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Daft Punk: 1993 - 2021

Postby Monk BANzai » February 22nd, 2021, 1:38 pm

The legendary dance duo has called it quits 28 years after forming in Paris




Daft Punk, the Parisian duo responsible for some of the most popular dance and pop songs ever made, have split. They broke the news with an 8-minute video titled “Epilogue,” excerpted from their 2006 film Electroma. Asked if Daft Punk were no more, their longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier confirmed the news to Pitchfork but gave no reason for the breakup.

Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk in Paris in 1993, helping to define the French touch style of house music. Their debut album, 1997’s Homework, was a dance music landmark, featuring classic singles “Around the World” and “Da Funk.” By the release of its follow-up, Discovery, in 2001, the duo had taken to making public appearances in the robot outfits that became their trademark. The singles “One More Time” and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” cemented them as global superstars. Their imprint in the popular imagination continued to deepen in subsequent years, with records including third album Human After All, live LP Alive 2007, and the Tron: Legacy soundtrack album.

Twenty years into their career, Daft Punk blew up once more with “Get Lucky,” the lead single of their 2013 album Random Access Memories. The ubiquitous track sold millions of copies around the world and won two Grammys for the duo and guests Nile Rodgers and Pharrell Williams, both of whom also featured on follow-up single “Lose Yourself to Dance.” Random Access Memories earned Daft Punk a further three Grammys, including Album of the Year, and the ceremony hosted one of the last stagings of their spectacular live show. “When you know how a magic trick is done, it’s so depressing,” Bangalter told Pitchfork in a 2013 Cover Story. “We focus on the illusion because giving away how it’s done instantly shuts down the sense of excitement and innocence.”

The year of Random Access Memories’ release, Daft Punk were also credited with co-production on several tracks from Kanye West’s Yeezus, including the formidable opening trio of “On Sight,” “Black Skinhead,” and “I Am a God.” They would go on to collaborate with the Weeknd on the 2016 single “Starboy”—Daft Punk’s first Billboard singles chart topper—as well as a second hit, “I Feel It Coming.”

Beyond the singles, their visual identity, interstellar mystique, and party-music ethos inspired generations of artists across genres. LCD Soundsystem’s breakout song, “Daft Punk Is Playing at My House,” captured the duo’s paradoxical embodiment of hipster cool even as their singles dominated airwaves. They released several batches of incredible holiday merch. They were sampled by R&B greats Janet Jackson and Jazmine Sullivan, parodied in Family Guy and Powerpuff Girls, and celebrated in art galleries around the world.

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Re: Daft Punk: 1993 - 2021

Postby Duane 3NE 2NR » February 22nd, 2021, 3:19 pm

Sad news :(

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Re: Daft Punk: 1993 - 2021

Postby VexXx Dogg » February 22nd, 2021, 3:26 pm

Marketing, maybe? Genre slow?
Expect a reunion tour in a few years

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Re: Daft Punk: 1993 - 2021

Postby shogun » February 23rd, 2021, 12:32 am

They'll still be around. Pretty sure they'll be working on side projects and and producing for other artists behind the scenes. Sad to see them go though.

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Re: Daft Punk: 1993 - 2021

Postby SPK1983 » February 23rd, 2021, 6:26 am

VexXx Dogg wrote:Marketing, maybe? Genre slow?
Expect a reunion tour in a few years


I think it's more about age catching up with them, they probably wanted to close things out their way.

Plus, they didn't need to disband to generate hype for a tour - their last world tour was in 2007. That alone would have been enough.

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Re: Daft Punk: 1993 - 2021

Postby sMASH » February 23rd, 2021, 8:00 am

that vid made it seem like one dead, leaving the next one to go on.

but even if breaking up, thats the way to go, on a high note. unlike the undertaker who kept on for years long after u saw he couldnt cut it.

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Re: Daft Punk: 1993 - 2021

Postby Dizzy28 » February 23rd, 2021, 8:40 am

Awaits a surprise appearance at Ultra in 3-5 years time!!!

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Re: Daft Punk: 1993 - 2021

Postby Greypatch » February 24th, 2021, 6:17 pm

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