Daft Punk's Random Access Memories

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qbt-kw2EkfU

AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 10:39 (eight years ago) link

i really wish that whole documentary were available with english subtitles

example (crüt), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 14:52 (eight years ago) link

the documentary is pretty cool, yeah.
from a french perspective, it was quite fun (and wtf) to have all these interviews and comments from big stars and then... sheila !
I didn't even know he had made an album for her...
I also didn't know he was behind inxs' "original sin".

AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 15:32 (eight years ago) link

I should have put this on the Nile thread instead of the Daft thread, I guess..

AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 15:33 (eight years ago) link

Am I missing something? All I saw was a sub 1-min video of a Daft Punk robot typing at a console while "Why?" played in the background.

The Reverend, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:03 (eight years ago) link

yeah the "video" is nothing. it's part of a French Nile Rodgers documentary.

example (crüt), Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:14 (eight years ago) link

Surely an equivalent of this documentary has been made in english at some point ? Especially since all the interviews are in english !
I mean it's cool and all but there must be many other interviews of Nile and all the other people involved on the subject.

Among the best stuff are his comments about all the things he's done until now.
With such an incredible history of hits he could sound like an asshole (or an hypocrite) but he manages to appear both proud and likeable.
A bit like a kid bragging.
Another nice thing is that throughout the documentary he almost always plays his (unplugged) guitar during the interviews.

(OK this definitely belongs to the NL thread !)

AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 29 April 2015 16:40 (eight years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Recently saw Daft Punk's 2006/7 Coachella performance / Alive tour described as:

The live set that changed the direction and velocity of all electronic dance music

Seems to be a pretty widespread idea in the US, and of course I don't know if it rings more true over there (given Detroit and Chicago's musical history I doubt it) but at least I can say that for me that album/show had NO impact at all on the scene for house/techno/"EDM" - only DP song I ever think I heard at a DJ set is "Revolution 909".

So yeah, to me it seems like a very widespread misconception or a US-specific truth (in this way reminding me a bit about the relation between Kelly Clarkson and popism which in a Danish context=0) and of course I don't mind really, like I don't mind people describing RAM as an EDM record, but it strikes me as a bit silly and I wanted to share that.

niels, Monday, 18 May 2015 10:08 (eight years ago) link

Alive 2007 definitely felt like a huge moment for them and (IMO) validation of a career that's been kinda up and down

frogbs, Monday, 18 May 2015 12:25 (eight years ago) link

putting a DJ-based act on stage surrounded by such monstrous stagecraft following three days of mostly guitar bands was pretty revolutionary

electric daisy carnival had been around for a decade but it quickly changed in to something way bigger with much wider appeal after 2007

all my hatians if u play they make u (gr8080), Monday, 18 May 2015 13:48 (eight years ago) link

besides Daft Punk's huge live show, the other big change for US EDM was Skrillex

sadly, the roots of techno and house have zero bearing on the current US EDM scene

too young for seapunk (Moodles), Monday, 18 May 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link

"putting a DJ-based act on stage surrounded by such monstrous stagecraft following three days of mostly guitar bands was pretty revolutionary"

otm

soyrev, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:01 (eight years ago) link

a nifty turning point historically, too, since daft punk's music is so heavy on guitars

soyrev, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:02 (eight years ago) link

i wasnt there but a few friends were and they said people were just losing their minds, one friend told me he saw a boyfriend-girlfriend couple sobbing together while dancing and kissing at the same time when "one more time" came on

all my hatians if u play they make u (gr8080), Monday, 18 May 2015 17:04 (eight years ago) link

ive been to a lot of shows but i'm pretty sure ive never witnessed something like that

all my hatians if u play they make u (gr8080), Monday, 18 May 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link

I've heard the YTs.

Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, 18 May 2015 17:05 (eight years ago) link

Ecstasy is a helluva drug

too young for seapunk (Moodles), Monday, 18 May 2015 17:07 (eight years ago) link

well yeah

all my hatians if u play they make u (gr8080), Monday, 18 May 2015 17:10 (eight years ago) link

"You don’t need MDMA to enjoy this music." —Pharrell

example (crüt), Monday, 18 May 2015 17:12 (eight years ago) link

how does he explain "Happy"?

too young for seapunk (Moodles), Monday, 18 May 2015 17:13 (eight years ago) link

"I'm a hot air balloon, I could go to space." —Pharrell

example (crüt), Monday, 18 May 2015 17:16 (eight years ago) link

xpost What did the Chem Brothers do at the peak of their popularity? Or Orbital, et al? Iirc they were all lauded for their live performances, but I never saw them perform.

