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After 28 years at the forefront of electronic music, the Daft punk, the legendary duet of France, decided to drop the masks and reveal their faces when they announced the end of their collaboration.
THE Guy Manuel de Omem Christ Y Thomas bangalter heralded the end of their long journey together, leaving behind a brilliant career in electronic music, dozens of hits, six Grammy Awards and a personal fortune of up to € 60 million.
Watch the video: “Epilogue”
As the Daft Punk chapter seems to be closing for good and each of the two musicians is already working on personal projects, the question is who was behind the robotic helmets and masks.
Born in Paris, Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Ome Cristo, 46, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, in the Ile-de-France region, met for the first time in their student years when they were both students at the Lycée Carnot in Paris. In 1987. Bangalter came from a family of musicians, while Guy Manuel’s family was engaged in advertising..
Daft Punk with helmets in the late 90s
Daft Punk in masks in the late 90s
It was during those years that the two companions discovered their common love for the cinema and music of the 60s and 70s and together with the musician Laurent Brankovic they formed the alternative rock band Darlin.
A harsh negative review written in a music magazine about the quality of his music, which the author described as “silly punk trash(“Daft punky trash”), gave them the idea for their next project.
Watch the video: Deft Punk wins the Grammy Award for “Record of the Year”
Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel decided to pursue a career in electronic music after visiting a club in Paris in 1992. In 1997 they released the album Homework, which received rave reviews and became known in the electronic field. In 2001 they released their second studio album “Discovery”, with which they literally swept the British and American charts. In 2007 they released Human After All, which received mixed reviews and has remained largely inactive ever since..
Daft Punk without masks in the era that dominated electronic pop music.
While little is known about Guy Manuel’s partner and mother of two, Bangalter’s wife, actress Elodie Boucher, is best known for France. The couple have two children who live in Paris, having lived for a few years in Beverly Hills, California.
During an interview with the French magazine She In 2018, Elodie praised her husband for “anchoring himself in reality,” justifying the two musicians’ decision to hide their faces to avoid publicity.
Daft Punk without masks today. Thomas Bangalter on the left and Guy Manuel de Ome Cristo on the right.
However, Guy Manuel de Omem Cristo and Thomas Bangalter had already started personal projects with great success.. Guy Manuel worked on the fifth solo album by Charlotte Gainsbourg, daughter of legendary French musician Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin, and also collaborated with French musician, DJ and producer Gesaffelstein.
For his part, Thomas Bangalter has his own record company and is also a film producer. In June 2017, Bangalter collaborated with Arcade Fire to produce their album “Everything Now”..
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