2001's Discovery expanded on this sound by combining soul and disco samples with slick production, and would later serve as the score for an anime film, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (directed by the legendary Leiji Matsumoto, a childhood hero of the band).Ģ005's Human After All was a minimalistic, industrial-influenced album early attempts to film music videos led to the content being expanded into a feature-length art film, Daft Punk's Electroma, which eschewed use of the album's music to explore its Central Theme of the duality of man and machine. They released four studio albums, alongside film scores, two films of their own creation and several side projects.ġ997's Homework (and its live album counterpart Alive 1997) was a showcase of various flavors of house (French, Chicago, acid) that, alongside music videos from Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry, served as many people's introduction to house music and electronica in general. Nevertheless, Daft Punk's work definitely furthered the acceptance of electronic music in mainstream culture. Daft Punk was one of the most popular electronic bands ever (along with Kraftwerk, Yellow Magic Orchestra and a few others).įormed in 1993 by Frenchmen Thomas Bangalter (born 3 January 1975) and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born 8 February 1974), the duo popularized French house music and established many of its elements, to the point where they are sometimes mistakenly credited as having created the genre.
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