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Тексты песен Daft Punk

Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
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Daft Punk - One More Time
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Daft Punk - Digital Love
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Daft Punk - Something About Us
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Daft Punk - Face To Face
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Daft Punk - Too Long
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Daft Punk - Wdpk 83.7 Fm
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Daft Punk - Revolution 909
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Daft Punk - Around The World
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Daft Punk - Teachers
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Daft Punk - Oh Yeah
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Daft Punk - One more time
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Daft Punk - Digital love
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Daft Punk - Robot rock
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Информация о артисте

Daft Punk — французский хаус-дуэт, состоящий из Ги-Мануэля де Омем-Кристо (Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo, родился 8 февраля 1974) и Томаса Бангальте (Thomas Bangalter, 3 января 1975).

Томас и Гай-Мэн (сценическое имя Ги-Мануэля), когда им было всего по 17 лет, основали свою первую группу — Darlin' — вместе с Лораном Бранковицем (Laurent Brancowitz, псевдоним — Бранко), который сейчас выступает в группе Phoenix. В 1992 году вышла песня с тем же названием, что и группа, — Darlin'. В Великобритании их роковый звук не встретил настоящего понимания со стороны критиков. Журналист британского музыкального журнала Melody Maker описал стиль группы как daft punk (глупый/дурной/чокнутый/бессмысленный/ненормальный панк).

Бранко оставил группу, а Томас и Гай-Мэн увлеклись хаусом и техно. В 1993-м они основали Daft Punk.

Daft Punk — начало

Их первые синглы выходили не во Франции, где как будто и не заметили появления электронно-танцевальной музыки, а на шотландском лейбле Soma. С 1994 года вышли 3 сингла — The New Wave/Assault/Alive, Da Funk/Rollin' & Scratchin' и Indo Silver Club. На британской андеграунд-сцене они быстро сделали себе имя благодаря своему жёсткому авангардному звуку и стали всё чаще выступать на фестивалях и других мероприятиях.

Первого коммерческого успеха дуэт достиг в 1995 году с появлением композиции Da Funk. Год спустя они ушли с Soma и опубликовали Da Funk снова, на этот раз на крупном лейбле — Virgin, который заключил с ними контракт на 3 студийных альбома и синглы к ним. По слухам, Virgin и сегодня выделяет больше всего средств из своего бюджета именно для Daft Punk.

Homework

Международный успех пришёл, когда Daft Punk представили публике свой первый студийный альбом — Homework (17 января 1997 года). В альбом, насчитывающий 16 треков, вошли, помимо прочего, почти все песни с синглов, вышедших на Soma. Хитами в других странах стали прежде всего Around the World, Revolution 909 и Da Funk. Альбом Homework выделяется благодаря бесцеремонному обращению с хаус-жанром, а также «панковости», искажённости сэмплов и другим экспериментам. Неоспоримо то, что этот альбом оказал существенное влияние на хаус 1997—2001 годов. С Homework начался так называемый filter house.

Визуальное воплощение новаторской музыки было поручено таким режиссёрам, как Мишель Гондри (Michel Gondry, клип Around the World), Спайк Джоунз (Spike Jonze, клип Da Funk) и Роман Коппола (Roman Coppola, клип Revolution 909). Позже Томас и Гай-Мэн собственными силами сняли видеоклип на Fresh.

Среди артистов, выпустивших ремиксы для Daft Punk, есть знаменитые имена, такие как Masters At Work (Around the World), Ian Pooley (Burnin') и Armand van Helden (Da Funk).

В 1999 году проект занёс себе в актив фильм, вышедший на DVD и VHS, под названием D.A.F.T. — A Story about Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes. Он включал в себя сборник всех видеоклипов, вышедших до этого времени, с дополнительными материалами и несколько живых выступлений.

Homework распродан тиражом примерно 2 миллиона экземпляров (по состоянию на 2001 год).

