What's up with Daft Punk?

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

Not all messages are displayed: show all messages (575 of them)

View Previous Page...

Gear, judging by the last two minutes of their tracks, BJ's concept of fun is quite a bit proggier than pop.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:12 (twenty-one years ago)

nothing per se is wrong with this, but I have to bring it up when I'm accused of hating fun.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Toxic could have fitted pretty well on Kish Kash.

Who else can rival them for combining sonic invention
...with quality popcraft

Well, you've seen your gmail...

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

(I was joking about the hating fun, obv.)

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:13 (twenty-one years ago)

'Plug It In' and 'Toxic' are viciously battling to be my no. 1 single of the year.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Gear I don't think it's JUST fun because it seems clear they have very specific attitude to production. i get a stronger sense of 'this bit has to happen HERE, NOT THERE' and 'just throw that in there to make people go wtf some more' more than i ever did listening to Aphex or Autechre, but with that kind of approach you're often wondering how much is accident and how much is intentional and with all three artists I think it's generally a healthy mix of both. It also suggests a desire to do MORE than just make people dance and have fun, tho that's certainly the priority in both DP's and BJ's case (not with the Warp dudes, heh).

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

(I know, Roxy, but I've been thinking about this shit ever since that Kish Kash thread way back esp. since I CANNOT STOP PLAYING "LUCKY STAR" so I had to let it all hang out and explain, hopefully more politely and clearly than last time, why this stuff doesn't strike me as the pinnacle of pop goodness)

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:15 (twenty-one years ago)

and just to remind people as if they needed it, i'm as much about prog as i am about pop...

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:16 (twenty-one years ago)

but CeCe upthread you said, and I quote:

nothing per se is wrong with...hating fun.

-- CeCe Peniston (anthonymicci...), August 19th, 2004 5:13 PM.

which sort of confused me

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:17 (twenty-one years ago)

I would like to say I don't like BJ all that much, I like DP a lot, and Junior Boys better than both, that is all!

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

well it's not pure pop, what i am saying is it's this amazing convergence of pure pop philosophy and something else...blowing people's minds with fucked up sounds that demand dancefloor response basically

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

And Big&Rich?

xpost

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:18 (twenty-one years ago)

I need to hear this Junior Boys, though like with cult hit movies I'm almost afraid to.

I REALLY need to hear Big & Rich.

― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

ugh Roxy

― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:20 (twenty-one years ago)

Save an assroomie, ride a couch.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Save a couch, ride a truck.

― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:27 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't think toxic and aerodynamic are playing the same game, CeCe (though i think they're both winning). and DP's 'two nerds' status (i'm not sure however that this is quite how they're perceived) has prob done them more damage than good in the eyes of (non-euro?) critics, considering how common yr complaint about the 'joy-crushing layers of postmodern irony' was in so many discovery reviews, as ENRQ said somewhere way upthread. (ffwd to 2004 and marcello and richard x etc...)

― m. (mitchlnw), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:49 (twenty-one years ago)

oh man it's 3am and i'm skimming this and substituting daft punk for basement jaxx at random, just forget everything i said.

― m. (mitchlnw), Wednesday, 18 August 2004 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

The Daft Punk doll-things are finally here! Got this in my email this a.m.

http://www.daftpunk.com/banner-top.gif
Daft Hello !

We are proud to introduce to you the Limited Edition Interstella 5555 Figures box set .

Each box with its own unique printed serial number (xxxx of 5555) contains 5 colored figures of the main characters of Interstella 5555 with their instruments : Keyboards , Drums and Guitars all designed by Leiji Matsumoto and manufactured by the famous japanese toys company Banpresto.

But Watch out : Only 5555 boxes have been manufactured, and less than 4000 are for sale, exclusively on the daftpunk.com site, starting today. They are available for €55.55 (+ shipping costs) only from daftpunk.com

Check out daftpunk.com before it's too late ;)

The daft team

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:04 (twenty-one years ago)

CREDIT CARD ONLY :(

― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Who can I beg today?

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:11 (twenty-one years ago)

This is not the news I was hoping for from this revival

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:13 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh, quit harshing our buzz and buy some goddamned dolls, Andrew.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:15 (twenty-one years ago)

Well um I'd LOVE TO, actually. Still I wanna new album!

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:17 (twenty-one years ago)

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:18 (twenty-one years ago)

"Daft Hello"!?

