Daft Punk

thumb|We didn't decide 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. Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in Paris in 1993 by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. They were best known for wearing robot masks in public as a way of concealing their identities. Their hits include "Around the World", "Harder Better Faster Stronger", "One More Time", "Get Lucky" and "Technologic". They announced their breakup in 2021. Quotes Thomas Bangalter thumb|As much as I love this character, the last thing I would want to be, in the world we live in, in 2023, is a robot. We didn't decide 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. "ROBOPOP" (May 2001) Interview with Chris Gill. Remix Magazine Online. Archived 3 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 July 2018. People are often afraid of things that sound new. Like robots. "ROBOPOP" (May 2001) Interview with Chris Gill. Remix Magazine Online. Archived 3 January 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 July 2018. The idea was really having this desire for live drums, as well as questioning, really, why and what is the magic in samples? Why for the last 20 years have producers and musicians been extracting these little snippets of audio from vinyl records? What kind of magic did it contain? "Daft Punk on EDM Producers: ‘They’re Missing the Tools’" (6 May 2013) Interview with Kerri Mason Electronic music right now is in its comfort zone, and it’s not moving one inch, That’s not what artists are supposed to do. "Daft Punk: All Hail Our Robot Overlords" (21 May 2013) Interview with Jonah Weiner, www.rollingstone.com I almost consider the character of the robots like a Marina Abramović performance art installation that lasted for 20 years We tried to use these machines to express something extremely moving that a machine cannot feel, but a human can. We were always on the side of humanity and not on the side of technology. As much as I love this character, the last thing I would want to be, in the world we live in, in 2023, is a robot. 2023 interview, BBC Lyrics thumb|Work it harder, make it betterDo it faster, makes us stronger Discovery (2001) Work it harder, make it betterDo it faster, makes us strongerMore than ever, hour after hourWork is never over "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" Random Access Memories (2013) Let the music in tonightJust turn on the musicLet the music of your lifeGive life back to music "Give Life Back to Music" There is a game of loveThere is a game of loveThis is a game of loveThis is a game of love "The Game of Love" I wanted to do an album with the sounds of the '50s, the sounds of the '60s, of the '70s, and then have a sound of the future. And I said, "Wait a second. I know the synthesizer. Why don't I use the synthesizer which is the sound of the future?" And I didn't have any idea what to do but I knew I needed a click. So, we put a click on the 24-track which then was synced to the Moog modular. I knew that it could be a sound of the future but I didn't realize how much the impact would be. My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but everybody calls me Giorgio. Once you free your mind about a concept of harmony and of music being "correct," you can do whatever you want. So, nobody told me what to do, and there was no preconception of what to do. "Giorgio by Moroder" (spoken by Giorgio Moroder) There are so many things that I don't understandThere's a world within me that I cannot explainMany rooms to explore, but the doors look the sameI am lost, I can't even remember my name "Within" He runs his scissors at the seam in the wallHe cannot break it down or else he would fallOne thousand lonely stars hiding in the coldTake it, oh, I don't wanna sing anymore "Instant Crush" (sung by Julian Casablancas) I know you don't get a chance to take a break this oftenI know your life is speedin' and it isn't stoppin'Here, take my shirt and just go ahead and wipe up all theSweat, sweat, sweat "Lose Yourself to Dance" (sung by Pharrell Williams) Home, hold on, if love is the answer, you're home. "Touch" Like the legend of the phoenixAll ends with beginnings What keeps the planet spinnin'The force from the beginnin'We've come too farTo give up who we areSo let's raise the barAnd our cups to the starsShe's up all night 'til the sunI'm up all night to get someShe's up all night for good funI'm up all night to get lucky "Get Lucky" (sung by Pharrell Williams) Remember, love's our only missionThis is a journey of the soul "Beyond" Familiar faces I've never seenLiving the gold and the silver dreamMaking me feel like I'm seventeenAnd it's crystal clear that I don't ever want it to end "Fragments of Time" (sung by Todd Edwards) If you lose your way tonightThat's how you know the magic's right "Doin' It Right" (sung by Panda Bear) It's not right, it's not true, it's not rightIt's not how we used to do "Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)" (sung by Julian Casablancas) Quotes about Daft Punk Nineteen years on, every single aspect of Discovery has been pilfered time and time again, from the glossy production style to the sound of the drums. Every vocal in pop has that electronic effect on it, which I now know is called Auto-Tune. Daft Punk were incredibly prescient: play Discovery today and it sounds utterly contemporary. Alexis Petridis, as quoted in "‘My Daft Punk review hasn't aged so well’: Guardian critics on getting it wrong" (26 September 2020) Sampling the traditional way gets frustrating fast: bad tuning, rigid tempos, weird textures that don’t bend. So we started recording our own source material — built for flexibility. It saves us 900 hours digging through crates. The downside? No more surprises. No more accidents. That spark of stumbling on a forgotten gem … gone. Daft Punk were the kings of that. They could turn half a second of groove into a global anthem. Xavier de Rosnay, as quoted in "Justice on Bringing the Beautiful Chaos of Their ‘Hyperdrama’ Tour to the U.S. (14 October 2025)" External links Category:French bands Category:Electronic music Category:disco Category:Brit Award winners