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Daft Punk released their first album, Homework, in 1997, a record which became an overnight hit and sold more than 2 million copies worldwide. The French duo became the hottest techno and dance music group on the planet and won 13 awards for their work throughout their career. These included Grammy Awards for Best Dance Recording and Album of the Year for Random Access Memories. The members of the band, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter, have remained anonymous by wearing large robot helmets on stage and in public. The idea, Bangalte
Daft Punk liked the idea of the project, but weren’t keen on using their older existing music for the game. They wanted to write new music, but because the duo was working on the
Tron Legacy soundtrack then, they couldn’t find the time to write a new score. Mielke added “the game would have been positioned from within their pyramid-shaped DJ booth and the better your chain combos the wilder the crowd would react”. As such, the world never got to enjoy
Daft Punk Lumines, although one of the last things the duo did before their retirement was to re-release the
Wipeout 2097, but not in the game itself.) Daft Punk went all in for
DJ Hero, appearing in the game as digital avatars, and providing an octet of eight multi-artist mashups and two Daft Punk “mega mixes.”
Daft Punk was not the most prolific musical act the duo churned out just four studio albums, a couple live albums, and the full soundtrack for the movie
Tron Legacy so their musical mash-up contribution to
DJ Hero is something of a treasure. The
DJ Hero selections lean heavily on Daft Punk’s least enjoyable album,
Human After All, but early bangers “Da Funk” and “Around the World” make appearances.