Daft Punk - Technologic

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Between French touch, Kanye West, and the traveling pleasuredome that was the Alive 2007tour, Daft Punk were pretty much everywhere in 2007. And while a hefty portion of that was due to the brain-melting amazingness of their live show, a lot of it also seemed to emanate from forces bigger than the band itself. From "Stronger" right on through to the approximate 9,000 Rapidshare-distributed bedroom DJ mixes to feature some kind of Daft Punk namecheck, this year felt a little bit like a marathon Hall of Fame induction party.

Once just your garden variety DJ heroes, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo suddenly seem much larger. As French house continues to pop up in all sorts of unexpected places, their role as dance music's ambassadors to the mainstream becomes more pronounced by the day

Daft Punk - Around the World

Interview with Daft Punk

Interview with Daft Punk
by Dave "the Wave" Dresden
In the past, it has been really difficult to speak much about the French music scene. I mean really, when was the last time anyone talked about a French artist of any genre? Save for M.C. Solaar, I couldn't think of anyone who resides in France and makes music from the last ten years. At least that was the case. Now with the dance scene on the rise there, France has been exporting some great stuff. Artists such as Micronauts, Dimiri From Paris, Air and Laurent Garnier have been concocting neat beats which show remarkable artistry. Of course on the top of that artist neuveux list is the French duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, better known as Daft Punk. Unlike thier name, Daft Punk make dance music -- amazing dance music. Dance music with heavy, filtered drum tracks, basslines so tight it sounds like Bootsy Collins was in the studio with them, and they can even play live -- it all adds up to dance music which is going to change the face of how people in America perceive dance music. Out for the balance of the last two years, their mantra, "Da Funk" has recently started making the rounds here in America as a double a-sided single with last year's rare-as-dinosaur-bones house track "Musique."

Daft Punk - harder better faster stronger

Daft Punk

Biography

Daft Punk is a multi Grammy Award-winning electronic music duo formed in 1994 in Paris, France, and consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born 8 February 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born 3 January 1975). The band is considered one of the most successful electronic music collaborations of all time, both in album sales and in critical acclaim.

Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 90s house movement in France, along with other artists such as Air, Cassius, and Dimitri from Paris. Daft Punk are credited with producing songs that were considered essential in the French house scene. They were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter (Busy P), the head of Ed Banger Records.