Daft Punk to work with Chic frontman Nile Rodgers on fourth album

Great news from Nile Rodgers arrive us today. The Chic frontman revealed that he is free of cancer and that he already has a great new music project on his agenda. According to his website and an interview with CultureMap, the disco legend will work with none other than Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo aka Daft Punk on their much anticipated fourth album. Accordingly, early rumors indicated that the acclaimed duo would rely on their R&B influences for the long-player. Daft Punk are said to be working with songwriting legend Paul Williams. Read Nile Rodgers’ full statement below.

Today I’m going to spend some time with Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo better known as Daft Punk. We’ve briefly met before when they were doing some sort of listening party in NYC back in the 90′s. The scene was chaotic and we didn’t really have a chance to have an artistic connection, except they did tell me that they were sorry about my former partner Bernard Edward’s death. And they dug CHIC. The feeling is mutual.I dig Daft Punk. When I first heard “Da Funk” I thought it was one of the grooviest records I’d heard in a long time. The song “One More Time” came out when I was on a trip to Paris and I visited Virgin records.

I almost hooked up with the guys then but I don’t remember what went wrong. “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” I simply thought was one of the coolest records of the year when I heard it.

After all these years of almost hooking up, finally Daft Punk Is Hanging at My House.