Daft Punk: how the mystery music masterminds used their robot disguise to take over the world

By Daniel Cookney, Lecturer in Graphic Design, University of Salford

While Daft Punk’s break-up may have been unexpected, the enigmatic nature in how the public were notified was predictable. Announced via the electronic duo’s YouTube channel, an upload titled Epilogue turned out to be a scene lifted from their 2006 Electroma film, alongside a vocal borrowed from a track on 2013’s Random Access Memories album.

The pivotal desert scene features a prolonged trek by the duo in their instantly…

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