Daft Punk is over. After 28 years of collaboration, the group formed by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo since 1993 has decided to announce its separation. The two musicians chose to convey the sad message by posting a video of 7 min and 57 seconds entitled Epilogue on their official YouTube channel. Fans were able to rediscover an excerpt from their film Electroma, released in 2008, and in which the two men walk in the desert and then end up exploding one after the other. The information, confirmed by their press officer atAFP, has made many unhappy fans of the group, very followed since its formation. Here are 5 things to know about the two French who have managed to conquer the whole world with their electronic music which has revolutionized the genre.
1- They met at 12 years old at the College Carnot
Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo met in 1986, at the college of the Lycée Carnot, in the 17th arrondissement of Paris. Professor Anne Pourdieu, who was their music teacher, told in 2014 in The show for all, on France 2, that she had witnessed the birth of their complicity, when they were still only children.
2 – At the start there were three …
In 1991, two years before forming their legendary duo, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo created a first group with a third person: Laurent Brancowitz, the future guitarist of Phoenix. Darlin, their group entitled in tribute to the title of Beach Boy, did not have the expected success.
3 – Thomas Bangalter is in a relationship with an actress
Thomas Bangalter, 46, is a family man in addition to being an electro star. The musician is in a relationship with the actress, Élodie Bouchez, with whom he had two boys: Tara-Jay (19), who also became an actor, and Roxan (12).
4 – They no longer pose without a mask since 1995
At the beginning of their collaboration, the Daft Punk did not wear their legendary helmets. The two French, who worked with the director Michel Gondry, or the singers Pharrell Williams and The Weeknd, only decided to appear exclusively masked from 1995. Certain photos, which have become collectors, therefore show them with his face uncovered. "We try to separate our private from our public life. We are embarrassed by fame. We don't want to be recognized on the streets. The media have agreed to let us wear masks, which we are delighted with.", they had said in 2007, as reported Le Figaro.
5 – An animal has been baptized in their honor
Daft Punk are so well known that a species of animal has been named in their honor. It is a flatworm of the order of Rhabdocoela, named after "Baicalellia daftpunka" in reference to the end of his penis, the shape of which recalls the famous helmets of the group.
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