Daft punk is the collective name of Parisian musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, born on February 8, 1974, Y Thomas bangalter, born on June 3, 1975.
The duo is considered one of the most successful electronic music groups of all time, both in album sales and to critical acclaim. ’90s, the duo achieved great fame during the movement of House, in France.
Other artists of the level of Air, Cassius Y Dimitri From Paris, began to receive similar attention. Thomas bangalter Y Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo they met in the recesses of the Lyceum in Paris, in 1987.
The two became good friends and then recorded a demos with some friends from school. This eventually led to the formation of a band called Darwin, with Laurent brancowitz in 1992.
The Indie rock trio, would take its name from the eponymous theme of the Beach boys, a song that was constantly covered and that contains a super original composition.
Stereolab released both recordings in Duphonic Records and invited the opening band at the UK. A negative note in the magazine Melody maker, finally gave them the name, the critic said “A lot of daft punk”.
In 1993 Daft punk played at a rave in Euro Disney, where they met Stuart macmillan of Slam, co-founder of the label Soma Quality Recordings. They gave the demo to Macmillan at the rave, based on the theme “The New Wave”A limited release of 1994. The single also contained the final mix of “The New Wave“Called”Alive”.
In May 1995, the band returned to the studio to record “Da funk”. It became his first commercial success, the single from that year. After the success of the single, Daft Punk began looking for a manager. They had no problem getting Pedro Winter, who promoted them. The band signed a contract with Virgin records in September 1996.
In the year 1997 their first album called “Homework“, which included both singles. The album was a good synthesis of techno, house, acid house and electronic styles in general.
The video for the most successful single called “Around the world”Was made by the great director, Michel Gondry.
In order to 1999 the duo were recording their second album, which would arrive in the 2001, by name “Discovery”An album with many more synthesizers, a real phase of discovery, as its title says, discovery of childhood.
The single “One more time”Stood out in the first round and was a hit around the world, both in clubs and with video on television. Then came the hits “Digital love” Y “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger“Now they were unstoppable.
The 2003 saw out “Interstella 5555: The Story of the Secret Star System“, a film produced by Daft Punk under the supervision of Leiji Matsumoto.
Starting on September 13, 2004, Daft Punk gave six weeks to create their new material called “Human After All“, which came out in March of 2005. The singles were “Robot Rock“,”Technologic” Y “Human After All“
The May 21, 2006, Daft Punk, presented his film in Cannes, call “Daft Punk`s Electroma“. The film did not include its own music.
His new album, “Alive 2007“, the November 20, 2007.