Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

10/10 in the NME. It joins Is This It, Let England Shake and that Eve album as one of the few albums to get a perfect score, very surprised.

sweat sweat sweat

do they ever say why it takes them so long to make records? dance music peoples are usually like sci-fi writers, they can't crank it out fast enough.

― scott seward, Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:09 (7 minutes ago) Permalink

this isn't true at all! dance music people release, like, a single every two years

Lemme guess - the NME review was all about them "saving" dance music?

'Touch' really is the works. Blasting sonic rainbows through my speakers. Fuiud.

Lemme guess - the NME review was all about them "saving" dance music?

― scintilla (seandalai)

Somebody actually did a scan of the review.

http://i.imgur.com/0c0D1wv.jpg

Hi all. I'm trying to avoid any dp hype till proper release, so that's why I haven't been ITT. Everyone having fun in here I trust?

"life-affirming salute to the power of imagination"
"instant nightclub anthem"
"startling centrepiece"
"pure musical adrenalin"

did a work experience student write this?

I guess it depends on how big you are. lots of prolific dance people out there. but daft punk more in the rock/pop mold of making people wait for stuff. they are more classic rock dance anyway. like the crossover college rock dance stuff of the 90's. I always wanted to like THAT stuff more than I did. being a rock fan. I enjoyed the videos anyway. same with those first daft punk videos. the event appeal is definitely real. crossover cool factor is a hard thing to manufacture.

"instant crush, an instant nightclub anthem"?!

is that how bad the nme usually is?

I like the hits, basically. I feel the same way about the clash. I like the riffs of the hits. daft punk, chem bros, fatboy, good riffs all around. even if I would never listen to whole albums. sometimes a cool riff is all you need. I respect that.

<i>this isn't true at all! dance music people release, like, a single every two years</i>

Some may, but most active dance producers will probably put out 4 or 5 EPs at least in a year.

xpost I sometimes check out NME reviews online and yes this is a typical one for them. Actually most of the reviews are a lot shorter these days, this one is pretty long for them. They obviously had a lot to say!

Air had an album out last year! who knew?

see Air's great mistake was putting out an album every two years. nobody cares anymore. they should be putting out their third studio album this year. silly Air.

meanwhile, this is a really cool cover of an Air album I only just learned about five seconds ago:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Love_2.jpg

It wasnt very good xp

artists with the most number one dance/electronic albums in the united states:

1. Louie DeVito (7)
2. Björk (4) (tie)
2. Daft Punk (4) (tie)
3. Lady Gaga (4) (tie)
3. The Chemical Brothers (3) (tie)
3. Depeche Mode (3) (tie)
3. DJ Skribble (3) (tie)
3. Nine Inch Nails (3) (tie)
3. Scissor Sisters (3) (tie)
3. Tiësto (3) (tie)

really? and it wasn't their soundtrack to that melies film, a trip to the moon?

Louie DeVito lives here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manalapan_Township,_New_Jersey

who is louie devito?

the moon one was Air's last studio album. according to Wikipedia. I guess the album is different from their score for the film?

he does dance mixes that are very popular here.

http://www.djlouiedevito.com/

you can buy them at walmart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B9hPBcD6S0

he is the people's dj.

somewhere in a parallel universe (i.e. another board on the web), someone saw that list and just asked, "who is björk?"

(btw my 20something students do not know who björk is)

the melies thing is the one i got tired of fast

do they ever say why it takes them so long to make records? dance music peoples are usually like sci-fi writers, they can't crank it out fast enough.

they did Human After All start to finish in two weeks iirc so

and it was better than this soggy lump

re: dance albums

right, but those records sound like mainstream pop music ca. 2013, as opposed to using sounds that are often employed with some degree of irony or pastiche (jazz fusion drums, disco guitar, broadway vibes? i dunno, i haven't listened to this record).

disagree!

Speaking of which, it's hilarious how no one in any of these interviews for RM asks Daft Punk about HAA.

guys I've been receiving a lot of e-mail so... there is a cove around which buccaneers frequently go to, it's a internet 'place' (i.e. place that you can visit on the internet), they take a lot of FLAK sometimes but it should be pretty easy to find things you are looking for on there

see Air's great mistake was putting out an album every two years. nobody cares anymore. they should be putting out their third studio album this year. silly Air.

― scott seward

Air's run from 97-04 was really great, they didn't really put a foot wrong. It was only the album after that were they seemed to completely run out of ideas. They haven't really recovered since, but that soundtrack was a step in the right direction.

lol dayo is helpful

and yeah, i quite liked le voyage dans le lune, a 2012 favorite, if lower tier

i made a thread for it and it got a whopping 17 posts

☄ AIR ➽ LES VOYAGE DANS LA LUNE ☾2012 sᴏᴜɴᴅᴛʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ᴀ 1902 ғɪʟᴍ☽

what a pretty thread title

thanks i'm quite proud of it

i didn't hear it until late last year, by which point i was on break. else i would at least have nodded from the wall.

Didn't realize until today that's there some really subtle strings at the end of Get Lucky.

Maybe it's a weird comparison, but I get a real Ween vibe off alot of the songs, so studied is the aesthetic assimilation being undertaken on this record.

you know WEEN is a pretty good comparison!

Enjoyed that Air album a lot, just missed out on my EOY ballot. Not sure I've heard anything between Virgin Suicides and that though.

Maybe it's a weird comparison, but I get a real Ween vibe off alot of the songs, so studied is the aesthetic assimilation being undertaken on this record.

put the ventolin down, you've had enough

Fragments of Time? are you kidding me, I think that was on White Pepper.

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Well this was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Y7o0e3F2Fg

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