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when i took french the teacher asked us to name some french musicians or bands and the only one anyone said was "the robot guys, daft punk" so i mean, i guess thats p famous

ok that was literally 1000 xposts

well there's nu indie disco like the lindstrom and chrisabelle record or pop like kylie and madonna, classic dj stuff on environ morgan geist etc or there's re-edit stuff like pilooski, dimitri from paris, leo zero, todd terje and about 10 million 'underground' names like patrizio & andrea, love unlimited vibes, then there's the whole claremont 56 thing with people like in flagranti, mudd, linkwood then you've got disco edits from detroit which has been happening forever, same with underground french filter disco, london has always had a huge disco scene from the tonka days with dj harvey or like idjut boys or whatever

dig a fair amount of this stuff. doesn't make me love "get lucky" any the less. sounded amazing & put a smile on my face right off the bat. still does.

and griping about ridiculous hyperbole in their generally ridiculous promotional campaign is, well, you know...

pharrell's vocal sounds kind flat like that because that's what a vocal sounds like that hasn't been hacked to death. i really his delivery in this. mix and mastering engineers have done an A+ job on this, just had a listen through a big soundsystem and it just gets better and better the more you turn it up.

yeah - i was just gonna say, it sounds minimally processed (mainly on the chorus) and given what we saw from moroder yesterday, it's Very Much Intentional

tbh I think the Moroder post was based on the 128kbps mp3 which might just not get that loud to begin with -- that's how the low bitrate My Bloody Valentine mp3s were. Tho it definitely lacks that vacuum-cleaner compression sound, which is a good thing IMO.

when i took french the teacher asked us to name some french musicians or bands and the only one anyone said was "the robot guys, daft punk" so i mean, i guess thats p famous

ok that was literally 1000 xposts

― 1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), vrijdag 19 april 2013 17:11 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Did the teacher know who they are, is what I'd like to know

Also Pharrell is a producer turned vocalist and hes always had the singing abilities of a mosquito. Guy does have charisma and emotion to compensate.

Guy does have charisma and emotion to compensate.

*did

But he was terrible at trying to interview Nardwuar.

better than owt on Human After All.

the highest of bars

Alexis Petridis Alexis Petridis ‏@alexispetridis 22s

Bloody hell RT @nilerodgers: I've just heard from Daft Punk: Get Lucky #1 in the US & 44 other markets around the globe. Congrats.

If nothing else you have to enjoy the idea of Nile Rodgers having a #1 hit again.

Niles

its not about pharrell's vocal "chops" anyway, its about the sound of his voice

Lex you are doing that thing you did on the Justin Timberlake thread when you don't even actively dislike the record but are basically declaring a fatwa on it because other people have the temerity to find it enjoyable.

If you listen to enough nu-disco you basically get used to terrible European singers vamping their way over a fantastic groove and credit to Pharrell for nailing it here.

Although I'm guessing Daft Punk themselves actually wrote the song?

definitely

Pharrell never really had charisma in front of the mic imo. Like he was always a bit awkward. Anyone think Timberlake would have done a better job on this?

I agree with jed about this record basically, it's pretty good imo but the snippet promised a bit more in terms of his performance. For some reason I feel like an extended mix could really do the job for this.

Be interesting to see which remixers they get in too, with a pick of whoever they want, presumably.

Could largely do without hearing any more "nu-disco" again, fwiw.

no discussion of nu disco that is supposedly better than daft punk is complete without mentioning classixx. 'get lucky' is quality, doesn't outshine the other disco i like, but fits happily right beside it, and i'm super excited to hear what the rest of the album sounds like. it's just more fun with the hype-train and fanfare and everyone being into it, obviously lex disagrees.

If you listen to enough nu-disco you basically get used to terrible European singers vamping their way over a fantastic groove and credit to Pharrell for nailing it here.

it's funny, i was thinking about all the new disco/boogie stuff we were talking about on some other thread - skream's latest remixes, krystal klear, jessie ware's new one, gorgon city - and how much more alive those vocal performances (and indeed arrangements) sound

the classixx album is really really great

agreed about an extended mix, the mind boggles at all the remixes that will come out of this album... xxpost

i can't wait to hear the clasixx

^^^

was half paying attention to the SNL eps w/ miguel as musical guest, when the daft punk commercial came on I just thought it was more miguel

Am I too late with this?

https://soundcloud.com/tastynetwork/daft-punk-get-lucky-original

how is a song no. 1 in 44 countries after having been released 12 hours ago

I blame reddit

it was upvoted by everyone instantly

they prob just mean iTunes sales right?

