The group is known for emphasising using visual and story components associated with their musical productions, and for using disguises while in public and/or performing; specifically ornate helmets and gloves to assume robot personas in most of their public appearances since 2001. The duo rarely grant interviews or appear on television.

Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo met in 1987 while attending the Lycée Carnot, a secondary school in Paris. The two became good friends and later recorded demo tracks with others from the school.

This eventually led to the formation of the guitar-based group called Darlin’ with Laurent Brancowitz in 1992.Bangalter and de Homem-Christo played bass and guitar, respectively, while Brancowitz performed on drums. The trio had branded themselves after The Beach Boys song of the same name, which they covered along with an original composition.

Stereolab released both tracks on a multi-artist Duophonic Records EP and invited the band to open for stage shows in the United Kingdom.Bangalter felt that “The rock n’ roll thing we did was pretty average, I think.

It was so brief, maybe six months, four songs and two gigs and that was it.”A negative review in Melody Maker by Dave Jennings subsequently dubbed the music “a daft punky thrash.”Instead of dismissing the review, they found it amusing.

As de Homem-Christo stated, “We struggled so long to find [the name] Darlin’, and this happened so quickly.”Darlin’ soon disbanded, leaving Brancowitz to pursue other efforts with Phoenix.Bangalter and de Homem-Christo formed Daft Punk and experimented with drum machines and synthesizers.

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