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Title: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Nov 16, 2015, 01:06
Daft Punk "vintage" posters to promote new merch. (https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/these-vintage-posters-daft-punk-made-to-promote-their-new-merch-line-are-amazing)

Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Nov 22, 2015, 03:29
Remember when Daft Punk made music?

Those were some good times.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Nekcore on Nov 23, 2015, 04:57
Quote from: MadPooter on Nov 22, 2015, 03:29

Remember when Daft Punk made music?

Those were some good times.

French House at it finest, and now...  :(
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: kosek on Nov 23, 2015, 14:03
Quote from: MadPooter on Nov 22, 2015, 03:29

Remember when Daft Punk made music?

Those were some good times.

My favorite:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zZD_ItaEuU
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ACIDCHILDREN on Feb 21, 2016, 21:09
Someone may have already mentioned this, but there is a cracking documentary on bbc iplayer called Daft Punk Unchained - worth a watch as it has some old live footage and a great history of the band with interviews.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Feb 21, 2016, 22:17
^I don't think anyone has mentioned it. I saw it on Friday night on BBC4. I don't believe it can be watched outside the UK, unfortunately.
The hour whizzed by; very enjoyable. Hopefully it might end up on Youtube eventually.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Feb 22, 2016, 07:58
Thank God for people smarter than me making software that will let me bypass stupid country restrictions for IP rights.

Thought the documentary was okay--it helps give me tolerance for what I perceive as egotistical behavior. I certainly respect Daft Punk in what they have managed to achieve, and for their resolve in maintaining their direction. That in and of itself is impressive--the way they have controlled their image since the end of their beginning is fantastic.

I don't know that I would consider them as exclusively and singularly groundbreaking as people in the documentary made them out to be, but flowery language in documentaries is par for the course.

They made their mark--that is undeniable.

And they made $300,000 when they played at Coachella in 2006. Damn.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: sandelic on Feb 22, 2016, 10:39
yeah, proxy plugins like hola! better internet are golden...
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Feb 22, 2016, 15:14
It was on French TV something like a year ago. Some interesting bits, some dumb.

For example, Todd Edwards telling an anecdote about how Thomas sampled noise from a faulty jack cable during a live set, put together with images from Rollin & Scratchin live, giving the false idea that it is how Rollin & Scratchin was made... Now you get a bunch of people commenting on YouTube about how Rollin & Scratchin was invented and improvised during the "Even Further" live set. They were already using the Juno 106 for R&S and always have. You don't improvise and invent a track live on the spot like that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0g2r_IWbTHg
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Feb 22, 2016, 20:40
Yeah, there was an implicit suggestion that their performance back in the day in Michigan was all improvised and that he was creating Revolution 909 on the spot.

I didn't like that either.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Feb 22, 2016, 22:05
The idea that their Coachella performance was unprecedented as well... They can't have been the first people to build a full on experience like that. Sure, in the dance world it was huge, but how could it not be for $300,000.

It's a shame. That documentary made me care even less about them. I felt like it was begging me to appreciate them.
It totally glossed over the fact that a number of their tracks are nothing more than glorified samples. Robot Rock being the worst.
Homework was and is fantastic. And it was interesting hearing about the record deal. But the whole thing stunk of Columbia PR trying to get people to pay attention to a band that, let's be honest, produced an album that was as throw away as the summer single they released.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Feb 22, 2016, 22:20
Quote from: Enjoyed on Feb 22, 2016, 22:05

The idea that their Coachella performance was unprecedented as well... They can't have been the first people to build a full on experience like that. Sure, in the dance world it was huge, but how could it not be for $300,000.

I disagree. At the time it was a huge deal. It changed everything and all of the awesome electronic live shows with crazy scenery you've been seeing in the last 10 years (Etienne de Crecy, Flying Lotus, Skrillex, deadmau5, Amon Tobin, DJ Shadow, etc) were possible partly because of this.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: TJEFFS2000 on Feb 23, 2016, 00:07
Well said Ben_J. People are forgetting their history and time is altering their perception. However I would say the Orbital/Chems stage setups from that time were similar but audio wise didn't 'mash' tracks up together so much. Now the Chems do it loads
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Feb 23, 2016, 03:42
Daft Punk surely did blow open the marketing door for electronic music producers after that 2006 Coachella show. But a lot of praise should go to the CEO of Goldenvoice/Coachella Paul Tollet, the early ages of YouTube and other streaming online video sites, and finally, internet forums and blogs for creating a whirlwind of hype for both pre and post show.

The fact is, their timing was incredibly perfect to put on that show when it happened.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jun 29, 2016, 13:20
Ou est Daft Punk? (http://mixmag.net/read/daft-punk-is-given-the-wheres-wally-treatment-)

I think I've found 'em but obviously it's more satisfying if you don't just click the spoiler thingy below. Zoom definitely required.

Spoiler
On the Ferris Wheel near the bottom
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Jun 29, 2016, 17:31
Well done style imitation--I used to love the Where's Waldo books.

Now if only Daft Punk could make that stuff they used to make... not merchandise... not hype... Oh yeah. FUCKING MUSIC.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: hstn on Jun 29, 2016, 19:41
Tbh Daft Punk had their moments, I myself still adore them, but they aren't that special. They have this whole delusion of grandeur going for them. I appreciate their artistry but they've became a little too serious with Random Access Memories. Homework and Discovery was their prime. And they definitely were ahead of their time too in terms of how they defined their genre and doing things live. Almost every set they did in 1997 was unique from each other. Both them and The Chems were at their prime during this age, but it seems like DP is seemng to forget their roots a bit. They're still an electronic music duo, nothing more. And i feel their fans (and this is coming from one) are painting them as much more important than they are, and seem to forget about everyone else, like they're the pioneers of electronic music when that's not the case. I know The Chems and other bands have hit much more landmarks than what DP did, it's just how rare they are that adds to the hype. I know they aren't overrated, but their fans and the labels, and the hype sure is making it out to be that way.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Jun 29, 2016, 19:47
Well said hstn


Daft Punk music now in ride form at New Shanghai Disney:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taeucixxrdM


And while were at it, here is a clip of The New Shanghai Disney's Pirates of The Caribbean ride that looks pretty amazing (however is void of the charm that the original posses):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vIchXwRw7U
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Explud on Jun 29, 2016, 22:38
Nobody cares.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Jun 30, 2016, 01:02
You mean like your vaper thread?
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: inchemwetrust on Jun 30, 2016, 06:01
Quote from: Bosco on Jun 29, 2016, 19:47

Well said hstn


Daft Punk music now in ride form at New Shanghai Disney:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taeucixxrdM


It looks like some of the footage was cut short on that edit where they go back in the tunnel. Otherwise, it looks and feels like a decent ride. I do see that they used some TRON footage, which imo is a great idea and hopefully extend that part a bit. Its reminecent (spellcheck) of an old Disney ride called the 'peoplemover' where the ride was a slow moving tram going in a tunnel showing the lightspeed race from TRON 84 movie. interesting vid!
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Explud on Jun 30, 2016, 07:57
Quote from: Bosco on Jun 30, 2016, 01:02

You mean like your vaper thread?
Yup
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MIKL on Jun 30, 2016, 11:51
Quote from: inchemwetrust on Jun 30, 2016, 06:01

It looks like some of the footage was cut short on that edit where they go back in the tunnel. Otherwise, it looks and feels like a decent ride. I do see that they used some TRON footage, which imo is a great idea and hopefully extend that part a bit. Its reminecent (spellcheck) of an old Disney ride called the 'peoplemover' where the ride was a slow moving tram going in a tunnel showing the lightspeed race from TRON 84 movie. interesting vid!

That star wars version of Space mountain is pretty cool might still be better than this one. Theres footage on you tube. I actually recently got addicted to watching theme park rides saving a lot of money. The Harry Potter and Transformers and King Kong look pretty crazy at Universal Orlando as well. They'll even be a whole Star Wars section getting built now.

Going completely off topic. But kind of similar to how Daft Punk have gone too with the music to marketing machine. I still to this day ignore RAM and just listen to everything else.

Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Joslyn on Sep 22, 2016, 21:59
Anyone heard Daft Punks collaboration with the Weeknd?
I think it's a waste of time listening to it. Even worse than Pharrels Gustave of wind.

https://open.spotify.com/track/7lQqaqZu0vjxzpdATOIsDt
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: WhiteNoise on Sep 22, 2016, 23:47
(http://seanmalyon.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bristol-photographer-lifestyle-man-laptop-headphones-bored.jpg)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: WhiteNoise on Oct 05, 2016, 16:24
Before anyone posts about www.alive2017.com - there is a 99% chance it's fake. The 1% is if Daft Punk is deliberately trying to make the site look like a fan-hoax.

That being said. They better tour.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Oct 05, 2016, 16:54
I only get a page that says ALIVE.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: WhiteNoise on Oct 05, 2016, 17:14
Quote from: Csar on Oct 05, 2016, 16:54

I only get a page that says ALIVE.
In Courier New of all fonts. There's a timer in the I counting down to October 27. I checked the source and nothing will trigger when it hits zero.

There's a comment in the source with coordinates of certain 'concert locations', the coordinates of the Andromeda Galaxy, and a reference to Shep from Interstella. It's also counting down in increments of 5.555 seconds.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: RuneSnake on Oct 05, 2016, 19:23
We just have to wait untill the 27th...

