And those two boys were already visibly free in their mind and spirit. To be free, musically, artistically, you must already be free in your head and your body. I realized later, when I thought of that night, that everything in Daft Punk was about freedom. Nothing in their faces, their hair, their clothes seemed to want to say, “I need to create a look for myself every morning, with more than one hour in front of the mirror to prove to the world how cool I am.” a group that had decided that the guitars were no longer the indispensable instrument to make music and to be cool.Īnd on stage, when I saw them one night, I saw two very regular boys. But I must admit that I was surprised because I did not hear electronic music, but rather music with a rock band, but also funk and pop influences. There was a special intonation in the voice of the people when they said, “Ah … Daft Punk …,” as if not knowing them was a huge handicap to having a Parisian cultural life. A band whose prestige was already recognized in nightclubs around the world.
Everyone was already talking about Daft Punk as the new “fashion,” this electronic music band.
My first experience with Daft Punk goes back to 1996, in a nightclub in Paris. What was your first encounter with Daft Punk? Via email, director Delpierre detailed to Rolling Stone the journey of making Daft Punk Unchained and the conclusions he came to about the pair while filming the documentary, which also features input from Kanye West, Pharrell Williams and Michel Gondry.