Daft Punk

Daft Punk made history as the first electronic band to contract with a major label on their own terms. After making a splash with a couple of singles released by the techno label Soma, the French began to receive offers for long-term contracts. Enlisting the support of manager Pedro Winter, who would later open Ed Banger's label and become the patron of Justice, Thomas (whose father, incidentally, had a hand in many hits by Ottawan and Gibson Brothers) and Guy-Manuel began to knock the opportunity out of labels. control the creative process. "We weren't particularly interested in money," Bangalter explained, "so we just turned down labels that wanted to get involved in the band." As a result, Daft Punk became Virgin customers. The album "Homework", where the guys mixed techno, house and disco in equal proportions, went so well that even in the USA it became "gold", and Daft Punk turned into trendsetters, setting an example for everyone. Neither the wave of French house, nor the success of Miss Kittin and Vitalic, nor the emergence of Justice would have been possible if Daft Punk had not paved the way for them.
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