Daft Punk: Thomas Bangalter, From Robot helmet to Ballet Dancing

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This Friday, Thomas Bengalter, one half of the musical duo “Daft Punk” releases Mythologies.  This is an album of music he has written (much during the Covid-19 pandemic) as a score for a ballet.  It features classically inspired music (touches of Berlioz and Rimsky-Korsakov), and orchestral sounds.  And he has many concerns on the direction of human vs artificial intelligence and where man will belong in such a future.
This is yet another step in a new direction for the duo.  We remember them as the ‘robots’ who pushed the boundaries of electronic music starting almost 30 years ago.  And the duo who gave us the…