While Brancowitz went on to play music with another band Phoenix, the other two members went on to form Daft Punk, working with drum machines and synths. The name Daft Punk was plucked from a ...

The band, who had long been inspired by Japanese animation, wanted Leiji Matsumoto, creator of late seventies anime “Space Pirate Captain Harlock” and “Galaxy Express 999.” Daft Punk and ...