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Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. They achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement, combining elements of house music with funk, disco, rock and pop. Buy Daft Punk Merch Here!
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Daft Punk ( formed 1993 ) are a two-man French electronic music team. They emerged out of the French house music scene to become worldwide stars in dance music and later mainstream pop music. Their desire to avoid being filmed or heard speaking led them to wearing distinctive robot outfits when appearing in public. The robot helmets mesh with the duo’s tendency to blend futuristic elements with classic disco and pop sounds in their music.
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter first met in 1987 attending Lycee Carnot, a secondary school in Paris, France. They formed the guitar-based pop band Darlin’ with Laurent Brancowitz in 1992. The name for the group came from the Beach Boys song “Darlin’.” The group only recorded and released four tracks.
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Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo met in 1987 while attending the Lycée Carnot, a secondary school in Paris. The two became good friends through their shared love of music and film, and they would create their own short films and demo songs. This eventually led to the formation of the guitar-based group called Darlin’ with Laurent Brancowitz in 1992. Bangalter on bass, de Homem-Christo on guitar and vocals, while Brancowitz performed on drums. The indie rock trio had branded themselves after The Beach Boys song of the same name, which they covered along with an original composition.
Stereolab released both tracks on a multi-artist Duophonic Records EP and invited the band to open for stage shows in the United Kingdom. Bangalter felt that “the rock ‘n’ roll thing we did was pretty average, I think.” “It was so brief, maybe six months, four songs and two gigs, and that was it.” A negative review in Melody Maker subsequently dubbed the music “daft punky thrash.” Instead of dismissing the review, they found it to be amusing. As de Homem-Christo stated, “We struggled so long to find [the name] Darlin’, and this happened so quickly.” Darlin’ soon disbanded, leaving Brancowitz to pursue other efforts with Phoenix. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk and experimented with drum machines and synthesizers.
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