Daft Punk - Biography

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Thomas Bangalter had a major club hit with "Music Sounds Better With You" in 1998, collaborating with Alan Braxe and Benjamin Diamond under the name Stardust on his own Roulé-label. In 2002 he produced the motion picture soundtrack for Gaspar Noé's Irréversible. Bangalter teamed up to create Together with DJ Falcon, who subsequently released the club smash "So Much Love To Give". Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo operates his own music label, Crydamoure. "Technologic" was used by Apple Computer for its iPod commercial campaign. Daft Punk appeared with Juliette Lewis in a commercial for the The Gap (video link), and are contractually obligated to appear only in Gap clothing. Daft Punk's "Technologic" was sampled by Swizz Beats for a Busta Rhymes song called "Touch It". Daft Punk will be making their first US appearance in 6 years, during the Coachella festival 2006.

Daft Punk Detailed Biography -

Daft Punk is the collective name of Paris musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). The duo have released five albums, thirteen singles and are considered one of the most successful electronic music collaborations of all time, both in album sales and in critical acclaim. The name Daft Punk was inspired by a review in the British music magazine Melody Maker, which dubbed their first collaboration, the Beach Boys-inspired guitar group Darlin', "a bunch of daft punk." Daft Punk's debut single "The New Wave" (Soma, 1994) was followed by their first commercially successful single "Da Funk" (1995). The album Homework (Virgin, 1997) was regarded as an innovative synthesis of techno, house, acid house and electro styles, and is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential dance music albums of the nineties. "Around The World" was the most successful single from Homework. "Homework" may be a reference to the album's focus: house music, although it more likely refers to the fact that the album was recorded in the duo's home studio. 2001's Discovery, with its more commercial, synth-pop-oriented style, disappointed some fans of Homework. Nevertheless, it sold very well, making second place on the UK charts, and its single "One More Time" was a major club hit, inciting a new generation of fans mainly familiar with the sophomore Daft Punk release. Some have interpreted the title of "Discovery" literally as "very disco", as much of the style of the album hearkens to the disco era. In an interview with Daft Punk in Remix Magazine Online, the group said that the album was conceived as an attempt to re-connect with a playful, open minded attitude associated with the discovery phase of childhood. This helps explain as well the heavy use of themes and samples from the late '70s to early '80s era on the album.