No, but I have seen things like these at least a hunderd times. But, yeah, you'll never know. The previous rumour of them being in the studio with "The Weeknd" also turned out to be true, so the only thing we can do is to have hope.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: WhiteNoise on Oct 05, 2016, 22:56
From a web developer's perspective, this looks like a fake. It has the hallmarks of a very quickly set up site (not a premeditated professional site), it wasn't registered until after rumors started spreading, and instead of hints at something new it just makes a bunch of Interstella references.

Still hope for a tour!!! But this site is not real.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Oct 06, 2016, 05:45
The Internetz is asplode with rumors. Damn.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: androidgeoff on Oct 08, 2016, 02:18
I only listen to Daft Punk now because they are the greatest band to ever exist. So glad they worked with The Weeknd. Could not be happier with the result of a man who understands it all (when I'm fucked up, that's the real me) working with a duo who also understands it all (tour every 10 years for $$$). God Bless Virgin for signing Daft Punk eons ago.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: WhiteNoise on Feb 08, 2017, 08:07
Quote from: MadPooter on Nov 22, 2015, 03:29

Remember when Daft Punk made music?

Those were some good times.
http://pitchfork.com/news/71351-daft-punk-announce-pop-up-shop-unlike-any-other-pop-up-shop/
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: androidgeoff on Feb 09, 2017, 02:08
They are going to get so paid this summer
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Feb 09, 2017, 02:14
I believe it was Guy-Man's birthday today/yesterday.

BTW what was this "live return" shizzle about?

https://twitter.com/NME/status/827990691158642688
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Feb 09, 2017, 02:48
the shizzle is they are "performing" with The Weekend at the Grammy's this year.



Daft Punk should do the Superbowl halftime next year.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Born In Planet Dust on Feb 09, 2017, 03:22
Quote from: Bosco on Feb 09, 2017, 02:48

the shizzle is they are "performing" with The Weekend at the Grammy's this year.



Daft Punk should do the Superbowl halftime next year.

I would say THIS, but it really needs to be Weird Al. 
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: hstn on Feb 09, 2017, 04:21
Quote from: Born In Planet Dust on Feb 09, 2017, 03:22

I would say THIS, but it really needs to be Weird Al. 

Daft Punk and Weird Al onstage
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Feb 09, 2017, 04:53
Fuck NME for making shit up.

Live return. Bullshit.

"Collectible" and "exclusive" merchandise for sale. So much head shaking. ::shakes head::
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: androidgeoff on Feb 09, 2017, 14:01
:shakesheadinthepreciseoppositemannerinordertocanceloutyourheadshaking:

take that
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Explud on Feb 09, 2017, 15:11
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Feb 08, 2017, 08:07

http://pitchfork.com/news/71351-daft-punk-announce-pop-up-shop-unlike-any-other-pop-up-shop/
Gosha Rubchinsky?! Boooooo!
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: inchemwetrust on Feb 09, 2017, 17:12
SHOWS!....NOT CLOTHES!

Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 17, 2017, 23:31
Fuck. I...I didn't know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0V1SLs0H5Q
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Apr 18, 2017, 00:44
I remember finding this out for the first time quite a number of years ago now.

This was a black mark on Daft Punk for me. There was not a whole lot else that they did with Robot Rock, and there didn't seem to be a whole lot there in the song that was... them... I suppose...

I mean, still a cool track that they made, and I don't know how many people would actually know that the original track even exists had it not been for Robot Rock.

But there certainly have been better Daft Punk tracks.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bendy1001 on Apr 18, 2017, 11:44
Samples are a weird thing. Even some Chemical songs are harder to listen to once you've heard the samples. I don't really know anything about the music industry, so I don't really think about it and just listen to cool tracks that i like. But I can't help but feel sometimes like I'm being kind of ignorant. Is it common practice for musicians to compensate people they use samples from?
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Apr 18, 2017, 12:31
It's still a huge grey area.
If the sample is arguably integral to the new piece of music then the original copyright owners should be compensated, normally in the form of a percentage of the performance and publication rights. Some folks though, are happy enough for their samples to be used for a fixed fee, or even completely for free.
And there's still the issue of how much a sample has been manipulated and at what point it becomes something new. I remember discussing samples with my manager at the time and 'supposedly' there was a kind of unwritten rule that if the clip is 3 seconds or less, or has been warped/edited/changed enough from the original that it becomes almost unrecognisable, then you didn't have to concern yourself with getting clearance - or were certainly less worried about it.

The other thing to note is that some people simply just get away with it. I mean, the Amen break is used in more music than any team of copyright lawyers could track down and sue. And similarly, there are releases that just don't make enough of a wave to warrant investing time and money to sue for copyright.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 18, 2017, 14:36
Quote from: Bendy1001 on Apr 18, 2017, 11:44

Even some Chemical songs are harder to listen to once you've heard the samples.

Yes, THIS ONE (https://youtu.be/jE5rEAD-xrg?t=11m19s) was certainly an eye-opener for me.


Quote from: Enjoyed on Apr 18, 2017, 12:31

I remember discussing samples with my manager
You got any samples in your music for sale on itunes where you thought, "I hope I don't get sued"? (don't worry no one's reading this, just you and me  :-X )
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Explud on Apr 18, 2017, 15:06
Ha! How about this one? ;D (4:40)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKYMMGqQnHg
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: WhiteNoise on Apr 18, 2017, 16:44
Quote from: Skyscraper on Apr 18, 2017, 14:36

Yes, THIS ONE (https://youtu.be/jE5rEAD-xrg?t=11m19s) was certainly an eye-opener for me.
I've never heard a Chems sample that made me think less of the track, not in the way hearing Release The Beast ruins the "genius" of Robot Rock. I can't think of an instance the Chems have wholesale sampled something and had it be the absolute core of their song. Worst ones I can think of are The Goats (http://www.whosampled.com/sample/343514/The-Chemical-Brothers-Chemical-Beats-The-Goats-Got-Kinda-Hi/) sample on Chemical Beats and James Asher's Asian Workshop (http://www.whosampled.com/sample/41998/The-Chemical-Brothers-The-Sunshine-Underground-James-Asher-Asian-Workshop/), but even that one's a really clever sample, in a similar vein as Idioteque's sample.

Quote from: Skyscraper on Apr 18, 2017, 14:36

You got any samples in your music for sale on itunes where you thought, "I hope I don't get sued"? (don't worry no one's reading this, just you and me  :-X )
I don't know all of them but you should listen very carefully to K Special sometime. Hint's in the name.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Apr 18, 2017, 17:15
Quote from: Bendy1001 on Apr 18, 2017, 11:44

Even some Chemical songs are harder to listen to once you've heard the samples.
No. NO! NO!!

Quote from: Enjoyed on Apr 18, 2017, 12:31

If the sample is arguably integral to the new piece of music then the original copyright owners should be compensated, normally in the form of a percentage of the performance and publication rights.
And that's how The Verve never ever in their entire live will get any money from any sell of Urban Hymns, because they've sampled The Rolling Stones for Bittersweet Symphony and where sued for that -  and now paid for that until the very end.

Quote from: WhiteNoise on Apr 18, 2017, 16:44

I've never heard a Chems sample that made me think less of the track, not in the way hearing Release The Beast ruins the "genius" of Robot Rock.
It's not really a sample, but how Wayne Coyne is doing the vocals on The Golden Path does remind a lot on U2's Where The Streets Have No Name.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: WhiteNoise on Apr 18, 2017, 17:58
Quote from: ThePumisher on Apr 18, 2017, 17:15

And that's how The Verve never ever in their entire live will get any money from any sell of Urban Hymns, because they've sampled The Rolling Stones for Bittersweet Symphony and where sued for that -  and now paid for that until the very end.
The shitty part of this was the sample was initially cleared for 50/50 royalties, until the song took off in popularity and the Stone's manager decided they wanted as much of the pie they could get, claiming they sampled more than agreed upon. You can guess who had the better lawyers in the case.

Fatboy Slim hasn't seen a dime from The Rockefeller Skank by the way - he wasn't expecting much, but every artist he sampled took 25%, totaling 100. But where's his credit for combining all those parts?

Art and money just go weird together.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Apr 18, 2017, 19:15
Quote from: Skyscraper on Apr 18, 2017, 14:36

You got any samples in your music for sale on itunes where you thought, "I hope I don't get sued"? (don't worry no one's reading this, just you and me  :-X )

A bunch. I'm not making any money from sales so it's hardly an issue. But yeah, I've got samples from the soundtracks of a couple of pretty famous movies (1 very famous), drums from disco records, harmonies from a pretty well known English a capella group, a classic French flamenco band sample... Not to mention a clap sample that makes it into almost every track of mine.

Quote from: WhiteNoise on Apr 18, 2017, 16:44

I don't know all of them but you should listen very carefully to K Special sometime. Hint's in the name.

Shhhhhh. We can't talk about that one here of all places....  ;)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 18, 2017, 19:16
Quote from: ThePumisher on Apr 18, 2017, 17:15

And that's how The Verve never ever in their entire live will get any money from any sell of Urban Hymns,
The whole album?

