Daft Punk exists out of 2 good friends, who met each other in school. Both of them liked electronic music. The two guys began to record several demo tracks, and so Daft Punk was born.
It was actually in the late 90's that the duo became very famous. Because of their album Homework they had a great success, and so the second album wasn't far away.
And that was in 2001, the album was called Discovery. It took on a slicker and distinctly synthpop-oriented style, initially stunning fans of Daft Punk's previous material in Homework.
The group states that the album was conceived as an attempt to reconnect with a playful, open minded attitude associated with the discovery phase of childhood. This accounts for the heavy use of themes and samples from the late '70s to early '80s era on the album.
It reached #2 in the UK, and its single One More Time was a major club hit, creating a new generation of fans mainly familiar with the second Daft Punk release.
The singles Digital Love and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger were also very successful in the UK and on the U.S. dance chart, and Face to Face hit #1 on the U.S. club play charts despite a limited single release. A 45-minute excerpt from a Daftendirektour performance recorded at Birmingham, UK in 1997 was also released in 2001, entitled Alive 1997.
