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and today we'll be taking a look at the
history of Daft Punk Daft Punk formed in
the early 1990s when french musicians de
manuel de homem-christo and thomas
bangalter
disbanded their rock trio darlin in
favor of pursuing another project with a
more electronic sound in 1993 the two
artists presented a demo to scottish
techno label soma records not long after
the pair released its first single the
new wave in 1994 their first
commercially successful single came just
a year later the funk was an all
instrumental track originally released
in 1995 and re-released the following
year as a single by the band's new label
Virgin Records this 96 re-release was
accompanied by a spike jonze directed
music video Daft Punk's debut record was
1997 s homework combining techno house
and rave elements the album was
extremely influential to the 1990s dance
music it also spawned the extremely
successful single around the world and a
music video directed by Michel Gondry a
collection featuring all of home works
legendary music videos called da ft a
story about dogs Androids firemen and
tomatoes was released in 1999 though the
group had previously performed without
costumes they started wearing masks
during their homework shows for press
appearances they had their faces
digitally concealed or substituted by
animation the group's sophomore effort
was 2001 s discovery this record sound
featured a more disco and synth pop
infused style than their debut and
sampled songs from the 70s and 80s the
high charting album also generated
several successful singles such as face
to face harder better faster stronger
faster
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and the cult hit one more time that's a
mere daft punk's first live album alive
1997 was released Daft Punk's popularity
rose throughout the discovery years it
was also during this period that the
band changed their look at their shows
and rare press appearances they donned
futuristic robot suits and even wore LED
enhanced helmets in advertising
campaigns in 2003 the musical film
interstella 550 55 the story of the
secret star system was released and it
contained a Japanese animated episode
for each song on the discovery album
centering on the rescue of a kidnapped
alien band the film was co-produced by
Daft Punk themselves and supervised by
manga artist
Leiji Matsumoto a remix album entitled
Daft club also came out in 2003 2005 saw
the release of album number 3 human
after all this time the duo added
components of rock and minimalism to
their sound which garnered mixed reviews
nonetheless the album was nominated for
a Grammy and produced singles such as
robot rock and technologic
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that punk went through another costume
change with the release of human after
all their simplified outfits were made
up of black leather jackets and pants
and maintained head gear similar to that
of the discovery era the duo kept busy
in 2006 with the release of the remix
album human after all remixes and a
collection of songs and videos called
music vol iron 1993 to 2005 they also
played several shows including their
first u.s. performance in almost a
decade at the Coachella Valley Music and
Arts Festival
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2006 was also the year they made their
directorial debut with the film premiere
of Daft Punk's electro mom
in 2007 Daft Punk embarked on the alive
2007 world tour where they headlined
several major festivals as well as
several sold-out Australian dates the
grammy-winning live album alive 2007
also came out that year then in 2008
Daft Punk had their first televised live
performance at the 50th annual Grammy
Awards when they performed the single
stronger with rapper Kanye West Daft
Punk then returned to the studio to work
on new material in 2009 they composed
the score for Tron Legacy a movie in
which they would make a cameo both the
soundtrack and the film were released in
December 2010 with their blend of
electro techno disco and pop Daft Punk
brought house music to the mainstream
combined with their mysterious image
explosive live performances and
memorable music videos these French
musicians are sure to keep dance floors
hoppin well into the future
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