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Scottish rappers, deaf composers and an AI song called Zygotic Washstands: the biggest hoaxes in pop

Ex-Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür was conned into believing he was collaborating with a member of Daft Punk – but it’s far from the first time musicians and audiences have been fooled

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“We love you guys. Without Kraftwerk we would not find our own robot style, being on stage with the helmets, you know”: How a fake Daft Punk fooled Kraftwerk’s Wolfgang Flür into a collaboration

They pretended to be Thomas Bangalter

MusicRadar

DJ Funk, trailblazing Chicago ghetto house producer, dies aged 54

Charles Chambers was a key innovator in dance music, speeding up beats and adding raunchy lyrics, and inspiring Daft Punk and Justice

The Guardian - UK

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Members of Yello, Daft Punk and New Order guest on new Wolfgang Flür album Times

Former Kraftwerk member Wolfgang Flür to release new album Times in March

Louder

Zoe Ball begins final Radio 2 breakfast show with Daft Punk’s One More Time

Ball shared a message from a man who said he was driving home for Christmas early so he could listen to her last show.

The Independent UK

21 Years Later, a Revolutionary Sci-fi Movie is Coming Back to Theaters — But There's a Catch

Compelling anime visuals? Check. Killer soundtrack? Yup. A smooth, uncontroversial update? Well...

Inverse

“That album makes me tear up. It makes me emotional, just because I think, wow, imagine being there in that crowd, listening to one of the greatest bands of all time”: Charli XCX on the Daft Punk album that hits different

She also says that, when she was growing up, “I really thought that I wanted to emulate Britney Spears”

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“I would play solo piano gigs and a producer for Daft Punk came into the bar one night. He asked me if I wanted to join an all-female electronic band”: LP Giobbi on transitioning from jazz to dance music - and remixing Taylor Swift

Producer, DJ and classically trained pianist LP Giobbi unpicks the creative strands that have made her and the workings behind new album, Dotr

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Creepy, bald female AI robot praises Buffalo Bills and chicken wings at New York grad address

Named Sofia, the ‘humanoid robot’ did not read prepared remarks, but responded to questions from D’Youville student body president John Rizk at the event on Saturday

The Independent UK

Dance giants Justice return: ‘The only thing we argued over were the bongos’

The debonair duo have remixed U2 and Britney, and angered Kanye West. Still on each other’s wavelengths after almost a decade away, they’re resuming their quest to make ‘the most dramatic music possible’

The Guardian - UK

Listen to an incredible remake of Daft Punk's Face to Face made with modern samples from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead and Lady Gaga: "What a love letter to sampling"

"Face to Face samples 20 different songs from 1968-1982, but what if the song used samples coming from a much later time range of thirty years later?"

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“I’m told they’re working on it, it’s coming out of the locker”: Daft Punk drummer raises hopes that a new album could be on the way

Quinn reveals details of 2018 sessions and says that there’s a record that “sits in limbo”

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“He insisted I bring my plexiglass guitar”: Nile Rodgers on Thomas Bangalter’s specific request when Daft Punk invited him into the studio to record Get Lucky

“Life was one way before Random Access Memories, and completely different after,” says Rodgers

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Sample-hunting Daft Punk fans make huge Discovery as Todd Edwards reveals the source of samples used on Face to Face

The Daft Punk collaborator dug out the original floppy disk full of samples from the Discovery sessions in a video shared on Instagram

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The Guardian - UK

‘Montmartre was dead’: how Paris district has been revived by music

The 18th arrondissement so beloved of tourists has been transformed by indie record labels and musicians

MusicRadar

Should Stevie Wonder have sung Daft Punk’s ‘last song’, Infinity Repeating? Vocalist Julian Casablancas says he originally suggested him

Take a listen to a demo of the track, which has been released as part of the Random Access Memories 10th anniversary edition

The Independent UK

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Los Angeles Times

Yes, he performed as a robot, but ex-Daft Punk member says AI has him 'terrified'

Thomas Bangalter, formerly one-half of electronic music duo Daft Punk, said this week that his fear of artificial intelligence was a factor in why the group split in 2021.

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Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter says that his concerns around the rise of AI “go beyond its use in music creation”

In a rare interview, the musician also reveals that “the last thing I would want to be, in the world we live in, in 2023, is a robot”

The Guardian - UK

‘Within a minute, everyone was dancing’ – Stardust on making Music Sounds Better With You

‘When the money started to roll in, I went to this record shop I loved and asked to see every piece of expensive vinyl I’d ever lusted after. “I’ll take them all!” I said’

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Daft Punk and Todd Edwards take you back to the writing of Fragments of Time in previously unheard studio conversations

The tape was running as they worked on the track, which appeared on the soon-to-be-reissued Random Access Memories

The Guardian - UK

2ManyDJs on 20 accidental years of mashups and mayhem: ‘It’s more fun when it’s a little bit naughty’

Their album As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt 2 kickstarted the mashup phenomenon. As they prepare for an anniversary concert, the Dewaele brothers discuss bootlegs, brotherhood and looking back

The Guardian - UK

Phoenix: ‘Every political cycle France has an existential crisis’

The Parisian pop maestros discuss getting their groove back, recording in the Louvre and the debate raging over their homeland’s cultural identity

The Guardian - US

Disco was right! Nasa’s glitterball images were predicted by pop music

The James Webb space telescope’s pictures are impressive – but disco and Daft Punk did it first

The Guardian - UK

‘That song’s become a jinx – as well as being awful’: Mathew Horne’s honest playlist

The actor and comedian can’t get enough of the Cure and has an unconventional choice for his funeral song. But which ballad has always brought bad tidings?

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