Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo

Guillaume Emanuel de Homem-Christo was born on 8 February 1974{{Cite web|last=Perez|first=Fernanda|date=2018-02-08|title=08 de febrero de 1974, nace Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo de Daft Punk|url=https://www.radiopop.cl/08-de-febrero-de-1974-nace-guy-manuel-de-homem-christo-de-daft-punk/|access-date=2021-04-29|website=RadioPop.cl|language=es|archive-date=3 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003090019/https://www.radiopop.cl/08-de-febrero-de-1974-nace-guy-manuel-de-homem-christo-de-daft-punk/|url-status=dead}} in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine.{{cite web|last=Perron|first=Erwan, and Gancel, Alice|title=Daft Punk, interview-fleuve pour la sortie de Random Access Memories|language=fr|url=http://www.telerama.fr/musique/daft-punk-l-interview-fleuve,97155.php|work=Telerama|publisher=telerama.fr|date=7 April 2013|access-date=7 April 2013}} He is the great-grandson of Portuguese poet {{ill|Homem Cristo Filho|pt}}, as well as the great-great-grandson of Portuguese military figure Francisco Manuel Homem Cristo, who was forced into exile in France in 1910.{{cite magazine|last=Weiner|first=Jonah|title=Daft Punk: All Hail Our Robot Overlords|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/daft-punk-all-hail-our-robot-overlords-20130521|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=21 May 2013|date=21 May 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.parismatch.com/Culture/Musique/Le-vrai-visage-de-Daft-Punk-549279|title=Bas les casques – Le vrai visage de Daft Punk|date=19 February 2014 }}

He was given a toy guitar and keyboard at around age 7.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZeRqcTO_do Daft Punk interview in Japan (1/2)] Retrieved on 14 November 2012. He was eventually given an electric guitar at age 14; he still uses a guitar when writing music.Bryan Reesman, [http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_daft_punk/ Daft Punk interview] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110224721/http://mixonline.com/mag/audio_daft_punk/ |date=10 November 2014 }} mixonline.com. Retrieved on 6 March 2007.

Homem-Christo met Thomas Bangalter when they attended the Lycée Carnot school in Paris in 1987. It was there that they discovered their mutual fascination for films and music of the 1960s and 1970s: "very basic cult teenager things, from Easy Rider to the Velvet Underground".Matthew Collin, "Do You Think You Can Hide From Stardom?" Mixmag (August 1997) ([http://www.techno.de/mixmag/97.08/DaftPunk.a.html archived] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016230513/http://www.techno.de/mixmag/97.08/DaftPunk.a.html |date=16 October 2015 }} at techno.de) The two and Laurent Brancowitz eventually joined to form an indie rock trio called Darlin', in which Homem-Christo performed guitar. Bangalter felt that "It was still maybe more a teenage thing at that time. It's like, you know, everybody wants to be in a band." A negative review referred to their music as "a daft punky thrash","Review of Shimmies in Super 8." Melody Maker Apr.-May 1993: n. pag. Web. 6 April 2013. which inspired Bangalter and Homem-Christo's new name.Alan Di Perna, "We Are The Robots" Pulse!, April 2001, pp. 65–69. The two soon became interested in electronic dance music after going to a club in 1992. Homem-Christo is credited for designing the Daft Punk logo in the liner notes of Homework (1997), the duo's first album.

Regarding Daft Punk's creative process and working with Bangalter, Homem-Christo commented that "he's much more of the tech guy than I am. We did everything together. But I have more distance". He added, "I'm more critical of everything we do. We're two-halves of one solid combination. There's balance there – completeness between us, yeah".Blurt, [http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=wqrqgt#/page28/ "Encounters of the Daft Kind"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718155411/http://viewer.zmags.com/showmag.php?mid=wqrqgt |date=18 July 2011 }} (September 2008) pgs. 28–29. Retrieved on 26 July 2009.

