Daft Punk - Human After All

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That would be swank. (Swanker if Air did it.)

― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Monday, 10 January 2005 02:00 (nineteen years ago) link

The only track on this I can even stomach is "Television Rules The Nation," and that's just cuz of the Henry Rollins cameo (can't believe he agreed to the vocoder). And even THAT track goes on a minute too long. What the fuck is wrong with you technoids? You can't actually dance to this. It SUCKS.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 10 January 2005 02:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Stevem's off the hook cuz he admits he's a progboy.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 10 January 2005 02:48 (nineteen years ago) link

i'm just following my LEADERS

― Stevem On X (blueski), Monday, 10 January 2005 09:38 (nineteen years ago) link

Miccio is just jealous because Fred dances worse. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 January 2005 13:48 (nineteen years ago) link

I WANT TO HEAR THIS. I am hoping against hope that it will be as fantastic as I want it to be, but I've been disappointed by a lot of things lately.

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 10 January 2005 14:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Well, what do you know: Simon Reynolds agrees with me.

― miccio (miccio), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:17 (nineteen years ago) link

ihttp://www.jeffgoode.com/img/spiderman_dance.htm

Peter Parker disagrees!

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Monday, 10 January 2005 16:22 (nineteen years ago) link

A friend of mine got to hear the whole thing at the big record company's Stockholm office today. Apparently it's all "weird noise, techno with heavy metal guitars and really good 70's disco".

'Robot Rock' is the first single, to be followed by 'Technoid', which my friend claims is one of the best, most catchy, things they've ever done.

― Kornél Kovács (Kornél Kovács), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:43 (nineteen years ago) link

yay.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:52 (nineteen years ago) link

I was about to say, no problem with that description!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link

I love it when bands go heavy metal for their difficult third album.

― Alba (Alba), Monday, 10 January 2005 23:53 (nineteen years ago) link

I am happily imagining lots of heavily gated guitars.

― Matt Boch (Matt Boch), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:04 (nineteen years ago) link

Is that like a gated community?

― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Gotta keep your riffs safe from them nasty coloured folk.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Is that like a gated community?

The simmilarities are boundless.

here is an explanitory link about gating, in case you're interested.
http://www.dancetech.com/aa_dt_new/articles/item.cfm?threadid=102&lang=0

― Matt Boch (Matt Boch), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 00:57 (nineteen years ago) link

a little sceptical Kornel, no such track as 'Technoid' quoted - did you mean 'Technologic'?

― Stevem On X (blueski), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 01:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Apparently it's all "weird noise, techno with heavy metal guitars and really good 70's disco".

Not like I was expecting anything a hell of a lot different than that general idea, but YAY!

― What's this place, Biblevania? (natepatrin), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 02:11 (nineteen years ago) link

Yeah I meant "Technologic", sorry about that.

― Kornél Kovács (Kornél Kovács), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 02:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Under the influence of miccio, thou wert.

― Captain GRRRios' Giggletits (Barima), Tuesday, 11 January 2005 19:40 (nineteen years ago) link

woah! u mean people have HEARD it? who on here has? and how?

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 12 January 2005 13:05 (nineteen years ago) link

haven't heard it yet, but there's a playback of it in london tonight

― Chris Houghton (chrish), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 13:20 (nineteen years ago) link

i wonder when Tong will play 'Robot Rock' as the essential new tune, by the end of the month?

― Stevem On X (blueski), Wednesday, 12 January 2005 13:37 (nineteen years ago) link

according to chart singles.net a Basement Jaxx singles compilation is being released on the same day as Human After All!

― Stevem On X (blueski), Thursday, 13 January 2005 13:08 (nineteen years ago) link

march 21 is officially ilm day!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 13 January 2005 16:01 (nineteen years ago) link

march 21 is officially ilm day!

http://www.ezthemes.com/previews/g/grumpybearxmas.jpg

(actually I'm all for a Jaxx singles comp)

― miccio (miccio), Thursday, 13 January 2005 16:20 (nineteen years ago) link

There should be kittens and robots in that picture as well.

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Thursday, 13 January 2005 16:29 (nineteen years ago) link

I wonder if they'll include any pre-Remedy singles.