Quote from: ThePumisher on Apr 18, 2017, 17:15

It's not really a sample, but how Wayne Coyne is doing the vocals on The Golden Path does remind a lot on U2's Where The Streets Have No Name.
Oh I get your drift. Speaking of slightly tenuous ones: Whenever I listen to the full length version of Doves' The Cedar Room (https://youtu.be/GWJ0xr0Zv0Q?t=31s) (released 2000) it reminds me of the end of The Sunshine Underground (released '99) and vice versa.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Apr 18, 2017, 19:53
Quote from: Skyscraper on Apr 18, 2017, 19:16

The whole album?
Not the whole, i maybe get that wrong. But a huge part of Urban Hymns and This Is Music
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Apr 18, 2017, 19:59
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Apr 18, 2017, 16:44

I've never heard a Chems sample that made me think less of the track, not in the way hearing Release The Beast ruins the "genius" of Robot Rock. I can't think of an instance the Chems have wholesale sampled something and had it be the absolute core of their song.

Quote from: ThePumisher on Apr 18, 2017, 17:15

No. NO! NO!!
Well, I was certainly surprised to learn back in the days that e.g. IDM's or Hoops' main sample was almost untouched. It didn't spoil the tracks entirely for me but sure left a somewhat "bad" taste in my mouth at the time. But unlike the Chems, Daft Punk, to me, always was less playful and more relying on repetition of their sampled loops.

Here are some further examples
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxu3Q29rEU4

Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Apr 18, 2017, 20:28
That was a great video! Thanks for sharing.

I knew a lot of the more obvious samples but the High Fidelity and High Life construction was very interesting. Definitely hard to take credit away from them for that kind of sample manipulation.

They just got lazy with the other tracks is the issue. And Robot Rock really is unforgivable in terms of how much they rely on the original.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Apr 19, 2017, 20:12
Yeah, lazy describes it very well. On the other hand, sometimes you can just get carried away, too, with a sample and never bother to tweak it in the process of producing because it just feels so right. But with Daft Punk I often feel like they just found a great sample and then merely put it on loop for 4 something minutes.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Born In Planet Dust on Apr 21, 2017, 04:51
The only obvious sample the Chems have ever used (to me at least).  I'd be mad if their use of it didn't rule. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPWsQ7utB2s
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bendy1001 on Apr 21, 2017, 12:12
Sorry if I sounded like I was slagging off the Chemical Brothers ;D
I think their use of samples is fine and completely elevates the music they make. It's just that when I have certain samples pointed out to me it ruins the magic a little bit for just a moment. But in the end it doesn't change whether a song is awesome or not, it just means I have a few more people to thank for it being awesome.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Apr 22, 2017, 15:24
No need to be sorry.. And I do know, too, this oh-that's-actually-not-from-you kind of feeling with some parts of their songs that I thought were their own creation.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: GLAKO-FAHN on Apr 22, 2017, 15:48
I thought a big part of the magic of sample-based music was in the reference explicitly. Large segments of hip-hop are rooted in the mythology of funk, soul, etc. The development of these genres is rooted in sampling and reference to the older tracks—they're not supposed to be sneaky theft, but deep acknowledgements or sly nods. In the case of Daft Punk and Fatboy Slim, it's about the groove and the track. In the case of DJ Shadow and The Chemical Brothers, it's about hearing something different in those songs and sharing the vision seen through their weird musical lenses. The same cleverness lives in the samples of The Sunshine Underground and in Idioteque: a weird fragment from an obscure piece is put together into a perfect loop with which to capture and describe 90s dance music.


Cf. Quentin Tarantino: what constitutes the true magic for movie nerds in fact ruins the magic for the lay viewer who initially saw complete originality.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Apr 22, 2017, 16:50
I agree with your post entirely and I'm a big fan of ("clever") sampling and of course totally aware of its tradition in music and arts in general. However, I sometimes can't dismiss my feelings when I thought a particular sound was created by the musician him-/herself just to find out that it was not can be mildly disillusioning (in lack of a better word) at times. For instance, when I learned that IDM's sample was nearly unaltered and straightly taken off the Handpeople's record, it was such a moment. I believe, for me, it is just the (intitially) perceived gap between my assumption/imagination (it is an originally created sound) and knowing/learning (it's a sample). You beautifully described it: context is what matters and how the choice of samples is incorporated in your music.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Apr 22, 2017, 17:27
Quote from: Csar on Apr 22, 2017, 16:50

I believe, for me, it is just the (intitially) perceived gap between my assumption/imagination (it is an originally created sound) and knowing/learning (it's a sample).

This is exactly how I feel about it. Hearing a sample, knowing (or assuming) it's a sample is fine. Even if that sample makes up most of the groundwork. I never bat an eyelid at a lot of Fatboy Slim's work - or any of Bentley Rhtyhm Ace's - because I knew (/assumed) a lot of it was samples. So it was just fun to find out what they were and then hear how they had been adapted. It was, for the most part, the same with Daft Punk.
But like you say, hearing a sound that you have forever believed was a masterful creation by an artist you love and admire that turns out to be someone else's work is jarring and does lead to further questioning I think. Not targeted necessarily at the artist, but at your own judgement of what is and isn't something they have created. "If they didn't make that, what else didn't they make?".
Again though, it's not "Oh, they didn't make that sound I love, they suck!" - it's simply a shift in perspective - you now look at the music in terms of how it has been arranged and personally I find a new level of interest in the track that way.



The exception being Robot Rock.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: sandelic on Apr 22, 2017, 18:16
Take a look at Prodigy, and how they sample:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZYLp5uX9Yw

It's just amazing how they fit all those pieces together and make something fresh from it.
But I have to say that knowing what samples they used and how somehow diminishes song, if that's the word. Tarantino has it right.
It's like watching making of, let's say, Matrix, some part of magic is lost in the process.
I also understood that there is a difference (legally) between recreating sample and just sampling it, does anyone knows more about it?
That being said, listen at your own risk :)

And I stumbled upon this magnificent edition of RAM and though I should share, for anyone interested:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLhuCwy4u8&t=683s
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Apr 22, 2017, 19:14
Quote from: sandelic on Apr 22, 2017, 18:16

Take a look at Prodigy, and how hey sample:

Yeah that guy does a really good one of Smack My Bitch Up as well. But there is an art in making all of the samples work together. The one I mentioned for Star Guitar is pretty much an unchanged sample, but fair play to Liam H for manipulating all the samples to work together and thereby creating something new.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: GLAKO-FAHN on Apr 28, 2017, 23:47
J Dilla anyone?
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: neorev on Jun 22, 2017, 05:53
new track produced by Daft Punk...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTdBc2Ba8ts
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Jun 22, 2017, 07:09
too much ram
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: WhiteNoise on Jun 22, 2017, 16:39
It's literally Get Lucky with different lyrics.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Jun 23, 2017, 00:37
Dunno about literally, but this does sound like a b-side off RAM.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: neorev on Jun 23, 2017, 06:51
I found RAM to be quite disappointing.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Jun 23, 2017, 21:43
There seems to be a half and half consensus from people.

Half of Daft Punk fans love Random Access Memories. Everyone else was underwhelmed.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 14, 2017, 13:07
Ha, well done France you nutters!  ;D
Macron enjoying it, Trump has no idea. Thanks to Ed Simons for tweeting this.

https://twitter.com/franceinfo/status/885803763818221568
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MIKL on Jul 15, 2017, 05:44
The way they did One More Time (I think it was) at the start and the end reminded me of Another World.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bouh on Jul 15, 2017, 06:27
Quote from: neorev on Jun 22, 2017, 05:53

new track produced by Daft Punk...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTdBc2Ba8ts

This band is a joke. They exactly sound like Jungle, Jungle is way better though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcsfftwLUf0
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Jul 15, 2017, 13:31
They also sound (vocal wise) like Rhye, but again, Rhye is way way better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWAUs7X-oi8
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: WhiteNoise on Jul 15, 2017, 21:08
Quote from: MIKL on Jul 15, 2017, 05:44

The way they did One More Time (I think it was) at the start and the end reminded me of Another World.
Dude. Remember the One More Time / Another World "mashup" by some Youtube DJ, that was literally just the two songs playing at the same time with some horrible effects added for a second halfway through?

He was on to something.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jul 18, 2017, 15:36
Old news now I guess, but I want to know which one of y'all forked out over $10k for Bangalter's drum machine.

https://twitter.com/9to5toys/status/882623794334007298
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Jul 19, 2017, 00:20
But it's only a 909 - and as we all know, everybody needs a 303
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Jul 19, 2017, 17:32
Quote from: Skyscraper on Jul 18, 2017, 15:36

Old news now I guess, but I want to know which one of y'all forked out over $10k for Bangalter's drum machine.

https://twitter.com/9to5toys/status/882623794334007298
I don't care much for their 909, remaking patterns is easy. Their Juno 106 on the other hand...
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: satur8 on Jul 20, 2017, 19:36
Quote from: sandelic on Apr 22, 2017, 18:16
Take a look at Prodigy, and how they sample:

I thought this was pretty cool, especially considering it was made in 1994 before the ease of modern tech. I don't really have a problem with this sampling method as an artform (but I do believe proper credit is always due). It's like a beautiful mosaic created out of discarded wine bottles: it was delicious wine, but it can enjoy a new life with many extra elements. It doesn't matter to me if the glass is new or recycled.

