“By the time they were 17 they’d formed Darlin’, a ramshackle indie band that lasted six months and released one single… Correctly guessing the world wasn’t ready for a Gallic surf-pop combo, the pair started listening to The Orb and Andrew Weatherall and checking out the Parisian rave scene.”
Featuring a foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele, better known as Soulwax and 2manydjs.
Daft Punk featured often in the formative years of Jockey Slut magazine (including their first front cover). A Disco Pogo Tribute To Daft Punk collates all the interviews and photos from the seminal magazine, covering their early days on Soma up to the release of Discovery. Further articles cover the rest of their tenure as one of the globe’s most furtive, influential electronic acts right up to their unexpected split in February 2021.
- Their first ever interview, for Jockey Slut in 1994
- Oral histories on their early years on Soma and the making of Homework and Discovery
- Their first unmasked cover shot and interview for Jockey Slut in 1996
- A Fax interview from Jockey Slut in 1995 including their doodles and handwriting
- Long reads on Human After All, Random Access Memories and their Coachella performance
- Vintage features from writers including Alexis Petridis, Calvin Bush and Ben Cardew
- A History of Roulé records and the duos' extra curricular activities
- Exclusive Interview with Tony Gardner, the man behind the robots
- Daft Punk in film: Interstella 5555, Electroma and Tron Legacy
- Daft Punk was playing in my house - an exclusive interview with LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy
- An exclusive interview with Pedro ‘Busy P’ Winter and Together’s DJ Falcon
- Daft Punk superfans.
And much, much more!
