Daft Punk

Skrillex changed by Daft Punk show

Music Gossip

29 Mar 2012

Skrillex's life was changed when he saw Daft Punk. The dubstep star went to great lengths to see the French electro group when they last toured, and strives to create the same atmosphere at his own live shows. He told Pitchfork: "I remember seeing…

Daft Punk to work with Nile Rogers

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7 Feb 2012

Daft Punk are set to work with Nile Rogers. The 'One More Time' group were scheduled to meet the guitarist and producer - who has worked with David Bowie and Michael Jackson - this week to discuss new material. Nile told Houston.culturemap.com…

The Prodigy voted best dance act of all time

Music Gossip

20 Jan 2012

The Prodigy have been voted the best dance act of all time. The 'Firestarter' group beat Daft Punk to claim the top spot in the poll, by dance music publication Mixmag, although they only won by a "handful of votes". Singer Keith Flint said: "To…

Top 5 secretive dance acts

In honour of notoriously interview-shy producer Fake Blood we name our favourite mysterious DJs

5 Jan 2012

Fake Blood For several years no one even knew who Fake Blood was. He was eventually outed as Theo Keating aka DJ Touché (one half of The Wiseguys), and while it’s now a fairly open secret he still refuses to do photo shoots and turns down nearly every…

Interview - Slam talk us through 20 years of Soma Records

Glasgow label that gave us Daft Punk, Ewan Pearson and Funk D’Void

15 Mar 2011

To celebrate Soma’s 20th anniversary, Orde Meikle, one half of label founding fathers Slam (alongside Stuart McMillan), takes us though the history of Glasgow’s favourite electronica label.

Daft Punk - TRON: Legacy OST

Sense of melancholy and creeping doom pervades perfect retro-futurism pairing

15 Dec 2010

(EMI) There’s as much hype and hyperbole around Daft Punk’s TRON: Legacy score as there is around the film itself. Putting aside the massive media assault that is now building around the Disney sequel, the hiring of the Parisian electronic dons for…

Daft Punk ditched synthesisers to be timeless

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27 Nov 2010

Daft Punk didn't use synthesisers for their 'Tron: Legacy' soundtrack because they wanted to make it "timeless." The French dance duo - whose score is the first recorded material they have released since 2005 album 'Human After All' - were attracted…

Daft Punk urge fans to go classical

Music Gossip

19 Nov 2010

Daft Punk hope their 'Tron: Legacy' soundtrack will encourage fans to listen to classical music. The French dance duo - whose score is the first recorded material they have released since 2005 album 'Human After All' - say making the soundtrack to…

Official Tron Legacy trailer, poster triptych and Daft Punk track 'Derezzed'

Compare the original 1982 Tron trailer with the 2010 Tron Legacy version

4 Nov 2010

Tron Legacy is released in the UK on 26 December 2010. That's right, Boxing Day - meaning that the Christmas TV schedules are going to need to pull something pretty special out of the bag to compete with this, as frankly, The Emmerdale Omnibus followed…

DJ Shadow and Grandmaster Flash launch DJ Hero

4 Nov 2009

Why did no one connect DJing and video gaming sooner? Both involve single-minded obsession, blinding dexterity, copious alone-time, and – potentially – serious carpal tunnel damage. Fortunately, Activision made the connection and expanded their Guitar…

Music news round-up

13 Mar 2008

Björk representatives have said that the singer was forced out of Serbian festival EXIT due to her outspoken views on Kosovo. The Icelandic singer voiced her support for the region gaining its independence while onstage during her recent Japanese…