Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

Granted I wasn't around at the time, but RAM makes me think of what the reaction must have been when Gene Clark released No Other. I hated No Other at first but now it's got to be one of my all-time favorites. The whole switch in style, over-the-top slickness, all of the collaborators, etc. feels like it has a lot in common with that album. That Gene Clark album prepared me for RAM and I'm really enjoying it.

whens the full length video dropping?

jesus, no other...good DAY, sir. I gotta go back to my moombahton thread...

I don't think there is one coming. They stated in a recent interview that they're more interested in making short little clips that you can watch over and over again, than full length videos.

anticipating vine huh

jesus, no other...good DAY, sir. I gotta go back to my moombahton thread...

Ha! Whoops...

Granted I wasn't around at the time, but RAM makes me think of what the reaction must have been when Gene Clark released /No Other/. I hated /No Other/ at first but now it's got to be one of my all-time favorites. The whole switch in style, over-the-top slickness, all of the collaborators, etc. feels like it has a lot in common with that album. That Gene Clark album prepared me for RAM and I'm really enjoying it.

I totally agree with this -- which is what I'd be saying if Gene Clark ever had any fans to disappoint.

I like the feeling that they spent a ton of cash on the kind of album they'd love to have made when they were 13 and watching Phantom of the Paradise obsessively. There's such an idiosyncratic sense of fandom at play here and a complete lack of concern about whether people will find the sounds they love jarring or cheesy. Discovery did that to some extent - and rehabilitated a bunch of stuff in the process - but this is the full-on fantasy football league version.

wait that youtube cover is by an actual band?

sincere and actual

they're kind of a big deal actually
http://www.csssuxxx.com/

it sounds suspiciously like a shred video that's for sure

this is cansei de ser sexy right?? i thought they used to be kind of a big deal on ilx / p4k

holy balls @ css

can't believe they wanted to share that garbage with the world

RAM Musician info.

Thomas Bloch: is a classical musician specializing in the rare instruments ondes Martenot, glass harmonica, and Cristal Baschet.
Chris Caswell: is a brilliant pianist and keyboard player, Chris is also proficient on accordian, bass, bass pedals and guitar across mutliple genres and musical styles. Credits include engineering for Muppets soundtracks, keyboard for Daft Punk, Bonnie Raitt, Bill Withers.
Nathan East: is a jazz, R&B and rock bass player and vocalist. He is a member of smooth jazz quartet Fourplay and has recorded, performed and co-written songs with performers such as Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani, Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Toto and Herbie Hancock.
James Genus: is an American jazz bassist. He plays both electric bass guitar and upright bass and currently plays in the Saturday Night Live Band.
Omar Hakim: is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer. He has recorded with Miles Davis, Dire Straits, and Sting.
Paul Jackson Jr.: is a fusion/urban jazz composer, arranger, producer and guitarist. Has worked with Michael Jackson (session player for thriller and more), The Temptations, Whitney Houston, Thomas Anders, Patti LaBelle, Luis Miguel, Chicago, and Elton John.
Greg Leisz: is an American multi-instrumentalist, playing lap and pedal steel guitars, guitar and mandolin. Worked with Joni Mitchell, Sheryl Crow, Smashing Pumpkins, Bad Religion, Beck, Wilco.
Quinn: Is a recording artist, producer, composer, drummer, and percussionist (who is hard to find information about).
John "JR" Robinson: is a grammy winning American drummer and session musician. Credits include Lionel Richie, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Eric Clapton.

that css vid giving me these vibes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQe4XVrJFGQ

I need to change my display name

lol

nah man you've got one of the longest running dns on this board

when the feds shut ilx down you and congratulations (n/a) will receive some type of reward

1) james genus! i mostly know his jazz shit, like with dave douglas, had no idea he's in the SNL band.

2) paul jackson jr. is different from the paul jackson who played bass with herbie hancock circa 'thrust', right?

i have briefly changed names once or twice for joke purposes, don't know if that counts against my reward or not

dang... never let me see those posts

give it back

your whole life is a lie

This is an awesome review. The end.

http://i.imgur.com/eA9hyVs.jpg

whos the dude in the middle

julian casablancas

wow #bloat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf-yB1i6KEo

He is a member of smooth jazz quartet Fourplay

which also features bob james and harvey mason

always been meaning to investigate fourplay bc i love bob james and harvey mason is basically responsible for my favorite drum performance of all time, headhunters

why are there so many track-by-track reviews for this record?

DP probably reached out to Nick Offerman because they wanted to get Duke Silver to do some sax work on RAM.

i think a guest spot on parks&rec is the least he owes them

why are there so many track-by-track reviews for this record?

― sigourney wiener (diamonddave85), donderdag 16 mei 2013 22:18 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Because it all started with that awful phenomenon of exclusive one time listening sessions for some journalists, way before the release date (or leak for that matter). they all wanted to crank out copy as fast as they could.

these listening sessions are the death of music journalism. no value to the listener, no value in it for the writer, just adding to the hype.

and because all these journalists already wrote their track-by-track reviews after only having heard it once, in an office building somewhere with 20 colleagues, they can't write another proper review of it.

(i know of one Dutch journalist, former ilxor, that asked the rec co to listen to get another listen, alone, on headphones, and they granted it)

All the reviews I've seen so far read like the reactions of people who have been locked in a room with no music for years, and this is the first thing they've heard since the door shut. OHMYGODI"MSHITTINGMYSELFTHIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOGOOD IVE NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE IT EVERY BEFORE AND EVEN IF I HAD THIS WOULD BE BETTER THAN THAT BECAUSE IT IS SOOOOOOOOOGOOOOD!

Tune in next week when another album is released.

its fun to get excited about music

tbf i didn't start listening to music until february of this year

i agree with gr808. loving the hype, and glad that the album lives up to it. way better -- more complex; distinctive -- than human after all.

I'll say this: it's better than the Justin Timberlake, which arrived with virtually no hype. He should have hired Nile Rodgers, esteemed producer of INXS, Duran Duran and B-52s.

(Just being snide, Nile rules)

otoh i was just thinking today how awesome it would have been had they recorded this same album in secret and then pulled a mbv and just released it with 6 hours notice

this is actually the first piece of music i've ever heard. kicking myself!

"Music: It ain't half bad!"

OMG, you mean people used to make music with instruments! The guys who played on this record played with Michael Jackson! MICHAEL JACKSON!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIWS53Q4zVE

Listen, you’d have to be daft as a brush to say you didn’t like Daft Punk.

which arrived with virtually no hype - lol this is a joke right?