I wasn't part of the original conversation, but discovering song elements are samples instead of original sounds doesn't affect my enjoyment of a track. If anything, I appreciate the creativity as I would for a DJ doing the unexpected. And I definitely prefer it to lazy sampling.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Jun 07, 2018, 12:24
https://twitter.com/EverBetterMusic/status/1002319260612550656
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: sandelic on Jun 07, 2018, 12:50
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Jun 07, 2018, 12:24

https://twitter.com/EverBetterMusic/status/1002319260612550656
What did you do, Skyscraper?
getting profile name-fluid, are we?  ;D
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Jun 09, 2018, 05:55
ugh I had to change my password AGAIN on the daft club today but I can't change it due to Capcha being "Outdated". can anyone whose a member contact someone whose in charge of the site?
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Oct 15, 2018, 19:04
I was oblivious to this film prior to today. Anyone else know Riga (take 1) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7735932/?ref_=nv_sr_1)?

Found a soundtrack listing here. (https://www.discogs.com/SIG-Music-From-the-Film-Riga-Take-1/release/12356868) Bangalter's Take 5 track is right down the bottom. I get the impression that this is the only track that's specifically by Bangalter here. But the notes down the bottom of the Discogs page say "Compose & produced by SIG" (that's the film's director, Siegfried) and also "Thomas Bangalter beats & loops".


https://twitter.com/Mixmag/status/1051895570766413826 [didn't embed so CLICK]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KD-QB74BY0
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bouh on Oct 16, 2018, 09:00
Sounds like what Arnaud Rebotini would usually play live...
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Jan 23, 2021, 11:42
This week has been interesting, and two previously unreleased recordings surfaced:

A 3 hours DJ Set from 1995
https://youtu.be/uE1GgRz4HlM

A full professional video of a 2007 live show from Lollapalooza.
https://youtu.be/udvYSd2TIkg

You can even hear Thomas Bangalter at the beginning, checking that everybody's ready 😃
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: sandelic on Jan 23, 2021, 13:15
Thanks for sharing this, Ben, I'm off to download that 2007 set before it's gone.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Jan 23, 2021, 19:56
If anybody happened to already have downloaded these... I'd very much appreciate a copy.

Please & Thank you  :)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Jan 23, 2021, 21:08
As much as I like to poke Daft Punk and their fans, this was still unequivocally one of the best live electronic music experiences ever. There are so many impressive things about this set it's hard to know where to begin sometimes.

Also, some of the camera work from that footage is just god awful.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Jan 23, 2021, 21:42
Quote from: MadPooter on Jan 23, 2021, 21:08

Also, some of the camera work from that footage is just god awful.
Eh, true, but since that was the footage for the giant screens at the festival, can't really blame them...
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: sneakerbeater on Jan 23, 2021, 22:27
Enjoying this! Can't help but think there is some daft punk missing from life these days. I loved random access memory which probably puts me in the minority on this forum. Hope there is a follow up one day, but where could they go with another album?
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: androidgeoff on Jan 23, 2021, 22:43
Daft Punk doesn't go anywhere
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Jan 24, 2021, 19:58
Quote from: sneakerbeater on Jan 23, 2021, 22:27

Hope there is a follow up one day, but where could they go with another album?


I certainly know they can manufacture one with the brand name they've built, but are they artistically capable of producing another album?

It's pretty well documented how reliant they've been on samples to drive their music. And now, with their most recent take in RAM, it took a multitude of accomplished guest artists to "realize" their vision. Seems like they struggle in originality.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: sandelic on Jan 25, 2021, 13:52
Anyone needs download link for Lollapalooza set, just PM me.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: neorev on Jan 25, 2021, 16:37
I find Daft Punk mostly underwhelming
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Jan 26, 2021, 01:44
Since the Lollapalooza show is of topic, I just want to add the buzz from that performance left such a mark within the concert-going scene here in Chicago (As I'm sure as it was wherever they played). To have a conversation with a fellow concert-goer where they weren't of discussion, was impossible. Just a year later at a sold out JUSTICE show a fan took it to the next level...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yOspR-Jg2c
(notice the flip phone!  :)))


Also, after that Lollapalooza show, I went to a post-show Ed Banger party where James Murphy and the rest of LCD Soundsystem hung out. Thomas and Guy were lingering about too, but mostly in the back room.

Apologize. Small brag, and memory dump.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Jan 26, 2021, 10:53
Quote from: Bosco on Jan 26, 2021, 01:44

Since the Lollapalooza show is of topic, I just want to add the buzz from that performance left such a mark within the concert-going scene here in Chicago (As I'm sure as it was wherever they played). To have a conversation with a fellow concert-goer where they weren't of discussion, was impossible. Just a year later at a sold out JUSTICE show a fan took it to the next level...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yOspR-Jg2c
(notice the flip phone!  :)))


Also, after that Lollapalooza show, I went to a post-show Ed Banger party where James Murphy and the rest of LCD Soundsystem hung out. Thomas and Guy were lingering about too, but mostly in the back room.

Apologize. Small brag, and memory dump.

Poor guy probably couldn't see anything
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Jan 26, 2021, 12:08
Quote from: Bosco on Jan 26, 2021, 01:44

Since the Lollapalooza show is of topic, I just want to add the buzz from that performance left such a mark within the concert-going scene here in Chicago (As I'm sure as it was wherever they played). To have a conversation with a fellow concert-goer where they weren't of discussion, was impossible. Just a year later at a sold out JUSTICE show a fan took it to the next level...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yOspR-Jg2c
(notice the flip phone!  :)))


Also, after that Lollapalooza show, I went to a post-show Ed Banger party where James Murphy and the rest of LCD Soundsystem hung out. Thomas and Guy were lingering about too, but mostly in the back room.

Apologize. Small brag, and memory dump.

Might be this guy?!? It's from the same year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkyEFaNJO1g

In his disclaimer he notes he made the suite himself.

Quote
Here's me in my El-wire suit spinning Daft Punk, Deadmau5, and various Ed Banger tracks.

I've had this costume for a few months. I've worn it to conventions, concerts, and clubs. Not only is it fun to wear, but you can also conjure up your OWN mosh pit just by directing them. Just gather everyone together using hand signals and they will follow.

You can't really tell in the dark, but this is HARD. Beat-matching and mixing is tough when it's dark, you're seeing through a small hole, and you have thick gloves on. Just imagine trying to type on a computer while your fingers are individually-wrapped in duct tape.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Jan 26, 2021, 21:12
Quote from: Csar on Jan 26, 2021, 12:08

Might be this guy?!? It's from the same year.

It looks like it. I know he started the concert behind me, but eventually made his way to the front side of the balcony inside the venue. If I remember, the Ed Banger crew was interacting with him from the opera box to the side of the stage and I even think it was documented in a DVD or a video promo that Ed Banger did.


Edit: Also, wasn't there a tribute band/group that dressed up and basically had the same pyramid setup? I wonder if he was a part of that.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Jan 27, 2021, 10:45
I'm working on a remake of alive 1997, unlike the other DJs who put their own spin on the set, I'm shooting for a 100% faithful remake, like it was ripped straight from the sound deck. I got Da Funk and half of Alive done.
I'm literally throwing out my eardrums trying to get every single piece of instrument into the remake since some of it is drowned out by the crowd and louder instruments.

YouTube doesn't really do the audio justice so when I'm finished the project will sound significantly better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYu4RWIvtfg&ab_channel=Project1997

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFFKF8bo9-I&ab_channel=ITSCS117
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Jan 27, 2021, 11:04
Quote from: Conn6orsuper117 on Jan 27, 2021, 10:45

I'm working on a remake of alive 1997, unlike the other DJs who put their own spin on the set, I'm shooting for a 100% faithful remake, like it was ripped straight from the sound deck. I got Da Funk and half of Alive done.
I'm literally throwing out my eardrums trying to get every single piece of instrument into the remake since some of it is drowned out by the crowd and louder instruments.

YouTube doesn't really do the audio justice so when I'm finished the project will sound significantly better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYu4RWIvtfg&ab_channel=Project1997

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFFKF8bo9-I&ab_channel=ITSCS117
That's an ambitious project! I'm curious, what is your process? How much is sampled from the actual tracks, and how much is recreated? I'm guessing most synths are sampled, some recreated (like the 303 in Da Funk) and the drums are recreated?
If you need, I can help for Rollin & Scratchin, Rock n Roll and Burnin', I have made a lot of research myself and got the sound as close as possible with the Juno 106. I can also help with 909/808 patterns for R&S, probably still have them in an Ableton file somewhere
Here's my R&S live cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr5NwKlkNS4
And an older video, also of R&S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJyMBfQz4_8
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Jan 27, 2021, 19:56
Quote from: Ben_j on Jan 27, 2021, 11:04

That's an ambitious project! I'm curious, what is your process? How much is sampled from the actual tracks, and how much is recreated? I'm guessing most synths are sampled, some recreated (like the 303 in Da Funk) and the drums are recreated?
If you need, I can help for Rollin & Scratchin, Rock n Roll and Burnin', I have made a lot of research myself and got the sound as close as possible with the Juno 106. I can also help with 909/808 patterns for R&S, probably still have them in an Ableton file somewhere
Here's my R&S live cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr5NwKlkNS4
And an older video, also of R&S
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJyMBfQz4_8

Alot of it is pretty much sampled except for the drums, some of it ripped from the album (like Rollin & Scratchin's 106, its a Long story...) but noise cancelled and filtered to sound clean.
that would be cool to have help with R&S, Rock n Roll & Burnin.
The 2 tracks I'm working right now is Revolution 909 & its WDPK remix (the track between R&S & alive)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Stefan on Jan 31, 2021, 16:04
Quote from: Ben_j on Jan 23, 2021, 11:42


A full professional video of a 2007 live show from Lollapalooza.
https://youtu.be/udvYSd2TIkg
I've never been overly enthusiastic about their music, but that Alive 2007 show is always fantastic.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: neorev on Jan 31, 2021, 17:23
https://youtu.be/02rj7fycPV8

https://youtu.be/saoFKWFSyyg

https://youtu.be/OCkP81vDIyg
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Feb 12, 2021, 18:20
https://youtu.be/bZKMXAbowKU
Rollin' & Scratchin'

I was not kidding about the 106 being sampled.
(https://i.imgur.com/d4ljw5q.png)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Feb 22, 2021, 15:32
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDX6wNfjqc

Daft Punk are officialy over.
Not sure how to process this. It's not like it will make much of a difference, given how unprolific they were in the past 8 years, but still, it's the end of an era...

