What's up with Daft Punk?

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Questionable Franz Ferdinand remixes aside, does anyone know what's up with these guys? I know Bangaltar has kept himself busy working on film soundtracks and producing anthemic house songs with collaborator DJ Falcon. Does anyone know if there is anything coming up on the horizon?

― seez, Monday, 16 August 2004 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

homework = 1997
discovery = 2001
new one = 2005?

― jess, Monday, 16 August 2004 21:59 (twenty-one years ago)

*crosses fingers*

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 16 August 2004 22:14 (twenty-one years ago)

what was that bangalter injury i heard about a while back again? it sounded serious. i hope we have something new soon.

― m. (mitchlnw), Monday, 16 August 2004 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, nasty case of moog finger. terrible shame.

― adam. (nordicskilla), Monday, 16 August 2004 22:25 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard his LED was on the fritz, rendering him unable to communicate.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 16 August 2004 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard they'd thrown their synthesisers away and bought some garden furniture.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 16 August 2004 22:30 (twenty-one years ago)

I heard they threw their garden furniture away and bought coke spoons.

― Lukas (lukas), Monday, 16 August 2004 22:35 (twenty-one years ago)

Daft Punk love is the thing about ILM i that baffles me most.

― jed_ (jed), Monday, 16 August 2004 22:50 (twenty-one years ago)

According to Res magazine, they have just designed a TABLE...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 16 August 2004 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

a very expensive coffe table i heard?

― Savin All My Love 4 u (Savin 4ll my (heart) 4u), Monday, 16 August 2004 23:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Daft Punk love is the thing about ILM i that baffles me most.

jed, the world is full of golden mysteries. Come, join us... come.

― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 00:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Daft Punk love is the thing about ILM that I cherish the most.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 01:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I love me da Daft Punk, it's the Basement Jaxx I don't get = /

― Gear! (Gear!), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 02:08 (twenty-one years ago)

They're now sucking quietly, instead of the in-your-face-on-every-airwave suckage of a year or two ago.

I like it better now.

― Sasha (sgh), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 05:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh no haters!

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 06:31 (twenty-one years ago)

they've split up never ever to record anything again. ever.

....damn, was just a dream

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 07:55 (twenty-one years ago)

...a BAD dream.

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 08:18 (twenty-one years ago)

...a NIGHTMARE

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 08:19 (twenty-one years ago)

it was a nice dream. all was well with the world. all wrongs were righted. and thee was no more daft punk.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 09:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, I see, go out at the top, that's what you're saying?

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 10:09 (twenty-one years ago)

er, no.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 11:12 (twenty-one years ago)

there was some ep i downloaded offa soulseek a little while ago, "on da dancefloor," anyone know if this is legit?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

also boo to the haters

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 15:09 (twenty-one years ago)

apparently it's not them slutsky, it's not too shabby tho

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 15:10 (twenty-one years ago)

i was a little suspicious! but yeah it's not bad, which version is your fave?

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 15:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Did anyone ever get their wonderful toys?

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 19:53 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread is f*cked up.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Daft Punk love is the thing about ILM i that baffles me most.
-- jed_ (colin_o_har...), August 16th, 2004.

you don't like fun?

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I love me da Daft Punk, it's the Basement Jaxx I don't get = /

Not even something like "Red Alert"??

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 20:06 (twenty-one years ago)

it amazes me how little of ilm is rabid psychotic daft punk fanism.

(a) patrick alavi of work it baby records releases records online and labels them daft punk. some are ok, none are legit.

(b) bangalter fucked up his ears hence the delay.

― Ronan (Ronan), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 22:31 (twenty-one years ago)

YOU TELL EM!!!

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 22:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I'm sick of this 'hater' bullshit.

I think they make boring music, and I think I'm entitled to say so on this forum. Do I have to like every single band in every single genre that ever existed to not be a 'hater'?

I don't give a fuck if you don't like the music I like; I'm not going to say "OMG haters!" if you say Coil or the Fall suck on one of the threads dealing with those groups.

P.S. Bassmet Jaxx suck as well. *Especially* something like 'Red Alert'.

― Sasha (sgh), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 03:23 (twenty-one years ago)

It's just the rules. You have to like Daft Punk. We say so.

― Dan I., Wednesday, 18 August 2004 03:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Do not feed the haters.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 04:27 (twenty-one years ago)

Roxy?

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 04:32 (twenty-one years ago)

Can I, can I say something to you just this once?!

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 04:44 (twenty-one years ago)

I think they make boring music, and I think I'm entitled to say so on this forum.

haha we think you're a boring hater, and we think we're entitled to say so on this forum.

