,” he explained (via sortiraparis). “You can’t not think of Daft Punk when you think of a successful international showcase for a French group.”Jolly added: “I lied a bit about Daft Punk.

Daft Punk have announced a new “drumless edition” of their final studio album ‘Random Access Memories’.The French duo are set to release a track-by-track reimagining of their 2013 Grammy-winning fourth record on November 17. You can pre-order it here (physical) and here (digital).Fans will be able to get their hands on a CD, 2LP and a choice of two vinyl ‘bundles’.An official description reads: “This version strips away all drum and percussive elements from the album, giving listeners the ability to dive deeper into the layers of instrumentation on each track.”Check out the preview video and snippet in the announcement post below.Random Access Memories – Drumless Edition, November 17th 2023 Pre-order now, https://t.co/788o6rjHKE pic.twitter.com/EtNeu1Ccmd— Daft Punk (@daftpunk) September 28, 2023Earlier this year Daft Punk released a 10th anniversary edition of ‘Random Access Memories’ containing 35 minutes of outtakes and unheard demos.The original version of the album included the hit single ‘Get Lucky’ featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, and ‘Instant Crush’ featuring The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas.NME this year explored how ‘Random Access Memories’ became the most hyped album of its era in a special retrospective feature.Daft Punk announced their break-up in February 2021 after almost 30 years together.During a recent interview Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter he was “relieved” over the way that the band ended.“The question I ask more myself is why we did end it rather than how it could last for so long,” he said.

Daft Punk‘s collaborator Todd Edwards has shared that he believed the duo “weren’t on the same page anymore.”As the latest guest on Memory Tapes, the official Daft Punk mini-documentary, created to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their fourth and final album, ‘Random Access Memories’, Edwards said: “When they broke up, they were already going in different directions, musically.”He continued: “Guy-Man[uel de Homem-Christo] seems to be drawn more to the hip-hop realm and Thomas [Bangalter] was also a director. It kind of felt like they weren’t on the same page anymore, anyway, so I wasn’t shocked.”Edwards first worked with Daft Punk back in 2001 on their track ‘Face to Face’ from the duo’s second LP ‘Discovery’ in which he provided vocals and co-production.

Thomas Bangalter – one half of Daft Punk – has revealed that he was “relieved” over the way that the band ended.The musician, who founded the French electronic duo with Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, was speaking as part of a new interview when he reflected upon his time in the group, and recalled his feelings towards calling it quits back in 2021.In the discussion with BBC Radio 6 Music, Bangalter explained that it “felt good” to draw the project to a close and was sometimes left surprised by how long Daft Punk continued to make music, following their 1997 debut album, ‘Homework’.“The question I ask more myself is why we did end it rather than how it could last for so long,” he said after he was asked why they decided to part ways. “It’s a lot like a story or mini saga – sometimes there’s a TV show that has a special place in people’s hearts and it keeps that place, and it runs for one, two, three, four, five, sometimes 10 seasons.“There’s a moment where it ends and I think it’s actually interesting to have this opportunity to start, have the middle and to end it… [I was] relieved and happy to look back and say: ‘OK, we didn’t mess it up too much.’”Elsewhere in the interview, he also shed insight into their reasoning behind the anonymity when starting Daft Punk, and explained why they chose to wear their signature masks.“You have an idea when you’re like 25, [but] you don’t say ‘You know what? We’re going to dress up like robots until the day we die…’,“I really remember thinking – it would be fun to just have some special effects guys from Hollywood do these personas – robotic personas like if they were part of the cantina scene in Star Wars or something like that,” he added.

Daft Punk‘s ‘Random Access Memories’ has returned to the top of the Billboard Dance/Electronic albums chart.The legendary French duo, who broke up in 2021, released a new anniversary edition of their fourth and final album, which first came out a decade ago last week.Since the release of the anniversary edition, streams of ‘Random Access Memories’ have gone up by over 1,000 per cent, as Billboard report, with the album now sitting atop the Dance/Electronic albums chart.Released as part of the anniversary edition is a previously unreleased song featuring The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas, titled ‘Infinity Repeating’.The new version of the album also includes studio outtakes of the album opener ‘Give Live Back To Music’, vocoder tests of ‘Lose Yourself To Dance’ and the song ‘Horizon’, which previously only appeared on the Japanese version of the CD.NME recently explored how ‘Random Access Memories’ became the most hyped album of its era in a special retrospective feature.In other Daft Punk news, earlier this year Thomas Bangalter explained the reasons behind the duo’s split in 2021. “My concerns about the rise of artificial intelligence go beyond its use in music creation,” he said, explaining that fans often misunderstood their music.“[In Daft Punk,] we tried to use these machines to express something extremely moving that a machine cannot feel, but a human can.

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Daft Punk have shared what is being dubbed in a press release as their "last song ever." The track in question, "Infinity Repeating (2013 demo)," appears on the 10th-anniversary edition of the electronic duo's 2013 album Random Access Memories, which is out today (May 12). "Infinity Repeating (2013 demo)" features Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas on vocals and was premiered at an event at the Centre Pompidou in Paris on Thursday night.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor When Daft Punk launched its fourth and presumably final mission statement, “Random Access Memories,” into the atmosphere 10 long years ago, it was greeted with the kind of genre- and generation-spanning adulation that’s rare in any genre. At the time of its release, the supernova of cool around Daft Punk was so pervasive — and the hits from the album, particularly “Get Lucky,” were so ubiquitous — that it topped album charts all over the world, won four Grammys (including album of the year and best-engineered album) and got a whopping 8.8 score from Pitchfork, a publication that played no small role in the duo’s rise. Yet it was a drastic about-face for the pioneering duo, whose electronic and dance music of the previous 15-odd years had spawned countless influences and whose world-shaking 2006-7 tour basically spawned EDM. Fans expecting another electronic masterpiece instead they got a deliberately retro album that intentionally used the technology and recording techniques of the ‘70s and ‘80s to evoke the pristine, perfectionist grooves of Michael Jackson, Chic, Steely Dan, Fleetwood Mac and others — and even unfurled a yacht-rock flag on “Fragments of Time.” It has orchestras, choirs and a battery of top-notch musicians including pioneering funk guitarist Nile Rodgers, virtuoso bassist Nathan East, pedal steel guitarist Greg Leisz and powerhouse drummer Omar Hakim. There are guitar solos, tinkling electric pianos, ‘70s funk bass, piledriving drums and even acoustic guitars. Bored with electronics, the duo “wanted to do what we used to do with machines and samplers, but with people,” said the duo’s Thomas Bangalter.

Daft Punk have shared a previously unreleased song featuring Julian Casablancas, titled ‘Infinity Repeating’. Check it out below.The track was released as part of the new anniversary edition of the band’s fourth and final album, ‘Random Access Memories’, which first came out a decade ago next week.Released today (May 12), the new version of the album celebrates the 10-year milestone by featuring over 30 minutes of previously unreleased music — including demos and outtakes from the recording sessions.One of which is the previously unheard track ‘Infinity Repeating’, which enlists The Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas.

Daft Punk will premiere a never-before-heard song called “Infinity Repeating” this Thursday (May 11) at an event at the Centre Pompidou in Paris. The song features Julian Casablancas, who also appeared on the song “Instant Crush” from the French duo’s final album, Random Access Memories, released in 2013.

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.

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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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.

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.