House Party Tee
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Daft Punk were one of the most mysterious and reclusive acts in the music world and achieved much success over their 28 year career. They were a French duo who formed in 1993 and helped bring electronic music (now primarily known as EDM) to the mainstream. They influenced several generations of artists and helped lay the foundation of today’s LED-laden live music stage productions. Each section in this page covers a significant period in their career and contains ample historical photos/videos from those periods.
In 1993 Daft Punk recorded their first demo called "The New Wave" which was a seven minute long Techno track. In September of 1993 their friend Serge Nicolas introduced them to Slam, a Scottish duo who produced electronic music as well as ran a moderately sized record label called Soma Quality Recordings. Daft Punk played them their demo tape and immediately got an offer to sign to their label. By November 10th, 1993 Daft Punk had completed their first EP also titled "The New Wave" consisting of three tracks plus a radio edit of one of the tracks. It would not be released until April of 1994. When it did finally release, it found moderate success and was described by Soma in a future press release as a "rare groove."
Daft Punk returned to the studio (Thomas' bedroom), and recorded a new track called "Da Funk". Daft Punk claim the track was inspired by American Hip-Hop (specifically Warren G's "Regulate") but it was perceived by many as fitting the House genre. "Rollin' & Scratchin'" (a seven minute long screeching Acid House track) was the B-side. Da Funk / Rollin' & Scratchin' would be released as a 12" single on May 8th, 1995. "Da Funk" would turn out to be Daft Punk's breakout track when they, and other more established electronic DJ's such as The Chemical Brothers, started regularly playing the track in their sets. It was also helped by the fact that in 1995 Daft Punk ramped up their DJ appearances by going on their first tour, playing around 40 gigs in France, Belgium, and the UK. The moderately sized Soma Quality Recordings was so swamped with calls from people asking about Daft Punk that they eventually just started answering the phone by saying, "Hello, Daft Punk." Daft Punk made a name for themselves in 1995 between their breakout single and impressive live sets.
The hype that had started in 1995 never ceased and their debut album was highly anticipated by the electronic music community. Finally in January of 1997 Daft Punk's debut album Homework was released worldwide to much critical acclaim. It was a mix of House, Acid House, Techno, Disco, and Funk packaged neatly and was able to appeal to both the rave scene and home listeners. This was also the era of MTV and because they made videos for five of their tracks, Daft Punk entered the homes of many youth who might not have otherwise been introduced to this type of music. These five videos as well as an interactive direct-it-yourself music video for a segment of their live show would find themselves on D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen, and Tomatoes which was a compilation DVD released by Daft Punk. The internet was also starting to gain traction during this time and Daft Punk was sure to create a website to update their fans digitally. One archived post from 1998 announces that their single "Revolution 909" will be coming out soon. Homework would go on to sell over two million units worldwide, an impressive amount for an electronic music album at the time, especially considering it was conceived by two young Parisian recording music in their bedroom and wearing Halloween masks to photoshoots.
The date is September 9th 1999. You are Daft Punk and you are working in your home studio on new music for your next album. Suddenly your sampler crashes, begins to spark, and then explodes in a ball of flame and molten metal, knocking you unconscious. You awaken to find that your skin is now metal and much of your body is now inorganic. You have very little memory of your past but the doctors tell you that you are Daft Punk and you have been in an accident. They needed to perform surgery after the accident and as a result, you are now part machine. You still have your brain and your heart but the rest of your body is mechanical. You embrace this new body and continue recording your next album. This is the story that Daft Punk told the press in the early 2000's as a way to explain their sudden new robotic appearance.
The Daft Punk robots underwent many changes in their 20 year existence. Nonetheless they have become icons in the music world and have been referenced countless times in pop-culture from The Power Puff Girls to The Simpsons to Family Guy.
