Chic frontman and disco-funk pioneer Nile Rodgers tells Houston's CultureMap that he's free of cancer and planning to work with Daft Punk on the duo's forthcoming record (via the Daily Swarm "Those guys are great," he told CultureMap. "They're coming to my apartment on Monday and we're going to talk about making a new record together."

Rodgers, who has writing and production credits on tracks ranging from David Bowie's "Let's Dance" to Madonna's "Material Girl", is allegedly going to help tease out Daft Punk's R&B influences for their next album. Daft Punk are also working with songwriting legend Paul Williams.

Update: In other exciting Daft Punk news, a Panda Bear collaboration may be in the works. Noah Lennox told French outlet Les Inrocks that he initially approached them to remix a song from Tomboy. "And then they offered me to work with them on their new project", Lennox said. No word yet on exactly how the collaboration will take shape. (Thanks to reader Joseph Trouilleux for the tip!)

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