Daft Punk is an electronic music duo made up of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. Daft Punk reached significant fame during the house music movement in France in the late-1990s.
In addition to their uptempo electronic sound, Daft Punk is known for their emphasis on the visual components that go along with their music. In the early-1990s the duo began appearing in public wearing masks to disguise their faces, or they would have their faces "digitally obscured". When not in public, the group preferred to be rendered in animated form; as a result, relatively few photos of the group's faces exist. In the late-1990s/early-2000s, the duo began wearing futuristic robot fits for all public events, including photo shoots, interviews, live events and music videos.
The group has presented a variety of explanations for donning their robot outfits. Bangalter once explained, "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." That being said, the group is pretty sick and has put out some classic electronica hits in their day. This cut is from their 2001 album, Discovery. The track is also featured in the animated feature film, Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem. Peep here for the clip from the movie using this track.
Godspeed.
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