Daft
Punk, who were responsible for some of the most influential dance
tracks of all time, have announced their retirement after nearly 30
years.
The duo broke the news in a typically-enigmatic video, titled Epilogue.
In
the clip, musicians Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo,
dressed in their iconic robot costumes, bid each other farewell in the
desert, before one of them self-destructed.
The band's longtime publicist confirmed the split to the BBC.
Formed
in Paris in 1993, the group brought the French underground house scene
into the charts with hits like One More Time, Da Funk and Around The
World.
Their
debut album, Homework, is considered a landmark in dance music; while
they scored a worldwide hit in 2013 with the retro-disco single Get
Lucky, featuring Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers.
The song was taken from their most recent record, Random Access Memories, which won the Grammy for album of the year in 2014.
Since
then, the band have kept a relatively low profile - although they
collaborated with R&B star The Weeknd on two tracks, Starboy and I
Feel It Coming, in 2016.
A French army marching band medleys Daft Punk at the end of the Bastille
Day parade on Friday. President Donald Trump looks somewhat bemused as they
perform Get Lucky and some of the group’s other hits. French president
Emmanuel Macron smiles as other dignitaries clap and dance along
