Daft Punk

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29.11.2010 16:59
Daft Punk recorded their new album without synthesizers
Daft Punk revealed that during the work on their new album they tried to distance themselves from electronic music, and even decided not to use synthesizers – all to make their music "timeless".

27.10.2010 14:55
Daft Punk unveiled new song
French electronic duo has unveiled one of the songs from its upcoming album. Titled Derezzed, it plays in the trailer for the new Tron: Legacy movie. It also will be included in the soundtrack of the film itself.

27.09.2010 20:54
Daft Punk announced release date for new album
Daft Punk finally unveiled release date for their highly anticipated new album, which features soundtrack for TRON: Legacy movie. According to the band, several tracks were recorded in London with an orchestra featuring 100 musicians.

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Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, citizens of Paris, were acquainted in their native city in the far 1987. They became best friends, invited one more artist, and started recording music under the name of Darling in 1992. It is hard to imagine, but at that time, the future electronica monsters played the mixture of punk and indie-rock, covering the hit songs of other collectives. Local critics described one of their performances in the Great Britain as "daft punk". However, the review did not offend the musicians - on the contrary, they found the critical overview to be extremely amusing. They disbanded Darling and started creating electronica as a duo in 1993. It is not hard to guess that they called the new project Daft Punk. The band immediately signed to the major French label Soma Quality Recordings and released the first single The New Wave in 1994. Daft Punk undoubtedly managed to catch the eye of the public, and the next single Da Funk was a sound success all over the world. In September 1996, Daft Punk transmitted to the studio Virgin Records, recording the debut album Homework a year later.

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