Daft Punk
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
- 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.
- People are often afraid of things that sound new. Like robots.
- 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.
- 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.
Lyrics
Do it faster, makes us stronger
Discovery (2001)
Work it harder, make it better
Do it faster, makes us stronger
More than ever, hour after hour
Work is never over
- ”Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”
Random Access Memories (2013)
Like the legend of the phoenix
All ends with beginnings
What keeps the planet spinnin'
The force from the beginnin'
We've come too far
To give up who we are
So let's raise the bar
And our cups to the stars
She's up all night 'til the sun
I'm up all night to get some
She's up all night for good fun
I'm up all night to get lucky
- ”Get Lucky” (sung by Pharrell Williams)