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link

Both of them melted your face off.

DJP, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:29 (eight years ago) link

And then I was never able to see them again. :(

Josh in Chicago, Monday, 18 May 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link

Orbital at Glastonbury 1994 was actually the UK version of this very thing.

kraudive, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link

Must be tough.

Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:40 (eight years ago) link

story checks out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SJqGR5u5LI

soyrev, Monday, 18 May 2015 19:22 (eight years ago) link

good times

daft punk was the entry electronic/dance music act for a lot of ppl of my cultural cohort (current late 20s/early 30s college/indie-rock type kids) and the live tour (i was a senior in college) was the sort of turning moment as i remember

max, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link

that's not quite the same thing as DP being the "EDM" gateway drug but it was a similar dynamic i think

max, Monday, 18 May 2015 20:57 (eight years ago) link

And then I was never able to see them again. :(

doubt Chems live show this year is going to be any different with just Tom barely visible than it would have been with both of them still barely visible

( who ALSO my boss and his sister!) (sic), Monday, 18 May 2015 23:37 (eight years ago) link

What, what? Are they down a Bro?

Anyway, I was making a literal joke, since Dan said they melted my face off.

Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 01:10 (eight years ago) link

ah.

Ed has stopped touring, still recording. The dude who's done the incredible visuals with them on the last tours is still going.

( who ALSO my boss and his sister!) (sic), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 02:11 (eight years ago) link

i seriously do not understand the slow trickle of tasteful & pricey merchandise that keeps dripping out 2 years after the hype cycle for this album started

gr8080, Friday, 22 May 2015 13:56 (eight years ago) link

but i'm definitely buying a daft punk coffee mug

gr8080, Friday, 22 May 2015 14:01 (eight years ago) link

Daft Punk was also the entry point for indie rock kids ca. 1995. Guys I knew who listened only to like, Pavement and Jesus & Mary Chain and The Cure were suddenly way into them. Which as a newly converted techno snob of course I scoffed at.

TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Friday, 22 May 2015 14:14 (eight years ago) link

those skateboards look great

example (crüt), Friday, 22 May 2015 15:26 (eight years ago) link

teal & orange.xls

example (crüt), Friday, 22 May 2015 15:27 (eight years ago) link

The live set that changed the direction and velocity of all electronic dance music

The only thing I have a problem with is "all". The statement really applies to the US, where Alive coincided with Kanye's Stronger.

Was that the greatest ever tour to follow a total flop album? It basically erased Human After All from the collective memory banks.

Continue your brooding monologue (Re-Make/Re-Model), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 10:51 (eight years ago) link

I don't mean that Alive was only a big deal because of Stronger, not at all, but the combination made it the point at which the US really got dance music. I have to read Matos's book to see what else was going on at that point that made EDM take off but this was the big bang.

Continue your brooding monologue (Re-Make/Re-Model), Tuesday, 2 June 2015 10:53 (eight years ago) link

three weeks pass...

http://mareplaytv.fr/video/daft-punk-unchained-documentaire-du-24-juin-2015/

enjoyed seeing M. Matos show up in this documentary

example (crüt), Thursday, 25 June 2015 18:35 (eight years ago) link

eight months pass...

a friend just sent me this one, presumably for the similarity in the chords & wordless vocal hook to 'Get Lucky':

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

sam jax sax jam (Jordan), Friday, 4 March 2016 16:03 (eight years ago) link

one year passes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtB5jC9_kc4

Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:45 (six years ago) link

(production by Guy-Manuel)

Week of Wonders (Ross), Saturday, 9 September 2017 20:47 (six years ago) link

sounds like it, too

niels, Sunday, 10 September 2017 08:31 (six years ago) link

that's like, the Game of Love synth?

niels, Sunday, 10 September 2017 08:31 (six years ago) link

three weeks pass...

does anyone have a file of this?

https://soundcloud.com/davidmorales/get-lucky-david-morales

gr8080, Thursday, 5 October 2017 15:21 (six years ago) link


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