Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

Hugging myself in delight rn. Those swirling synths after the break are giving me life.

need a daft punk truther's take on the moroder leak

how do we even know that's moroder's voice and not a fake track put out by pharrell

really loving moroder's track commentary here, can't wait to hear the full song.

giorgio's monologue was taken from a nardwuar interview

I could swear it's saying 'Call me Jean-Michel' tbh

sounds pretty cool to me

the bit where the kick comes in kinda reminds me of one of the picard bits in this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6oUz1v17Uo

the bit at 1.17

of course we werent gonna go without a pomplemousse style cover vid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6NDY8FSr9M

I was prepared to hate on this guy. I wanted to, even. But that's pretty good.

disappointed he didnt include a shot of himself blowing an actual airhorn

if i had youtube chops i would make a [that guy] shreds vid

hahaha

imo that has more energy than the o.g. but the breakdowns are kinda awful

also he should move away from the mic to inhale

I haven't watched any of these youtube covers/heard any of these bootleg remixes/whatever cause I value my sanity

how do we even know that's moroder's voice and not a fake track put out by pharrell

ahah. pharrell & the canadians.

pharrell hell tour with daft punk

For whatever's worth... here's a fan (not music critic) review of the listening party at copenhagen.

Give Life Back to Music

It felt like: “Okay guys, you’ve been waiting a loooong time for this. Forget about all the music you’ve heard before. Now, hit it baby!” Nile Rodgers swallows you into the album before you even know it with this funky stuff! They sing beautifully with vocoderized voices as the chorus. I was so happy and smiling, I forgot all about my worries and troubles. Funky and heartwarming.

The Game of Love

For me, it was like the Something About Us of RAM. It instantly touched me. I could’ve cried right there and then, but I pulled myself together. Very melancholic and evoked many of my feelings.

Giorgio by Moroder

Giorgio! It was as if we have been friends always. I love this guy. With his thick German accent telling about his life with music. Starts very groovy with great riffs. Then comes the drop on top of the click beat: “… but everybody calls me Giorgio” which made laugh in such a cheerful way that I wasn’t ready at all for the synth melody craziness that was about to come. It evolved into something magical. Definitely one of my favorites already.

Within

As beautiful as you can expect. Chilly’s piano took me away. The combination of the melody and the robots singing is breathtaking. I want to enjoy a summer sunset with my friends and a couple drinks to this.

Instant Crush

This is an instant hit! Totally surprised me. Really a pop-song. I liked Julian Casablancas’ vocoderized singing a lot. I expect this to be played on the radio.

Lose Yourself to Dance

For me, this is the song. I can’t get it out of my head. Woke up this morning and Pharrell started singing “Lose Yourself To Dance” in a very soul-train, 70’s disco way inside my head - together with that amazing Rodgers riff we’ve heard from the collab video. Clapping, cool riffs, and awesome MJ-style Pharrell makes this song cool. Yes, THAT IS COOL!

Touch

Magnificent in all its parts. Consists of many tracks that take you through a rollercoaster of musical emotions. Very spacey too.

Get Lucky

I just can’t listen to the Radio Edit any more. It is truely an edit. The album version has the neat intro we’ve heard and a longer ending, but the radio version is edited in between as well. The full song is way, way better.

Beyond

Honestly can’t remember much of this song. I just know it was good.

Motherboard

Same goes for this song, haha. Just because I can’t remember it, doesn’t mean it’s bad. It was really great!

Fragments of Time

Uuu, this one. I love this song. I expected a more sad/melancholic song after hearing the acapella in the collab. It wasn’t at all. This is such a happy summer song instead! I had to sing along with lyrics at the event. One of my favorites too.

Doin’ it Right

Panda Bear surprised me! I wasn’t anticipating that much. F*ck, it’s such an awesome track. If Daft Punk were ever to make a hipster track (in a good way), this is it. Amazing spartan beat (straight-from-Berlin-ish minimal techno sound) with Panda Bear singing greatly, while the robots intertwine with their vocoderized voices. Stadium concert track.

