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A few years later I (re)discovered their music and went to the Alive 2007 show in Amsterdam, Heineken Music Hall.
During the show, they also played “Stardust - Music Sounds Better With You”, which was also produced by Thomas Bangalter.
The ‘Stardust mix’ has only been released on a limited edition (disc 2) of the Alive 2007 album:
https://www.discogs.com/Daft-Punk-Alive-2007/release/1141123
Edit: it seems it is on Spotify. Not so limited anymore. :-)
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Gait recognition is a thing, in humans and in ML. Shame we're seeing places explicitly banning facial recognition rather than biometric recognition.
Facial recognition is being banned for law enforcement use not because it doesn't work, or is ineffective, or is undesirable, but because it reveals politically uncomfortable truths about who commits crime that existing crime stats were already pointing out in a less visceral way.
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I really wish there was a studio version of Alive 2007.
I've thought that myself before, but having listened to it so many times I think the audience cheers are as much as a part of the album now
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Since I don't go to live shows, I tend to just have the disappointment of finding out that I only like some of my favorite bands' albums, because the arc of their own musical careers doesn't match my own tastes. Why can't performers just stay the same forever, producing a never-ending sequence of similar but distinct works?
Some do! Some don't. There is one English psychedelic outfit I like called "Ozric Tentacles". Every album is pretty much identical. And it turns out that I really like that album , so I have bought it ten times over the years, plus a couple of live albums. This happens in part because whenever the people behind Ozric Tentacles want to make something different from their trademark sound, they'll usually put it out und…
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I think a bit of that is you don't expect to see someone famous just walking down the street. On more than on occasion I've passed someone and went "Was that.... naw, couldn't be" then found out later that yes, it really was that person. The corollary to the S.E.P. field in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (SEP - Somebody Else's Problem Field - loved the concept for the ultimate invisibility cloak)
I’ll never forget learning that Sinead O'Connor had been recording in my hometown. Must have walked by her a dozen times and although I felt a “vibe” off her, I never pieced it together.
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Several other musicians have done the same through mask wearing. Gene Simmons of Kiss was probably rarely recognized in public before, much later in life, he started appearing in television programs without his makeup. MF Doom, Sia, the list goes on.
bucket head: A guitarist with a bucket mask. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckethead
Is a question common asked
On his head a bucket of chicken bones
On his face a plastic mask He's the bastard son of a preacher-man
On the town he left a stain They made him live in a chicken house To try and hide the shame
He was born in a coop, raised in a cage
Children fear him, critics rage
He's half alive, he's half dead
Folks just call him Buckethead!
I found their last few albums to be rather weak, lacking innovation. Who knows, maybe in a few years after a break they can get back together with a fresh mind and produce something great.
I know that music taste is subjective, but Random Access Memories is a masterpiece.
This poses an interesting question to me: Daft Punk is a kind of meta-band, in that it’s members are not necessarily real people. For a more clear example, we can take The Gorillaz, a band made up of cartoon characters. So what does it mean for such a meta-band to “break up” when they only existed during concerts and on records. Does that mean the people behind it won’t make more music? I sure hope not!
Nah they had pseudonyms but they came out as real people for sure. They didn't create characters for themselves as they would have if they'd intended for others to take over the role