In their recent cover story interview with Rolling Stone, Bangalter said, РІР‚СљToday, electronic music is like an audio energy drink. In retrospect, РІР‚СљOne More TimeРІР‚Сњ isnРІР‚в„ўt that different-in structure and life-affirming sentiment, at least-from something Will.i.am might have helped produce, while РІР‚СљGet Lucky,РІР‚Сњ with Pharrell and Nile Rodgers, is more classy, old school.Р”Вaft Punk went there for their new album partially in reaction to contemporary electronic music. Most notably, late DJ and producer Romanthony graduates from a cameo in HomeworkРІР‚в„ўs lockstep, roboticized list of РІР‚СљTeachersРІР‚Сњ to heavy-breathing lead vocals on РІР‚СљOne More Time,РІР‚Сњ which was Daft PunkРІР‚в„ўs highest-charting song until РІР‚СљGet Lucky.РІР‚Сњ ItРІР‚в„ўs no coincidence that both songs humanize the dancefloor, giving back life (and love) to the dead-eyed ravers jacking to the beat, trying to get some before the sun comes up. РІР‚СљToo LongРІР‚Сњ could have been put out by Salsa del Soul in the late РІР‚в„ў70s, РІР‚СљSuperheroesРІР‚Сњ samples crooner Barry Manilow, and РІР‚СљSomething About Us,РІР‚Сњ with its waow-waow synths and adorably French-accented vocals is a straight-up panty-dropper. The theme even came up in last weekРІР‚в„ўs remix of РІР‚СљGet LuckyРІР‚Сњ: Pharrell sings, РІР‚СљIРІР‚в„ўm up all nightРІР‚Сњ and Daft PunkРІР‚в„ўs vocoded voices finish РІР‚Сљto get lucky,РІР‚Сњ as if the robots want to get in on the action, too.Р”Р„fter 1997РІР‚в„ўs Homework, which drew heavily from Chicago house, Daft Punk took a baby step in the direction they would take over a decade later for Random Access Memories, and Discovery was decidedly warmer and more emotional than their debut. One need look no further than songs like РІР‚СљDigital Love,РІР‚Сњ Human After AllРІР‚в„ўs РІР‚СљEmotion,РІР‚Сњ or the sad androids of the bandРІР‚в„ўs art film Electroma, which self-destruct when their latex human masks melt in the sun. Since their sophomore album, Discovery, the human/robot dichotomy and its relationship with that lovinРІР‚в„ў feeling have been a part of Daft PunkРІР‚в„ўs narrative. But Wilson retained his hold over Bangalter and Guy-Man, even after they donned masks and then helmets and became the Robots, which have historically had a tenuous relationship with human emotions.

They signed to StereolabРІР‚в„ўs label, shared the stage with them a few times, were scorned as РІР‚Сљdaft punky thrashРІР‚Сњ by Melody MakerРІР‚в„ўs Dave Jennings, and disbanded. In 1992, Daft PunkРІР‚в„ўs once and future idol Brian Wilson said, РІР‚СљIt was a childhood dream of mine to make music that made people feel loved.РІР‚Сњ That same year, Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem-Christo formed the indie-rock band DarlinРІР‚в„ў (named after the Beach Boys song, natch) with PhoenixРІР‚в„ўs Laurent Brancowitz.

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