Contact

Loss for words. I closed my eyes and I was imagining myself flying through space through these Sonic-ish golden rings. No, I wasn’t on drugs. This escalated into unknown, unchartered territories, reaching for the ultimate climax and ending the album perfectly. I felt so small, but happy inside. Like an astronaut looking at the earth from a great distance.

Panda Bear + Daft Punk vocoders + Kompakt sounds wicked to be honest. Hope it's as good as everyone else is saying.

<3 that george barnett cover

man i wish i was at a daft punk listening party in copenhagen. tonight i saw iron man at the mall.

I got through my russian spies a leak (that sounds ultra lo fi) of the opening track. Can't post here tho.

Ok it's legit and it's good, makes me excited for the rest of the album. Not much happening here though; great Chic guitars leading the song (Niles should def feature in every track), an ocassional synth arpeggio (a la Hall and Oates I cant go for that) and vocoded voices repeating the lyrics (which sound like 'let the music get your life, give life back to music"). Sounds cool as an intro.

Canadian double agents

Isn't there a strong rumour that iTunes will be streaming the album from the 13th? So it'll instantly "leak" then (although in shitty quality).

http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/198437/review-daft-punk-random-access-memories/

Another early review. A comparison to Air's 10000hz is dropped at one track, found it funny considering it was predicted upthread.

There is no standout “One More Time,” nor is this a party album. This is a party album made by people who have graduated to more sophisticated parties.

so it's...a party album?

Ugh, "sophisticated parties". What a way to put people off.

"Ambassador, viz zis Random Access Memories you are really spoiling uz"

DINNER PARTIES

I love having people round for food and boardgames and minimal techno.

oh marcia, this flan is just to die for! and who brought the daft punk?

I don't know if Nick's being sarcastic but that sounds great

I do honestly play minimal when i have friends round for tea (though i am 23 so a 'dinnner party' is burger and chips or whatever)

I'm totally not being sarcastic. Bro-in-law was round last night and we played Carcassonne and listened to Four Tet and a Kompakt compilation (he didn't come round for food yesterday but he did last weekend and we did the same).

I'm 34 so the dinner party is like green pork chilli followed by brownies with pistacchio gelato or whatever.

Fuck a pork tbh but Carcassonne is the best.

I do honestly play minimal when i have friends round for tea (though i am 23 so a 'dinnner party' is burger and chips or whatever)

every time i have/go to dinner party it ends with everyone being absolutely hammered and dancing to house/disco youtubes, "all that she wants" by wham is always played, as is "amazing" by george michael and probably "fast love", the dj spen remix of brother by angie stone, arto mwambe's remix of manuel tur.

it's kind of formulaic and sometimes i think we really should reboot our circle of friends/interests, but it is fun. over the last few years the quality of the food and wine is the only thing that's changed. #middleclass

@FACTmag 6m

Hey, we have interview time with DJ Falcon today but our writer's pulled out and we need someone to fill in. Hit us up!

man i like that barnett cover too

I love having people round for food and boardgames and minimal techno.

This pretty much describes 90% of the parties at my house.

i loved that death and taxes review

This is a monumental track – nearly 8 minutes in length – that left this reviewer close to ecstatic tears. Eh fuck you, I’ve waited years for this album, and this is the best return to form I can think of for them. Outstanding.

and:

All I have written here is “MY GOD,” circled it multiple times, and there may be possible tear marks on the paper from when I practically wept at the sheer fucking brilliance of this song. “Contact” is childlike in its simplicity, but don’t let that fool you: by a minute in the song will be stuck in your head for days, weeks, forever. This is a song that will leave you pounding the desk or wall for more by the end of it. The last 30 seconds sound like an entire orchestra is falling on you. There is nothing to compare this to. Jawdropping. Simply incredible. Awe inspiring in the truest sense of the word. I don’t want to spoil this track. It’s a phenomenon.

with this in between:

I didn’t take any notes here. I was too busy talking to the label rep guy. There was wine at the listening party. It was my birthday.

That's a very good description of Contact.

sound like an entire orchestra is falling on you

^!

Yeah, that's awesome.

It sounds like Owner of A Lonely Heart?

Didn't Mike Mills sound like Veridis Quo?

sounds like... my life

~possible tear marks~