BANGALTER, THOMAS AKA TOGETHER - SO MUCH LOVE TO GIVE

Born in 1975. One half of the duo Daft Punk, producer and writer. Son of Daniel Bangalter AKA Daniel Vangarde, who composed D.I.S.C.O. for Ottawan. Thomas composed the score to the 2002 French film Irréversible. After the experience of Darlin' and before the Daft Punk phenomena, Thomas Bangalter released the two famous EP's 'Trax On Da Rocks', a composite of various samples set to funky House and Techno beats. Part of Stardust, he released 'Music Sounds Better With You' on his own label, Roulé, as well as his remix for "Rock Shock" by Roy Davis Jr.. The sub-label, Scratché, served to release the first opus of Buffalo Bunch, The. In 1998, his track 'Gym Tonic' was the center of a 'scandal' as Bob Sinclar included it on his album "Paradise" without the consent of Bangalter. This resulted in a law suit intended by guru fitness and actress Jane Fonda which voice was illegally sampled on the record. In 2004 DJ Falcon and Bangalter had the idea for 'Call On Me', a track based on a sample of 'Valerie' performed by Steve Winwood. Released as a white label, it started to get played in France. A DJ named Eric Prydz was supposed to remix it, but ever since the 'Gym Tonic Event', Bangalter had gained a notoriety in finding good samples and imaginative ideas. For unknown reasons, Roulé didn't clear the sample to release the track commercially, but Prydz, helped with his label Ministry Of Sound, did. Even Steve Winwood liked the track and re-recorded a part of his vocals to be part of the project. Result: 'Call On Me' became a worldwide hit, but without any mention of Bangalter in the credits or in the concept. A year later, the German duo N-Trance under the alias of Freeloaders (2), did the same thing with 'So Much Love To Give'. Since then, Thomas Bangalter and the artists around him ceased to release on Roulé, put in sleep mode for an undefinite period of time. A very 'anonymous' person, Bangalter nontheless gave a few interviews in and out of the Daft Punk phenomena. Although a lot of people credit him for the invention of 'filtered house', he cited Carl Craig AKA Paperclip People ("Throw") and Kenny "Dope" Gonzalez as precursors of the style. Thomas helped produce tracks off Arcade Fire’s 2017 album “Everything Now”. Two tracks from Bangalter were in Gaspar Noé’s 2018 film “Climax”. One of these tracks, “Sangria” had not been previously released. After Daft Punk Split in 2021, Bangalter contributed to a track on the 2022 film “En Corps”. In 2022, He had composed music for a ballet known as “Mythologies”. The music composed for the ballet would be released as an album in 2023. Bangalter appeared in press material and interviews without costume. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

There are several artists and bands called as TOGETHER: 1. A french house project of DJ Falcon and Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk, who recorded for Bangalter's label Roulé and whose most notable songs are 'So Much Love To Give' and 'Together'. The song "Together" begins with a short segment of speech from the film Pleasantville. The line "A time has come to make a decision: are we in this thing alone, or are we in it together?" appears in the bowling scene of the film. The main vocals in the song are sampled from Sweet Sensation's "Sincerely Yours". The background vocals were sampled from Slave's "Because of You". Musical elements of "Together" later appeared during the encore performance of Daft Punk's 2007 live sets. A recording of the encore is included in the two-disc edition of the live album Alive 2007. Both the sets and the album renewed interest in the song. Together also made the original version of Call On Me, which Eric Prydz made a remix of. Sadly, Together never got official clearance to use the sample. Prydz, however, did manage to get clearance for his mix, which led to most people crediting his version as the original. A early Together demo that was previously played in one of their live sets would be the basis for the Daft Punk track “Contact” in 2013 2. Together were a three piece British dance act from the acid house era, who released 'Hardcore Uproar' in 1990 on ffrr. This can be seen performed live at a Blackburn warehouse party here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2689610496113385307 3. Is DIY hardcore band from Lisbon, PT, formed in 2009. Grew up together in the political and activist hardcore environment, which affected our daily basic choices such as what we eat,what we wear, what we think and how we act. Together supports an anti-racist, anti-capitalist, drug free and 100% vegetarian lifestyle. Together we stand. www.myspace.com/togetherhxc 4. Together was a dutch heavy metal band from Apeldoorn, and was active between 1978 and 1985. 5. Together is a 5-piece band from Germany, formed in 2007. Their eclectic style includes hardcore punk with elements from classic rock, rock & roll, stoner rock and blues rock. 6. Together is a mysterious vaporwave project with cyberpunk aesthetic. freely available at: https://together8.bandcamp.com 7. Together was an acoustic duo formed of Keith Relf and Jim McCarty - who were both former members of the blues rock band "The Yardbirds". They formed this group shortly after the demise of the previous band. Both would shortly later go on to become members of the progressive rock band "Renaissance". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.