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Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by spcebar »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(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.

RAM brought back that funky sound which had been completely absent from contemporary dance music. It was a revival of old elements, mixed with modern electronic sound. A masterful mingling of elements of the past and the future coming together to form something not quite as good as either, but listenable and danceable, and most importantly impactful, because after that album there was a wave of artists emulating that sound. We wouldn't have gotten Uptown Special if we hadn't gotten Random Access Memories. That's my feeling on it anyway.

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by bee_rider »

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.

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.

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by cpitman »

bee_rider wrote: post #52
cpitman wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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...

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by pengaru »

prmoustache wrote: post #35
diggan wrote: post #27

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To be fair, they've done a lot more than just studio albums, from collaborations to live albums, concerts and whatever more. Personal favorite is probably Alive 2007 that went on repeat until Mom complained about the windows in the living room downstairs almost breaking.

Funny because Mom alternated between a Bob Marley greatest hits and Daft Punk Discovery and Human after all records when doing the ironing and cleaning at home. No idea what she is listening to these days when doing those chores.

Is your Mom one of my exes?

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by bee_rider »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

I meant, I’m familiar with the thing, it just seems quite novel to have one continuous set of music videos that form a movie.

Sorry, in retrospect my comment was a bit confusing.

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by _DeadFred_ »

rickdeckard wrote: post #36
jedimastert wrote: post #17

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

(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…

Tron:Legacy still lives in my head. I'm still chasing the music I imagined after seeing the movie/hearing the soundtrack. Also half of Daft Punk Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo's work in Kavinsky’s 'Nightcall'.

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by KolyaKornelius »

pengaru wrote: post #54
prmoustache wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Funny because Mom alternated between a Bob Marley greatest hits and Daft Punk Discovery and Human after all records when doing the ironing and cleaning at home. No idea what she is listening to these days when doing those chores.

Is your Mom one of my exes?

dad?

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by morsch »

_DeadFred_ wrote: post #56
rickdeckard wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(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…

Tron:Legacy still lives in my head. I'm still chasing the music I imagined after seeing the movie/hearing the soundtrack. Also half of Daft Punk Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo's work in Kavinsky’s 'Nightcall'.

Check out Tron: Legacy Reconfigured if you haven't (you probably have).

Re: The vocal effects of Daft Punk

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Post by colecut »

marcedwards wrote: post #28
ukuina wrote: post #24

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How can this be?

There’s rumours they’re working on more material. I wouldn’t blame them for telling the world they’ve broken up, just to take the pressure off. I can live in hope, right?

At least if they don't produce another album, we still get to see them perform at Burning Man this year, out by the trash fence
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