Homem-Christo is a co-founder of the group Le Knight Club, along with Éric Chedeville from Pumpking Records. They are the founders of the record label Crydamoure, named after a variation of the French phrase "cri d'amour" or "cry of love" in English. Crydamoure published works by Homem-Christo's brother Paul, under the name Play Paul.{{Cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/05/daft-punks-guy-manuel-de-homem-christo-revives-le-knight-club-listen-to-new-song-the-fight/|title=Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo revives Le Knight Club, listen to new song "The Fight"|date=29 May 2015|language=en-US|access-date=25 June 2016}} In regards to Crydamoure, Homem-Christo stated:

{{cquote|Myself and Thomas have the same tastes in music. When I make records for Crydamoure it's a different style than what may end up as Daft Punk music. I know what Thomas likes, and he knows what I like. Crydamoure is not so production oriented, even if it's not too far from Daft Punk. The Daft Punk material is more orchestrated and slightly different. I may be working on a sample for Crydamoure, and maybe no one else can hear the difference, but we know. It's very precise.{{cite web|url=http://roninasylum.com/news/robopop/|title=Robopop|date=27 May 2016|publisher=remixmag.com}}}}

Daft Punk produced three projects in the 2000s, their sophomore album Discovery (2001), their third album Human After All (2005), and the soundtrack to TRON: Legacy (2010). The duo also did a world tour in 2006 and 2007, eventually releasing an accompanying live album, Alive 2007.{{Cite web |last=Masim |first=Austria |date=2021-02-23 |title=Daft Punk discuss Coachella, Alive 2007 tour, Kanye West, and more in unpublished interview |url=https://dancingastronaut.com/2021/02/daft-punk-discuss-coachella-alive-2007-tour-kanye-west-and-more-in-unpublished-interview/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=Dancing Astronaut |language=en-US}}

In between these projects, Homem-Christo produced Sébastien Tellier's 2008 album Sexuality.{{Cite web|url=http://anthemmagazine.com/qa-with-sebastien-tellier/|title=Q&A with Sebastien Tellier {{!}} Anthem Magazine|website=anthemmagazine.com|access-date=25 June 2016}} He also has a cameo in the music video of the track 'Kilometer', and allegedly also has sung the track. In 2010, Homem-Christo worked with Sebastian on the Kavinsky song "Nightcall".{{Cite web|url=https://kavinsky.bandcamp.com/album/nightcall-ep|title=Nightcall EP, by Kavinsky|website=Kavinsky|access-date=25 June 2016}} In 2012, he was featured on Tellier's album My God Is Blue on the track "My Poseidon".

Following the release of Daft Punk's fourth album Random Access Memories, Homem-Christo and Bangalter collaborated on two tracks with the Weeknd, "Starboy" and "I Feel It Coming", with the former gaining the duo their first number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and the latter, co-written by Chedeville of Le Knight Club, peaking at number four.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7633336/hot-100-the-weeknd-starboy-daft-punk-hits-number-one|title=The Weeknd's 'Starboy,' Featuring Daft Punk, Hits No. 1 on Hot 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=8 September 2019}} Homem-Christo and Bangalter both contributed writing and production credits to the 2017 song "Overnight" by Parcels.{{Cite magazine|title=Daft Punk Assists Australian Band Parcels on Groovy Single, 'Overnight'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/7841015/daft-punk-parcels-new-song-overnight-listen|access-date=2021-02-22|magazine=Billboard|language=en}} This would be Daft Punk's final production work as a duo, as Daft Punk announced their split via YouTube in February of 2021.{{Cite web|last=Monroe|first=Jazz|title=Daft Punk Break Up|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/daft-punk-call-it-quits/|access-date=2021-02-22|website=Pitchfork|date=22 February 2021 |language=en-us}}

Homem-Christo worked on the title track to Charlotte Gainsbourg's fifth studio album Rest, released in 2017. He contributed to the 2018 song "Hurt You", a collaboration with the Weeknd and Gesaffelstein.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/listen-to-charlotte-gainsbourgs-new-song-rest-made-with-daft-punks-guy-manuel/|title=Listen to Charlotte Gainsbourg's New Song "Rest," Made With Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel|website=Pitchfork|date=8 September 2017 |language=en|access-date=8 September 2019}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-weeknd-releases-new-album-my-dear-melancholy-629345/|title=The Weeknd Releases New Album 'My Dear Melancholy'|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=29 March 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone}}

