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08.02.1974
Guy Manuel de Homem Christo born in Paris.
03.01.1975
Thomas Bangalter born in Paris.
1987
Tomas and Guy-Manuel meet at Lycée Carnot in Paris.
1992
Darlin', an early project fronted by the duo, releases a maxi-single that is reviewed by a Melody Maker journalist, who describes the group's sound as "daft punk".
1993
Thomas & Guy-Man meet UK duo Slam, founders of the Soma label, at a party, and give them their first house demo.
1994
Soma releases ALIVE, the official debut by
Daft Punk.
1995
12-inch single Da Funk/Rollin'& Scratchin' (Soma) creates a sensation on the underground techno scene before attracting wider music industry attention.
09.1996
Daft Punk signs with Virgin Music.
12.1996
Daft Punk teams up with Spike Jonze in New York to shoot "Da Funk", the first in a series of attention-grabbing videos made on the back of their HOMEWORK album by such cult producers as Jonze, Michel Gondry, Seb Janiak and RomanCoppola.
01.1997
Release of Daft Punk's debut album, HOMEWORK, featuring the singles Around the World, Burning and Revolution 909 plus Da Funk. France finally latches on to techno, and the album sells 2.5 million copies worldwide. Daft Punk undertakes a long series of interviews but keep their faces conceald in photographs.
12.1997
Daft Punk performs at the Mayan Theater, Los Angeles. A 60-date world tour follows. HOMEWORK is proclaimed Best Album of 1997 by many in the music press. Thomas and Guy-Manuel found their own independent house labels, in 95 Roulé (Thomas), in 97 Crydamoure (Guy-Manuel).
Summer 1998
Daft Punk record two tracks with their underground deep-house idol, New Jersey's Romanthony, in preparation for their second album.
03.1999
Stardust, a one-off line-up featuring Thomas, Benjamin Diamond and Alan Braxe, scores an international hit with Music Sounds Better With You (1.5 million copies sold).
09.1999
The 9/99 bug. Robots take control of the group and speak in place of Guy-Man and Thomas at interviews.
08.2000
Daft Punk meets Leiji Matsumoto, one the living gods of Japanese animation (creator of the Captain Harlock), to discuss ideas for videos for the new album.
11.2001
The new Daft Punk single, a Romanthony remix of One More Time, is played for the first time at the celebrated Paris nightclub, Respect is Burning, and becomes the duo's biggest hit to date with 1.2 million copies sold.
13.03.2001
Release of DISCOVER, whose poppier, lighter sound marks a departure from the more orthodox house sound of the first album. Album sales reach 2.9 million but the robots still do the talking at interviews.
11.2003
Release of the "Interstella 555" DVD, an anime/manga space opera directed by Leiji Matsumoto featuring the full DISCOVERY album as its soundtrack.
03.2005
Daft Punk's third album release HUMAN AFTER ALL, the music is diverse and fresh whilst retaining their trademark Daft Punk sound, this time with a more spontaneous and direct quality to the recording.
04.2006
Release of MUSIQUE VOL 1 1993-2005, 10 years of cut hits & rarities anthology, also available on cd/dvd containing two brand new unseen videos & all the classics.
04.2006
Daft Punk return to live performance with a series of eight special concerts.