The two became friends and recorded demos with others from the school. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter met in 1987 while attending the Lycée Carnot secondary school in Paris. In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked them the 12th greatest musical duo of all time. In 2016, Daft Punk gained their only number one on the Billboard Hot 100 with " Starboy", a collaboration with the Weeknd. Random Access Memories won five Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for "Get Lucky". In 2013, Daft Punk left Virgin for Columbia Records and released their fourth and final album, Random Access Memories, to acclaim lead single " Get Lucky" reached the top 10 in the charts of 27 countries. Daft Punk composed the score for the 2010 film Tron: Legacy. They toured throughout 20 and released the live album Alive 2007, which won a Grammy Award for Best Electronic/Dance Album the tour is credited for popularising dance music in North America. The duo directed their first film, Electroma, an avant-garde science fiction film, in 2006. Daft Punk's third album, Human After All (2005), received mixed reviews, though the singles " Robot Rock" and " Technologic" achieved success in the United Kingdom. The album became the basis for an animated film, Interstella 5555, supervised by a Japanese animator Leiji Matsumoto. They were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter, the head of Ed Banger Records.ĭaft Punk's second album, Discovery (2001), had further success, supported by hit singles " One More Time", " Digital Love" and " Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger". From 1999, they assumed robot personas with helmets, outfits and gloves for public appearances to preserve their identities they made few media appearances. Their debut studio album Homework was released by Virgin Records in 1997 to positive reviews, backed by singles " Around the World" and " Da Funk".
They garnered critical acclaim and commercial success in the years following, combining elements of house music with funk, techno, disco, indie rock and pop.Īfter Bangalter and Homem-Christo's indie rock band Darlin' disbanded, they began experimenting with drum machines and synthesisers. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential acts in dance music history, they achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement.
But Pentatonix want you to know that there’s more to them than just pretty voices and excellent taste: Their self-titled 2015 album came loaded with originals-like the slinky neo-soul jam “Can’t Sleep Love” and anthemic stomper “Sing”-that proved they’ve got the songwriting chops to match their vocal ones.Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. Meanwhile, a handful of Christmas-themed records-featuring yuletide standards mixed in with wintry tunes by the likes of Fleet Foxes and Leonard Cohen-have made them as ubiquitous on holiday-season shopping-mall playlists as Mariah Carey and Mannheim Steamroller.
But the group’s astonishing vocal interplay made them natural viral-video fodder, as they received as much attention for their inventive clips-such as an a cappella medley of Daft Punk cuts that could pass for a genuine club mix-as for their own official, covers-laden releases. After an 11-week run that saw them vocally revamp songs by Marvin Gaye and Kesha with equal aplomb, Pentatonix emerged victorious with a $200,000 cash prize and a record contract. This group was quite literally an overnight sensation: Originally a trio formed in high school by mezzo-soprano Kirstie Maldonado, tenor Mitch Grassi and baritone singer Scott Hoying, Pentatonix added bass vocalist Avi Kaplan and beatboxer Kevin Olusola just the day before they were set to audition for NBC’s reality-show competition The Sing-Off in 2011. With their intricate a cappella arrangements and breathtaking beatboxing techniques, Pentatonix form the missing link between doo-wop and EDM. Pentatonix sounds more like the name of a DJ production team than a vocal quintet, but this Arlington, Texas-bred crew isn’t your typical troupe of harmony singers.
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