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Thomas Bangalter Returns With Surprise Pompidou DJ Set

The Daft Punk co-founder appeared unmasked alongside Fred Again.. for the Because Beaubourg program.

Overview

  • Bangalter played a late-night back-to-back set with Fred Again.. on October 25 at Paris’ Centre Pompidou, with the performance streamed live and clips circulating online.
  • This marked his first proper DJ set in 16 years and his first time performing without the Daft Punk helmet in 24 years, according to reporting and artist accounts.
  • Erol Alkan and Pedro Winter (Busy P) also performed as part of the lineup before joining the onstage collaboration.
  • The set mixed Daft Punk staples such as “Contact,” “Rollin’ & Scratchin’,” and “Digital Love” with selections including the Chemical Brothers’ “Galvanize” and Jonny Greenwood’s One Battle After Another.
  • Fred Again.. wrote on Instagram that Bangalter said he first fell in love with electronic music at the Pompidou in 1992 and that the show preceded a planned five-year closure of the building.