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Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter confirms ‘Homework’ and ‘Discovery’ were written in his bedroom

Thomas Bangalter has confirmed fan speculation that the pivotal Daft Punk records ‘Homework’ and ‘Discovery’ were recorded in his bedroom.

The former Daft Punk producer...

Graphic showing a figure wearing the Daft Punk helmet

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Samples used on Daft Punk’s ‘Discovery’ revealed by collaborator Todd Edwards

Todd Edwards, a regular Daft Punk collaborator, has revealed the source of a number of samples used on the French duo’s legendary ‘Discovery’ album.

In...

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Daft Punk share unreleased track, ‘The Writing of Fragments of Time’ featuring Todd Edwards: Listen

Daft Punk have shared the first unreleased track from the forthcoming special edition version of 'Random Access Memories'. Check out 'The Writing of Fragments of...

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New Daft Punk podcast examines each track on ‘Discovery’: Listen

The podcast series precedes a forthcoming book on the classic album

A new podcast series taking an in-depth look at Daft Punk's classic 2001 album 'Discovery' has been launched.

The series, part of the Line Noise...

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Unseen Daft Punk footage features on ‘Discovery’ 20th anniversary enhanced Spotify playlist: Watch

The playlist features footage and quotes from a Japanese interview recorded in 2001

A new enhanced Spotify playlist celebrating the 20th anniversary of Daft Punk's 'Discovery' features unseen footage and interview snippets.

Last month, french electronic duo Daft...

Features

Solid Gold: How Daft Punk's 'Discovery' reshaped dance music for the digital age

DJ Mag's weekly Solid Gold series examines the ongoing significance and influence of electronic albums throughout history. In our latest edition, Ben Cardew revisits Daft Punk's...

It is not too much of an exaggeration to say that dance music entered a brave new world on February 26, 2001, when Daft Punk...

STREAM 'DAFT SCIENCE', THE DAFT PUNK/BEASTIE BOYS MASH-UP ALBUM

'Robot Rock' vs. 'Root Down'

Canadian producer Coins has created the ultimate mash-up LP with his record 'Daft Science' — an album made entirely of Beastie Boys vocals and Daft...

BT'S OPUS OF DISCOVERY

Critically acclaimed and wholly unstoppable, musical genius BT doesn’t break boundaries. For him, they don’t exist.

Everyone told BT it was impossible. Record labels and agents, promoters and peers said his vision for ‘Electronic Opus’, a unique mixture of live electronic...