Homework принёс достаточно денег в кассу дуэта, чтобы предоставить ему широкие возможности для дальнейших музыкальных экспериментов. После мирового турне 1997 года Томас и Гай-Мэн с головой ушли в дела своего собственного лейбла Roule, он же Crydamoure. В 1998 году Томас вместе с Эланом Брэксом (Alan Braxe) и Бенджамином Даймондом (Benjamin Diamond) под именем Stardust выпустил в свет хит мирового уровня Music Sounds Better with You, который до сих пор остаётся электронной музыкальной композицией, распроданной в наибольшем количестве копий.

One More Time

Песня One More Time, вышедшая 10 ноября 2000 года, — ещё один интернациональный хит № 1. Она была записана вместе с певцом Romanthony (участие которого всё время замалчивается) и разошлась тиражом более 4 миллионов, став самым большим коммерческим успехом Daft Punk. One More Time стала также музыкальной цезурой (резкой переменой — Примечание переводчика) в творчестве дуэта. Если раньше на переднем плане стояли бас модели TR-909 и эсид-синт-шлейфы, то теперь ставка была сделана на многочисленные синтезаторы фирмы Vintage и комплексную обработку текста и мелодии. Такая смена курса стала предметом горячих споров. Многие фаны и критики до сих пор считают One More Time экивоком в сторону Virgin и поэтому не уверены в творческой «честности» этой песни.

Discovery

Благодаря той славе, которую годом раньше снискала One More Time, ничто уже не могло помешать успеху альбома Discovery. Выход альбома, насчитывающего 14 треков, состоялся 9 марта 2001 года и сопровождался небывало масштабной для хаус-альбома маркетинговой кампанией.

В музыкальном плане альбом был продолжением One More Time. Рядом с симпатичными мелодиями треков Digital Love и Something About Us на альбоме оказались и треки, подходящие для танцпола, такие как Crescendolls и Superheroes. В то же время Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger и Short Circuit напомнили о хитах с Homework.

Технической основой почти всех треков стало сэмплирование. Здесь нашла применение формула, которая уже привела к успеху песню Music Sounds Better with You.

При этом главная составляющая мелодии бралась из фанкового или диско-трека и видоизменялась и обогащалась при помощи электроники, и получалась новая композиция. Таким образом, повторяющийся сэмпл из Superheroes — не что иное, как часть песни Who’s been Sleeping in my Bed, написанной Бэрри Манилоу (Barry Manilow).

Хотя этот метод применялся и в Homework, и многими другими артистами до этого, но именно альбому Discovery удалось достичь самой высокой на сегодняшний день гармоничности звучания.

В отличие от их первого альбома, который они почти целиком спродюсировали самостоятельно, в этот раз Томас и Гай-Мэн сотрудничали с другими артистами, такими как Todd Edwards, Romanthony и DJ Sneak.

Уже после релиза альбома появились хитовые ремиксы от Jess & Crabbe и The Neptunes (Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger).

Несмотря на успех в чартах и 2,6 миллиона проданных альбомов, Discovery стал для компании Virgin менее выгодной сделкой, чем Homework, не в последнюю очередь из-за огромных расходов на рекламу, которые лейбл взял на себя.

От видеоклипов к «Интерстелле 5555»

Во время работы над Discovery дуэт начал готовить киносценарий, основанный на песнях альбома. Ради такой «киноверсии» альбома они смогли привлечь к сотрудничеству японскую киностудию Toei. Под руководством кумира молодёжи, режиссёра аниме-фильмов Лейдзи Мацумото (Leiji Matsumoto), был снят 60-минутный аниме-мюзикл «Интерстелла 5555: история секретной звёздной системы» (Interstella 5555 — The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem).

Первое представление о фильме общественность получила в 2000—2001 годах, поскольку первые 15 (или около 15) минут фильма были в то же время видеоклипами к 4 синглам, раскрученным на телевидении, — One More Time, Aerodynamic, Digital Love и Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

«Интерстелла 5555» вышла в прокат по Японии в 2003 году, но за пределами Японии шла только в некоторых кинотеатрах, главным образом во Франции и США.

Фильм отличается фантасмагорическим оформлением сцен и напоминает о давно прошедших временах аниме-фильмов и, кроме того, выражает критически-ироническое отношение к музыкальной индустрии.

