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Grammy-winning electronic music duo Daft Punk have announced that they are breaking up after 28 years.
Key points:
- Bangalter and de Homem-Christo met at a Paris school in 1987
- They formed Daft Punk in 1993
- Daft Punk took the spotlight during the 2014 Grammys and won album of the year
The helmet-wearing French duo shared the news in an eight-minute video called Epilogue.
Kathryn Frazier, the band's longtime publicist, confirmed the split.
Daft Punk, comprised of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, have had major success over the years, winning six Grammy Awards and launching international hits with One More Time, Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, and Get Lucky.
Bangalter and de Homem-Christo met at a Paris school in 1987, initially forming an indie rock band named Darling.
They officially formed Daft Punk in 1993, and the helmeted, mute and mysterious musicians released their debut album, Homework, in 1997.
They first found success with the international hit Da Funk, which topped the Billboard dance charts and earned them their first Grammy nomination.
A second number one hit and Grammy nomination followed with Around the World.
LoadingDaft Punk spent time touring the world and reached greater heights with their sophomore album, 2001's Discovery.
It included the infectious smash One More Time and Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger, which rapper Kanye West famously flipped into his own hit Stronger, released in 2007.
It won West the best rap solo performance Grammy at the 2008 show, where West and Daft Punk performed together on stage.
A year later, a live version of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger won Daft Punk the best dance recording Grammy — their first win — and their Alive 2007 album picked up best electronic/dance album.
But it was the 2014 Grammys where Daft Punk really took the spotlight, winning album of the year for Random Access Memories and making history as the first electronic act to win the highest honour at the awards.
The duo won four gongs that night, including record of the year for their bombshell hit Get Lucky, featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers.
Random Access Memories was regarded as a genre-bending album highlighted by its mix of live instrumentation, disco sounds, funk, rock, R&B and more.
Rolling Stone Magazine ranked it number 295 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time last year.
AP