Alive 2007 in Paris will probably remain the best gig I've ever attended for the rest of my life. I'm glad I was able to live it, I feel like in 20 years people who were there will be envied, just like I wish I could have attended a Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd concert.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Feb 22, 2021, 15:49
I feel like somebody tied me to a chair and forced me to watch them kill a family member. Daft punk was one of the leading factors to help me get out of depression, and reintroduced me to the chemical brothers with the tribal gathering recordings. I owe my love to electronic music to Daft Punk as equally as the Chems. I practically surivived highschool with Daft punk & Chems, now I all I have is Tom & Ed.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: nekoland on Feb 22, 2021, 15:52
Sad news of course, but for me it's bittersweet... I grow up with Homework, one of the best electronic music albums of all time and I have so much memories listening to it... When I came home from school, the first thing I did was put the CD (pirate) in the cdplayer and turn the volume up to maximum, while my mother yelled "TURN DOWN THE VOLUME!!" haha.
But in this years I lost the "love" for Daft Punk. I hate RAM... I can't with that record...
Anyway, it's a sad day. I lost the chance to see them live in 2006 because my father past away the same day. I had the faith to see them live one day.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Feb 22, 2021, 15:55
Quote from: Ben_j on Feb 22, 2021, 15:32

Alive 2007 in Paris will probably remain the best gig I've ever attended for the rest of my life.
you lucky one, i was never able to see them live








https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/daft-punk-have-broken-up-1131309/
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Shotglass75 on Feb 22, 2021, 16:00
I was lucky enough to see that Coachella 2006 set and witness history. I also got to see the Lolla 2007 set.  I never really listened to their albums the way I do the Chems, and I always felt that maybe the gimmick of the robots is what brought them much of the attention that they received (not that they weren't great).  But I always listened to that Coachella bootleg and then Alive 07 quite a bit. 

Sad that I won't be able to see them again live, but having the memory of those 2 shows is kinda all I need from them. 

Now if it were Tom & Ed making this announcement today, I would be in tears and curled up on the couch, wondering how I would carry on in life not ever seeing them again since I was unable to catch this last tour. 
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Feb 22, 2021, 16:38
No swansong.
I'm reading that there was a planned album for 2021 but they scrapped it?

Well I'm glad I saw them at Hyde Park in 2007.
I was oblivious to the blog hype attached to the tour. A friend who came with me was even more oblivious.
After the first five minutes he looked at me and said "Wow, people are really excited to see Daft Punk".
Indeed they were. The crowd literally lept in the air when they came onstage. And didn't really stop.

Some of y'all didnt like RAM but, for the most part I did. It was at times ambitious and expansive, and I think it found them a level of exposure outside of "dance music".

I'm guessing that Bangalter was the musical prime mover of the duo, but I could be mistaken (?). Will one or both of them make new solo music?
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: inchemwetrust on Feb 22, 2021, 16:46
I would maybe call BS on the break-up! Why would you want to stop making music? Covid maybe? Thats impossible because T and E are making music 6ft from  each other

Maybe Thomas developed too much bearing loss from from his tinnitus. That might be the only reason why they broke up.

They've done a shitload of music, and quite arguably the best well known material in the last 2 decades in electronic music.

A compilation or box set should seal the deal, but I really wish they could've made this announcement after covid was over.

I feel bad for the DP forum right now. I agree with Shot glass as I would be mourning with such grief if the Bros broke up.

Love their 12 inch Roulé records and their Alive 2007 live album. Pinnacle DP music!
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Feb 22, 2021, 16:57
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Feb 22, 2021, 16:38

I'm reading that there was a planned album for 2021 but they scrapped it?

I wouldn't believe any rumours on them. 99% of rumours we had in the past 15 years were false. "Daft Punk headlining Coachella/Glastonbury/insert festival name", "Daft Punk to perform at the Superbowl", "Daft Punk to come back for Alive 2017", etc.

Quote from: inchemwetrust on Feb 22, 2021, 16:46

I would maybe call BS on the break-up! Why would you want to stop making music? Covid maybe? Thats impossible because T and E are making music 6ft from  each other

Maybe Thomas developed too much bearing loss from from his tinnitus. That might be the only reason why they broke up.

I don't know if the hearing loss was that bad, or even if it was actually true. They toured for two years and I even saw him performing a DJ set in a club in 2006 after he had supposedly suffered hearing loss. So either it was false or it wasn't that bad. I think they didn't abruptly break up, they just weren't doing much those last few years, and must have figured they didn't have plans to do any more stuff together in the forseeable future.
Tom and Ed breaking up would be much more abrupt, seeing as they're still very active.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: 𝒥𝑅𝒮𝒵 on Feb 22, 2021, 17:10
Thomas, Guy-Man, Thank You
Thank you for making your mark on not only electronic, but on the whole music industry in general, for the birth of french house, for resurrecting disco, which never was dead at all as it lived in house music.
And finally.. Thank you for the fact, that it was your "One More Time" which ignited that one spark once for all and turned my life into the world of music, collecting CD's, and making my own amatour stuff, something, that I can't imagine living without.
YOU HAVE REALLY BRING OUR LIVES BACK TO MUSIC <3
THANK YOU!

Literally, without them i wouldn't be here with you...

small face reveal included:

Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: androidgeoff on Feb 22, 2021, 17:18
good riddance
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Feb 22, 2021, 19:43
I feel extraordinarily lucky to have seen the Alive 2007 set both in 2006 and 2007. I agree with Ben_J - this is the modern version of having been able to see something iconic, the only difference of course is that the immense amount of footage that exists of those moments have spread through the Internet for all to see.

I am grateful for the moments that Daft Punk's music has allowed me throughout my lifetime--I cannot adequately express the gratitude for their music to them, and it would be futile of me to do so.

Unfortunately, this is a disappointing end to a disappointing end. To have disappointment follow disappointment feels like I have wasted energy hoping that we would see something else from the duo. But how precisely to shed a tear for the first-world problems of fans that have been left out in the cold for decades.

With that said, these musicians will keep producing music. We will still hear the results of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo as they work with other artists, produce others' work, and of course release music pseudonymously that we later find out is them.

And there is even a chance, of course, that Daft Punk itself is not done. There is a chance, of course, that these two french artists, renowned for their ability and their desire for control of their image, lauded for subversive plans for their art and their success in surprising their audience, intend for everyone to understand that what they were before is gone.

I would not be surprised if we see a phoenix rise from the ashes.

But I'm not hopeful.

Just sad.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Feb 23, 2021, 09:49
Oh wow, what a way to start the year. Hm, I am not sure how to feel about it. I never was their biggest fan and I initially even wanted to make a little snarky comment. But the moment I read Shotglass'post I was like "fuck yeah, this could be the bros or anyone else's beloved band".
Daft Punk, even though a bit repetitive and circling, have made a huge impact in the dance culture and left quite a mark in electronic music. Their style was undeniably their own, their sound was easily recognizable amongst all the noise that is the music industry. Well, I agree, their robot theme became somewhat of a gimmick, but oh well, I can appreciate that (more than cake tossing a/o mixing desk jumping dudes ...).
It's a sad day for their staunchest fans, and even I would have liked to see what another album approach would have sounded like after a mixed bag that was RAM for me.
One thing you have to acknowledge, however, is their keen sense of how to market themselves. That video is one of the coolest send-offs I've seen so far. It's once again totally Daft Punk and a beautiful way to say goodbye. And it leaves room for speculation (like often with DP) as Guy keeps on walking into the sunset all by himself... Will it be the birth of "the" Daft Punk? Who knows.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: satur8 on Feb 23, 2021, 16:33
I've enjoyed the vibe of some of their stuff, and for others, I've questioned their originality vs their popularity. Yesterday I had a friend who is aware of my musical tastes ask me if I knew most of DP's hits were recycled samples  ??? : she just discovered it with the breakup news. So, I definitely feel like "we" in the know got a different experience than the masses. I will say that I was surprised to love their Tron Legacy soundtrack as much as I do. I was not expecting such a perfectly translated vibe from the Da Funk and One More Time guys, and that was the moment I went back and gave them a second chance. And based on this thread, I'll be giving 'Alive" some me time this weekend.

My 12 year old was asking my thoughts on this yesterday and asked if it was due to age. The only answer was, "I don't know". We inevitably moved the conversation to the Chems and I told him, as far as I know, they still like creating music and performing: he didn't know they also did DJ sets, so I'll be fixing that. However, big tours may eventually be a bigger problem than they are now. Hopefully they'll continue to do studio stuff after the touring ends, but you never know...it's a big part of their 'thing".

