What's up with Daft Punk?

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So anyway, last week I bought "Skitzo Dancer", the latest single from Parisian band Scenario Rock. Best track is the remix by Justice which, wait for it, is credited with sound polishing by Thomas Bangalter for B.A.S.S.. So that's something, whatever it is.

― JoB (JoB), Friday, 7 January 2005 22:28 (nineteen years ago) link

i think b.a.s.s. is the name of hubert "boom bass" blanc-francard's mastering studio? he's the guy who's in cassius with phillipe zdar.

i say this because there's a sticker that reads "b.a.s.s." on the back of the motorbass album and i once tracked down the meanings of all those stickers and some were from different clubnights in paris and some were from studios/crews involved in the album.

sorry this is a bit trainspottery but this sort of thing fascinates me, can anybody corroborate my spotty (haha) data?

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 7 January 2005 23:56 (nineteen years ago) link

one year passes...

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?page=title&r=CD&title=912404&p=34&g=48&pa=sr

― piscesboy, Wednesday, 22 March 2006 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link

That has to be one of the most pointless "best of" collections ever. Even beating Leftfield's recent effort.

If you're gonna get two discs, er... Homework & Discovery at mid-price maybe?

― file under cozy techno (fandango), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 14:24 (eighteen years ago) link

Customers who bought Musique Vol. 1: 1993-2005 (With Bonus DVD) also bought

Daft Punk - Alive 1997
Various - Ultimate Chillout Classics Album (6CD)
Daft Punk - Daft Club
Sepultura - Roots
Headman - On

― haitch (haitch), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link

What's that Parliament remix?

― Le Baaderonixx de Benedict Canyon (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link

its the one with the video that has a cgi Bootsy Collins flying around in disco hyperspace and stuff. at least five years old

― Yawn (Wintermute), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 15:12 (eighteen years ago) link

The "point", probably, is to leave Virgin EMI...

― JoB (JoB), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 15:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Is the bonus DVD all of the videos? That might make it worth it....

― Joseph B. Cowart (flamingrev), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link

It isn't, and their two DVDs put together cost less than a new CD already (no jabbering baby robot heads, though)

― kit brash (kit brash), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 17:38 (eighteen years ago) link

You know, lots of people have complained about the last Daft Punk album ... from James Murphy on Pitchfork down to the many, many ILMers and bloggers ... but in retrospect, short as it may be at this point, hasn't a lot of the other shit people are psyched on been derived from that output OR nearly the same?

Alter Ego - Rocker (remember when this leaked as "Human After All"?)
Justice
Digitalism
a ton of other guitar driven electro shit.

p.s. "Stream Machine" was like the sickest fucking Suicide rip-off ever. Not that all of "Human After All" was solid, but it wasn't bad! There were some really solid tracks ...

― Cameron Octigan (Cameron Octigan), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link

ugh i hate all that farty justice stuff, really does not do it for me, just like this album

― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Don't forget Busta!

― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 March 2006 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link

Leaving Virgin or not, no "Digital Love" on a DP greatest hits collection ain't a DP greatest hits collection.

― Yoo Doo Nut (donut), Thursday, 23 March 2006 06:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Too right.

― JoB (JoB), Thursday, 23 March 2006 13:56 (eighteen years ago) link

one month passes...

The show at Coachella was easily the best concert I have *ever* seen. The lights, my god, the lights. It was like a constantly shifting star gate sequence from 2001 crossed with Tron, all perfectly choreographed to the most amazing mash up of all their hits with really intense edits and pacing. They appear as robots on the screens, and they seem to be talking to each other, but can they really hear each other? Did they just push one button? Are they using Ableton? Who knows. Who cares? Just amazing.

― i'm from hollywood, Monday, 1 May 2006 23:28 (eighteen years ago) link

HI GUY ;)

― city of gyros (chaki), Monday, 1 May 2006 23:30 (eighteen years ago) link

^I'm so jealous.

― Harrison Barr (Petar), Monday, 1 May 2006 23:31 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UXHIqhfLtw&search=daft%20punk%20coachella

looks like fun.

― Two Scoops (Magic Duster), Monday, 1 May 2006 23:48 (eighteen years ago) link

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/secretpublic/Picture059.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/secretpublic/bcdc1599.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/secretpublic/Picture018.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/secretpublic/Picture091.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/secretpublic/67b3ec94.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/secretpublic/Picture100.jpg

― i'm from hollywood, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 04:37 (eighteen years ago) link

my god. my life seems so small + pointless now.

