UGuy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (owazalwa ngo-Agasti 8, 1974) noThomas Bangalter (owazalwa ngoJanuwari 1, 1975) bahlangana ngenkathi befunda eLycée Carnot eParis ngo-1987. Esikhathini esizayo, yibona abasungula iqembu le-Daft Punk.
Ngo-1992, abangani bakhe iqembu i-Darlin futhi baqopha eyodwa kwilebula ye-Duophonic. Le lebula bekungeyeqembu laseFranco-British iStereolab.
EFrance, abaculi abazange badume. Igagasi le-techno rave lasabalala ezweni lonke, futhi laba bangane ababili baphinde bawuthatha ngephutha umculo ngo-1993.
Babe sebehlangana nabasunguli belebuli yaseScotland iSoma. Futhi i-Daft Punk duo ikhiphe amaculo ku-CD New Wave nethi Alive. Umculo wawuzwakala ngesitayela se-techno.
Ukulalela ibhendi ka-David Bowie Kiss kusukela ebusheni, abaculi bakha i-techno house futhi bayifaka kusiko lwama-1990s.
NgoMeyi 1995, kwakhululwa iculo le-techno-dance-rock elithi Da Funk. Kwalandela unyaka wokuvakasha, ikakhulukazi ezigcawini ze-rave eFrance naseYurophu. Lapho, iqembu lajabulela ukuthandwa okukhulu, libonisa ithalente labo njengo-DJ.
ELondon, abaculi baqopha ingxenye yokuqala yomsebenzi wabo, enikezelwe kwelinye lamaqembu abawathandayo, i-Chemical Brothers. Khona-ke u-Daft Punk usevele waba yi-duo ethandwa kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, abaculi basebenzisa udumo nolwazi lwabo, benza ama-remix e-Chemical Brothers.
Ngo-1996, i-duo yasayina ne-Virgin Records. Kukwelinye lamaqoqo elebula lapho kwaphuma khona umsebenzi othi Umculo. Umthombo ilebula yokuqala kaDaft Punk eFrance.
Umsebenzi wasekhaya (1997)
NgoJanuwari 13, 1997, kwakhululwa ingoma eyodwa ethi Da Funk. Kwathi ngoJanuwari 20 enyangeni efanayo, kwaphuma i-albhamu yobude obugcwele ethi Homework. Amakhophi ayizinkulungwane ezingama-50 e-albhamu akhishwe kumarekhodi e-vinyl.
Leli cwecwe lathengiswa phakathi nezinyanga ezimbalwa ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi angaba yizigidi ezimbili, asakazwa emazweni angu-2. Umqondo we-albhamu uyinhlanganisela yezinhlobo ezahlukene. Yiqiniso, umsebenzi onjalo wawuthandwa kakhulu yizilaleli ezincane zomhlaba.
Le albhamu yaziswa kakhulu hhayi emaphephandabeni akhethekile kuphela, kodwa nasezincwadini ezingezona ezomculo. Abezindaba bahlaziye izizathu zempumelelo ebabazekayo yaleli qembu eladuma ngamandla alo kanye nokusha komsindo.
Ingoma ethi Da Funk ikhishwe njengengoma ye-blockbuster yaseHollywood ethi The Saint (eqondiswe nguPhillip Noyce).
Ibhendi yaqala ukumenywa emikhosini eminingi emhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa nomkhosi ohambayo waseMelika uLollapalooza ngoJulayi. Bese kuthi emikhosini yamaNgisi i-Tribal Gathering ne-Glastonbury.
Kusukela ngo-October kuya ku-December 1997, leli qembu laqala uhambo olukhulu lomhlaba, oluhlanganisa amakhonsathi angu-40. Imibukiso iphinde yaba seChamps Elysees ngo-Okthoba 17 naseZenith Concert Hall ngoNovemba 27. Ngemuva kweLos Angeles (Disemba 16), abaculi bacula eNew York (Disemba 20). Phambi kwezithameli ezithandekayo, i-duo yaqala umbukiso wokuvelela owawuthatha amahora afinyelela kwayisihlanu ngezinye izikhathi.
Ngo-Okthoba, umsebenzi wasekhaya wanikezwa isitifiketi segolide eliphindwe kabili eFrance, eNgilandi, eBelgium, e-Ireland, e-Italy naseNew Zealand. Futhi iplatinamu eqinisekisiwe eCanada. Kwakuyimpumelelo engakaze ibonwe kumdlali waseFrance.
NgoDisemba 8, 1997, ibhendi yacula eRex Club noMotorbass noDJ Cassius. Ikhonsathi, ehlelelwe izingane eziphuma emindenini entulayo, ibimahhala. Ithikithi lalingase litholakale ngokushintshanisa ithoyizi elishiywe emnyango.
