Daft Punk

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The 20 greatest French touch tracks – ranked!
As Cassius’s scene-defining album 1999 turns 25, we revisit the sample-powered, disco-fabulous sound that carried Daft Punk and others to fame

Ben Beaumont-Thomas

18, Jan, 2024 @4:00 PM

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Prog, angst and cosmic pyramids: why Daft Punk are my generation’s Pink Floyd | Ben Cardew
It took me years to come round to Random Access Memories, until I connected the dots to its unlikely cousin 40 years its senior, Dark Side of the Moon

Ben Cardew

09, May, 2023 @1:41 PM

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Up all night to get jeté! Thomas Bangalter on hanging up his Daft Punk helmet – and leaping into ballet
Two years after the French funkmeisters unplugged, the electro legend is releasing his first new material – a ballet score. He explains why working with ‘real live humans’ was scary

Chal Ravens

12, Apr, 2023 @3:03 PM

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‘Within a minute, everyone was dancing’ – Stardust on making Music Sounds Better With You
‘When the money started to roll in, I went to this record shop I loved and asked to see every piece of expensive vinyl I’d ever lusted after. “I’ll take them all!” I said’

Andy Welch

03, Apr, 2023 @2:17 PM

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What connects Avatar: The Way of Water to Daft Punk?
Sail away to Pandora via ethereal-pop practitioner Enya, the cyber-cycles of Tron and the mind-melting romance stylings of French auteur Michel Gondry

Larry Ryan

10, Dec, 2022 @1:00 PM

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‘I wrote 350 songs, and I couldn’t sing you one of them’: disco maestro Daniel Vangarde breaks his silence
The legend behind songs like D.I.S.C.O. – and the father of half of Daft Punk – ruled the 70s then scorned the music industry for decades. With the reissue of his own wildly eclectic oeuvre, he is re-emerging – briefly

Alexis Petridis

24, Nov, 2022 @3:40 PM

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Phoenix: ‘Every political cycle France has an existential crisis’
The Parisian pop maestros discuss getting their groove back, recording in the Louvre and the debate raging over their homeland’s cultural identity

Shaad D'Souza

05, Nov, 2022 @11:55 AM

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The 100 greatest BBC music performances – ranked!
As the Beeb celebrates its centenary, we take a look at its most memorable pop moments, from the birth of grime to the first sightings of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, plus TOTP goes Madchester and countless classic Peel sessions

Guardian music

06, Oct, 2022 @12:12 PM

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Pharrell Williams’s 30 greatest songs – ranked!
It’s 20 years since his band NERD released their debut album – but the rapper-producer-singer-songwriter has been responsible for an avalanche of hits. As he and co-pilot Chad Hugo get inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, we count down Williams’s 30 greatest bangers

Alexis Petridis

10, Mar, 2022 @2:00 PM

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Todd Edwards: the inspiring force behind Daft Punk and UK garage
His house music caused a sensation – ​but soon he was depressed and working a for a phone company. The US producer explains how he swung back to Grammy-winning glory

Alexis Petridis

29, Jul, 2021 @12:00 PM

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The greatest ever songs of the summer – ranked!
From Don Henley to Drake, we rate the hottest sounds of the season

Michael Cragg

10, Jun, 2021 @1:07 PM

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Nick Cave's biography reveals a case of mistaken identity| Kitty Empire
The singer’s choirmaster took great pride in inspiring him, but a certain other PJ was the real influence

Kitty Empire

28, Feb, 2021 @7:30 AM

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