Сюжет

Алчный музыкальный продюсер похищает группу с отдалённой планеты, с тем чтобы, сделав их внешне похожими на людей, преподнести их на Земле как «открытие» (по-английски discovery — Примечание переводчика) и вывести на вершину хит-парадов. Но жизнь в свете рампы становится для «Crescendolls» (Крещендоллз, Крещендо-марионетки — Примечание переводчика) — такое имя они получают на Земле — безрадостной, похожей на летаргический сон, гибельной для души. В это время астронавт Шеп, поклонник группы, которому было поручено спасти их, летит на своём корабле на Землю, чтобы освободить своих кумиров. Лишь в последний момент становится ясно, что злой продюсер задумал намного больше, чем «просто» ещё один «золотой» альбом в своей коллекции…

Появление фильма вызвало фурор в международных кругах поклонников аниме, но всё же осталось практически неизвестно широкой публике — кроме японской, — хотя фильм вышел на DVD в том числе во Франции и Германии.

Предполагается, что Daft Punk полностью оплатили производство фильма из своего кармана и что расходы составили несколько миллионов евро.

Daft Club

В отношении интернета Daft Punk тоже пошли нетрадиционными путями. В самый разгар войны между Napster, пиринговой сетью того времени, и музыкальной индустрией дуэт бесплатно разместил свои треки и ремиксы в интернете.

Доступ к этим файлам получили все, кто приобрёл альбом Discovery, до декабря 2003 года продававшийся вместе с членской картой фан-клуба Daft Club. Пользователи могли, введя свой персональный номер, либо прослушать песни на закрытом сайте www.daftclub.com, либо даже скачать их. Эти песни в формате MP3 не были защищены от проигрывания технически и очень скоро распространились в пиринговых сетях.

Фан-клуб Daft Club до сих пор остаётся редким примером творческого подхода артистов к использованию пиринговой сети. В 2003 году под названием Daft Club была выпущена компиляция, включившая все помещённые на сайт композиции и несколько новых треков.

Human After All

Human After All — так называется 3-й студийный альбом, вышедший 14 марта 2005 года. Звукозаписывающая компания EMI перенесла выпуск альбома на неделю позже, чем планировалось изначально, в знак протеста против того факта, что альбом в феврале 2005 года был выложен для скачивания из пиринговых сетей. Human After All содержит 10 треков. Альбом был записан и сведён полностью всего за несколько недель, с 13 сентября по 9 ноября 2004 года. Первый сингл, Robot Rock, продавался в некоторых музыкальных интернет-магазинах уже в конце января 2005 года и имел успех ещё до официального представления публике, состоявшегося 14 апреля 2005 года. Human After All представляет собой почти полный отказ от принципа сэмплирования в пользу грубых, брутальных электронных тембров. Фактически на всём альбоме есть один-единственный сэмпл. Ещё в преддверии выхода начались острейшие дискуссии по поводу этого альбома, который многие поклонники восприняли как слишком резкий разрыв с прошлым. Альбом получил номинацию на премию Grammy-2006 в категории «Лучший танцевальный/электронный альбом».

Tron: Legacy

В декабре 2010 вышел фильм Трон: Наследие (англ. Tron: Legacy), музыкальное сопровождение к которому написали Daft Punk. Отличительной особенностью является то, что в записи принимал участие оркестр в составе 85 человек, причём оригинальную музыку от Daft Punk аранжировал Joseph Trapanese (тем не менее, остались также и элементы электронной музыки, что было отмечено критиками). Отдельным диском саундтрек был выпущен 6 декабря 2010.
9 ноября 2010 вышел рекламный сингл с треком Derezzed. На него был снят клип, в котором группа приходит в Flynn's Arcade (зал с автоматами из фильма) и принимает участие в игре. В клипе также появляется Кворра (Quorra), персонаж из фильма в исполнении Оливии Уайлд (Olivia Wilde).