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)

it's in the faq that if you don't like daft punk you....eh.......I better not say.

― Ronan (Ronan), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 06:17 (twenty-one years ago)

wow, you're right.

Can I hate on Daft Punk on ILX?

Here on ILX, only Lil Jon is more unassailable than Daft Punk and all haters who attempt to board will be repelled. A second offense will result in computer viruses sent to your IP address. Embrace the digital love or leave.

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 06:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I think we should add Basement Jaxx and late 90s timbaland.

― djdee2005, Wednesday, 18 August 2004 06:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Other than the Daft Punk and the Basement Jaxx thing, it is kind of nice round here. Has ILX decided that the last DP album was actually any good in some kind of mass oversight?

― ___ (___), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 07:24 (twenty-one years ago)

what are you saying

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 07:33 (twenty-one years ago)

That it sucked.

― ___ (___), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 07:43 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't get it

― pete b. (pete b.), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 07:46 (twenty-one years ago)

it's over-rated, I like it more than ever tho. Basement Jaxx are my favourite thing of all time.

In answer to Barima's question, no no figurines yet :(

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 08:42 (twenty-one years ago)

daft punk >> basement jaxx > drugs, food, bumping uglies, etc

the proof is in comparing the singles tracks and essential mixes and ignoring album vs album matchups.

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 09:29 (twenty-one years ago)

no i think Basement Jaxx have better single tracks and essential mixes too

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 09:31 (twenty-one years ago)

heh, well OK, not entirely - several tracks on Homework I might prefer to anything by Jaxx (Da Funk, Fresh, Burnin', Alive)...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 09:33 (twenty-one years ago)

really?? hm. i thought the daft punk EM was like the holy grail of french/chicago house. it's the one disc (two discs, actually!) that's consistenly been in my CD wallet since i got it (well over a year, i think). maybe it's a, uh, london thing or something.

xpost - hey exactly, don't forget "around the world" and "one more time"

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 09:34 (twenty-one years ago)

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weekend collabo is awful. wish they werent performing it too.

― StillAdvance, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 13:21 (nine years ago)

I like "Feel It Coming". one of the few things I like from the Weeknd, actually !

― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 1 February 2017 13:23 (nine years ago)

i feel it coming is my 4 y/o's favorite song right now

― if young satchmo don't trumpet i'm gon shoot you (m bison), Thursday, 2 February 2017 03:27 (nine years ago)

one month passes...

the official or mint-condition unofficial instrumental of "I Feel It Coming" is worth a listen: https://dbr.ee/8LRt

― example (crüt), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 05:28 (nine years ago)

Nice!

― dance cum rituals (Moka), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 06:50 (nine years ago)

ahh, that's great. much better than the vocal version.

― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 07:02 (nine years ago)

two years pass...

New Daft Punk in May? pic.twitter.com/0iSTy8b3lp
— Marco Collins (@notmarcocollins) February 5, 2020

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 04:54 (six years ago)

Laserdisc?

― 🚶‍♂️💨 (Eric H.), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 05:08 (six years ago)

The Wave Of The Future!

― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 February 2020 06:13 (six years ago)

Seem to recall a couple of months ago Has It Leaked? claimed they were in the studio so possibly legit

― groovypanda, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 10:08 (six years ago)

I hope there is a spoken word track with Ralf from Kraftwerk talking about the history of the band over a minimalist drum machine pulse.

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 13:17 (six years ago)

Vangelis, By...Vangelis

― nashwan, Wednesday, 5 February 2020 15:38 (six years ago)

i'd like one from rowlf, the muppet piano dog.

― andrew m., Wednesday, 5 February 2020 15:53 (six years ago)

French press says fake

― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Thursday, 6 February 2020 19:43 (six years ago)

Wow, all mine does is make coffee, never seen one that talks!

― Tuomas, Thursday, 6 February 2020 19:45 (six years ago)

Here's hoping they use a drum machine and/or sampler for percussion again.

― octobeard, Thursday, 6 February 2020 20:19 (six years ago)

Yeah, Boombass from Cassius has denied any knowledge xps

― groovypanda, Thursday, 6 February 2020 20:28 (six years ago)

I guess around the time of RAM, I noticed that those guys have never used a female vocalist. Have I missed that they in fact did? Is it not unusual that scholarly fellows such as they have avoided doing so?

― veronica moser, Friday, 7 February 2020 23:38 (six years ago)

The only female vocals they've ever used are on 'Ouverture', from Daft Club, iirc. That's Élodie Bouchez, Thomas Bangalter's wife. And yes, it's very unusual.

