Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

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~

"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)."

iTunes doesn't stream music at all, so this would be interesting to say the least.

iTunes Store bruh

I really hope it doesn't leak. I want my first experience with it to be the vinyl I've pre-ordered and if it leaks I won't have the discipline to not listen to it.

iTunes does streaming of purchased stuff direct to Apple TV, now.

iTunes doesn't stream music at all, so this would be interesting to say the least.

They've done it at least twice this year already with the David Bowie and Justin Timberlake albums.

w/ vampire weekend too iirc

I meant streaming as in listen to the entire album for free via iTunes Store a week or so before its release (like they did with Phoenix, Vampire Weekend and numerous other albums)

I think they're actually calling themself iStreamAlbumPreviewsLeakyLeaky now.

Daft Punk: they say things:

http://www.spin.com/articles/daft-punk-interview-triple-j-radio-stream/

kind of disappointed that Thomas has lost his English stutter

Feeling very jealous right now about the parties some of y'all are having. I don't know nearly enough people in Austin who enjoy board games + dance music. We got the green chilli pork covered though...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C683ACADxkw

that vid is way 2 aa 4 me

video delivers

whoa yeah. I was hanging with it until he started saying "me me me me me" and miming his coke intake. wow, he's only 3 years sober? jeez.

23

Oh, I thought he said "touring 3 years ago when I got sober".

Continuing on the hype. fuse review :

http://www.fuse.tv/2013/05/daft-punk-random-access-memories-track-by-track

http://instagram.com/p/Y07haiK1IL/#

Take my shirt and wipe up all your sweat.

lol I don't know how I feel about this lyric

Video defo delivers.

Man, it makes me think how awesome it would have been if Daft Punk had asked Mark E. Smith to collaborate, just for the accompanying video alone

The Daft Punk/Phantom of the Paradise connection seems really obvious now, but it somehow never occurred to me.

According to a Guardian interview with Daft Punk, "Hundreds of bands may tout cinematic references, yet few have them as hard-wired as Daft Punk. Guy-Man and Thomas met two decades ago this year, at the perfect cinema-going ages of 13 and 12... the one movie which they saw together more than 20 times was Phantom of the Paradise, Brian De Palma's 1974 rock musical, based loosely around Phantom of the Opera (both this and Electroma feature 'a hero with a black leather outfit and a helmet').

Not as obvious as the link between Bob Sinclar/Phantom:

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

Meantime...

http://vimeo.com/65874505

some more phone recording leak fun coming soon, i assume:

Todd Edwards ‏@toddedwards3000 1m
I'm going to be playing some exclusive tracks tonight - both mine but also some other acts ;)

Meantime...

http://vimeo.com/65874505

Is that music clip just a slowed-down, warped and crusted up bit of "Get Lucky"?

Pete Tong Interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZoUVnmr4Qc

Instant Crush apparently sounds like Room on Fire era Strokes meets The Cars, sounds great!

Also I had a dream last night that I found a download of the album and started listening to it. Apparently all this hype has gotten to me in quite a big way.

Is that music clip just a slowed-down, warped and crusted up bit of "Get Lucky"?

― Johnny Fever, Friday, May 10, 2013 1:40 PM Bookmark

ha, it totally is

I think he says he got sober 23 years ago. I don't know why it would be "2 aa" for anyone, he spends about 15 seconds talking about that.

Oh sorry, read through that too quickly.

One minute cell-phone leak of Doin' It Right ft. Panda Bear

lol no way these leaks aren't done without the auspices of DP

that sounds pretty promising

Leakin' It Right

It does gr8080. God I feel such a teenager getting excited by one minute cell phone leaks, but YOLO

man this sounds great

that sounds like it will be really good

Hehe phase 3 of the DP PR campaign. They should give out Grammys for buzz campaigns these days