Общественность и средства массовой информации

Едва ли можно найти группу, которая в прошлом с таким трудом шла бы на контакт с общественностью и масс-медиа. Daft Punk относятся к тем немногим, кому, несмотря на огромную популярность, до сегодняшнего дня удаётся не допускать появления своих лиц в прессе. Это даёт им полную неприкосновенность частной жизни. И хотя настоящие фотографии можно найти с помощью простого поиска в интернете, у большинства людей Daft Punk ассоциируются с характерными масками роботов, которые дуэт использует со времён Discovery... Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Daft Punk is a multi Grammy Award-winning electronic music duo formed in 1994 in Paris, France, and consisting of French musicians Thomas Bangalter (born 3 January 1975) and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born 8 February 1974). The band is considered one of the most successful electronic music collaborations of all time, both in album sales and in critical acclaim.

Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 90s house movement in France, along with other artists such as Air, Cassius, and Dimitri From Paris. Daft Punk are credited with producing songs that were considered essential in the French house scene. They were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter (Busy P), the head of Ed Banger Records.

The group released four studio albums: Homework (1997), Discovery (2001), Human After All (2005), and Random Access Memories (2013). They also released the soundtrack album TRON: Legacy (2010); the live albums Alive 1997 (2002), Alive 2007 (2007); the compilation Musique Vol. 1 1993–2005 (2006); the remix albums Daft Club (2003), Human After All: Remixes (2006), TRON: Legacy Reconfigured (2011).


Early years (1987–1993)

Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo met in 1987 on the grounds of the Lycée Carnot, a secondary school in Paris. The two became good friends and later recorded demo tracks with others from the school. This eventually led to the formation of the guitar-based group Darlin' with Laurent Brancowitz in 1992. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo played bass and guitar, respectively, while Brancowitz performed on drums. The trio had branded themselves after The Beach Boys song of the same name, which they covered along with an original composition.

Stereolab released both tracks on a multi-artist Duophonic Records EP and invited the band to open for stage shows in the United Kingdom. Bangalter felt that "The rock n' roll thing we did was pretty average, I think. It was so brief, maybe six months, four songs and two gigs and that was it." A negative review in Melody Maker subsequently dubbed the music "a bunch of daft punk." Instead of dismissing the review, Bangalter and de Homem-Christo found it to be amusing. As the latter stated, "We struggled so long to find [the name] Darlin', and this happened so quickly." Darlin' soon disbanded, leaving Brancowitz to pursue other efforts with Phoenix. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk and experimented with drum machines and synthesizers.


Homework era (1993–1999)

In 1993 Daft Punk attended a rave at EuroDisney, where they met Stuart Macmillan of Slam, co-founder of the label Soma Quality Recordings. The demo tape given to Macmillan at the rave formed the basis for Daft Punk's debut single, "The New Wave", a limited release in 1994. The single also contained the final mix of "The New Wave" called "Alive".

Daft Punk returned to the studio in May 1995 to record "Da Funk". It became their first commercially successful single the same year. After the success of "Da Funk", Daft Punk looked to find a manager. They had no trouble finding one at the time as they chose Pedro Winter, who regularly promoted them and other artists at his Hype night clubs. The band signed with Virgin Records in September 1996 and made a deal through which they licensed their tracks to the major label through their production company, Daft Trax.

"Da Funk" and "Alive" were later included on Daft Punk's 1997 debut album Homework. The album was regarded as an innovative synthesis of techno, house, acid house and electro styles, and is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential dance music albums of the nineties. "Da Funk" was also included on The Saint film soundtrack. It was during this period of change in dance music that Daft Punk became largely successful. They combined the aforementioned music styles and elements of rave that were crowd pleasers. The most successful single from Homework was "Around the World", which is known for the repeating chant of the song's title.

Daft Punk also produced a series of music videos for Homework directed by Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Roman Coppola and Seb Janiak. The collection of videos was released in 1999 and titled D.A.F.T. - A Story about Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes.


Discovery era (1999–2004)

By 1999 the duo were well into the recording sessions for their second album, which had begun a year earlier. 2001's Discovery took on a slicker and distinctly synthpop-oriented style, initially stunning fans of Daft Punk's previous material in Homework. The group states that the album was conceived as an attempt to reconnect with a playful, open-minded attitude associated with the discovery phase of childhood. This accounts for the heavy use of themes and samples from the late '70s to early '80s era on the album.

