French Electronic Musicians - Pierre Schaeffer, Jean Michel Jarre, Daft Punk, Miss Kittin, Francis Rimbert, Mr. Oizo, Kris Menace, Konk West (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 49. Chapters: Pierre Schaeffer, Jean Michel Jarre, Daft Punk, Miss Kittin, Francis Rimbert, Mr. Oizo, Kris Menace, Konk West, Fred Falke, Electrosexual, Frederick Rousseau, Dilemn, Patrick Vian, Brice Catherin, Jean-Jacques Perrey, Feadz, Pedro Winter, Vitalic, The Hacker, Danger, Pierre Henry, Leinender, Pro7, Anne Laplantine, Etienne de Crecy, Kid Loco, Christian Zanesi, Hakimakli, Didier Marouani, St. Germain, Uppermost, Olivia Louvel, Jean-Claude Risset, Dirtyphonics, Sylvain Chauveau, Yuksek, Daniel Vangarde, Dominique Dalcan, Jackson and his Computer Band, Raoul Sinier, Static Blue, Colder, Flying Pop's, Avril, Pepe Bradock, Kavinsky, Principles of Geometry, Discobitch, Emmanuel Top, Didier Bocquet. Excerpt: Connection Timeout Daft Punk are an electronic music duo consisting of French musicians Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (born February 8, 1974) and Thomas Bangalter (born January 3, 1975). Daft Punk reached significant popularity in the late 1990s house movement in France and met with continued success in the years following, combining elements of house with synthpop. The duo is also credited with producing songs that are 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. Early in the group's career, the band members were strongly influenced by groups such as The Beach Boys and The Rolling Stones. Bangalter and de Homem-Christo were originally in a band called Darlin', which disbanded after a short period of time, leaving the two to experiment musically on their own. The duo became Daft Punk, and released their critically acclaimed debut album Homework in 1997. The 2001 release Discovery was even more successful, driven by the club singles "One More Time," "Digital Love" and "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger." In March 2005, the duo re...