That's what I was thinking. Though they may have taken some other mp3 download sales into account as well.

Yeah. I'm pretty sure it's just iTunes:
http://www.apple.com/euro/itunes/charts/top10songs.html

Also looking at that list:
What the heck is Oasis' "Don't Look Back at Anger" doing at number 8 in Japan?

its the theme song for some anime thing

Actually it looks like it's because it was used in this commercial.

lol its like a 30 Seconds to Mars video.

oh yeah the anime thing was like 2 years ago so prob not impacting sales at this point. lol

japanese people just remembered that it were a good song

Here's the translation from that track by track french interview... my french is a tad rusty and I'm not an advanced french speaker, so take my translation with a pinch of salt.:

Give Life Back to Music

"One of our ambitions for this album was to create something that was both light and elegant. In this song, John Robinson Jr. plays drums. He was also the session drummer for Michael Jackson's "Off The Wall". What's great about having a performer like him is the infinity of possible shades: something we couldn't have achieved with electronic programming. Albums produced by Quincy Jones have always fascinated us by their ultimate precision that has never been achieved by any technology whatsoever. It's the fundamental difference between "Thriller" and "Bad." In the later, the quality of the production is very high, but the performance feels lackluster. "

The Game of Love

"We sing with vocoders. These days human voices are processed to sound robotic, we find exciting to make a robotic voice sound as humane as possible. The idea of ​​artificial intelligence imitating men ... An emotion of something that is not human but tries to be. "

Giorgio by Moroder

"We met (Moroder) several years ago and he has always been for us a kind of mythical figure, a little mysterious. We were interested in his personal journey through music. The idea behind this song is to reenact some sort of documentary based on a series of interviews we conducted with him. Giorgio Moroder's voice was recorded with multiple microphones several different times ... in the end we recorded about three hours of interviews in which he recounts his life as a musician. This piece is a metaphor for musical freedom: we have always tried to break down the barriers between genres, between good and bad taste, the connected and unconnected. Giorgio is a bit of a model of its own kind. He was born in a small provincial town, began studying music in hotel lounges, started as an opening act for Johnny Hallyday doing progressive rock. To hear him say at his 72 years, "ah, I made electronic music forty years ago," it's fascinating. "

Within

"Gonzales plays the piano on this song. He's a friend and a great pianist, one of the best musicians of his generation. "Within" is one of the first songs we recorded. It is very minimal: a sparse rhythm section, bass and piano. Create more with less, this was the idea behind the song's title. "

Instant Crush

"This song features Julian Casablancas from The Strokes. We are both great fans and we were told that he wanted to meet us. We had a demo lying around when he came to visit us, we showed it to him and he loved it. He has a gift. At our core, we love rock and the concept of a rock band, but for us it was always difficult to emerge as a new voice in that genre. Modern bands like, say, The Strokes or MGMT - with their own dimensions and sensitivities - did succeed. Julian has a punk rock side, that creates a strong emotional impact in his melodies. It was important for us to make this album feel surrounded by our contemporaries.

Shit, I have to go. Will continue translating the rest later.

"Julian has a punk rock side, that creates a strong emotional impact in his melodies."

huh

Meanwhile, Pharrell will be in NYC TONIGHT (4/19) at House of Vans for a free (but "sold out") show at the venue. Talking to VIBE about the show, Pharrell said:

"The concert is going to be electric. I'm going to give the crowd something they're never going to forget. There is this song that we just dropped, so you may see something extra special."

thanks for that Moka

...his penis?!

that was an xpost

the gonzales track sounds cool

"Julian has a punk rock side, that creates a strong emotional impact in his melodies."

huh

i'd say this jibes with my idea of his performance on, say, "reptilia"

mad xps but in reference to "When did daft punk become hot with the indie kids": i have specific memories of buying a CD of homework in college after some strong recommendations from college djs and this was in Murfreesboro TN so i don't think it's exactly a new phenomenon that a good percentage of their core audience is pop music listeners or that they haven't been influential/impactful enough that they can't be credited as being MAJOR ARTISTS both artistically and financially?
anyways, i haven't listened to homework in a minute and it holds up lovely

forks otm

"One More Time" and "Da Funk" and "Face to Face" and "Around the World" were all fairly well-known amongst my high school peers.

american indies have loved daft punk since da funk