Daft Punk working with Nile Rodgers

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# Daft Punk working with Nile Rodgers **Nile Rodgers** of legendary disco band **Chic** is going to be in trouble... well maybe not trouble exactly, but the dance music veteran has let it slip that he is working with **[Daft Punk][1]{: target="_blank"}** on the French duo's new album. In an interview with Houston's **[Culture Map][2]{: target="_blank"}** when asked about the band Rodgers said; "Those guys are great. . . they're coming to my apartment on Monday and we're going to talk about making a new record together." Which is a lot more that we are likely to hear from the helmeted duo who's most recent album was nearly decade ago (not including the rather mixed [Tron][3]{: target="_blank"} soundtrack). More information when we find it but rumour has it that there is a strong R&B theme... [1]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/music/news/soma-to-release-previously-unheard-daft-punk-track [2]: http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-06-12-disco-legend-talks-about-cancer-broadway-and-possible-plans-to-record-daft-punks-next-album/ [3]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/features/news/daft-punk-shows-off-tron
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    text: '<p> <strong>Nile Rodgers</strong> of legendary disco band <strong>Chic</strong> is going to be in trouble&hellip; well maybe not trouble exactly, but the dance music veteran has let it slip that he is working with <strong><a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/music/news/soma-to-release-previously-unheard-daft-punk-track" target="_blank">Daft Punk</a></strong> on the French duo&rsquo;s new album. In an interview with Houston&rsquo;s <strong><a href="http://houston.culturemap.com/newsdetail/02-06-12-disco-legend-talks-about-cancer-broadway-and-possible-plans-to-record-daft-punks-next-album/" target="_blank">Culture Map</a></strong> when asked about the band Rodgers said; &ldquo;Those guys are great. . . they&rsquo;re coming to my apartment on Monday and we&rsquo;re going to talk about making a new record together.&rdquo; Which is a lot more that we are likely to hear from the helmeted duo who&rsquo;s most recent album was nearly decade ago (not including the rather mixed <a href="http://www.electronicbeats.net/features/news/daft-punk-shows-off-tron" target="_blank">Tron</a> soundtrack).  More information when we find it but rumour has it that there is a strong R&amp;B theme&hellip;</p>'
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# Daft Punk working with Nile Rodgers **Nile Rodgers** of legendary disco band **Chic** is going to be in trouble... well maybe not trouble exactly, but the dance music veteran has let it slip that he is working with **[Daft Punk][1]{: target="_blank"}** on the French duo's new album. In an inte...