It reached #2 in the United Kingdom, and its single "One More Time" was a major club hit, creating a new generation of fans mainly familiar with the second Daft Punk release. The singles "Digital Love" and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" were also very successful in the UK and on the United States dance chart, and "Face to Face" hit #1 on the USA club play charts despite a limited single release. A 45-minute excerpt from a Daftendirektour performance recorded at Birmingham, UK in 1997 was also released in 2001, entitled Alive 1997.

2003 first saw the release of the feature-length animated film Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. Daft Punk produced the film under the supervision of Leiji Matsumoto, whom they have said is their childhood hero. The album Daft Club was also released to promote the film. It features a collection of remixes previously made available through an online membership service of the same name.


Human After All era (2004–present)

Starting on September 13 and ending November 9, 2004, Daft Punk devoted six weeks to creating new material. The duo released the album Human After All in March 2005. Reviews were mixed, mostly citing its overly repetitive nature and seemingly rushed recording. The singles taken from this album were "Robot Rock", "Technologic", "Human After All" and "The Prime Time of Your Life". The earliest official statement from Daft Punk concerning the album was "we believe that Human After All speaks for itself."

A Daft Punk anthology CD/DVD entitled Musique Vol. 1 1993-2005 was released on 4 April 2006. It contains new music videos for "The Prime Time of Your Life" and "Robot Rock (Maximum Overdrive)". Daft Punk also released a remix album of Human After All called Human After All: Remixes. A limited edition included two kubricks of Daft Punk as robots.

On 21 May 2006, Daft Punk premiered their first directed film, Daft Punk's Electroma at the Cannes Film Festival sidebar Director's Fortnight. The film does not include their own music, which is a first for the duo considering their previous DVD and film releases (D.A.F.T. for Homework and Interstella 5555 for Discovery). Midnight screenings of the film were shown in Paris theaters starting from the end of March 2007.

Daft Punk released their second live album titled Alive 2007 on 19 November 2007. It contains the duo's performance in Paris from their Alive 2007 tour. The album includes a 50-page book showcasing photographs shot while on tour. The live version of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" from Alive 2007 was released as a single. A music video for the single directed by Olivier Gondry features footage shot by 250 audience members at Daft Punk's Brooklyn appearance at KeySpan Park, Coney Island. In 2007 Daft Punk also debuted in a worldwide official poll of DJ Magazine in position 71.

Following the Alive 2007 tour, Daft Punk focused on other projects. A 2008 interview with Pedro Winter revealed that the duo returned to their Paris studio to work on new material. Winter also stepped down from managing Daft Punk to focus attention on his Ed Banger Records label and his work as Busy P. He stated in a later interview that the duo are working with an unspecified management company in Los Angeles.


Influences

Bangalter and de Homem-Christo have credited many sources that influenced their musical style. Years before producing electronic music as a duo, they were stated to have shared tastes for Elton John, MC5, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and The Stooges. Their mutual admiration for rock bands led to the founding of their own independent project, Darlin'. Bangalter expressed that "It was still maybe more a teenage thing at that time. It's like, you know, everybody wants to be in a band."They drew inspiration from the rock and acid house displayed in the United Kingdom during the early 1990s. De Homem-Christo pointed to Screamadelica by Primal Scream as an influential work, as the record "put everything together" in terms of genre.

The liner notes of Homework pay tribute to a large number of musical artists and contains a quote from Brian Wilson. Bangalter expressed that "In Brian Wilson's music you could really feel the beauty - it was very spiritual. Like Bob Marley, too." When questioned on the success of Daft Punk's debut album and rising popularity of their associated musical genre, Bangalter responded, "before us you had Frankie Knuckles or Juan Atkins and so on. The least you can do is pay respect to those who are not known and who have influenced people." The Daft Punk track "Teachers" on Homework refers to several influences including Romanthony and Todd Edwards. De Homem-Christo stated that "Their music had a big effect on us. The sound of their productions — the compression, the sound of the kick drum and Romanthony's voice, the emotion and soul — is part of how we sound today."

