Daft Punk - Human After All

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If they're clearly fake, yes. Otherwise, they create confusion as to whether the act is any good at all. Like it or not, the downloading gets the buzz going. I was put off by those looped bits of the Junior Boys album...

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 7 January 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

it's all going to sound like "vertigo", oh no

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 7 January 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

i like 6/10 of the song titles. i can't wait to hear what "steam machine" and "the brainwasher" are going to sound like.

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 7 January 2005 21:56 (twenty-one years ago)

hopefully the hook for steam machine will incorporate an orgasmic train whistle, and sound like the beefed-up main theme from "starlight express".

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 7 January 2005 21:57 (twenty-one years ago)

the brainwasher will be a mashup of "acid trax" and "clonk"

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 7 January 2005 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

i heard 'rocker' by alter ego for the first time at a club last week and my girlfriend took a picture of me making a fairly disbelieving face. song destroys.

― Rollie Pemberton (Rollie Pemberton), Friday, 7 January 2005 23:42 (twenty-one years ago)

This thread makes me smile:

Alter Ego - RFI, C/D, S/D etc.

― Alba (Alba), Friday, 7 January 2005 23:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Ah, Halcyon days...

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Saturday, 8 January 2005 00:03 (twenty-one years ago)

This duping episode is only helping to contribute to this thread reaching 3000 new posts in a couple months.

― major jingleberries (jingleberries), Saturday, 8 January 2005 00:19 (twenty-one years ago)

anyway the first single will not be "human after all" but "robot rock"

― --bruno, Saturday, 8 January 2005 00:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I never want to hear "Rocker" again, thank god the link was gone when I clicked it.

― Ronan (Ronan), Saturday, 8 January 2005 13:35 (twenty-one years ago)

i heard rocker 3 times an hour over new yrs weekend.
everywhere we went, rocker followed. is there a proper download link to the new single then?

― piscesboy, Saturday, 8 January 2005 13:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Do we have an actual release date for the album yet? I heard that it'll be in March but no specifics. Anyone?

― Nick H (Nick H), Saturday, 8 January 2005 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

HMV has it listed for March 21st.

― Matt Boch (Matt Boch), Saturday, 8 January 2005 23:03 (twenty-one years ago)

yeh that's what the original press release said

― Stevem On X (blueski), Saturday, 8 January 2005 23:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Bring it on then. Ta.

― Nick H (Nick H), Sunday, 9 January 2005 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

March 21, eh? I can get somebody to buy it for me then.

(Does anyone have the fear from seeing 'Make Love' among the song titles?)

― Barms, Monday, 10 January 2005 00:09 (twenty-one years ago)

they like to party

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 10 January 2005 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

I wait patiently.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 January 2005 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

The photo of DP in the over-50s sauna is like the extreme reverse of the 'Make Luv' Lynx ad.

x-p

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Monday, 10 January 2005 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

fake descriptions based on how i imagine/fantasize about how it will sound:

01. Human After All
almost orchestral intro with strings and fantastic attenuated major piano chords building up into a thunderous crescendo after a minute or two, chaotic 'noise' and fx threaten in the background briefly but the next four minutes are built around a kickdrum only every OTHER beat and only three per bar with a two-chord balearic pad in tandem, tinkling bells, different loops of crowd cheers, children laughing and Bangalter crooning 'we can start again, we're human after all' overdubbed enough so that it sounds like a choir of twenty but curiously unrobotic - HOW DID THEY DO IT? it sounds predictably sunny and almost harks back to 'Fresh' from the first album. an organ outro seals the deal and creates a bridge into...

02. The Prime Time Of Your Life
Prince's 'Dance Music Sex Romance' turbo-charged for c21, making for one great wah-wah funk dance track around the same tempo as 'Da Funk' but not as heavy - and no 303s...hopefully no-one will notice it's similiarity to lenny Kravitz's 'Super Soul Fighter' in addition at points either. halfway through a cheery vocoder starts bleating "P-R-I-M-E-T-I-M-E!" while jumbo jets swoosh overhead. possibly the pinnacle of people fun.

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 10 January 2005 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

(saddest thing ever there)

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 10 January 2005 00:35 (twenty-one years ago)

I just don't want another USE album 's'all.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Monday, 10 January 2005 00:43 (twenty-one years ago)

keep going stevem!! you still have 8 more to go!

― geeta (geeta), Monday, 10 January 2005 00:59 (twenty-one years ago)

I just had a thought/hope that this album is completely acoustic, pretty almost country songs, but the vocals are completely vocodered/autotuned. (don't worry people, there would be remixes).

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 10 January 2005 01:50 (twenty-one years ago)

That would be swank. (Swanker if Air did it.)

― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Monday, 10 January 2005 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

The only track on this I can even stomach is "Television Rules The Nation," and that's just cuz of the Henry Rollins cameo (can't believe he agreed to the vocoder). And even THAT track goes on a minute too long. What the fuck is wrong with you technoids? You can't actually dance to this. It SUCKS.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 10 January 2005 02:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Stevem's off the hook cuz he admits he's a progboy.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 10 January 2005 02:48 (twenty-one years ago)

i'm just following my LEADERS

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 10 January 2005 09:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Miccio is just jealous because Fred dances worse. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 January 2005 13:48 (twenty-one years ago)

I WANT TO HEAR THIS. I am hoping against hope that it will be as fantastic as I want it to be, but I've been disappointed by a lot of things lately.