All that said, that Epilogue video is depressing AF. Clever. But depressing AF.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: satur8 on Feb 23, 2021, 17:04
I have never seen Daft Punk's Electroma and didn't realize Epilogue was related. Is it worth tracking down?
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Feb 23, 2021, 18:53
Feel bad for the devout Daft Punk fans out there. I think they deserved a better sendoff in a more sincere and humanized way. Was the video clever? Sure. But the timing of this announcement is oblivious. The whole world is in a global crisis with a lot of uncertainty, and you release a vague and confusing "epilogue", which seemingly is the end of the band (or is it?), just to stroke your artistic ego.

You can do better Daft Punk. And your fans, who made YOU, deserve better too.


To end on a positive note, 'Alive 1997' is their best work available.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Feb 23, 2021, 19:12
That's an interesting way of looking at it, and I'd agree. But then again, we don't know what happened to cause this decision.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Feb 23, 2021, 19:56
Quote from: satur8 on Feb 23, 2021, 17:04

I have never seen Daft Punk's Electroma and didn't realize Epilogue was related. Is it worth tracking down?
you can find it on youtube (if its still available, I seen it 4 years ago), and its worth watching except for the ending, its just as dark as the actual epilogue video, if not sadder.

Quote from: Bosco on Feb 23, 2021, 18:53

You can do better Daft Punk. And your fans, who made YOU, deserve better too.

To end on a positive note, 'Alive 1997' is their best work available.
Its all I want, a special edition Alive 1997, extended to include the full 2nd half, maybe a box set with Full video footage.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Feb 23, 2021, 20:25
I'm reacting to this a lot more strongly than I might otherwise considering the number of things going on in my life personally, but I really do consider myself a fan. Or, did.

I went through the motions yesterday--what was great about them? What did I love?

What I came up with is I love *a lot* about their music. Yes, it was repetitive--but like it or not everything they did had merit, and at least half of it was legendary.

It was both wonderful and awful that Daft Punk did things in the name of their own artistic merit and did not do things "for the fans." On some level, you had to respect them for trying to maintain their artistic integrity. They didn't do things to simply feed their own popularity.

But nonetheless they left fans waiting, and waiting, and waiting. And waiting. And waiting.

I was waiting to see what they did in a live set with Random Access Memories. I was waiting to hear what their next album was going to sound like, to see if they further shifted away from electronic music or if they veered back toward it. I was waiting to see where else they chose to perform, regardless of whether or not I was able to be there. I was waiting to see whether their image would change and shift.

Everyone was left waiting--there was no question about the anticipation that Daft Punk left.

I have to agree with Bosco--why now? Why the decision to simply end after years of... nothing...

For me, it felt a little like I was pining after someone I had had a relationship with. And this "sendoff" felt like the "closure" conversation that comes long after you had broken up.

I think, though, Ben_J said it best: He said he understood it more like endlessly chasing after the girl of your dreams trying to go out with her, and finally she ends up rejecting you so hard that you finally understand nothing is ever going to happen.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: satur8 on Feb 23, 2021, 22:58
Quote from: Conn6orsuper117 on Jan 27, 2021, 10:45
I'm working on a remake of alive 1997

Rollin' & Scratchin'. Duude.

Keep us posted on this.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: satur8 on Feb 23, 2021, 23:20
Quote from: Ben_j on Jan 27, 2021, 11:04
Here's my R&S live cover:
Magnificent.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Feb 23, 2021, 23:34
Well this thread has picked up some legs.
I decided to take a peek at the Daft Club forum...
Well I guess DP fans don't get to vent there. Maybe they should come here.

Incidentally my source for the "2021 album" rumour was this.
https://twitter.com/hasitleaked/status/1363983856827777027

I'm not saying this guy is an oracle, but I follow his website and twitter for both films (Where You Watch) and music (Has It Leaked) and he doesn't tell too many lies.

https://twitter.com/hasitleaked/status/1363988149903503363
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Feb 24, 2021, 06:08
just was lurking the Daft Punk Reddit page and noticed an alarming disparity

~83,000 members subscribed to the Daft Punk Reddit page, while The Chemical Brothers have ~1,100 members.

I knew Daft Punk would have a greater following, but I thought there would be more crossover.


Also looked these up for fun:

The Prodigy ~2,100 members
Underworld ~822 members
Orbital ~410 members
Aphex Twin ~32,000 members


Obviously a younger influence on reddit, but interesting to see the contrast.

Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Feb 24, 2021, 10:07
Yeah, I always thought the Chems were a bit underappreciated in terms of numbers and public recognition, even though they're one of busiest and most prolific electronic acts coming out of the UK. You'd think they should be a household name by now just like other electronica artists like Daft Punk, Justice, Prodigy or Fatboy Slim. Perhaps it's a personality thing. The Chems have never made much ado about themselves. No helmets, no cakes, just music and creative/ innovative live shows.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Feb 24, 2021, 10:47
Quote from: Bosco on Feb 24, 2021, 06:08

just was lurking the Daft Punk Reddit page and noticed an alarming disparity

~83,000 members subscribed to the Daft Punk Reddit page, while The Chemical Brothers have ~1,100 members.

I knew Daft Punk would have a greater following, but I thought there would be more crossover.


Also looked these up for fun:

The Prodigy ~2,100 members
Underworld ~822 members
Orbital ~410 members
Aphex Twin ~32,000 members


Obviously a younger influence on reddit, but interesting to see the contrast.

I'm not that surprised. Daft Punk are incredibly mainstream, and they're more than just music, they became part of pop culture.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: satur8 on Feb 24, 2021, 13:54
Quote from: Bosco on Feb 24, 2021, 06:08
~83,000 members subscribed to the Daft Punk Reddit page, while The Chemical Brothers have ~1,100 members.

Quote from: Csar on Feb 24, 2021, 10:07
Yeah, I always thought the Chems were a bit underappreciated in terms of numbers and public recognition, even though they're one of busiest and most prolific electronic acts coming out of the UK. You'd think they should be a household name by now just like other electronica artists like Daft Punk, Justice, Prodigy or Fatboy Slim. Perhaps it's a personality thing. The Chems have never made much ado about themselves. No helmets, no cakes, just music and creative/ innovative live shows.

Quote from: Ben_j on Feb 24, 2021, 10:47
I'm not that surprised. Daft Punk are incredibly mainstream, and they're more than just music, they became part of pop culture.

This, all of this. When showing the Epilogue video to my son, he was the one that noticed it had 13 million views in 24 hours. It's not only impossible to compare TCB vs DP in terms of quality, but sadly also in popularity.

Yes, I always hope for commercial success for Tom and Ed, but I appreciate their integrity and style and actually enjoy this tighter-knit, discerning fanbase.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Apostle on Feb 24, 2021, 15:19
TCB has commercial success, I doubt they would complain about that!

Daft Punk is/was good, can't deny it. Alive 2007 was an awesome show, and happy I got to go to one, but them "breaking up" just doesn't do anything for me. HAA was them literally trolling everyone, and RAM wasn't my thing. All their work is French house, straight through. One note, a very good note, but just one nonetheless. They had two albums, and 1 tour. But, the masses just lost their damned mind at Coachella and here we are eulogizing two albums.

They were extremely good at marketing the robots. And maybe the best Daft Punk track was under the name Stardust, and it wasn't even by both of them!
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: GLAKO-FAHN on Feb 24, 2021, 19:56
i want to be so commercially unsuccessful that i get to headline a few big festivals every [nonpandemic] summer, even twenty five years after my first album
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: satur8 on Feb 24, 2021, 21:15
C'mon guys, I wasn't implying they haven't achieved commercial success. I was hinting that most average people know AT LEAST a few Daft Punk songs by name, while the Chemical Brothers have not continued that type of name recognition or longevity for the masses outside of electronic music circles.

I was wishing them continued success and applauding their path and evolution of doing their own thing. I  hope the context helps.

Yes, we could all do with that lack of success. lol
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Feb 24, 2021, 22:21
Ha, I was just looking through some recent additions to youtube on chems stuff and found this comment:

Quote from: Tom Falkowski

This mix is a veritable classic, from the band that headlined the 1st night of the 1st Coachella.  Glad they haven't released their Epilogue...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbxM-8huGqU

Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Joslyn on Feb 27, 2021, 23:06
The sad news of the retirement of Daft Punk was rather sudden but it seems to be celebrated more than debated. I think had a great impact in the growth the French dance scene (Cassius, Basement Jaxx, Justice, Kavinsky, Ed Banger) and their first 3 albums had major impact.
Ithink we will be seeing (hearing) Thomas again. He seems the most involved into music. Roulé was his label which released a lot of his solo stuff, he was part of Stardust (Guy-man wasn't), he made the soundtrack for Irreversible. I think Guy-man did 2 production jobs on his own.
(The same thing will happen to Tom and Ed. Tom will keep producing while Ed proceed in a career as a therapist)

Quote from: Bosco on Feb 24, 2021, 06:08

just was lurking the Daft Punk Reddit page and noticed an alarming disparity

~83,000 members subscribed to the Daft Punk Reddit page, while The Chemical Brothers have ~1,100 members.

I knew Daft Punk would have a greater following, but I thought there would be more crossover.

Also looked these up for fun:

The Prodigy ~2,100 members
Underworld ~822 members
Orbital ~410 members
Aphex Twin ~32,000 members

Obviously a younger influence on reddit, but interesting to see the contrast.

