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Grammy-winning electronic music pioneers Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years.

Beyond the hits, here’s a rundown of some of the deep cuts, remixes, sessions, and lesser-known gems from Daft Punk’s three-decade voyage toward to now: the very real the almost touchable end of an era. It was real and, from the looks of it, nobody was into breaking out the Tequila. But first, let’s cast our ears and eyes back. It was a very important point for me and Guy-Man to not spoil the narrative while it was happening. WATCH: Daft Punk calls it quits after 28 years. As we reckon with the news, looking forward feels right. On the new album, he explained, “Daft Punk was a project that blurred the line between reality and fiction with these robot characters. With the advent of more popularized AI and algorithmic technologies, Thomas and Guy-Manuel chose to retain their more human sides. We were always on the side of humanity and not on the side of technology,” he added. “We tried to use these machines to express something extremely moving that a machine cannot feel, but a human can. I love technology as a tool I’m somehow terrified of the nature of the relationship between the machines and ourselves,” Bangalter explained. “ was an exploration, I would say, starting with the machines and going away from them. Ahead of the release, he spoke with BBC and explained why exactly Daft Punk officially decided to break up. Thomas Bangalter has a solo album coming out this Friday, Mythologies, his debut solo orchestral album. They’d add four more golden gramophones to their collection in 2013, taking home Best Electronic/Dance Album and Album of the year for Random Access Memories and Best Pop/Duo Group Performance and Record of the Year for “Get Lucky.We’re quickly approaching the release of Random Access Memories 10th Anniversary Editionon the heels of the two-year anniversary of Daft Punk officially breaking up. Daft Punk, one of the most popular French electronic music duos of all time, have broken up after 28 years together. After losing their first five times being up for music’s biggest honor, the band collected two prizes in 2008 for Best Dance Recording (“Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”) and Best Electronic/Dance Album (Alive 2007). Throughout their time together, Daft Punk earned a dozen Grammy nominations and won half of them, including two of the four major categories. 1 on the Hot 100 and earned the rapper the Grammy for Best Rap Solo Performance (as they weren’t officially credited as featured artists on the tune).

Years before working with The Weeknd, Daft Punk enjoyed a boost in popularity after Kanye West sampled their song “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” and introduced it to millions as his song “Stronger,” which itself went to No. 4, granting the duo their third placement in the region in the U.S. 1 on the Hot 100, giving The Weeknd another leader and Daft Punk their first ruler, and “I Feel It Coming” rose to No. The pairing of Daft Punk and the Canadian R&B/pop star produced first “Starboy” and then “I Feel It Coming,” which were both performed recently during the Super Bowl halftime show. MORE FROM FORBES Taylor Swift's Big Announcement Leads To Billboard 200 Domination This Week By Hugh McIntyreįollowing their chart-topping success with “Get Lucky” and Random Access Memories, Daft Punk found mainstream favor once again by partnering with The Weeknd for not one, but two singles featured on his album Starboy, and both of them became major hits. The tune became their first top 10 hit on the Hot 100, and while it ended up being the only major smash from the full-length, the project was heralded by critics and fans as one of the best pop/dance efforts in a long time. 1 in many places, including the U.S., and it was bolstered by the unstoppable “Get Lucky,” which credited Pharrell Williams as the vocalist. Police in Belgium deployed tear gas and water cannons on thousands of people who gathered in a Brussels park for an April Fools’ party, which was jokingly advertised as a Daft Punk. Thankfully, it was well worth the wait, as the duo transcended electronic music and reached the top of all-genre charts everywhere. Another four years would pass before they returned with their third set, Human After All, which produced even more singles that are still remembered well to this day, like “Robot Rock” and “Technologic,” which became something of a global sensation after being featured in an Apple advertisement.Įight years went by before Daft Punk released their fourth, and what turned out to be their last, album, Random Access Memories.