Romanthony and Edwards later collaborated with Daft Punk in tracks for Discovery. For the album Daft Punk focused on new styles of electronic music. A major inspiration was the Aphex Twin single "Windowlicker", which was "neither a purely club track nor a very chilled-out, down-tempo relaxation track" according to Bangalter. The duo also utilized vintage equipment to recreate the sound of a previous artist. As stated by de Homem-Christo, "On 'Digital Love' you get this Supertramp vibe on the bridge," which was generated through an in-studio Wurlitzer piano. During a later interview, de Homem-Christo clarified that "we didn't make a list of artists we like and copy their songs."


Visual components

Daft Punk are noted for their use of visual components associated with their musical productions. The music videos for their singles from Homework featured memorable characters and placed emphasis on storytelling instead of musical performance. The album Discovery subsequently became the soundtrack to Interstella 5555.

Their outward personae have also changed over time. During their Homework years, the duo would usually wear masks to hide their appearance. When not wearing disguises, they occasionally preferred to be replaced by animation (as they appeared in The Work of Director Michel Gondry DVD) or have their faces digitally obscured for press kits. Very few photos of the duo's faces exist, including a blurry one found in the Homework liner notes.

In their more visible Discovery years, they have appeared as futuristic robots for publicity photo shoots, interviews, live shows and music videos. These suits, engineered by Tony Gardner and Alterian, Inc., sport complicated helmets capable of various LED effects and metallic finger gloves. Daft Punk introduced the costumes to many U.S. television viewers through an advertisement for a special presentation of their videos during Cartoon Network's Toonami block. Thomas Bangalter once stated, "We did not choose to become robots. There was an accident in our studio. We were working on our sampler, and at exactly 9:09 a.m. on September 9, 1999, it exploded. When we regained consciousness, we discovered that we had become robots."

During a video interview shot in Japan, Daft Punk stated that they donned their robot masks to easily merge the characteristics of humans and machines. However, Bangalter later admitted that the costumes were initially the result of shyness. "But then it became exciting from the audiences' point of view. It's the idea of being an average guy with some kind of superpower." When asked on whether the duo expressed themselves differently within the robotic suits, Bangalter stated "No, we don't need to. It's not about having inhibitions. It's more like an advanced version of glam, where it's definitely not you." With the release of Human After All, the musical duo's outfits became slightly less complicated by consisting of dark leather jumpsuits and simplified versions of the Discovery head gear. The jumpsuits were designed by Hedi Slimane.

During the filming and promotion of Daft Punk's Electroma, the duo went to great lengths to avoid showing their faces. While on the set of the film, the duo chose to be interviewed with their backs turned. As reported on October 2006, the band went as far as to wear black cloth over their heads during a televised interview.

It is believed that the mystery of their identity and the elaborate nature of their disguises has added to their popularity. The iconic status of the robotic costumes has been compared to the makeup of KISS and the leather jacket worn by Iggy Pop. Bangalter stated, "The mask gets very hot, but after wearing it as long as I have, I am used to it."


Live performances

In the mid-to-late nineties, Daft Punk performed live without costumes in many places including the United States. In particular, a rare bootlegged video featuring the duo in Wisconsin matches the verified identity of Thomas Bangalter. Less clearly seen, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo is to Bangalter's right and is mostly cut off from the camera. Comparing the artwork packaging of Homework to the video footage, one can verify that the album's liner note photo was taken during this event.

In the fall of 1997 they did their Daftendirektour to promote Homework in several cities throughout the world. For this tour Daft Punk opted to utilize their home studio equipment for the live stage instead of creating a more conventional DJ set. As Bangalter stated, "Everything was synched up — the drum machines, the bass lines. The sequencer was just sending out the tempos and controlling the beats and bars. On top of this structure we built all these layers of samples and various parts that we could bring in whenever we wanted to." 25 May 1997 saw them perform at the Tribal Gathering festival at Luton Hoo, England, headlining with Orbital and Kraftwerk. Also of note is the November 8 performance in Birmingham, UK, from which came the recording of Alive 1997.

