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Thomas Bangalter, born on January 3, 1975, is a French electronic musician. He is a member of the electronic music duo Daft Punk, known for his unique musical style and creative contributions.

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“It's nice to be able to forget.”

Able Forget Nice

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“We like the idea that the things we do seem to come out of nowhere.”

Ideas Seems

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“The show, like everything we have done and still do, is just one more experiment.”

Stills Done Shows Experiments Just One

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“We have always been thinking about different ways to perform electronic music, i.e. music made with machines.”

Thinking Way Made Different Machines Different Ways Electronic Music

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“There is indeed a level of improvisation where we can distort and shuffle the music patterns, samples, and loops in each phase of the show within fixed cue points, but at the same time there is a constant result that we are trying to achieve each night while performing and operating our system - quite similar in spirit to a broadway show for example: If you go see a musical two nights in a row, the performances are different yet similar.”

“The thousands of clips on internet are better to us than any DVD that could have been released.”

Has Beens Internet Could Have Been Dvds Clip

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“We come from a generation that wanted to make electronic music accepted, at a time [when] it was not.”

Wanted Generations Accepted Electronic Music

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“The place of electronic music, culturally and socially, is today completely different - it is now everywhere, and it has been totally accepted. Consequently, there is now a younger generation that is more focused on making great electronic music, good parties, and having fun, where there is not any more so much need for cultural and ideological statements in electronic music itself.”

Needs Has Beens Different Today Fun Party Generations Focused Accepted Statements Having Fun Ideological Younger Generation Electronic Music Good Party

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“We're genuinely happy if some musicians of this younger generation are influenced by our music, as we were ourselves influenced 10 years ago by older musicians.”

Ifs Years Generations Musician Years Ago Younger Generation

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“Human After All was the music we wanted to make at the time we did it. We have always strongly felt there was a logical connection between our three albums, and it 's great to see that people seem to realize that when they listen now to the live show.”

People Humans Shows Seems Wanted Three Felt Realizing Connections Albums Logical

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“Hip-hop has always been exciting and interesting to us.”

Interesting Exciting Hip Hop Hips Hops

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“America is a new country, and maybe patriotism helps Americans create unity, since it is a melting pot. But nationalism in Europe has a strong history, as you may know.”

Knows May Country Helping America Strong Europe Unity Nationalism Pot Melting Melting Pot

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“Being nationalistic in France has nothing in common with being patriotic in America.”

America Common France Patriotic Nationalistic

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“I am definitely pro-European, even pro-global, and house music and electronic music has developed a network all over the world, between record shops in Berlin, Tokyo, London, Chicago, Minneapolis and L.A. That's really what I feel part of, rather than being French.”

World Feels House Records London Shops Chicago Berlin Tokyo Electronic Music House Music Minneapolis

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“You never know whether something will be good.”

Be Good

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“We feel like we're building something aesthetically, so we like the idea of the evolution. So far, each piece of music or everything has been to expand it, instead of backtracking or trying to destroy what we have done.”

Trying Done Building Evolution

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“Technology has made music accessible in a philosophically interesting way, which is great. But on the other hand, when everybody has the ability to make magic, it's like there's no more magic - if the audience can just do it themselves, why are they going to bother?”

Ifs Way Made Hands Ability Interesting Technology Audience Magic Bother Just Do It Interesting Ways

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“Electronic music right now is in its comfort zone, and it's not moving one inch.”

Moving Comfort Right Now Zone Inches Comfort Zone Electronic Music

Author:Thomas Bangalter

“If everybody knows all the tricks, it's no more magic.”

Ifs Knows Magic Tricks

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“It’s always this thing where we’re constantly waiting for something that will come in electronic music that says, ‘Daft Punk sucks!’ That’s actually much more interesting and exciting than someone who is paying homage.”

Waiting Interesting Exciting Punk Homage Electronic Music Daft Waiting For Something Daft Punk

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“It’s very strange how electronic music formatted itself and forgot that its roots are about the surprise, freedom, and the acceptance of every race, gender, and style of music into this big party.”

Bigs Party Race Style Acceptance Strange Roots Surprise Gender Electronic Music

Author:Thomas Bangalter

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Born: January 3, 1975
Known for: Electronic musician
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