Thomas Bangalter: Last News

Lil Nas X has released his latest single – the seductive pop banger ‘Hotbox’. Check out the song’s video below.The rapper continues to usher in the ‘DREAMBOY’ era of his career with the new song, which comes complete with an Elias Talbot-directed video that sees Nas immersed in a bubblegum pink world that could have been ripped straight from the set of Barbie.Nas takes a dip in a hot pink pool, takes a punch in a pink-roped boxing ring and becomes a pink transformer in the video – watch here:‘DREAMBOY’ is set to be Nas’ second studio album and is expected to be released later this year via Columbia Records.

Lil Nas X has claimed that Conservatives would “try to kill” him if he were to release the song ‘Montero’ today.The singer made the comments during a new interview for the cover of Paper magazine, and reflected on how he thinks the biblical themes he implemented in some of his past music videos would have triggered a much larger reaction given today’s current political climate.He looked back at the visual accompaniments for his songs ‘J Christ’ and ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’ in particular, which both included some divisive nods to stories in the Bible.In the latter, for example, Nas is seen making his way from the Garden Of Eden down to hell via a stripper pole. While there, he gives Satan a lap dance before ultimately killing him.

Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür was reportedly tricked into working with an imposter pretending to be Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter.On Friday (March 28), Flür released his latest album ‘Times’, which supposedly featured some collaborations with Bangalter. Flür, who was Kraftwerk’s drummer from 1973 to 1987, has been involved in music since his departure, releasing his first solo record in 2015.However, Flür had teased a Bangalter collaboration for the last two years.

Lil Nas X has revealed that he almost collaborated with Taylor Swift.The rapper shared that Swift approached him, hoping he would contribute a verse to one of her songs, but he ultimately turned down the offer.“We were working on something,” he told E! News on Thursday (March 27) while on the red carpet for the GLAAD Media Awards. “She offered to let me try a verse on something, but I couldn’t catch a vibe for it, so it didn’t happen.”However, he went on to say that it doesn’t mean the pair won’t work together in the future. “When it happens… Global.

Lil Nas X has given fans another taste of his ‘Dreamboy’ era with the new single ‘Need Dat Boy’ – check it out below.The rapper and singer ushered in the latest phase of his career last week with the ‘Light Again’ single, although that track had been shared as a one-off SoundCloud upload in March, for which Lil Nas X later apologised to his label Columbia.Now, he has followed up with ‘Need Dat Boy’, an introspective, gauzy track based around a plaintive piano melody. “Sorry darling I been down for a couple summers / Falling back in the crowd smokin’ marijuana,” Nas sings.

Lil Nas X has shared the pulsating new track ‘Light Again’ – watch the video for it below.Initially, the song was released in the form of a one-off SoundCloud upload in March, with Lil Nas X admitting he would “probably gonna get in trouble” for sharing it before apologising to his record label, Columbia, on X/Twitter.Now, to herald the beginning of his ‘Dreamboy’ era – the rapper has also shared an Andrew Donoho-directed music video alongside the track, with visuals inspired by the hedonism of a ‘Project X’ house party.On the song, which features production by Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter, he sings: “You know I gotta catch my flight / You know I gotta reach new heights again / You know we run it up at night / You know we only get one life for this”.Before he premiered the new single, the rapper took to social media to share that “for so long ive [sic] tried to make every song get as much attention as possible. due to my fear of everyone saying I’m a flop or feeling like less.”He added: “This time around I’m choosing my vision.

Daft Punk have shared the trailer for their 2003 anime film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar. Watch it below.The trailer comes ahead of the one-night-only event on December 12, which will bring the celebrated anime to the big screen at over 800 cinemas across the globe.Per a press release, the film was remastered in 4K and includes an additional six of Daft Punk’s most iconic music videos directed by the likes of Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Seb Janiak, Roman Coppola, and Warren Fu.

Daft Punk‘s 2003 anime film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar is coming to cinemas worldwide later this year.Directed by Kazuhisa Takenouchi – under the supervision of veteran manga artist Leiji Matsumoto – Interstella 5555 was produced as a visual companion to the duo’s 2001 album ‘Discovery’, with its entirety serving as the soundtrack to the film, which contains no dialogue.Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo conceptualised Interstella 5555 with regular collaborator Cédric Hervet. The film only received a limited theatrical run in 2003 after its Cannes Film Festival premiere that year.

Alex Ritman Ahead of the release of his animated Lego biopic “Piece by Piece” with Focus Features, Pharrell Williams was the star guest at a special event held by Lego in Paris, where the multi-hyphenate took to the stage to discuss his growing collaboration with the company. Alongside the film, which is directed by Morgan Neville and recently screened at Telluride and Toronto to reviews praising its originality, Williams has teamed with Lego on a new toy set, which features a black-and-gold rocket ship with a vibrant jet stream of colors.

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.

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.

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.