By LoffMusic – October 2025
Yes, yes, yes… what you are reading is REAL:
Thomas Bangalter -the human-robotic half of Daft Punk- has returned to DJ after 16 years.
And he didn’t do it at Coachella, nor at a mainstream festival…
BUT WITHOUT A MASK 🤯
and with Fred Again…, Erol Alkan and Busy P by his side.
The miracle site:
📍 Centre Pompidou, Paris
📅 Last night before it closes 5 years for works
🎉 Because Music 20th anniversary celebration.
This was electronic history.
💿 The setlist that gave us back the French Touch.
Bangalter threw out Daft Punk classics that left our hearts electric:
- Rollin’ & Scratchin’
- Digital Love
- Contact
💥 + “Galvanise” by The Chemical Brothers
💥 + a film moment: score by Jonny Greenwood
In other words: Daft Punk + Chemical Brothers + Radiohead extended universe.
WE MISSED A JUSTICE FIGHT AND WE WOULD HAVE THE COMPLETE MULTIVERSE.
💫 Statements that brought us to tears at 128 BPM.
Fred Again… revealed on Instagram a couple of emotional bombshells:
“Thomas told me that he first fell in love with electronics…
in this very building, in 1992.”
🤯
“He also told me that he hadn’t done a set without a helmet for 24 years.”
And Fred finished it off like this:
“I hope it won’t be another 24 years until the next one.”
We are with you, Fred. NO MORE ETERNAL WAITING, thank you.
🎭 No mask, no script, no cheap nostalgia.
Bangalter had already returned to the spotlight with his classic-experimental album Mythologies (2023)
and his Fortnite appearance this year, helmets included.
But this… this is different:
Here did not come the robot 👉 came the person.
And the message was clear:
🎙️ Thomas Bangalter is not just Daft Punk
Nor his past
Nor his helmet
This set was a statement:
the French Touch still breathes – and breathes strong.
🔥What does this mean for the future?
THREE POSSIBILITIES:
1️⃣ Thomas returns to DJ more (🙏)
2️⃣ Thomas brings out club music again (👽)
3️⃣ Thomas reunites Guy-Man and…
ok, WE DON’T GET AHEAD 😵💫
But if anything was clear last night:
📌 Daft Punk may be disbanded
but the pulse is pounding
and Bangalter still has gas to burn tracks
✅ Conclusion LoffMusic.
After 16 years:
Thomas Bangalter went down to the booth as a mortal…
andcame out as a LEGEND.
And now…
💬 Thomas, if you read this:
not another 16 years.
Not 24.
Not 6.
Not one.