At the start of 2006, Daft Punk announced plans for a number of special summer shows. On 29 April Daft Punk performed at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival where they received a jubilant reception for their first U.S. performance since 1997. Thomas Bangalter had initially been reported as saying that there would be a DVD of their recent live set. He later emphasized his reluctance for such a release, as the duo felt that online amateur videos of their performances were more compelling than anything captured professionally. In an interview with the Miami Herald Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo stated that their November 11 appearance at the Bang Music Festival was their final for 2006 and that Daft Punk would conduct more performances in the future. The band later specified a date for a live show at Bercy, Paris for June 2007. Also reported were dates at the Rock Ness Festival and Wireless Festival in June, the Oxegen festival in July and Lollapalooza in August. Daft Punk then announced a world tour called Alive 2007.

Daft Punk played at the Rock Ness Festival by the banks of Loch Ness, Scotland on 10 June 2007 as the headline act in the 10,000 capacity Clash tent. To the crowds displeasure, the show was delayed, but the crowd gave the duo a jubilant welcome when they appeared. Due to popularity, part of the tent was removed to allow thousands of people outside to see the show. On 16 June 2007 Daft Punk successfully headlined the third day of the O2 Wireless Festival to positive reaction and reviews. The Times described the set as a "memorable sensory spectacle, both dazzling and deafening" and ThisisLondon declared it "an almost faultless set of relentless electro euphoria".

Daft Punk headlined Stage 2/NME Stage at the Oxegen music festival on 8 July 2007. Their live set was preceded by a showing of the trailer for the film Daft Punk's Electroma. Subsequent reports stated that the Daft Punk appearance was the highlight of the festival. NME expressed that the performance was "a robotic spectacular", while Shoutmouth described the set as "typically triumphant". Four days later, the duo played at Traffic Torino Free Festival in Parco della Pellerina in Turin, Italy.

Daft Punk headlined the AT&T stage on 3 August 2007, the first night of the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago. Their show there was praised by Pitchfork Media stating that the experience of watching the performance "was a much-needed reminder of the still-potent power of communicative pop." On August 9 they performed at KeySpan Park in Brooklyn, New York.

Daft Punk composed the music for the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2008 Womenswear Full Show on 7 October 2007. The duo also headlined the Vegoose festival in Las Vegas on 27 October. They appeared at the festival along with bands Rage Against the Machine, Muse and Queens of the Stone Age. At the end of the month, Daft Punk performed in Mexico City. The duo also performed on Friday November 2, 2007 at the Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.

Modular announced that Daft Punk would appear in Australia for an event in December 2007 called Never Ever Land. The announcement addressed years of speculation on whether Daft Punk would visit Australia for live performances. Never Ever Land included Australian acts The Presets, Cut Copy, Muscles, Van She and the Bang Gang Deejays. Daft Punk were supported by their regular acts SebastiAn and Kavinsky at the appearances, which had been announced as an extension to the Alive 2007 tour. Never Ever Land toured to Melbourne at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Perth at the Esplanade, Brisbane at the Riverstage and finally Sydney at the Sydney Showground Main Arena. A Triple J interview with Pedro Winter (Busy P) revealed that Daft Punk's Sydney appearance on December 22 would be their final show for 2007 and the last to feature the pyramid light scheme. Tickets for the Australian tour sold more quickly than for any Daft Punk-related event in their history. The duo stated in an EMI-sponsored live webchat that there will be no tour performances for 2008, and that they would instead focus on new projects.

Daft Punk made a surprise appearance at the 50th Grammy Awards on February 10, 2008. The duo appeared with Kanye West to perform a reworked version of "Stronger" on stage at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. For the appearance, Daft Punk utilized four JazzMutant Lemur controllers. A press release specified that this was the first televised live performance by the duo in their career. Bangalter's wife, Élodie Bouchez, also attended the event.

Following the Alive 2007 tour, Daft Punk focused on other projects. A 2008 interview with Pedro Winter revealed that the duo returned to their Paris studio to work on new material. Winter also stepped down from managing Daft Punk to focus attention on his Ed Banger Records label and his work as Busy P. He stated in a later interview that the duo are working with an unspecified management company in Los Angeles. In 2008, Daft Punk placed 38th in a worldwide official poll of DJ Magazine after debuting at position 71 in the year before. On 8 February 2009, Daft Punk won Grammy Awards for Alive 2007 and its single "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger".


