Thomas Bangalter, one half of the French electronic duo Daft Punk is set to release his first full-length solo effort since disbanding with a fittingly grand celebratory gesture in homage to an equally ambitious collaboration.
His debut will be for none other than the renowned and acclaimed classical ballet ‘Mythologies’ – composed by himself as well as performed live at its premiere this past July alongside Ballet Preljocaj’s artistic director Angelin Preljocaj – supplying 90 minutes worth of 23 pieces inspired by Baroque music structures and American minimalism.
The score has been recorded under Romain Dumas’s direction while being played acoustically rather than through any electronics production kit; it is due out on April 7th via Warner Classics.
Tracklist
I. Premiers Mouvements
II. Le Catch
III. Thalestris
IV. Les Gémeaux I
V. Les Amazones
VI. L’Arrivée d’Alexandre
VII. Treize Nuits
VIII. Danae
IX. Zeus
X. L’Accouchement
XI. Les Gorgones
XII. Renaissances
XIII. Le Minotaure
XIV. Eden
XV. Arès
XVI. Aphrodite
XVII. Les Naïades
XVIII. Pas de Deux
XIX. Circonvolutions
XX. Les Gémeaux II
XXI. Icare
XXII. Danse Funèbre
XXIII. La Guerre