Despite conflicting rumors that Daft Punk will/won’t tour this year, or release their long-awaited comeback album, Nile Rodgers released some interesting information via his website, suggesting that his collaboration with them will be released this year.

“The next time I set foot in Japan, my collaboration with Daft Punk would have started to hit people’s eardrums…. As well as a number of songs I’m working on over the next few months with a select group of artists and, of course finally, my lost Chic and solo material. No matter how it ends, 2013 won’t be boring!”

The famed producer behind Madonna’s “Like A Virgin” and David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” spoke highly of Daft Punk in the past, once word got out that he was collaborating with them. “All I can say is those guys are geniuses and to think that after all these years we’ve been trying to get together, they just show up at my apartment in New York City and the vibe between us is so powerful and so strong – it’s unbelievable…..Spiritually and artistically working with them was as good as anything I’ve ever done. It’s as great as being in a studio with Bowie, it’s as great as being with Bernard Edwards, and it’s as great as the best stuff I’ve ever done with [Duran] Duran and Madonna.”