Daft Punk
| Daft Punk | |
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 Daft Punk in one of their live shows. |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | House |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Soma Quality Recordings, Daft Life, Virgin Records (1996-2012), Columbia Records (2013-present) |
| Website | www.daftpunk.com |
| Members | |
| Thomas Bangalter Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo |
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Daft Punk is a band from France. There are two people in the band, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). Daft Punk uses computers to make their music.
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History [change]
How the members met and Darlin' era [change]
Both of the two Daft Punk members went to the same school in Paris. They became friends and recorded a demo track with other students from the school. Thomas Bangalter played bass while Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo played guitar.
They formed a band called Darlin'.
The Darlin' experience did not last very long and after a show they performed in the United Kingdom, a newspaper qualified the music of Thomas and Guy-Manuel as "daft punk" (silly punk music).
Thomas and Guy-Manuel were amused by this nickname and officially adopted it, and that's how they became the well known Daft Punk.[source?]
First Album: Homework [change]
In 1995, Daft Punk began to record in the studio a song called Da Funk which became their first commercial success. After that success, Daft Punk looked for a manager, and they chose Pedro Winter who is also known by the name Busy P.
The idea of Homework debuted when Daft Punk signed with Virgin Records.
That album became one of the most essential house albums of the nineties after that it had been released in 1997.
Second Album: Discovery [change]
In 1999, Daft Punk returned to recording studio to work on Discovery which would be their second album and their second success. Discovery reached the second place on the UK Charts. One More Time, their first single from Discovery, became a giant hit around the globe and Daft Punk became one of the most famous electronic music groups.
Daft Punk used many samples (little sounds from other songs) to compose songs like Face to Face, Too Long and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger. (Kanye West's 2007 song Stronger from the album Graduation uses a large sample from Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.)
In 2003, Daft Punk released the full-length animated movie Interstella 5555. The band worked with the Japanese animation company Toei Animation and the famous Japanese producer named Leiji Matsumoto to create this film. It is a fully animated story that is set to the Discovery album from start to finish and with no additional words and only a few added sound effects.
Third Album: Human After all [change]
2004. Daft Punk spent six weeks on their third album. Human After All was a subject of controversy, concerning some aggressive aspects in songs like Technologic, saying that most of the songs were too repetitive.
De Homem-Christo and Bangalter only said:"We believe that Human After All speaks for itself".
Tron: Legacy [change]
Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski along with music supervisor Jason Bentley, asked the duo to make the soundtrack. When asked why Kosinski chose Daft Punk was as described in an interview at a Comic Con panel: "How could you not at least go to those guys?".
In 2010, Tron: Legacy and its soundtrack were released with songs like Derezzed being praised often compared to Interstella 5555. The music focused more on orchestra and psychedelic style sound.
Fourth Album: Random Access Memories [change]
2013. After 8 years since their last official album, Daft Punk revealed Random Access Memories released in May of that year. Columbia Records became their new label after many years with Virgin Records.
They have worked with other artists like Giorgio Moroder, Todd Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Panda Bear, Chilly Gonzales, DJ Falcon, Julian Casablancas, Paul Williams and Pharrell Williams. The lead single Get Lucky featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers, was met with critical acclaim and broke a record on the music streaming service Spotify becoming the most played track in a first day release. A small town in Australia called Wee Waa was chosen as the launch party for the album.
Random Access Memories had very little electronic music in it and focused on disco, funk and jazz.
