Axiomatic Euphoria

My first attempt, if you notice anything I could have done better please let me know. Any criticism at all is very much welcomed.


Band Name: Daft Punk
Genre: Techno, house, Synth pop.
Active: 1993 - present

One of the staples in the French House movement in the 1990s, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, and Thomas Bangalter are Daft Punk. Taking the sounds of first wave acid house and techno, and fusing it with elements of pop, indie rock, hip hop, and synthe pop, they created their own unique sound, catapulting them into international success.

Discography:

Studio albums-

Homework, March 25th, 1997
Discovery, March 13th, 2001
Human After All - March 14th, 2005

Live albums-

Alive 1997, November 6th, 2001
Alive 2007, November 20th, 2007

Compilation and remix albums-

Daft Club, December 1, 2003
Human After All: Remixes, March 29th, 2006
Musique Vol. 1. 1993 - 2005, April 4th, 2006




A short history of Daft Punk

Pre Daft Punk

After meeting in a secondary school in Paris, Thomas and Guy-Manuel began experimenting with music at an early age with fellow schoolmates. In 1992 they got together with Laurent Brancowitz and formed darlin‘, a guitar based group that went on to produce four songs. A negative review dubbed them as “A bunch of daft Punk”, which would later became the inspiration for the name of the band Thomas and Guy-Manuel would form after Darlin’ disbanded shortly after.

The Beginning

The two musicians formed Daft Punk in 1993, experimenting with drum machines and synthesizers, they got their first break when meeting Stuart Macmillan, member of slam and co founder of the Soma Quality Recordings record label, at a rave. After giving him a demo tape, Soma Quality recordings would go onto aiding them in getting out their first three singles, most notably “Da Funk” which sold over thirty thousand copies.

Homework

After the success of “Da Funk”, Daft Punk signed to Virgin records and produced their first album, Homework, in 1997. It was well received and is widely considered to be one of the most influential dance music albums of the nineties.

Discovery

The duo began work on their next studio album in 1999, and in 2001 Discovery was released. It differed from the more rave oriented acid house and techno styles of Homework, and was much more Synth pop oriented. Many consider it to be Daft Punk’s magnum opus., it reached #2 in the United Kingdom. The singles “One More Time”, “Digital Love", and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” were very successful on the UK and US dance charts.


Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem

In 2003, Daft Punk produced Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, a feature length animated film, produced under the guidance of Leiji Matsumo. They went on produce Daft Club, their first remix album which released to promote the film.

Human After All.

In 2004 Daft Punk spent six weeks creating their next studio album, Human After All, which would later be released the following year. It received mixed feedback and reviews. Cited as being repetitive and seemingly rushed. Daft Punk officially stated, in response to the criticism, that the name of the album spoke for itself.

Recent years

In 2006 Musique Vol.1 1993-2005 was released as a compilation CD/DVD. They also produced a remix album of Human After All, titled Human After All: remixes. They also produced their fist directed film, Daft Punks Electroma in the same year

In 2007 they produced their most recent musical release to date, Alive 2007, a live album containing footage from their 2007 tour, “Alive“, in Paris.

They are currently working on their next studio album.

 

Aqualung

yay Daft Punk! Good review. Thanks for helping build the community.

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Axiomatic Euphoria

No problem, I dont have much else to do and it is great writing practice.

MusicMan

Indeed, articles like this are always great to see, especially when someone so new does so well. Daft Punk are one of those timeless artists whose music is so unique, and so copied, that it's hard to tell when they originated...if that makes any sense.

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Axiomatic Euphoria

Just noting that I had edited and thought I fixed the typo in the thread title but it still apears with it, not sure if it is my cookies, or if it can't be changed by me.

RickenbackerBassPlayer

Nice article. This has pushed me to start doing these again. I got the time, but parents won't let me on the computer.

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MusicMan

I think users can edit thread titles within 3 minutes or so, but after that you can't. I did though so no worries.

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Rules! A definite must-read

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LW_SpecialEvent

Their outfits are reeeally out there but their music has been able to transcend all countries apparently.

catalyst 12

Is Daft Punk going on tour soon? Does anyone know? I'm dying to see them!

Teemu Kainulainen

So passe, if you ask me...