Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter To Release New Solo Album 'Mythologies'
The orchestral record is slated for release on April 7.
Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter will release a solo album, titled Mythologies, on April 7 via Erato/Warner. The record, which will mark the artist’s first independent orchestral effort, was initially commissioned by the choreographer Angelin Preljocaj for a ballet under the same moniker, directed by Romain Dumas at the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.
Mythologies, which runs 90 minutes long, includes 23 scenes that reimagine Bangalter’s signature approach to music. Rather than tapping into electronic music, the project leans into “the large-scale traditional force of a symphony and, as such, it embraces the history of orchestral ballet music.”
According to a press release, “The form, the stakes and the creative process involved in ‘Mythologies’ are all radically different and represent a new stage in Bangalter’s development over the last thirty years of writing, composing and performing music.”
In 2021, Bangalter and his Daft Punk bandmate Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo announced their official breakup, though they have since released a deluxe vinyl reissue of Homework. Bangalter’s last solo album, Outrage, was released two decades ago, in 2003.
See the full Mythologies tracklist below.
01 Premiers Mouvements
02 Le Catch
03 Thalestris
04 Les Gémeaux I
05 Les Amazones
06 L’Arrivée d’Alexandre
07 Treize Nuits
08 Danae
09 Zeus
10 L’Accouchement
11 Les Gorgones
12 Renaissances
13 Le Minotaure
14 Eden
15 Arès
16 Aphrodite
17 Les Naïades
18 Pas de Deux
19 Circonvolutions
20 Les Gémeaux II
21 Icare
22 Danse Funèbre
23 La Guerre
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