The President of France, Emmanuel Macronhe said he wishes for French electronic music to be described as UNESCO’s World Heritage Site. The country’s contribution to electronic music, often referred to as a “French touch”, includes landmarks by artists such as Daft Punk, Justice, Air, Cassius, Phoenix, étienne de Crécy, M83 and Alan Braxe.

UNESCO, the United Nations Organization that promotes peace and security through culture, arts and sciences, publishes a list of intangible cultural heritage, which aims to protect “practices, representations, expressions, knowledge and skills that the communities recognize as part of their cultures” Reggae, Mexican Mariachi and Cuban Rube.

Berlin’s Techno was another musical tradition added to the UNESCO list in 2023 and in a recent interview with Fréquence Gaie radio station, according to Eurones, the French president also suggested that the “French touch” be added to the list.

“We’ll do that too”emphasized Emmanuel Macron. “I love Germany – you know how pro -European I am. But we don’t have to take lessons from anyone. We are inventors of Electro. We have this ” French touch ””

Some traditional French musical styles are already on the UNESCO list, including Gwoka, the song tradition and dance of Guadeloupis.

Daft Punk are the leading French artists in electronic music. Toma Bangalte and Gui-Manuel Di Ohm Crist found the band in Paris in 1993. The combination of house, funk, techno, synth-pop and disco made them big world stars, with albums such as “Homework” (1997) and “Discovery” (2001) (2001) of dance music.

They became known for his virtual appearances with helmets and gloves that gave them a mysterious image. Their latest album was 2013’s “Random Access Memories”, which included the huge success “Get Lucky”. They announced their official breakdown in February 2021 with a video entitled “Epilogue”, in which one of the robots self -destructed while the other was removed in the desert.