― Shady Loch Lenin (haitch), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I know, Daft wtf.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 September 2004 12:41 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm kind of weirded out by daft punk using the winky-face

― jones (actual), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:02 (twenty-one years ago)

f-ck i got so excited there 4 a minute at the sight of this thread bouncing back up. come on where the f-ck are they?

― piscesboy, Monday, 6 September 2004 13:43 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel ya Pisces

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 6 September 2004 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Daft Punk would like to announce no new music, but some figurines to go with that cartoon from last year. There you have it.

― ___ (___), Monday, 6 September 2004 14:16 (twenty-one years ago)

Gathered that much on my own actually

― Andrew Blood Thames (Andrew Thames), Monday, 6 September 2004 14:18 (twenty-one years ago)

Guys, obviously with the dolls out of the way they can start making ph4t b34ts again with a quickness.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Monday, 6 September 2004 14:24 (twenty-one years ago)

didn't anyone see this last year?
http://www.nme.com/news/106896.htm

― allfudgedup, Monday, 6 September 2004 18:44 (twenty-one years ago)

http://base58.com/ilx/omgdaftpunktoys.jpg

― teh pow! (blueski), Friday, 17 September 2004 14:11 (twenty-one years ago)

yey, i got mine this morning as well!

― zappi (joni), Friday, 17 September 2004 14:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes!!

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Friday, 17 September 2004 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

omg...

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 17 September 2004 19:47 (twenty-one years ago)

you were just using that as an excuse to take a picture of that ASS!

― ken c (ken c), Friday, 17 September 2004 20:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that, in fact, an ass?

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Saturday, 18 September 2004 13:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Leave Ken his dreams.

― Dan Perry '08 (Dan Perry), Saturday, 18 September 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

More bad news (deep mournful sigh).

― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Saturday, 18 September 2004 18:32 (twenty-one years ago)

three months pass...

Group 'ilXor' Forum > DAFT PUNK

alexfack

DAFT PUNK
I am all out of the loop but I was sent this today and maybe it is TRUE, maybe (if already widely-circulated news I apologise a bit)

Daft Punk to release 3rd studio album "Human After All" on March 21, 2005
through Labels / Virgin / EMI.

Daft Punk will release their first new studio album in four years on March
21, 2005 on Labels/ Virgin / EMI worldwide. Entitled "Human After All",
this is their third studio album to date and the follow-up to 2001's "Discovery".
Thomas Bangalter and Guy Manuel de Homem Christo recorded the ten tracks of
the new album in just six weeks between September and November 2004, in
their home studio in Paris.
The French electronic music duo came to worldwide attention in 1997, with
the release of their debut album ''Homework'', a huge critical and
commercial worldwide hit whose impact on the dance music industry was
revolutionary. In 2001, they released their second album, "Discovery", which
also became a global success and again broke ground musically and visually,
through the use of Japanese anime imagery and the portraying of the band as
robots.
As ever, the music is diverse and fresh whilst retaining their trademark
Daft Punk sound, this time with a more spontaneous and direct quality to the
recording. A mix of guitars and machines, "Human After All" takes us from
the hardcore ''Brainwasher'' to the pumping "Technologic'', with the
addition of rockier tracks such as "Robot Rock" and emotional moments such
as "Make Love".
Album Tracklisting in Full :
DAFT PUNK "HUMAN AFTER ALL"
1. HUMAN AFTER ALL
2. THE PRIME TIME OF YOUR LIFE
3. ROBOT ROCK
4. STEAM MACHINE
5. MAKE LOVE
6. THE BRAINWASHER
7. ON/OFF
8. TELEVISION RULES THE NATION
9. TECHNOLOGIC
10. EMOTION

― :| (....), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 12:56 (twenty-one years ago)

from the ilxor audioscrobbler forum

― :| (....), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 13:00 (twenty-one years ago)

I hadn't heard about this, thank you.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

is this...TRUE???!!! no!!

― piscesboy, Tuesday, 21 December 2004 13:12 (twenty-one years ago)

doubtful

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 13:21 (twenty-one years ago)

oh bollocks

http://www.nme.com/news/110884.htm

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I feel deeply ambivalent about the idea of Daft Punk discovering they're human after all.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 13:34 (twenty-one years ago)

yeah don't think much of these titles, or the idea it was all done in six weeks (considering how long the refining process of Discovery supposedly was). but i'm reminded how somewhat disappointed i was when i first heard Discovery and maybe this will have a reverse effect. perversely i hoped it was a hoax! but i couldn't really think of better titles for any new material from them anyway.

― Frankenstein On Ice (blueski), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

Skipping 475 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.