Daft Punk – The Jockey Slut Anthology
Featuring a new foreword by David and Stephen Dewaele (Soulwax / 2manydjs).
Daft Punk appeared regularly throughout the formative years of Jockey Slut magazine—including their first ever front cover. This definitive anthology brings together every interview, feature and photograph from the era, tracing the duo’s journey from their early Soma releases through to the landmark Discovery period.
The book also includes in-depth retrospective pieces covering the rest of their career, documenting their evolution into one of the world’s most influential and enigmatic electronic acts, right up to their unexpected split in February 2021.
Inside the anthology:
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Their first ever interview, published in Jockey Slut (1994)
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Oral histories on their early Soma years, and the making of Homework and Discovery
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Their first unmasked cover feature and interview for Jockey Slut (1996)
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A 1995 fax interview, complete with original doodles and handwriting
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Long-form pieces on Human After All, Random Access Memories and their iconic Coachella appearance
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Vintage features by Alexis Petridis, Calvin Bush, Ben Cardew and more
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A detailed history of Roulé Records and the duo’s extra-curricular projects
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An exclusive interview with Tony Gardner, the creator of the Daft Punk robots
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Daft Punk on film: Interstella 5555, Electroma and Tron
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“Daft Punk Was Playing in My House” – a new interview with LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy
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Exclusive conversations with Pedro ‘Busy P’ Winter and Together’s DJ Falcon
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Profiles of Daft Punk superfans
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And much more
Hardback edition
242 pages
ISBN: 978-1-3999-6288-9