I-Daft Punk Electronic Music Standards
Ekuqaleni, i-duo yaduma ngenxa yesimo sabo se-incognito nesithombe sabadlali abazimele.
Ngasekupheleni kuka-1997, bamangalela isiteshi se-TV saseFrance ngokusetshenziswa okungagunyaziwe kwamathrekhi alalelwayo amathathu eqembu. Inqubo yathatha izinyanga ezimbalwa kwaze kwaba ukunqoba kukaDaft Punk entwasahlobo ka-1998.
Iqembu le-Daft Punk labonwa umphakathi hhayi eYurophu kuphela, kodwa nase-USA. Abaculi bebezwakala eLiverpool, eNew York naseParis. Imikhiqizo yabo kanye nama-remix amasha bekulokhu kulindelwe ngabomvu. Kwilebula yomuntu siqu i-Roule, u-Tom Bangalter udale iphrojekthi yomculo - iqembu le-Stardust. Ingoma ethi Music Sounds Better With You yaduma emhlabeni wonke.
Umsebenzi walaba ababili ulandelwe ku-DAFT DVD Indaba Emayelana Nezinja, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes (1999). Lapha ungabuka iziqeshana zevidiyo ezinhlanu, ezine zazo ezaziqondiswa abaqondisi abafana noSpike Jonze, Roman Coppola, Michel Gondry kanye noSeb Janiak.
Ngemva konyaka, kwakhululwa eyokuqala eminyakeni emibili, ethi One More Time. Le ngoma ikhishwe njengesimemezelo mayelana nokukhishwa kwe-albhamu entsha, ehlelelwe intwasahlobo ka-2001.
Ibhendi ye-Daft Punk egqoke izigqoko zokuzivikela namagilavu
UDaft Punk abakazivezi ukuthi bangobani futhi ubonakale egqoke izigqoko namagilavu. Lesi sitayela sasifana nokuthile phakathi kwezinganekwane zesayensi namarobhothi. I-Discovery CD yayinekhava efana neyangaphambili. Lesi yisithombe esinamagama athi Daft Punk.
IVirgin Records imemezele ukuthi iDiscovery isidayise amakhophi angu-1,3 million.
Laba ababili baphinde bacela umpetha we-manga wase-Japan u-Leiji Matsumoto (umdali we-Albator nomdidiyeli we-Candy ne-Goldak) ukuthi enze ividiyo yengoma ethi One More Time.
Ngokunakekela umsebenzi kanye nekhwalithi yephromo, ithimba le-Daft Punk libeke imephu ku-CD. Ivumele ngokusebenzisa isayithi ukufinyelela imidlalo emisha. Abaculi bafuna ukweqa umgomo wokudawuniloda kwamahhala kwezindawo iNapster neConsort. Kubo, "umculo kufanele ugcine inani lezentengiso" (Umthombo AFP).
Ngaphezu kwalokho, leli qembu belisangqubuzana ne-SACEM (Society of Composers-Authors and Music Publishers).
Ukujabulisa abalandeli, i-duo ikhiphe i-albhamu ebukhoma ethi Alive 2 (imizuzu engama-2001 ubude) ngo-Okthoba 1997, 45. Yaqoshwa eBirmingham, eNgilandi, ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-Homework ngo-1997. Ekupheleni kuka-Okthoba, kukhishwe ingoma entsha ethi Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.
Laba ababili babuye ngo-2003 nefilimu yemizuzu engu-65 edalwe ngu-Leiji Matsumoto, Interstella 5555. Ikhathuni isuselwe kuziqeshana zama-manga zesi-Japanese ezivela ku-albhamu ye-Discovery.
Umuntu Ngemva Kwakho (2005)
Ekwindla, "abalandeli" bezwa izindaba mayelana ne-albhamu entsha. Laba bobabili babuyele emsebenzini. I-albhamu ekade ilindelwe yamenyezelwa ngoNdasa wezi-2005. Ngenxa yokuthi i-albhamu ethi Human After All ingene ku-inthanethi, yaqala ukutholakala ku-inthanethi kudala ngaphambi kokuba ikhishwe ngokusemthethweni.
Abagxeki abazange bawuthathe ngemfudumalo umsebenzi, begxeka abantu baseParis ababili ngokuphindaphinda kokubili ngesitayela nasekuqanjweni kwezingoma.
Ngo-2006, ibhendi yakhipha okokuqala i-albhamu ehamba phambili ethi Musique Vol. 1 1993-2005. Iqukethe izingcaphuno eziyi-11 ezivela kuma-albhamu amathathu e-studio, ama-remix amathathu kanye nengxenye eyodwa, okungakashicilelwa noma kuphi. Kubalandeli, uhlelo lweDeluxe lunikeze iCD neDVD eneziqeshana eziyi-12. Kanye neRobot Rock kanye Nesikhathi Esiyinhloko Sempilo Yakho.
