In a moment no one saw coming, Thomas Bangalter, one half of Daft Punk, made his first DJ appearance in 16 years, joining Fred Again.. for a surprise B2B set at the Because Music 20th Anniversary at the Centre Pompidou.
No helmets. No mystery. Just Bangalter — smiling, mixing, and reconnecting with the dance floor that built his legend.
Their set bridged eras: Daft Punk classics like “Rollin’ & Scratchin’” met Fred’s emotional modern sound, with unexpected drops from The Chemical Brothers and Jonny Greenwood. It wasn’t nostalgia — it was a living dialogue between two generations of electronic innovators.
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The symbolism ran deep. Pompidou is where Bangalter first fell in love with electronic music back in the early ’90s. His return there — unmasked and free — felt like a full-circle moment, a reminder that dance music’s soul has always been human.
Whether this was a one-off or a spark of something bigger, one thing’s certain:
“The past and future of dance music just met on the same dance floor.”
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