Daft Punk : A Knight In The Order Of Arts And Letters
Daft Punk is a French electronic music group originally from Versailles
. Active since 1993, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, the two members, have combined their sounds electro, house and techno tones of rock, groove and disco. One of the original Daft Punk is the culture of their reputation for independent artists anonymous, using helmets and costumes.
In July 2010, Daft Punk are a Knight in the Order of Arts and Letters.
The meeting of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo is in 1987 at Lycee Carnot in Paris.In 1992, the two men founded a rock band, Darlin ', with which they recorded their first single, Darlin' on the independent label Duophonic English. Success is not at the rendezvous, the title has sold about 1500 copies and the group has virtually no impact on the French stage. A critique of the British magazine Melody Maker will even describe the band's music as "daft punk", which could be translated as "punk idiot" or "stupid punk."
In 1993, at a rave party at Disneyland Park, the Darlin 'label makers meet Scottish Soma. Meanwhile, Thomas and Guy-Manuel began working on the electronic equipment such as sampler. The duo recorded a year later under the name Daft Punk's mega 3 titles The New Wave / Assault / Alive. Without success, the "techno French teenager" Daft Punk retains the attention of some journalists and English critics. The year 1995 is their first success, the band released the maxi electro-rock Da Funk / Rollin '& Scratchin'. As the meeting's success and spreads slowly in the clubs of Europe.
Thomas created his own label, Roll, on which he released the title Trax On Da Rocks. Daft Punk are then the first part of the Chemical Brothers in London. In France, they are marked by record label Virgin, so they make an appearance on the compilation vol.2 Sourcelab Source label (part of Virgin) with the title Music in 1996. Source is therefore the first label to distribute the Daft Punk in France.
On January 17, 1997, following the release of the single Da Funk, Daft Punk released their first album Homework which meets success: 2 million copies are sold in 35 countries in the space of two months , characterized from House to Techno rhythms inspired by the Chicago scene. The general press and specialist praised the album, which conquered the international youth. Around the World title (including the clip is signed by director Michel Gondry) enters the charts in Europe and North America.
The group acquired an international reputation since, and began her first world tour of forty dates from October to December 1997. The show is random, the concert sometimes lasting up to five hours.
The electronic music album Homework emblematic of the French touch democratization 'filtered house, and sometimes random mixing conditions influenced the artist what critics would call "sound Daft Punk." The album's success is a springboard that allowed other groups of the French electronic scene and world to reveal.
On 4 March 2009, it was announced that the group was selected to compose the soundtrack to Tron: The Legacy, the sequel to sci-fi film Tron was released in 1982 . According to the actress Olivia Wilde (playing in the film), Daft Punk would make an appearance: "They came on set," says she, "and they will undoubtedly help promote the film, especially at Comic-Con. " This was confirmed during the broadcast of 7 minutes of the film at Comic-Con 2010 where one could see them and their costumes created for the occasion .
Comic-Con 2009, it was announced that the duo had composed twenty-four titles for the music of the film . The release of the album is scheduled for November 23, 2010 .
In late July 2009, Pitchfork, American website dealing with the news of indie music, says that Daft Punk would be satisfied with their produced music for Tron: The Legacy they would consider a tour . Always end in July 2009, an extract of this soundtrack, which would amount to a main theme , is put online by several sharing sites and music available for listening and for free. These songs have proven what we might call false.
At Comic-Con 2010, 6 pieces of the official soundtrack of the film were announced and posted by several specialized sites.
by: Laura Steinfield
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