![]() Once the suits are off, with their stonewashed denim, black T-shirts, grey sweaters, Bangalter and his longtime bandmate Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo can blend into any crowd. There’s the paradox: they enjoy worldwide fame, but Daft Punk remains the most anonymous band ever, with those robot helmets - an emblem as well as protection against overwhelming stardom. From that point, every orientation became possible.” ![]() It was clear to us right from the beginning when it was still easy to just duplicate our hits to infinity. We need to reinvent everything, every time we’re working on a project. “Our leitmotiv,” declares Thomas Bangalter, “is never to repeat ourselves. They reinvented techno music with Homework (1997), the first true point of reference in the genre, they brought back and updated 1970s synthetic Disco music with Discovery (2001) before coming back to hard-hitting rock ‘n roll with Human After All (2005) – which was ill received by the critics but still influential for many. There's been just four albums (and a soundtrack) since 1993: these boys like to take their time before releasing anything.ĭaft Punk live in Los Angeles in 2007 - Photo: Travis Hornung All this success, despite their scarce public appearances, concerts and albums. The singles Da Funk (1996), Around The World (1997), One More Time (2000), Harder Better Faster Stronger (2001) all contributed to the millions of albums the band sold, all over the world. Their dance anthems belong to the collective unconscious. ![]() This was the beginning of an unmatched success for a French outfit, which has lasted to this very day: 20 years later, Daft Punk is among the most popular bands on earth, no one would dare to call them daft, now. ![]() No offense was taken to that two-word description, and two of the band mates, in fact, decided to use this insult as their new project in electronic music. An English journalist uses the words "Daft Punk" to qualify the music of a small French band of three teen rock fans that was calling itself Darlin’. ![]()
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