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Homem-Christo created a curated playlist called "Star of a hero" for Italian brand MEDEA, containing tracks from The Beach Boys, the Weeknd, George Duke, and Thundercat, among others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.traxmag.com/playlist-guy-man-daft-punk-medea/|title=À écouter : la moitié de Daft Punk Guy-Man a curaté une playlist ultra solide pour une marque italienne|date=17 April 2020|website=Trax Magazine|language=fr|access-date=19 April 2020|archive-date=6 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606162726/https://www.traxmag.com/playlist-guy-man-daft-punk-medea/|url-status=dead}}

On 22 February 2021, Daft Punk released a video announcing their breakup.{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/music-world-reacts-daft-punks-split-2886409|title=Music world reacts to Daft Punk's split: "An inspiration to all"|first=Rhian|last=Daly|work=NME|date=22 February 2021|access-date=24 February 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/arts/music/daft-punk-breakup.html|title=Daft Punk Announces Breakup After 28 Years|first=Joe|last=Coscarelli|work=The New York Times|date=22 February 2021|access-date=22 February 2021}} Friend and collaborator Todd Edwards later clarified that Bangalter and Homem-Christo remain active separately.{{cite web|url=https://909originals.com/2021/03/22/interview-todd-edwards-discusses-new-single-the-chant-whats-next-for-daft-punk-and-the-inspiration-behind-his-idiosyncratic-production-style/|title=Interview: Todd Edwards on new single 'The Chant', what's next for Daft Punk, and the inspiration behind his productions|website=909originals.com|date=22 March 2021|access-date=22 March 2021}} The two still share a studio and equipment.{{Cite news |last=Woolfe |first=Zachary |date=2023-04-03 |title=Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter Reveals Himself: As a Composer |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/03/arts/music/thomas-bangalter-daft-punk-mythologies.html |access-date=2023-04-03 |issn=0362-4331}}

Homem-Christo has two children:{{cite magazine|last=Baron|first=Zach|date=May 2013|title=Daft Punk Is (Finally!) Playing at Our House|magazine=GQ|url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201305/daft-punk-random-access-memories-profile-gq-may-2013|volume=83|issue=5|pages=76–82|quote=the two men are seated, sans disguises, outside at a café [...] They're talking about their kids (two each)|access-date=9 September 2017|archive-date=26 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726235042/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201305/daft-punk-random-access-memories-profile-gq-may-2013|url-status=dead}} a daughter and a son. He and his wife divorced in 2010.{{cite magazine|date=July-August 2021|title=Daft Punk, This Is the End|language=Fr|magazine=Society|issue=161|pages=22–34}}

Both Homem-Christo and Bangalter have no interest in being celebrities or discussing their private lives.{{cite web| url= http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/D/Daft_Punk/1997/04/12/744419.html| title= Daft Punk: Who are those masked men?| website= canoe.ca| date= 12 April 1997| access-date= 6 March 2007| url-status= usurped| archive-url= https://archive.today/20120629032508/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/D/Daft_Punk/1997/04/12/744419.html| archive-date= 29 June 2012| df= dmy-all}} In the rare events of interviews, Bangalter did the majority of talking to journalists. With regard to working and collaborating with other artists, Homem-Christo sees it as a matter of timing and creativity, rather than fame and opportunity. He once stated in an interview:

{{cquote|Well that depends on what we want to do at the time. It depends. I don't know. Yeah, exactly. There are all these considerations you're talking about. But yes, it just depends on the moment you're asked. If you feel it and if you feel something creatively interesting then it's possible. For everything that we're asked to do, if we have a creative answer and think we might bring something to a project then we can do it. But if we don't have any ideas or don't think we can push the envelope by creating with anybody ... well, if you take Sébastien Tellier for example it is one of the few collaborations where I had the idea that I could do something and bring something to it. But it's all about the moment and the situation. When it feels right to us, when we feel it we do it, and when we have the time. There's so many factors.{{cite web|url=http://www.popjustice.com/articles/daft-punk-interview/|title=Daft Punk Interview|date=November 27, 2007|publisher=popjustice|first=Peter|last=Robinson}}}}

{{see also|Daft Punk discography}}

• Waves (2000)
• Waves II (2003)
• Sexuality by Sébastien Tellier (2008)

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