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Daft Punk
Daft Punk
Formed: 1992 in Paris, France
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Genre: Electronica
Styles: House/Garage, Jazz-Electronica, Techno, Europe, Club/Dance, Rock, World, Dance
Group Members: Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Hom...
Biography: In similar company with new-school French progressive dance artists such as Motorbass, Air, Cassius, and Dimitri from Paris, Parisian duo Daft Punk quickly rose to acclaim by adapting a love for first-wave acid house and techno to their younger roots in pop, indie rock, and hip-hop. The combined talents ...Read full biography
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Released: 1997
Label: EMI
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Daft Punk's full-length debut is a funk-house hailstorm, giving real form to a style of straight-ahead dance music not attempted since the early fusion days of on-the-one funk and dance-party disco. Thick, ...Read full review
Alive 1997
Released: 2001
Label: Virgin France
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Alive 1997 reveals the French duo Daft Punk as one of the brightest entertainers in the occasionally stale world of album-based electronic dance. True, techno and house DJs can light up a crowd like few ...Read full review
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