Random Access Memories won five Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Get Lucky". In 2013, Daft Punk left Virgin for Columbia Records and released their fourth and final album, Random Access Memories, to acclaim lead single " Get Lucky" reached the top 10 in the charts of 27 countries. Daft Punk composed the score for the 2010 film Tron: Legacy. They toured throughout 20 and released the live album Alive 2007, which won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album the tour is credited for popularising dance music in North America. The duo directed their first film, Electroma, an avant-garde science fiction film, in 2006. Daft Punk's third album, Human After All (2005), received mixed reviews, though the singles " Robot Rock" and " Technologic" achieved success in the United Kingdom. It became the basis for an animated film, Interstella 5555, supervised by a Japanese animator Leiji Matsumoto. They were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter, the head of Ed Banger Records.ĭaft Punk's second album, Discovery (2001), had further success, supported by hit singles " One More Time", " Digital Love" and " Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". From 1999, they assumed robot personas with helmets, outfits and gloves for public appearances to preserve their identities they made few media appearances. Their debut studio album Homework was released by Virgin Records in 1997 to positive reviews, backed by singles " Around the World" and " Da Funk".
They garnered critical acclaim and commercial success in the years following, combining elements of house music with funk, techno, disco, indie rock and pop.Īfter Bangalter and Homem-Christo's indie rock band Darlin' disbanded, they began experimenting with drum machines and synthesisers. Widely regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history, they achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement.
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter.
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