Rolling Stone. Log In. To help keep your account secure, please log-in again. You are no longer onsite at your organization. Please log in. For assistance, contact your corporate administrator. Arrow Created with Sketch. Calendar Created with Sketch. Path Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. Plus Created with Sketch. The timing and manner of the announcement may seem odd, but it still bears mourning. From electronica wunderkinds to disco-house savants to hired-gun production wizards, Daft Punk lived many musical lives in their time together.
Their influence extended to everything from Top 40 to underground hip-hop, and even in the most fallow times, they were a totem for hipster coolness, the kind that people like James Murphy invoked with a mix of deference and irony. Before there were robot helmets, there were regular old masks—the kind you might buy at a novelty store. The group, which included future Phoenix guitarist Laurent Brancowitz, drew its inspiration from a Beach Boys song and released a few minorly successful singles on a label founded by avant-pop legends Stereolab.
But Bangalter and de Homem-Christo refused to play the PR game, opting to wear masks and plastic bags to cover their face at shows and during interviews. Combined with their leap in songcraft, the results were stunning. The work truly is never over. The way daft punk flipped the sample for one more time is still so crazy to me pic. It reached no.
The album helped kick off a hipster-friendly mids microgenre that would earn the regrettable name bloghouse. Beyond the music, however, Daft Punk leveled up in one other way around this time: In the process of making Discovery , they traded in their plastic Halloween masks for robot helmets, conjuring their own iconography out of thin air. Like Discovery , the Coachella set changed a lot for Daft Punk. This time, shows were considerably larger, as they brought the pyramid to five continents for 48 dates.
And eventually, the pair would produce for the likes of the Weeknd, Arcade Fire, and Kanye himself, on Yeezus. The Coachella set and resulting tour also reverberated throughout the industry, most obviously by ushering in an era of gaudy set designs in rap and electronic music. To their credit, Daft Punk wanted little to do with the world they helped create. The Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers—aided track became a cultural sensation from the moment it first appeared as a snippet on Saturday Night Live ; it would eventually sell nearly 9.
It would appear that Daft Punk died out in the desert, just like they were reborn there nearly 15 years ago. The robots had inspired real human emotions. We should be thankful that they went out with a little mystique, helmets on and all. The truly depressing thing would be knowing how the magic trick is done. Plus, Ryen closes it out with some listener-submitted Life Advice questions. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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