― DEEDS NOT WORDS (vahid), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 06:52 (eighteen years ago) link

never have i wanted to be somewhere more than there :/

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 07:27 (eighteen years ago) link

omg just watched the clip where they do Technologic vs Oh Yeah

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 07:34 (eighteen years ago) link

think it may be worth going to Global Gathering in July just to see them!

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 07:39 (eighteen years ago) link

new material?

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 08:21 (eighteen years ago) link

seemingly no

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 08:26 (eighteen years ago) link

not doing much to disprove the notion that global could have taken place in 1999...

― the Enrique who acts like some kind of good taste gestapo (Enrique), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 08:30 (eighteen years ago) link

yes, it's very Britcentric. but they do have Digitalism, Justice blah blah lower down the list tho.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 08:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Whoah...

― Mark (MarkR), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:13 (eighteen years ago) link

I wish

the global thing can be crazy expensive. VIP?

no single night tix, either?

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:19 (eighteen years ago) link

maybe in due course

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:40 (eighteen years ago) link

my god. my life seems so small + pointless now.

hahaha, so otm.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link

i mean, in regards to my life. i am not making any judgments about your life.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/secretpublic/bcdc1599.jpg

― caek (caek), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link

I meant to add, that is my new desktop background. Ever time I hide an application I cry a little bit inside.

― caek (caek), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link

would def consider GG, if they do day tix

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 13:59 (eighteen years ago) link

oh my good god.

yeah global all the way for me now. good fckng gracious.

― pisces, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm mainly posting these as a service to those who have the chance to see them. DO NOT MISS IT.

― i'm from hollywood, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 23:25 (eighteen years ago) link

Wow great pics!

― van igloo (van smack), Tuesday, 2 May 2006 23:37 (eighteen years ago) link

All found via flickr. Also read that they were using synths, midi controllers and ableton.

― i'm from hollywood, Tuesday, 2 May 2006 23:42 (eighteen years ago) link

new film on it's way!!!

http://culturecafe.midiblogs.com/archive/2006/05/04/cannes-2006-les-premiere-images-de-daft-punk%E2%80%99s-electroma.html

vaguely: "Daft Punk's 'Electroma' is visual and musical and which follows the history of two robots in their search to become human."

http://culturecafe.midiblogs.com/images/medium_electroma_1.jpg

http://culturecafe.midiblogs.com/images/medium_electroma_2.jpg

http://culturecafe.midiblogs.com/images/medium_electroma_3.jpg

http://culturecafe.midiblogs.com/images/medium_electroma_4.jpg

http://culturecafe.midiblogs.com/images/medium_electroma_5.jpg

― i'm from hollywood, Monday, 8 May 2006 21:00 (eighteen years ago) link

that looks amazing.

anyway, what's with the re-issue of "human after all" coming out tomorrow?

― Christopher Costello (CGC), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:15 (eighteen years ago) link

Hehehe, I should have guessed my source would have been here already. ;-)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link

And can someone remind me? Wasn't 'Human After All' a huge dud? Is all forgiven?

― pleased to mitya (mitya), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:20 (eighteen years ago) link

it was all sung in english, as far as I can remember, so what's the prob?

― RJG (RJG), Monday, 8 May 2006 21:21 (eighteen years ago) link

New Human After All--"Japan-only Remix Album, Will Include Remix(Es) Previously Unavailable on CD. Featured Remixers Are Soulwax, Emperor Machine, Peaches, Playgroup, Basement Jaxx, Digitalism, Sebastian, Alter Ego, and More. Ltd. edition features two bonus figurines designed by Medicom Toy Co. Kubrick collection."

― Raw Patrick (Raw Patrick), Monday, 8 May 2006 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link

there's an amateur video of the entire coachella performance making its way around the torrent sites (themixingbowl.org and others)

the video's not top quality but the performance sure is

― W i l l (common_person), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 18:02 (eighteen years ago) link

The new er... direction of Daft Punk makes a lot more sense after seeing the single videos somehow. Almost makes it seem like they were first to the supposed trend going on in french house (wot I read about on Stylus... apart from Uffie I've heard like, _none_ of it yet) everyone going for a more rock-inclined in-the-red repetetive brutality in their tracks.

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link

/heads over to justice myspace to check "the fuss" late as ever..

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:27 (eighteen years ago) link

all image and no substance. i still don't get the love for daft punk.

― frenchbloke (frenchbloke), Wednesday, 10 May 2006 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link

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