― Le Bateau Ivre, Friday, 7 February 2020 23:42 (six years ago)

one year passes...

Looks like they’ve officially disbanded?

― eisimpleir (crüt), Monday, 22 February 2021 14:44 (five years ago)

Ha, yes, I bumped the more recently active thread, but I saw that.

― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 22 February 2021 14:50 (five years ago)

one year passes...

My wife says ppl online are freaking out b/c the group just updated their homepage. Anyone heard anything?

― Not Dork Yet (alternate toke) (morrisp), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 20:59 (four years ago)

surely it's an NFT thing

― Murgatroid, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 21:01 (four years ago)

They're playing at my house.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 21:04 (four years ago)

Da Funkgible Token Punk

― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 21:04 (four years ago)

They're playing at my house.

Alternatively, they're going to show up for LCD Soundsystem's SNL performance this weekend.

― MarkoP, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 21:31 (four years ago)

https://www.twitch.tv/daftpunk

― fpsa, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 22:23 (four years ago)

Kinda fun! Wish I'd gone to the show but I remember the era there.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 22:26 (four years ago)

this is pretty cool

― fpsa, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 22:27 (four years ago)

whats the venue?

― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 22:30 (four years ago)

The Mayan in LA

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 22:42 (four years ago)

Also reissuing Homework on vinyl, apparently.

― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 22 February 2022 23:06 (four years ago)

Been a fun set. Just listening mostly but it's a true snapshot of time and place.

― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 22 February 2022 23:22 (four years ago)

video download since Youtube rips are being taken down:
https://m**a.nz/file/uVtkmIzD#3YZtUJcgUMZNqL4cZ71UjraiYwtMecZiVkbSr13-uII

― papal hotwife (milo z), Wednesday, 23 February 2022 20:49 (four years ago)

Saw them around that time. They were fun but not too different from very good contemporary Chicago or NYC dj’s playing in the House world. It’s just that …” pssst … these are two really young French dudes!” made it special.

― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 24 February 2022 00:59 (four years ago)

The first album, remixes, offshoot labels and “Discovery” were and are still godhead to me, though.

― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 24 February 2022 01:00 (four years ago)

xxpost -- thanks for that!

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 24 February 2022 01:53 (four years ago)

yeah, thanks

― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Friday, 25 February 2022 06:43 (four years ago)

eleven months pass...

https://ra.co/news/78411

Thomas Bangalter, one half of legendary duo Daft Punk, is releasing a new solo album.
Out on April 7th via Erato/Warner Classics, Mythologies was commissioned by choreographer Angelin Preljocaj for the ballet of the same name, which was premiered last year by the Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.

― groovypanda, Wednesday, 25 January 2023 11:30 (three years ago)

Interesting. The ballet's title is a direct reference to Barthes which is blowing my late-90s rave+theory mind.

― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 26 January 2023 03:33 (three years ago)

that's a dope record cover

― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Thursday, 26 January 2023 03:36 (three years ago)

two years pass...

https://electronicgroove.com/fortnite-announces-daft-punk-immersive-collaboration/

― StanM, Friday, 26 September 2025 08:40 (eight months ago)

two weeks pass...

Not sure if this has been discussed elsewhere on here, but this is bonkers. I can't believe it was only available for a single day. Seems like a lot of work went it to it. I wonder how much Daft Punk helped. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_zuRvkSgI8

― Spencer Chow, Monday, 13 October 2025 02:42 (seven months ago)

one of my hs newspaper kids was doing a story about this, i was like...cant tell if this is out of character for them, i wonder how much they got paid hahaha

― petey, pablo & mary (m bison), Monday, 13 October 2025 02:52 (seven months ago)

Do the kids on Fortnite even know Daft Punk songs

― trm (tombotomod), Monday, 13 October 2025 04:15 (seven months ago)

I mean, I know they do, because my daughter specifically told me she wanted no Daft Punk played at her bat mitzvah, but

― trm (tombotomod), Monday, 13 October 2025 04:16 (seven months ago)

the ones with millennial hipster parents do

― petey, pablo & mary (m bison), Monday, 13 October 2025 04:47 (seven months ago)

Apparently this experience is still accessible in the game.

― Spencer Chow, Saturday, 18 October 2025 00:25 (seven months ago)

five months pass...

Thomas and fred again live set from last month streaming on youtube right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfF8jzBVWvM

― uploading this content requires perseveration (sic), Saturday, 28 March 2026 18:49 (two months ago)

frederic encore..

― uploading this content requires perseveration (sic), Saturday, 28 March 2026 18:50 (two months ago)

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