French electronic music band Daft Punk have announced they are splitting up, industry title Variety quoted their publicist as saying on Monday, ending a 28-year collaboration that spawned dance hits including ‘Around the World‘ and ‘One More Time‘.
The group, known for performing while dressed as robots in metallic helmets, posted a video on YouTube entitled ‘Epilogue‘, with an image that flashed on screen bearing the dates 1993-2021.
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Variety quoted their publicist, Kathryn Frazier, as saying they had split, but without providing details. Frazier’s firm did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Daft Punk was a duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo from France who met at school in Paris.
They emerged as a major mainstream international act when their song ‘Harder Better Faster Stronger‘ was nominated for the best dance recording Grammy award in…