I get that. Daft Punk has more of a pop influence while the Chemical Brothers are more indie.
How Aphex Twin got those number of members in comparison is beyond me.

Another thing I noticed this week. Did The Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk each others reputation across the Channel? The Chems were DJ-ing Da Funk in their sets before it was released while Daft Punk remixed Life is Sweet on the Chems 2nd commercial release.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Feb 28, 2021, 00:45
Quote from: Joslyn on Feb 27, 2021, 23:06
Ed proceed in a career as a therapist
What?  :D

Quote from: Joslyn on Feb 27, 2021, 23:06

Did The Chemical Brothers and Daft Punk each others reputation across the Channel?
Ed likes Erols farewell to Daft Punk, but i can only talk about Insta.

Quote from: Joslyn on Feb 27, 2021, 23:06

Tom will keep producing
I think the most thing why we believe this is that Tom has the Studio in his house while Ed doesn't. So Tom just needs to change rooms while Ed needs to leave the city. And Ed starts study something (and finished it) while Tom did tour without him and released some solo stuff. But i don't want to think about them splitting up or even hear about it.

Quote from: Joslyn on Feb 27, 2021, 23:06

How Aphex Twin got those number of members in comparison is beyond me.
Yeah, that seems to be a bit weird. Richard knows his stuff, he's a fantastic producer in a technical way, but for most ears his releases seem too trippy. At least for me it is.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Feb 28, 2021, 19:55
Not to keep hammering this point...

Over the course of 4 days Daft Punk has picked up 3,000 more subscribers on reddit. That's triple the existing members for Chems Reddit subscribers.

So in terms of Reddit popularity, The Chemical Brothers cover approximately 1/86 of Daft Punk's subscribers right now.




Aphex Twin's popularity has to do with the fact he's been anointed as a modern day Genius by dedicated Indie publishers. I don't necessary disagree. But most casual music fans can appreciate his work to some degree and I think he rides the line of  beautifully crafted weird music and palatable batshit weird music.

tldr, he's a popular and accomplished exotic.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Stefan on Mar 01, 2021, 18:57
I really like some of Daft Punk's songs, but I've never liked their music consistently to consider myself a fan. Alive 2007 is absolutely amazing though, I'd always have loved to see them live had they ever put out another live tour with this energy.


Quote from: Joslyn on Feb 27, 2021, 23:06

The same thing will happen to Tom and Ed. Tom will keep producing while Ed proceed in a career as a therapist
All I'm reading is that I can book apointments ad Ed's  to help me with abandonment issues once the Chems split up.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: neorev on Mar 01, 2021, 20:29
Quote from: Stefan on Mar 01, 2021, 18:57

I really like some of Daft Punk's songs, but I've never liked their music consistently to consider myself a fan. Alive 2007 is absolutely amazing though, I'd always have loved to see them live had they ever put out another live tour with this energy.

All I'm reading is that I can book apointments ad Ed's  to help me with abandonment issues once the Chems split up.

Yea, I'm the same. Daft Punk were hit and miss. I enjoyed their first album and their live albums the most. The rest was ehhh. I also felt the Tron score was just okay. They know how to write a hook, or at least sample one, but I found it gets repetitive. Musique is my favorite track.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: GLAKO-FAHN on Mar 01, 2021, 21:14
Quote from: Stefan on Mar 01, 2021, 18:57
All I'm reading is that I can book apointments ad Ed's  to help me with abandonment issues once the Chems split up.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Mar 04, 2021, 03:07
Watching a history on Homework.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0gi3z-XBZ8&ab_channel=onlysmallbites

theres a clip @2:32 where Thomas is on a bus or in a van and he is talking to Tom sitting behind him. anybody know the original clip?

(https://i.imgur.com/3nCylRy.png)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Mar 04, 2021, 09:04
I think this might be from Singles 93-03?!? I know that I've seen that clip before. And it's a rather brief scene, almost a subliminal one.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Mar 04, 2021, 12:04
Quote from: Csar on Mar 04, 2021, 09:04

I think this might be from Singles 93-03?!?
From the "Private Reels" part? Could be

Edit: it's not
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Mar 04, 2021, 12:22
Kitten killer, but here's the link to the Private Reels video => https://filehorst.de/d/drgvElig


It's a german upload site i'm trying out (wasn't sure about youtube because of copyright). Hope everyone understands what to do


If not, do this:

Wait until the countdown is over
(https://abload.de/thumb/filehorst1g3k01.png) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=filehorst1g3k01.png)

Click on the link
(https://abload.de/thumb/filehorst2wxkqd.png) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=filehorst2wxkqd.png)

Click on the next link
(https://abload.de/thumb/filehorst3ubj28.png) (https://abload.de/image.php?img=filehorst3ubj28.png)


Now it should download. File is about 86mb large, and it's in mp4 with x265 codec (mp3-audio)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Mar 04, 2021, 13:16
I think it's from an old interview/news bit about Daft Punk

EDIT: yep, found it, at 1:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQmVdGvoQXk&t=1m10s
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Mar 04, 2021, 15:39
Quote from: Ben_j on Mar 04, 2021, 13:16

I think it's from an old interview/news bit about Daft Punk

EDIT: yep, found it, at 1:10
Thank you, its kinda a shame there's a narrator, I am so curious to know what they were talking about (probably about their "Life Is Sweet Remix" since its circa 95)

EDIT: somebody on the Daft Punk subreddit sent me an upscaled 1080p version
https://youtu.be/x95LeFWzAvk

it also makes a good new Profile pic
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Csar on Mar 04, 2021, 16:13
Ah, Benji got it right.

Whitenoise briefly mentioned it here
https://forum.thechembase.com/index.php/topic,430.msg5770.html#msg5770

and I think the video was then shared in another thread or something.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: sandelic on Mar 05, 2021, 23:49
I know you guys don't think much of Daft Punk, but they always got mad respect from me.
They could have toured and toured and make ridiculous pile of money, they didn't.
They could have been on any event on any red carpet and be main attraction there, they didn't.
They could have made interview after interview just to stay in public eye between albums, they didn't. In fact, you can hardly find any.
Instead they put on helmets (that people often mistake for gimmick) and let music, not their celebrity status, speak for them.
And lastly, they made Something About us, one of the most beautiful, perfectly produced, atmospheric song I've ever heard. That alone makes me sad they are calling it quits.

Just my two cents.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Bosco on Mar 06, 2021, 18:10
LOL at the old photo. Let me start (or strengthen) the rumor where Tom Rowlands is responsible for ghost producing Daft Punk's early work.  ;D



Sandelic, I read your two cents. I don't co-sign your thoughts, but I respect em.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: inchemwetrust on Mar 08, 2021, 18:37
Quote from: Conn6orsuper117 on Mar 04, 2021, 15:39

Thank you, its kinda a shame there's a narrator, I am so curious to know what they were talking about (probably about their "Life Is Sweet Remix" since its circa 95)

EDIT: somebody on the Daft Punk subreddit sent me an upscaled 1080p version
https://youtu.be/x95LeFWzAvk

it also makes a good new Profile pic

Little did they know that would make a big impact on this damn earth. I can imagine them looking at their lives where they have years to burn but passionate in what they love and what the future holds for them.  #beforetheycamefamous
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Apr 08, 2021, 02:50
(https://i.imgur.com/3fS5pmD.png)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Apr 13, 2021, 15:55
someone interested in some daft punk vinyl for a few pennys?

https://www.discogs.com/de/sell/release/148392?ev=rb

is this a hidden beatles first pressing mistakenly labeled as daft punk?
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Jun 20, 2021, 04:04
;D I'm finally finished with the album part of Alive 1997!! ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1DG2kX_-mw

Now to finish up the other tracks
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: 𝒥𝑅𝒮𝒵 on Jun 20, 2021, 10:39
Quote from: Conn6orsuper117 on Jun 20, 2021, 04:04

;D I'm finally finished with the album part of Alive 1997!! ;D
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1DG2kX_-mw

Now to finish up the other tracks


Would defo take a listen ;)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: gpro2005 on Feb 22, 2022, 21:07
Every official Daft Punk social media has posted the same two images:


The Instagram has had all prior posts wiped. The Facebook page is still the same one, it even has a link to Epilogue on it. An "official" (not confirmed or verified) Twitter account (@daftpunk) has appeared, alongside a verified Twitch account.

The website has also been updated: See for yourself (https://www.daftpunk.com). Before, it was just an embedded YouTube link to Epilogue.

Most theorize that this is promoting vinyl reissues/special editions of Homework and Alive 1997, but I hope it's more than just that. In my mind, they would just release them with little fanfare if it was just new pressings.

As one person on Twitter said: Don't tell me I cried all the tears of my body for nothing.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: hstn on Feb 22, 2022, 21:32
Quote from: gpro2005 on Feb 22, 2022, 21:07

Every official Daft Punk social media has posted the same two images:


  • A Homework era logo, extremely high quality (that suggests this is legitimate)
  • A Daftendirekt 1997 tour promo ad, probably from a newspaper.

The Instagram has had all prior posts wiped. The Facebook page is still the same one, it even has a link to Epilogue on it. An "official" (not confirmed or verified) Twitter account (@daftpunk) has appeared, alongside a verified Twitch account.

The website has also been updated: See for yourself (https://www.daftpunk.com). Before, it was just an embedded YouTube link to Epilogue.

Most theorize that this is promoting vinyl reissues/special editions of Homework and Alive 1997, but I hope it's more than just that. In my mind, they would just release them with little fanfare if it was just new pressings.

