
While such hits as Face To Face, One More Time, Digital Love and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger from the Discovery album could be heard in any club in the world, Daft Punk released the live record Alive 1997 from the British concert in Birmingham. In order to transfer the atmosphere of that period, the members of Daft Punk used the rarity equipment of the corresponding decades, which showed the preciseness of rather robots than human beings. The work astonished the listeners with the strong influence of the dance music of 70s and 80s along with the noticeable flavor of synthpop. In 1999, the duet locked in the studio, writing the new album Discovery, which saw light in 2001. This image proved to fit ideally to the vocodered robotic vocals that became the significant element in the Daft Punk activity. suits for the performances and interviews. Later they were enlightened by the idea of wearing the E. Some people accused appearing in masks Bangalter and de Homem-Christo of the deliberate ignition of interest to their faces - but the real reason for such behavior was the banal shyness of the artists. Brave experimental videos for the songs of Daft Punk also heated the interest to the band, so did the atmosphere of mystery over the appearance of the two musicians. The innovative mixture of house, techno and electronica, clearly noticeable in the mesmerizing composition Around The World, made a sensation in the dance music world out of the disc Homework. In September 1996, Daft Punk transmitted to the studio Virgin Records, recording the debut album Homework a year later. Daft Punk undoubtedly managed to catch the eye of the public, and the next single Da Funk was a sound success all over the world. The band immediately signed to the major French label Soma Quality Recordings and released the first single The New Wave in 1994. It is not hard to guess that they called the new project Daft Punk.

They disbanded Darling and started creating electronica as a duo in 1993.

However, the review did not offend the musicians - on the contrary, they found the critical overview to be extremely amusing. Local critics described one of their performances in the Great Britain as "daft punk". It is hard to imagine, but at that time, the future electronica monsters played the mixture of punk and indie-rock, covering the hit songs of other collectives. They became best friends, invited one more artist, and started recording music under the name of Darling in 1992. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, citizens of Paris, were acquainted in their native city in the far 1987.