Entwasahlobo, i-duo yahamba (i-USA, Belgium, Japan, France). Kuhlelelwe imidlalo engu-9 kuphela. Okungenani abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingama-35 beza emkhosini we-Coachella e-United States. Futhi futhi abantu abayizinkulungwane ezingama-30 e-Eurockenes de Belfort.
Nakuba umsebenzi wakamuva ungabahlaba umxhwele abezindaba, abanye abalaleli, leli qembu liqhubekile nokujabulisa umdanso ngesikhathi kunamakhonsathi.
Ubusuku boMqondisi we-Daft Punk
NgoJuni 2006, uThomas Bangalter noGuy-Manuel de Homem-Christo bashintsha izingubo zerobhothi ukuze baqondise. Bamenywe ku-Cannes Film Festival ukuzokwethula ifilimu ethi Daft Punk's Electroma. Le filimu ikhuluma ngamarobhothi amabili afuna isintu. Ingoma yaqoshwa ngokubamba iqhaza kukaCurtis Mayfield, uBrian Eno noSebastien Tellier.
Ngo-2007, i-duo yahamba ngamakhonsathi amabili eFrance (ikhonsathi e-Nimes naseBercy (Paris)). I-Palais Omnisport isiguqulelwe ekubeni umkhumbi-mkhathi onemishayo ye-laser, ukuqagela kwegeyimu yevidiyo kanye nokudlala okukhanyayo kokukhanya. Lolu hlelo olumangalisayo lwasakazwa e-United States (Seattle, Chicago, New York, Las Vegas). Futhi naseCanada (eToronto naseMontreal) kusukela ngoJulayi kuya ku-Okthoba 2007.
Ngo-2009, ibhendi yathola Izindondo ezimbili ze-Grammy ze-Best Electronic Album ye-Alive 2007. Le i-albhamu ebukhoma ehlanganisa ukudlala e-Palais Omnisport Paris-Bercy ngoJuni 14, 2007. Inikezelwe ekugubheni iminyaka engu-10 yasungulwa. Ngenxa yengoma ethi Harder Better Faster Stronger, iqembu liwine ukuqokwa kwe-Best Single.
NgoDisemba 2010, iculo le-Tron: Legacy lakhululwa. UThomas Bangalter kanye noGuy-Manuel de Homem-Christo bakwenze ngesicelo se-Walt Disney Pictures kanye nomqondisi u-Joseph Kosinski (umlandeli omkhulu we-Daft Punk).
Inkumbulo yokufinyelela okungahleliwe (2013)
Laba bobabili bebesebenzela i-albhamu entsha, i-Random Access Memory. Wasebenza nabahlabeleli abaningi, abadlali bezinsimbi, onjiniyela bomsindo, ochwepheshe izinyanga ezimbalwa. Amathrekhi amasha aqoshwe kuma-studio eNew York nase-Los Angeles. I-albhamu yesine yabangela isivunguvungu semizwa phakathi "kwabalandeli".
Eyokuqala ephuma ku-albhamu ethi Get Lucky yakhululwa ngo-April futhi yaqoshwa nomrepha waseMelika nomdidiyeli u-Pharrell Williams.
I-albhamu ethi Random Access Memory ikhishwe ngoMeyi. Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokukhishwa kwayo ngokusemthethweni, izingoma zadlalwa embukisweni waminyaka yonke wedolobhana lase-Wee Waa (Australia).
Ukuqanjwa kwabaculi abamenyiwe bekubalulekile. Njengoba, ngaphezu kukaPharrell Williams, umuntu wayekwazi ukuzwa uJulian Casablancas (I-Strokes), uNile Rodgers (umshayi wesiginci, umholi weqembu lamaChic). Futhi noGeorge Moroder, uGiorgio kaMoroder anikezelwe kuye.
Nge-albhamu ye-electro-funk, u-Daft Punk uhloniphe labo abahambe indlela eya ekudumeni nabo.
Le albhamu ibidume kakhulu. Futhi ngoJulayi 2013, yayisivele idayise amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-2,4 emhlabeni wonke, kuhlanganise nesigidi esingu-1 kunguqulo yedijithali.
Daft Punk band manje
Ekupheleni kukaFebhuwari 2021, amalungu eqembu le-Daft Punk azisa abalandeli ukuthi iqembu liyahlakazeka. Ngasikhathi sinye, babelane "nabalandeli" isiqeshana sevidiyo sokuvalelisa se-Epilogue.
