Behelmeted French duo repeat their Grammys success with another gong at the UK music industry bash
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The robots that conquered the world have conquered Britain, too. Fresh from winning big at the Grammys – where they took both the album of the year and record of the year trophies – the French duo picked up the International group award at the Brits.
No helmets were removed, no faces were revealed – not least because Daft Punk weren't actually in attendance – but Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter were rewarded for a year of staggering success. Get Lucky itself has achieved scores of landmarks – it became the first million-seller released in 2013, the most streamed song in Spotify's history, and completed the hat-trick by being voted the Guardian's best song of 2013 by our team of music writers.
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Daft Punk's return with the album Random Access Memories was one of pop's pleasanter surprises of 2013. Their two previous albums, Human After All in 2005 and the Tron Legacy soundtrack in 2010, met with muted responses both critically and commercially. Random Access Memories, however, was received as if Daft Punk were returning heroes, keen to show the American EDM scene – which they had inspired – how the originators made dance music. "The album sounds as if Daft Punk are snottily throwing down a gauntlet to their legions of imitators: you've copied everything else we've done, now try to copy this," wrote the Guardian's Alexis Petridis.
Discussing their influence on the EDM scene with the Observer last year, Bangalter was dismissive. "On one hand we're flattered," he said. "On the other hand we wish people could be influenced by our approach as much as our output. It's about breaking the rules and doing something different rather than taking some arrangements we did 10 years ago that have now become a formula."
by Michael Hann via Music: Electronic music | theguardian.com
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