Daft Punk

Daft Punk is a duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974)^[1] and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975).^[1] The pair is considered one of the most successful electronic music collaborations of all time, both in album sales and in critical acclaim.^[2] After Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France, other artists such as Air, Cassius, and Dimitri from Paris began to receive a similar amount of attention.^[3]

Daft Punk is also credited with producing songs that were considered essential in the French house scene. They were managed from 1996 to 2008 by Pedro Winter (Busy P), the head of Ed Banger Records.^[4]