In 1995, daftpunk was the most exciting new act in electronic music.

This single, Defunk exploded across the underground house and techno scene, and within

a few months, nearly every major label came calling, eager to sign the next big thing.

But Toma and Gimann were barely in their 20s. DeFunk was just their second single,

and they were still relatively new to making electronic

music. They didn't see themselves as stars, they saw themselves as students. So instead

of signing the first deal offered, they disappeared into their makeshift bedroom studio,

putting themselves through a self-guided education, studying the sounds of their musical

heroes and reshaping those influences into something

new. Their graduation came in the form of a debut album, a 16-track project that fully lived up to

the hype, a project that formerly advanced daft punk from students to master's 1997's

homework. From the Ringer Podcast Network, I'm Cole Kushner. to Masters, 1997's Homework.

From the Mringer Podcast Network, I'm Cole Kushna, this is Dysect, and today our season-long exploration of Daft Punk continues with a deep dive into their debut, Homework Captures Daft Punk in the act of learning out loud.

As we covered last episode, Toma and Gimann had only been introduced to electronic music a few years

earlier, prompting them to abandon their high school rock band ambitions and immerse themselves

in the underground house and techno scenes spreading from America across Europe.

Homework plays like a tour through the genres the two were absorbing in real time.

The album's third track, Revolution 909, draws directly from Chicago House.

Meanwhile, a song like Roland and Scratchin shares qualities of Detroit and UK techno.

At the time of HomeWorks release, Toma explained the album's educational approach to

pop magazine, saying, quote, we see it as a training for our upcoming albums.

We would as well have been able to call it lesson or learning, unquote.

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