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 10 January 2005 14:55 (twenty-one years ago)

Well, what do you know: Simon Reynolds agrees with me.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:17 (twenty-one years ago)

ihttp://www.jeffgoode.com/img/spiderman_dance.htm

Peter Parker disagrees!

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:22 (twenty-one years ago)

A friend of mine got to hear the whole thing at the big record company's Stockholm office today. Apparently it's all "weird noise, techno with heavy metal guitars and really good 70's disco".

'Robot Rock' is the first single, to be followed by 'Technoid', which my friend claims is one of the best, most catchy, things they've ever done.

― Kornél Kovács (Kornél Kovács), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:43 (twenty-one years ago)

yay.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:52 (twenty-one years ago)

I was about to say, no problem with that description!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I love it when bands go heavy metal for their difficult third album.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I am happily imagining lots of heavily gated guitars.

― Matt Boch (Matt Boch), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:04 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that like a gated community?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Gotta keep your riffs safe from them nasty coloured folk.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Is that like a gated community?

The simmilarities are boundless.

here is an explanitory link about gating, in case you're interested.
http://www.dancetech.com/aa_dt_new/articles/item.cfm?threadid=102&lang=0

― Matt Boch (Matt Boch), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:57 (twenty-one years ago)

a little sceptical Kornel, no such track as 'Technoid' quoted - did you mean 'Technologic'?

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 01:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Apparently it's all "weird noise, techno with heavy metal guitars and really good 70's disco".

Not like I was expecting anything a hell of a lot different than that general idea, but YAY!

― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Yeah I meant "Technologic", sorry about that.

― Kornél Kovács (Kornél Kovács), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 02:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Under the influence of miccio, thou wert.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 19:40 (twenty-one years ago)

woah! u mean people have HEARD it? who on here has? and how?

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 12 January 2005 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

haven't heard it yet, but there's a playback of it in london tonight

― Chris Houghton (chrish), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 13:20 (twenty-one years ago)

i wonder when Tong will play 'Robot Rock' as the essential new tune, by the end of the month?

― Stevem On X (blueski), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 13:37 (twenty-one years ago)

according to chart singles.net a Basement Jaxx singles compilation is being released on the same day as Human After All!

― Stevem On X (blueski), Thursday, 13 January 2005 13:08 (twenty-one years ago)

march 21 is officially ilm day!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 13 January 2005 16:01 (twenty-one years ago)

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So, I spent an evening editing this down from 45 to 30 minutes, which was surprisingly easy given its loopy, minimal nature. No song is longer than 4 minutes, and some songs like Emotion, The Brainwasher and the title track sound a bit less wanting as they express their core ideas more concisely. I took maybe one creative liberty on a transition, but other than that the edits almost feel completely natural.

Here's a link if anyone's interested:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AeBYVJiThQafBqqtp28CKmShiOsqcqfD?usp=sharing

― octobeard, Friday, 26 February 2021 07:14 (five years ago)

Downloading now. Sounds interesting

― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Friday, 26 February 2021 08:24 (five years ago)

Well that was enjoyable. Definitely felt like an easier listen and less like I was being pummelled into submission in certain places. That said, in others I missed the pummelling, particularly on the first two tracks which I always liked just fine. I did enjoy the artistic liberty you took with Prime Time (I think) though, that was fun

― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Friday, 26 February 2021 09:26 (five years ago)

🤮

― ILX’s bad boy (D-40), Friday, 26 February 2021 17:21 (five years ago)

Thanks! The creative liberty I think I was referring to was the edit to only a single "Technologic" before the first drop instead of four. The fact that didn't actually stick out as noticeable is a victory I think hah.

Re: PTOYL, it was the hardest song to edit, because it's the only one on the album I actually enjoy its full length for the most part. However, I forced myself to get it below 4 mins just to see, and was able to slice out the 2nd half of the intro successfully. Flows better now I think, but I did cut out the part with the most personality. I still think most people casually listening wouldn't even notice. It's basically an album of radio edits.

― octobeard, Friday, 26 February 2021 17:37 (five years ago)

Thanks for the work - this is kind of reminiscent of the Rex the Dog compilation.

― skip, Friday, 26 February 2021 17:45 (five years ago)

one year passes...

god this album is so dope

― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 25 July 2022 14:42 (three years ago)

The perfect anxiety album. I've written about it as such n' all

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 25 July 2022 15:52 (three years ago)

two years pass...

20 years ago today

"make love" is all time for me

― nxd, Friday, 14 March 2025 18:44 (one year ago)

my enduring memory of this was when it leaked 9 months early and everyone thought it was fake only to be bitterly disappointed when the real thing came out

― frogbs, Friday, 14 March 2025 18:46 (one year ago)

the Alive 07 mixes/re-workings/mashups totally saved these tracks for me.

― gman59, Friday, 14 March 2025 19:43 (one year ago)

ya as soon as I saw the tracklist my first thought was "oooh, that'll probably work really well"

― frogbs, Friday, 14 March 2025 19:53 (one year ago)

I once expounded 3,300 words on why this is my autistic depression comfort album

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Friday, 14 March 2025 23:02 (one year ago)

"robot rock" sign of poor judgment imo

relistening to "make love" it is indeed good

― corrs unplugged, Saturday, 15 March 2025 18:30 (one year ago)

something abt this being 20 yrs old really shakes the marbles outta me

― johnny crunch, Saturday, 15 March 2025 18:44 (one year ago)

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