November 23, 2024

Not one more time: Dance music duo Daft Punk split

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a man wearing a suit and tie talking on a cell phone: FILE PHOTO: Musicians Banglater and de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk pose at the world premiere of the film "TRON: Legacy" in Hollywood, California © Reuters/Danny Moloshok FILE PHOTO: Musicians Banglater and de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk pose at the world premiere of the film “TRON: Legacy” in Hollywood, California

PARIS (Reuters) – French electronic music band Daft Punk have announced they are splitting up, industry title Variety quoted their publicist as saying on Monday, ending a 28-year collaboration that spawned dance hits including “Around the World” and “One More Time.”

a group of people standing on a stage: FILE PHOTO: Wonder performs the Daft Punk's song "Get Lucky" with Williams and Rodgers at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles © Reuters/Mario Anzuoni FILE PHOTO: Wonder performs the Daft Punk’s song “Get Lucky” with Williams and Rodgers at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

The group, known for performing while dressed as robots in metallic helmets, posted a video on YouTube entitled “Epilogue,” with an image that flashed on screen bearing the dates 1993-2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDX6wNfjqc

a man wearing a suit and tie: FILE PHOTO: Daft Punk arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles © Reuters/Danny Moloshok FILE PHOTO: Daft Punk arrive at the 56th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles

Variety quoted their publicist, Kathryn Frazier, as saying they had split, but without providing details. Frazier’s firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Daft Punk were a duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo from France who met at school in Paris.

They emerged as a major mainstream international act when their song “Harder Better Faster Stronger” was nominated for a best dance recording Grammy award in 2008.

Their biggest success was with the album “Random Access Memories”. It was named album of the year at the 2013 Grammy awards and the hit single from the album, “Get Lucky,” featuring U.S. performer Pharrell Williams, won the Grammy for record of the year.

(Reporting by Christian Lowe; Editing by Benoit Van Overstraeten)

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