Stardust (band)
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Stardust is a one-time musical collaborative effort consisting of producers Thomas Bangalter and Alan Braxe and vocalist Benjamin Diamond. The short-lived group released the immensely popular club track called "Music Sounds Better with You" in June of 1998. The song, which is based around a sample from "Fate" by Chaka Khan, was an instant smash, and many have dubbed it "The Greatest House Song of the Millennium". It was recorded in Paris by Daft House productions, of which Bangalter, one half of the popular French house duo Daft Punk, is head. The song was conceived in Rex Club, Paris, where the trio were playing a live set. Bangalter and Braxe created the beat, which Diamond instinctively sang the title words over. The next day they laid down the track in the studio, adding the Chaka Khan sample.
Though Bangalter was offered three million dollars to produce a Stardust LP, the three members of the band parted ways after their highly auspicious debut. Diamond and Braxe pursued solo careers, and Bangalter, along with his usual partner Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, went on to release Daft Punk's second album, Discovery, which marked the group's crossover into the realm of synthpop.
Notably, the song "Music Sounds Better With You" didn't have a video for several months after its release. This was taken to advantage by British music programme The Chart Show, who had received requests to show old graphics before the show ended in August 1998, and they used the fact this song had no video to create a compilation of old graphics, backed by the song. Eventually a proper video was made, directed by the acclaimed Michel Gondry.
[edit] See also
- List of number-one dance hits (United States)
- List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
