Thomas Bangalter, formerly of French electronic music duo Daft Punk, has released a classical music album: the score to a ballet titled Mythologies that draws on American minimalism and Baroque works.
. Composing the accompanying music allowed Bangalter to return to the dance of his youth in Paris, where his mother was a ballet dancer and his father a songwriter and producer. The first performance took place in July 2022., composed for symphony orchestra. The inspirations are drawn from Baroque compositions and American minimalism , rather than the broad rock, house and jazz influences — and samples — behind Daft Punk.
His approach to melding different melodies and sections is akin to sampling — reusing and modifying pieces of existing music, which Daft Punk used heavily. There is little counterpoint, with the melodic lines mostly distinct rather than combined. Most of the tracks resemble a patchwork — albeit a unified one — of various, often short, components artistically sewn together.
These vignettes of sorts also match the broad narrative arc of the project, featuring fragments of various foundational myths. There are references to the Gemini , Zeus, Danae, the Minotaur, the naiads, Aphrodite and Icarus."It allowed a certain freedom and creativity that would take away the fear of the process maybe for me," Bangalter explained.
But whether mixing electronics or writing for an orchestra, Bangalter says he's working"with the same love of contrasts and oppositions, in very sweet things and very violent things, going from one thing to another."
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