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Although the group had only released a trio of singles ("The New Wave" and "Da Funk," as well as the 1996 limited pressing of "Musique"), in early 1996 Daft Punk were the subject of a minor bidding war. The group eventually signed with Virgin, with their first long-player, Homework, appearing early the following year (a brief preview of the album, "Musique," was ... featured on the Virgin compilation Wipeout XL next to tracks from Photek, Future Sound of London, the Chemical Brothers, and Source Direct). As with the earlier singles, the group's sound is a brazen, dancefloor-oriented blend of progressive house, funk, electro, and techno, with sprinklings of hip-hop-styled breakbeats and excessive, crowd-firing samples, similar to other anthemic dance-fusion acts such as the Chemical Brothers and Monkey Mafia. In addition to his role in Daft Punk, Bangalter operates the Roule label and has recorded under his own name (the underground smash "Trax on da Rocks") as well as Stardust (the huge club/commercial hit "Music Sounds Better with You"). After four long years of eagerly awaiting a follow-up to their brilliant debut, Daft Punk finally issued Discovery in March 2001. The live record Alive 1997 followed near the end of the year, and a by now predictable four-year wait preceded the release of Human After All in early 2005.
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Daft Punk’s single "Da Funk" was re-released on January 13 1997, followed on February 20 by the duo’s début album "Homework" which was to catapult them to international fame. The group had expressed a desire that the album should be released on vinyl rather than CD, and 50,000 copies were pressed. But "Homework", distributed in 35 countries around the world, sold over 2 millions copies in just a few months and extra stocks had to be hot-footed from the presses to the record shops. Daft Punk’s concept album proved phenomenally successful with young music fans worldwide, the duo's innovative techno fusion transcending national and cultural barriers. Music magazines and the international media hailed Daft Punk as exciting new talents, praising their original sound and raw energy.
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Daft Punk’s albums have one thing in common. They all utilise the bands logo as the main graphic. You’d think this would get boring after a while but it’s a smart move as all the albums are easily recognisable and have a nice twist on the logo. The creativity is in re interpreting the logo each time. This one has the sublty that at first glance is not noticed. It feels like underneath there is a wild disco going on inside and everyones invited.
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News about a new Daft Punk album started circulating last autumn. The French duo had been hard at it in the studio, working on the long-awaited "Human After All". Slated for release in March 2004, the album had in fact leaked to the Net long before then. It was recorded in just six weeks, with the ten tracks featuring a mix of guitars and electro beats. "Human After All" underwhelmed the critics, who accused the Paris-based group of sticking to their old formulas, both in music style and songwriting. But Daft Punk are no slouches and still managed to come up with enough potential hits to cook up a storm on the dancefloor. The first single from the album is "Robot Rock".
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Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo... known as Daft Punk, have created some of the most infectious and uncompromising music of their generation. Renowned for their innovative use of visuals, the videos for their first album Homework were directed by cult directors, including Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry. Their second album Discovery was conceived as the soundtrack to the anime film Interstella 5555, which they wrote and produced, in collaboration with Japanese artist Leiji Matsumoto. In 2005 they founded a film production company, Daft Arts, with Los Angeles-based produced Paul Hahn and editor Cedric Hervet. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo directed music videos for their songs "Robot Rock" and "Technologic", the latter of which was honored with the MVPA Award for Best Electronic Music Video of the Year.
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Still, amid Daft Punk mania, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo are being careful to retain the mystique they've worked so hard to build. For one, despite the overwhelming visual aspect of the recent tour, there will not be a live DVD to accompany "Alive 2007." ("That's the way we want to leave it right now," Bangalter says). For another, the pair won't put a timetable on when it will play more shows or return to the studio to begin work on a fourth album.
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