Thomas Bangalter
Thomas Bangalter
Thomas Bangalteris a French electronic music producer and DJ, best known for being one half of the French house music duo Daft Punk, alongside Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. He has also recorded and released music as a member of the trio Stardust, the duo Together, and as a solo artist including compositions for the film Irréversible...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionDJ
Date of Birth3 January 1975
CityParis, France
CountryFrance
approach replace
It's a very subjective, personal, instinctive approach as musicians of saying, 'We don't want to replace what's around; we just want to widen the possibilities.'
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In the history of pop music, a lot of great records cost an enormous amount of money. There used to be a time where people that had means to experiment would do it, you know?
electronic everybody knows music tool
Everyone making electronic music has the same tool kits and templates. You listen, and you feel like it can be done on an iPad. If everybody knows all the tricks, it's no more magic.
move music people shaking
Artists are overcompensating with this aggressive, energetic, hyperstimulating music - it's like someone shaking you. But it can't move people on an emotional level.
behind darth vader
When you look at C-3PO and Darth Vader and then look at the actors behind them, you can't really make the connection. It kills the magic.
disconnect lifestyle people
Usually, the 24-hour, high-maintenance celebrity lifestyle can disconnect people from reality.
best existence
Usually, a band 20 years into its existence doesn't put out its best records.
current electronic initially laptop music
There's a confusion sometimes with the laptop being the current tools and where electronic music initially comes from.
break electronic house music spirit
The spirit of house music, electronic music, in the beginning was to break the rules, to do things in many different ways.
obtaining retaining virtually
The only secret to being in control is to have it in the beginning. Retaining control is still hard, but obtaining control is virtually impossible.
good inherently people technology
Technology is an interesting subject, people thinking: how much good, and how much bad, does it inherently carry?
artificial whereas
Synths are a very low level of artificial intelligence. Whereas you have a Stradivarius that will live for a thousand years.
'SNL' is this part of American culture with a certain timelessness to it.
Skrillex has been successful because he has a recognizable sound: You hear a dubstep song: even if it's not him, you think it's him.