![]() Responsible for some of the most popular dance. Similarly, their website shows only the Epilogue video. On Monday, electronic duo Daft Punk announced that they are breaking up after a 28 year-long collaboration. The video was shared, without any other details, on their Facebook page, while their other social platforms (Twitter and Instagram) had remained dormant since 20 respectively. ![]() Thomas Bangalter, right, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. A reason for the decision to break-up has not been given. In the wake of Daft Punk's break-up, Rolling Stone Music Now podcast looks back at their era-defining story. ![]() You can see the pair’s farewell video, which contains footage from their 2006 film, Electroma below. The album scored Daft Punk three Grammy awards, including Album Of The Year. Popular French electronic music duo Daft Punk have announced they are splitting up after more than 28 years performing together, according to an apparent retirement video posted online. Their entry into the music hall of fame is written and their legend as one of dance music’s greatest acts is. The duo originated in France and had been active since 1993 until 2021 when their disbandment was formally announced. The robots ruled underground dance music and then transcended into full-blown pop stars before turning into a mythical entity that rarely made public appearances. The duo had released four studio albums, several singles, music videos and a full-length movie. They would also team up with The Weeknd for what would be their first Billboard No 1 single, Starboy.ĭaft Punk then followed this up with 2005’s Human After All, the live albums Live 1997 and Live 2007 and the film soundtrack to Tron: Legacy.īy 2013 they achieved another huge hit, with Random Access Memories which contained the single Get Lucky, featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers while another single, Instant Crush featured vocals from The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas. Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo comprising of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. According to an interview with Vice, “everything was erased, we had to start all over again”.īut their second album, Discovery would go on to be an even bigger smash, with singles One More Time, Digital Love, and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, which was later sampled by Kanye West, who also employed the pair for production work on his 2016 studio album, Yeezus. By February 2001, the album had sold more than two million copies worldwide.īy 9th September 1999 (9/9/99) the pair had formed upon the idea to wear robot helmets, in a nod to the “9999 bug” that corrupted their computer hardware and ruined their sampler. Homework made the charts in 14 different countries, including No 3 on the French Albums Chart and No 8 on the UK Albums Chart. The Parisian dance duo, made up of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, first began working together in 1993 and released their debut album, Homework in 1997, which featured early hits Da Funk and Around The World. Daft Punk have called time on their career, sharing a video entitled Epilogue, to announce the break up.
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