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Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo (b. 8 February 1974) met Thomas Bangalter (b. 3 January 1975) when they both attended school in Paris, France, in 1987. In 1992, heavily influenced by the Beach Boys, they recorded a song under the name Darling, which in turn found its way onto a compilation single issued on Stereolab's Duophonic label. A review in the UK's Melody Maker described their effort as "a bunch of daft punk", which depressed the pair but unwittingly gave them a name for their next project.

Increasingly influenced by the house sounds filtering across from the UK and the USA, they signed with the Scottish label Soma Records and, in 1994, released the single "New Wave". However, it was their 1995 offering, an insanely catchy slice of techno /funk, "Da Funk", that really set the Daft Punk bandwagon rolling, especially when the Chemical Brothers spotted its floor-filling potential during their DJ sets.

One important factor in the duo's sound is that they are not dance music purists; neither had been to a dance club until 1992 and their music is as influenced as much by Roxy Music and the Ramones as it is by house and techno pioneers such as Laurent Garnier. There is also a strong streak of old-style disco running through their work; Bangalter's father wrote hits for Ottawan and the Gibson Brothers, and "Da Funk" is based around a riff from a vintage R303 bass machine. The re-release of "Da Funk" by Virgin Records, and the subsequent Homework, broke Daft Punk to an overground audience that had for too many years seen French pop as synonymous with crooners such as Johnny Hallyday. Bangalter's alter ego, Stardust, was responsible for "Music Sounds Better With You", one of the club anthems of 1998. After breaking so much new ground with their debut, the pressure was on the duo to repeat the success with their second album.

Discovery proved to be a far more commercial outing, allaying the hard house grooves of the debut with plenty of highly melodic retro synth-pop. Stand-out tracks "One More Time" (featuring Romanthony ), "Digital Love" and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" were immediately hailed as new classics.

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Daft punk | Reviewer: Radley | 3/20/09

they are.. well i dont really know how to describe such an awsome band, is there any words really? I love their music! they are one of a kind, I hope to see more from them in future years to come, they deserve all this praise they have worked so hard for it!

Daft Punk | Reviewer: Will | 9/3/08

They are my faveorite band in the whole world, they have awesome and original music. They also have awesome videos like Interstella 5555 and Electroma, and they are so awesome! and Cool! and Awesome! Best group ever.

Thieves, Stealing, Not Original, Liars, Fakes, etc.,etc.etc | Reviewer: Daria-Tanis J. Spenke | 8/6/08

The entire "Interstellar 5555" music came from other artists: Edwin Birdsong's Cola Bottle Baby, Beorge Duke's I Love You More,Breakwater's Release the Beast, Little Anthony and the Imperials: Can You Imagine. You be the judge. Listen to these tunes and be honest! Who's Fooling/Lying/Stealing Who? Daft Punk, admit it!!

Awesome!!!! | Reviewer: Reece | 12/12/07

I got into these guys through a friend...
I listened to "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" for the first time and was just amazed!!!
I now am a huge fan of these guys!!!

THEY FREAKKIN ROCK!!!!

daft is amaxin! | Reviewer: Austin | 12/1/07

i've just ecently re-discovered daft punk. i knew many of their songs from when i was younger but didn't recognize them til they started singing:). and when they did, i fell in love with them. i have every song except for one more time on my ipod,which annoys me because i can't get that song. but i originally discovered them by listening to "harder,better,faster stronger" and i was really into that song. so i did "the daft hands". that was a hit wherever i went and showed people. i'm still perfecting it but i plan on doing it for technologic too and trying to get more people to expand their horizons and get into daft!

Best Band Ever | Reviewer: mhnest656@yahoo.com | 11/12/07

I love Daft Punk. They are awesome!! I listen to them all the time. Not for everyone, just for people with a good taste in music.

About Daft Punk | Reviewer: Gary Teo | 8/1/07

I really know this one

my cousin has the new album of Daft Punk
i think he buyed it when the album was coming out.

i just heard the music and i love them as since 1995.

Daft Punk is the most amazing group and there Tour is amazing!
in the Netherlands the rocked!!

<Da Funknes> | Reviewer: Digital Hero | 4/26/07

Daft Punk is not a techno :P
It is house music. 'Electronic music' is more acurate than 'techno' ;)
Hear JUSTICE from Ed Banger..if u luv DF - u will luv JUSTICE :)

Kiko | Reviewer: Anonymous | 2/9/07

It's not a techno. This music not for everyone. But i love it

Great, great, this is quality music! | Reviewer: Celeste | 4/28/06

They're my favorite techno band and I'm not even that much into techno! it stresses me out with its beats. However, daft punk is...something else. I think it goes beyond music genres and tastes, because no matter if you like them or not, you still have to admit that man, they're good! And no matter what your tastes in music are, you'll probably like them anyway. Look at me for example. I'm into the modern punk scene for example Simple Plan, Finnish metal bands such as nightwish and HIM, and I have a thing for U2, and I don't like techno, but I will listen to any daft punk song because they're definitely good music, great quality, and well...looking forward to more and more from them.

Celeste

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