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Thursday, 13 January 2005 16:37 (nineteen years ago) link

Flylife surely? altho they prob wouldn't put that as first track ahead of Red Alert etc.

― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 13 January 2005 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link

A singles comp after three albums normally seems strange to me...but this being Basement Jaxx it'll be pretty damned brilliant. March IS a fine month indeed!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 January 2005 16:50 (nineteen years ago) link

Hopefully Basement Jaxx will provide some bonus tracks (a cover of My Perogative).

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Thursday, 13 January 2005 16:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Stranger has occurred.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 13 January 2005 17:00 (nineteen years ago) link

found this on soulseek labelled as "Daft Punk - Human After All (Avanced Promo) World Exclusive By Sqm.mp3"

i am v. skeptical. can anyone identify?

http://s7.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=36375MWCC1QSN0CQZOPUKDXWHH

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 16 January 2005 20:56 (nineteen years ago) link

good track though!

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 16 January 2005 20:58 (nineteen years ago) link

skepticism is right. this isn't DP

― nick.K (nick.K), Sunday, 16 January 2005 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link

ah, but WHO is it

― mark p (Mark P), Sunday, 16 January 2005 21:06 (nineteen years ago) link

Holy shit, Alter Ego have released new material??! This makes me much happier than a new Daft Punk album! "Decoding the Hacker Myth" is, despite the stupid title, one of my favourite LPs of the nineties.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 16 January 2005 21:55 (nineteen years ago) link

"Rocker" by Alter Ego was probably the most played record of 2004, in clubs.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 16 January 2005 21:56 (nineteen years ago) link

Have they gone all clubby then? The last time I heard of them they were making contemplative electro-trance...

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 16 January 2005 21:58 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes it's like a rock song done entirely electronically. I was not a total convert but it was absolutely everywhere in 04. For a time it was good!

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 16 January 2005 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link

I have to give it a listen once I get somewhere I can download that track. I never would've imagined they'd make a comeback, it's been, what, eight years since their last LP?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 16 January 2005 22:04 (nineteen years ago) link

I think they've always been around, though I'm not certain.

― Ronan (Ronan), Sunday, 16 January 2005 22:05 (nineteen years ago) link

According to AMG, between 1996 and 2004 they've released a couple of singles and an EP, but nothing else. Didn't they have some alter egos (hahaha) though, maybe they were hiding behind them?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 16 January 2005 22:09 (nineteen years ago) link

I think the problem with "Rocker" is partly the way that people react to it... the sudden switches in the track, and the way that everyone waits for the synth hook, makes it feel a bit like a singalong rock song where the audience knows the chorus and gears themselves up for it (think "Why Does It Always Rain On Me"). Which is not to say that other big dance tracks don't do this too, but the progression feels less organic in "Rocker" (perhaps owing to its rock song structure). People don't seem interested in dancing to the groove so much as demonstrating their awareness of the track and enjoyment of it - it's one of those hands-in-the-air anthems where you put yr hands in the air partly because it seems like "the thing to do".

The distinction with eg. "Drop The Pressure" is that because everything is anchored on that looped bouncy synth hook the whole thing feels more unified, and like the audience is enjoying it as a dance track.

I still like "Rocker" BTW, but I think it's particularly susceptible to becoming irritating through over-familiarity for those reasons.

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 16 January 2005 22:25 (nineteen years ago) link

Who is that yousendit track by?

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 16 January 2005 23:26 (nineteen years ago) link

sounds like galleon

― :| (....), Sunday, 16 January 2005 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link

http://www.man-and-man.com/lre/daft_robot_rock.MPG

― injektilo*, Sunday, 16 January 2005 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link

Gosh.

― Alba (Alba), Sunday, 16 January 2005 23:57 (nineteen years ago) link

That is such a funny way to hear a new tune!

― JoB (JoB), Monday, 17 January 2005 00:07 (nineteen years ago) link

Oh jeez, they've become such U.S.E. wannabes...

*dodges rocks*

― donut christ (donut), Monday, 17 January 2005 00:32 (nineteen years ago) link

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