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Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by philistine »

tobr wrote: post #104
kennyadam wrote: post #49

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A YouTube video (that the algorithm loved) about all this and is super interesting: https://youtu.be/wyYAiU4DKUY?si=CpcOuhzAvXs7fqWF

Interesting watch. It leaves some things unexplained though. How did Prydz end up as the artist on a song not in his own style, nearly identical to two previous artists making the same song, based on a re-recording of a sample? I wonder if the label was simply looking for a competent producer to make a version of what they thought would be a hit after having figured out how to clear the sample.

You've got it exactly right. The people at the label knew the loop of Call On Me was sure to be a hit. They only needed another version.

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by swivelmaster »

l33tbro wrote: post #103
swivelmaster wrote: post #99

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What you’re describing is an album that’s more fun to think about than it is to listen to! It definitely has a theme, but unfortunately as executed it’s basically “what if we defied convention by using live instruments and making a shitty album?” When you bring up psychedelic, experimental post-rock, I want to mention that one of my favorite bands is Battles. They’re a good example of what you can do when you defy co…

Ha. Fair, but music that makes us think more than feel isn't necessarily always a terrible thing. John Cage, Steve Reich, even Battles is pretty intellectual in a way (it's quite literally math rock lol). I guess we like different artists for different reasons, and you like Daft Punk in boogie mode. Which I definitely get, as it is their strong suit. But I just think this is album is a bit of an anomaly in their cata…

Honestly, I used to focus much more on how objectively interesting music was. I got into Frank Zappa and started down the very deep rabbit hole of his discography, and eventually realized that I really loved some of it and the rest was just... not enjoyable.

Speaking as someone who has been writing music for quite a long time, writing something that is objectively interesting (by being complex or unusual) is much, much easier than writing something that is just plain entertaining.

I think there's always something to be said for pushing boundaries, and I love experiencing any art or entertainment that makes me think "oh shit, I didn't know you could do that." But even then, that doesn't make it good or enjoyable, just interesting or thought-provoking. They're not mutually exclusive, but they also aren't necessarily correlated either.

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by TacticalCoder »

bongodongobob wrote: post #37
rickdeckard wrote: post #36

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(They also did the Soundtrack for Tron:Legacy, basically their fifth studio album) Anyway, I keep remembering how panned 'Human After All' was, and how bad the reviews were because the album was too "mechanical" and was "missing the warmth of House", while this is EXACTLY how the genre evolved in the years to come and none of those music experts saw this. Many journalists did a retrospective of it a few years later a…

Random Access Memories was such a letdown. It's an OK disco album that doesn't innovate at all. Masterful recording, it sounds great of course, but it didn't take any risks. I listened to it twice and that was it.

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Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by 3abiton »

cpitman wrote: post #53
bee_rider wrote: post #52

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I don’t even know what it is, haha (maybe it is an… Album Video). But it is great. I guess there is the concept of a Rock Opera, but that doesn’t seem to have expanded much across the genres.

They were the official music videos for the album, looks like Daft Punk released all of them on YouTube. This Playlist has them all in order: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSdoVPM5WnndLX6Ngmb8wktMF...

Thanks for shaing!

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by coldtea »

sneak wrote: post #85
coldtea wrote: post #76

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> And it's repetitive in a way that feels tiresome; You can't dance to most of it or even really tap your foot to it. Being robotic and repeatitive never stopped people dancing like crazy to techno all night. In fact, that's its very allure.

Not to be that guy, but techno is only repetitive if you are a) listening to boring/uninspired techno (the same kind of complaint being leveled here against HAA), or b) not paying attention.

or (c) done right

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by muziq »

cpitman wrote: post #47
jedimastert wrote: post #17

It is unreal to me the amount of impact Daft Punk had with only four studio albums.

Interstella 5555 is still one of my favorite movies. It's an anime movie where the entire soundtrack is the album Discovery. There are no vocals, the entire story is told by only the animation and music, and it works incredibly well.

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem for the first time was an astonishing thing with that soundtrack.. Back then wasn’t really into DP, but that sold me entirely..

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by marcedwards »

sneak wrote: post #85
coldtea wrote: post #76

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> And it's repetitive in a way that feels tiresome; You can't dance to most of it or even really tap your foot to it. Being robotic and repeatitive never stopped people dancing like crazy to techno all night. In fact, that's its very allure.

Not to be that guy, but techno is only repetitive if you are a) listening to boring/uninspired techno (the same kind of complaint being leveled here against HAA), or b) not paying attention.

Agreed! Also, context matters. How and where you’re listening matters.
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