Daft Punk: Plastique Fantastique
David Stubbs, Melody Maker, 29 March 1997
It's taken a while, but mainstream America is finally welcoming dance music with open aims. Now they're going crazy over the Chemicals and are poised for the Prodigy, but French techno duo Daft Punk are helping take the underground overground, too.
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