As one person on Twitter said: Don't tell me I cried all the tears of my body for nothing.

There's a Daft Punk Twitch too with something rumored to be going live soon https://www.twitch.tv/daftpunk
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Feb 22, 2022, 22:44
Quote from: hstn on Feb 22, 2022, 21:32

There's a Daft Punk Twitch too with something rumored to be going live soon https://www.twitch.tv/daftpunk

They're playing the 1997 Los Angeles live at the Mayan Theater (from which Rollin & Scratchin in the D.A.F.T. DVD is), and it's incredible !
Probably the best 97 live recording I've ever heard of them
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: gpro2005 on Feb 22, 2022, 22:48
Homework Deluxe is out RIGHT NOW on streaming, with a brand-new second disc of remixes
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Feb 22, 2022, 23:08
Quote from: gpro2005 on Feb 22, 2022, 22:48

Homework Deluxe is out RIGHT NOW on streaming, with a brand-new second disc of remixes
"brand new", well most of its content was already known.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Feb 22, 2022, 23:19
 :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Feb 22, 2022, 23:46
Nice to see the MAW Around The World remixes on CD. Not sure they'll be worth the investment in a new copy of the album though.

Do we think the live stream VOD will exist after the broadcast? Wanna watch the whole thing but got stoopid work to do at the moment.

EDIT: Nevermind, still no Kenlou remix on CD :(
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Ben_j on Feb 23, 2022, 00:20
Quote from: Enjoyed on Feb 22, 2022, 23:46

Nice to see the MAW Around The World remixes on CD. Not sure they'll be worth the investment in a new copy of the album though.

Do we think the live stream VOD will exist after the broadcast? Wanna watch the whole thing but got stoopid work to do at the moment.

EDIT: Nevermind, still no Kenlou remix on CD :(
I see the Kenlou remix
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Feb 23, 2022, 00:21
No CD release though. Just vinyl and digital.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Feb 23, 2022, 00:37
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfDcjgwgi00

Quote from: Enjoyed on Feb 22, 2022, 23:46

Do we think the live stream VOD will exist after the broadcast? Wanna watch the whole thing but got stoopid work to do at the moment.

a few reuploads on youtube are beginning to circulate
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: hstn on Feb 23, 2022, 02:18
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eskbJL4PXg
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Conn6orsuper117 on Feb 23, 2022, 20:37
Struck! >:( man, WMG is like the James Corden of the music industry
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Feb 24, 2022, 21:04
Uggh.

I wasn't able to watch all of the recording before it was taken down.

God damnit.

Does anyone have a link or could possibly DM me a link to a source for the broadcast?

What I saw was just... fantastic. Seriously, watching them perform Fresh... seeing (one of them) play the keyboard riffing on the intro like it was a guitar.

It's nice to see the substance behind that duo. Absolute substance.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: actionjackson780 on Feb 25, 2022, 02:35
Quote from: MadPooter on Feb 24, 2022, 21:04
Does anyone have a link or could possibly DM me a link to a source for the broadcast?
If anyone has a download link as well I'd appreciate a DM as well!
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: hstn on Feb 25, 2022, 06:59
Quote from: MadPooter on Feb 24, 2022, 21:04

Uggh.

I wasn't able to watch all of the recording before it was taken down.

God damnit.

Does anyone have a link or could possibly DM me a link to a source for the broadcast?

What I saw was just... fantastic. Seriously, watching them perform Fresh... seeing (one of them) play the keyboard riffing on the intro like it was a guitar.

It's nice to see the substance behind that duo. Absolute substance.
Quote from: actionjackson780 on Feb 25, 2022, 02:35

If anyone has a download link as well I'd appreciate a DM as well!

Instantreigen has a link of the entire video stream! Alternatively this was uploaded to soundcloud thank goodness https://soundcloud.com/larkable/daft-punk-alive-1997-live-at-the-mayan-theatre-in-los-angeles-12-17-1997
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Feb 25, 2022, 17:17
Bless you, sir/madam. You are doing the Lord's work.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Jan 24, 2023, 21:27
https://mixmag.net/read/thomas-bangalter-announces-solo-album-daft-punk-work-mythologies-news/

I am preparing myself to be underwhelmed.

And even now I still feel the pain of loss from two years ago.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: shakermaker on Jan 25, 2023, 04:51
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/daft-punk-thomas-bangalter-solo-album-reveals-his-face-1235500427/

"...and Reveals His Face for the First Time"

sigh

what the fuck counts as journalism any more
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Jan 25, 2023, 20:06
Quote from: shakermaker on Jan 25, 2023, 04:51
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/daft-punk-thomas-bangalter-solo-album-reveals-his-face-1235500427/

"...and Reveals His Face for the First Time"

sigh

what the fuck counts as journalism any more

I've written for a handful of publications as a journalist in the past. Depending on the beat, news can be *very* hard to come by.

I actually have some amount of sympathy for reporters in the music biz.

But yeah, that is a strangely manufactured perspective, and taken literally suggests that he has worn a mask all his life prior to this point.

Maybe they got him mixed up with this guy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1A7iVIg_ry8).
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Jan 30, 2023, 22:09
Thomas Bangalter - L'Accouchement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mYXwuD_c0g
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Jan 30, 2023, 23:28
Quote from: ThePumisher on Jan 30, 2023, 22:09
Thomas Bangalter - L'Accouchement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mYXwuD_c0g
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ConsiderateInsistentHerring-mobile.mp4 (https://thumbs.gfycat.com/ConsiderateInsistentHerring-mobile.mp4)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Jan 31, 2023, 14:47
:))
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Feb 22, 2023, 20:40
They announced a 10th anniversary edition of RAM with 35min of bonus sounds:

14. Horizon (previously released on the japanese version of RAM)
15. GLBTM (Studio Outtakes)
16. Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)
17. GL (Early Take)
18. Prime (2012 Unfinished)
19. LYTD (Vocoder Tests)
20. The Writing of Fragments of Time
21. Touch (2021 "Epilogue"-Version)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: ThePumisher on Mar 23, 2023, 08:40
https://youtu.be/CYKekR6661o
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Enjoyed on Mar 23, 2023, 19:03
(https://i.imgflip.com/7flqz7.jpg)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Apr 04, 2023, 18:41
https://mixmag.net/read/thomas-bangalter-explains-real-reason-daft-punk-split-news/

TL;DR: "We're French. We needed to do something new. This shouldn't be surprising."
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on Apr 06, 2023, 22:59
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65140938

I didn't realize that there was a longer interview.

I would have actually liked to hear from Guy-Manuel, although he probably would have simply characterized some version of his time of being an artist to have ended.

Good to read, nothing surprising, still have to admit I'll forever be heartbroken.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on May 09, 2023, 05:06
Has anyone been following this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/DaftPunk/comments/137vhms/ram_spotify_coordinates_discussion_thread/
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: gfa2001 on May 09, 2023, 21:00
Quote from: MadPooter on May 09, 2023, 05:06
Has anyone been following this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/DaftPunk/comments/137vhms/ram_spotify_coordinates_discussion_thread/
Its a treasure hunt using snapchat apparently.

No way anything proper is coming for years, they only just officially split
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on May 09, 2023, 21:19
Quote from: gfa2001 on May 09, 2023, 21:00
Its a treasure hunt using snapchat apparently.

No way anything proper is coming for years, they only just officially split
My guess is that there is going to be some sort of listening party for the RAM 10th Anniversary release this week.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on May 11, 2023, 19:35
(https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/images/ic/640x360/p095y8v0.jpg)
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: rynostar on May 11, 2023, 20:14
Quote from: MadPooter on May 11, 2023, 19:35
(https://ichef.bbc.co.uk/images/ic/640x360/p095y8v0.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug75diEyiA0
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: 𝒥𝑅𝒮𝒵 on May 12, 2023, 03:13
Have heard the bonus trax, Prime absolutely deserves to find its place on RAM, maybe as the another bonus like Horizon? Or as the album closer if the Contact wouldn't be the one
Infinity Repeating is pretty nice too, would love to hear the further developement of it. 
Vocoder test is fire, actually better than the song they tested those lines for XDDDDDDDD
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on May 12, 2023, 22:24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imBlPXbAv6E

I'm absolutely impressed with the video. Very well done.

Still a heavy emotional pain associated with all of this.

It's like attending the longest wake in the history of music.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: shakermaker on May 13, 2023, 17:36
Quote from: MadPooter on May 09, 2023, 21:19
My guess is that there is going to be some sort of listening party for the RAM 10th Anniversary release this week.

or, anniversary of the famous listening party?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/24/when-daft-punk-went-to-wee-waa-an-ode-to-the-strangest-album-launch-of-all-time
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: MadPooter on May 13, 2023, 19:07
Quote from: shakermaker on May 13, 2023, 17:36
or, anniversary of the famous listening party?

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/24/when-daft-punk-went-to-wee-waa-an-ode-to-the-strangest-album-launch-of-all-time

I love that the town that was held in is called Wee Waa.
Title: Re: Daft Punk
Post by: Wolkenkrabber on Feb 01, 2024, 13:19
Told you. (https://forum.thechembase.com/index.php/topic,392.msg25679.html#msg25679)

https://twitter.com/consequence/status/1752747684618809566

https://twitter.com/Mixmag/status/1753016128178200611

https://twitter.com/NME/status/1752783066844860796