Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo was born on February 8, 1974 in Paris, France. In 1992 he recorded together with his schoolmates
Thomas Bangalter and
Laurent Brancowitz (Part of
Phoenix) his first two songs under the name Darlin', which were released on the compilation
Shimmies In Super 8 on Duophonic. The song Darlin' was called a bunch of daft punk by a reviewer in the UK music magazine Melody Maker. Guy-Manuel de Homem-Cristo and Thomas Bangalter adopted the expression
Daft Punk as their next band name. In 1993 their first single The New Wave was released on Soma Quality Recordings. In 1997 he and his friend
Eric Chedeville created the label Crydamoure, where they released their music under the name
Le Knight Club and supported other French newcomers.
Guy Manuel is the brother of
Paul De Homem-Christo AKA
Play Paul.
Instruments: Guitar, synthesizer, keyboards, drums, drum machine, programming.
Discography
Le Knight Club:
Santa Claus / Holiday on Ice (1997)
Intergalaktic Disko (1997)
Troobadoor / Mirage (1998)
Boogie Shell (1999)
Hysteria (1999)
Gator / Chérie D'Amour (2001)
Doggystyle / Rhumba (2002)
Nymphae Song / Rhumba (2002)
Soul Bells (2002)
Crydajam:
If You Give Me The Love I Want / Playground / Loaded (2002)
The Eternals Vs.
Deelat:
Wet Indiez (Shake That Bourrelet Remix) (2000)
Albums produced:
Waves (2000)
Waves II (2003)
[m=5331] by
Sébastien Tellier (2008)
[m=525395] by
Kavinsky (2013)