Daft Punk in DJ Hero
Daft Punk provided eleven new mixes featuring their music for the video game DJ Hero. They also appear in the game as playable characters, along with their own venue. The duo appear wearing their Discovery-era helmets and Human After All-era leather attire. Daft Punk's playable likenesses are absent from the sequel DJ Hero 2, which includes a remixed version of their song "Human After All".

At the 2009 San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that the duo composed 24 tracks for the film Tron: Legacy. Daft Punk's score was arranged and orchestrated by Joseph Trapanese. The band collaborated with him for two years on the score, from pre-production to completion. The score features an 85-piece orchestra, recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Studios in London. Joseph Kosinski, director of the film, referred to the score as being a mixture of orchestral and electronic elements.

Daft Punk also make a cameo appearance as disc jockey programs wearing their trademark robot masks within the film's virtual world. Tron: Legacy co-star Olivia Wilde stated that the duo may be involved with future promotional events related to the film. A teaser trailer features Daft Punk and their track "Derezzed" from Tron: Legacy. The soundtrack album of the film was released on 6 December 2010. A deluxe 2-disc edition of the album was also released that includes a poster of the duo from the film. Additional bonus tracks are also available through various online vendors. An official music video for "Derezzed", with a running time of less than two minutes, also premiered on the MTV Networks on the same day the album was released. The video, which features Olivia Wilde as Quorra in specially shot footage, along with images of Daft Punk in Flynn's Arcade, was later made available for purchase from the iTunes Store and included in the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film. Walt Disney Records released a remix album of the score titled Tron: Legacy Reconfigured on 5 April 2011.

In 2010 Daft Punk were admitted into the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, an order of merit of France. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo were individually awarded the rank of Chevalier (knight). Soma Records released a previously unpublished Daft Punk track called "Drive" that was made during the same time the duo was still with Soma Records and recording "Rollin' and Scratchin'" and "Da Funk". The track was included in a 20th anniversary multi-artist compilation of the Soma label. In October 2011, Daft Punk placed 28th in a worldwide official poll of DJ Magazine after appearing at position 44 in the year before. On 19 January 2012, Daft Punk ranked No. 2 on Mixmag's Greatest Dance Acts of All Time, with The Prodigy at No. 1 by just a few points.

In October 2012, Daft Punk provided a fifteen-minute mix of songs by blues musician Junior Kimbrough for Hedi Slimane's Yves Saint Laurent fashion show.[40] The duo also placed 44th in DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 DJs list.

Daft Punk is currently working on their forthcoming album in collaboration with singer-songwriter Paul Williams and Chic frontman Nile Rodgers. Williams mentioned the collaboration in two separate interviews, and that the project has been in production since 2010. During an interview with Rodgers, he stated that he would meet with Daft Punk to discuss the duo's upcoming album. Rodgers later said that he and Daft Punk had an informal jam session when they met, and that a formal collaboration would be undertaken. Although Williams stated that Daft Punk's new album could be released as early as June 2012, it was later confirmed that this would not be the case.

In May 2012 it was announced that Giorgio Moroder had collaborated with the duo, recording a monologue about his life in a vocal booth containing microphones ranging from the 1960s to present day. When asked, the engineer responded that each mic was used to represent the different decades of Moroder's life in his monologue. Rodgers was also present during the recording session. Chilly Gonzales stated in an interview that he had performed material for the duo's project in a one-day session: "I played for hours and they’re gonna grab what they grab and turn it into whatever." He also said that the album would be released "next spring".

In an interview conducted on 28 November 2012 with Fourplay member Nathan East, he said to have collaborated with the duo on the project. In this interview, it is also implied that the album will be available in CD format. On 4 January 2013, Nile Rodgers talked about his number of collaborations to be released in 2013 on his blog, and also stated "The next time [he sets] foot in Japan, [his] collaboration with Daft Punk would have started to hit people's eardrums".


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