And Bangalter avoided writing at the keyboard, as he once had for Daft Punk.Ĭomposing can be a rather "solitary process," Bangalter remarked, but that changed entirely come rehearsal time, with 20 dancers, a 55-piece unamplified orchestra and numerous technicians in Bordeaux's 18th-century opera house.ĭaft Punk may now be "a thing of the past," but Bangalter says he's still keeping his drum kits and synthesizers. RELEASE: OnTheAir Video Express 3.1.8, OnTheAir Video 3.1.8, OnTheAir Node 3.1. During its time on the air, it has been the subject of several controversies. He also developed a "fruitful relationship" with the conductor of the orchestra with whom he recorded the album, Romain Dumas of the Orchestre national Bordeaux Aquitaine, who also happens to be a composer. "At each page and each bar, I was trying to keep a fresh ear and a fresh eye about things to experiment and rules to follow and rules to break," Bangalter said. He pored over orchestration and music theory treatises, including a seminal 19th century one by Hector Berlioz. With little formal musical training, Bangalter took a crash course in classical composition to prepare for what became Mythologies. "It allowed a certain freedom and creativity that would take away the fear of the process maybe for me," Bangalter explained.īut 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."īiz 3 Bangalter composed a fully orchestrated, 90-minute score for Mythologies. There are references to the Gemini (Castor and Pollux), Zeus, Danae, the Minotaur, the naiads, Aphrodite and Icarus. These vignettes of sorts also match the broad narrative arc of the project, featuring fragments of various foundational myths. Most of the tracks resemble a patchwork - albeit a unified one - of various, often short, components artistically sewn together. There is little counterpoint, with the melodic lines mostly distinct rather than combined. His approach to melding different melodies and sections is akin to sampling - reusing and modifying pieces of existing music, which Daft Punk used heavily. Bushel 6.00, which has been on the air for about five ice ' program that proves that she should Hart, Island Groves, R. And there are subtle echoes of a now bygone era in the way Bangalter uses the orchestra.
While the music makes a definite break from the dynamic, thumping sheen of the electronic duo, it is still dance music, with its own idiosyncrasies. Biz 3 Bangalter kept his likeness concealed, under a helmet, while performing with Daft Punk he's since appeared in public and revealed his profile now that the electronic duo has disbanded.
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