French musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, DJ and composer, born 3 January 1975.
He is part of the duo
Daft Punk. Son of
Daniel Bangalter AKA
Daniel Vangarde, who composed
D.I.S.C.O. for
Ottawan.
After the experience of
Darlin’ and before the
Daft Punk phenomenon, Thomas Bangalter released the two famous EPs ’Trax On Da Rocks’, a composite of various samples set to funky House and Techno beats.
He released ’Music Sounds Better With You’ on his own label Roulé as part of
Stardust as well as his remix for Rock Shock by
Roy Davis Jr..
In 1998, his track ’Gym Tonic’ was the center of controversy as
Bob Sinclar included it on his album Paradise without the consent of Bangalter. This resulted in a lawsuit from fitness guru and actress Jane Fonda, whose voice had been illegally sampled on the record.
A very ’anonymous’ person, Bangalter nontheless has given a few interviews in and out of the
Daft Punk phenomenon. Although a lot of people credit him for the invention of ’filtered house’, he has cited
Carl Craig AKA
Paperclip People (Throw) and
Kenny Dope Gonzalez as precursors of the style.
It must also be noted that outside
Daft Punk, Bangalter stopped his DJing career due to ear problems.
Bangalter is married to French actress
Elodie Bouchez with whom he has two sons: Tara-Jay (born 2002) and Roxan (born 2008).