music What is Daftpunk?

[AEDAZ 176]

Lol, I mean no disrespect.

 

I just recently started listening to their music, and I'm a bit confused as to what they actually are,

 

I get that they're two guys dressed as robots. But I watch some of their stuff and they seem to be performing the same way deadmau5 does with all the soundboards and mixers and whatever (I don't know the terminology of all this new-fangled flim flam you kids are in to these days). But sometimes they're accompanied by other singers and are instead on physical instruments?

 

I'm loving their music. I'm just a bit confused on how to look at it. lol.

Edited March 2, 2015 by SERGEI
Removed "wtf" from title

[Crypty Scribbles 5,048]

Just robots, just music, just icon of generation. Nothing redundant.

[Tom Snyder 4,112]

The blue men are still confusing to me, but o are they.

[hip-indeed 304]

they are a couple of french robots that make some of the best electronic music of our time

that really is all you need to know

 

also please, *PLEASE* watch / bookmark this playlist: 

 

(direct link to the actual playlist but i couldn't help youtube-embedding the first vid)

Edited March 2, 2015 by hip-indeed

[GammaDove 428]

They are a band that helped bring French house music genre to the world in the mid nineties and are still relevant to today. The frightening "technologic" music video is one of many popular songs they have.

[Lisa 5,553]

Daft Punk's a duo of two French producers who make French House/Disco House. They're usually seen on-stage with a DJ set up and traditional instruments being played because they're music is based around disco. And what does disco use? - traditional instruments. They're latest stuff, such as Random Access Memory is actually more disco-influenced than it is house-influenced. Older stuff such as Discovery sounds more electronic.

[Vinyl Scratch (Filly)™ 936]

Daft Punk's a duo of two French producers who make French House/Disco House. They're usually seen on-stage with a DJ set up and traditional instruments being played because they're music is based around disco. And what does disco use? - traditional instruments. They're latest stuff, such as Random Access Memory is actually more disco-influenced than it is house-influenced. Older stuff such as Discovery sounds more electronic.

Couldn't of said it better myself! This is the answer to your question, OP.

 

Daft Punk are amazing <3

[JonasDarkmane 19,785]

They are really good. They make good music and videos such as Interstellar 5555. They made the music for the movie Tron: Legacy. One of my favorite music videos is Around the World :þ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9MszVE7aR4

[Psycrow 104]

yOU dont kno what daft PUNK IS?
SHAAHS ON YOU

jk
its a really cool french robot band, you should check them out! ouo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oq77lLDEFGY

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[ThunderSaddle 56]

One of the particularities of Daft Punk is that none of their albums sounds alike. That's not gonna help your confusion. Let me try to explain it briefly.

 

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Guy-Man and Thomas started off as two DJs in the early 90s. Their music was heavily rave-influenced and their first material was very raw and acid-sounding. Here's an example (this is from 1994, before it was released on their first album Homework in 1997). They weren't wearing robot gear at the time, they only got the idea later. Instead they were using weird masks to remain more or less anonymous.

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 2001 they released Discovery, an album in which they used a lot of samples from the disco and funk era. It was totally mind-blowing at the time, and remains one of my all-time favorite albums. I'm sure you've heard One More Time, but it's full of equally awesome tracks.

 

In 2005 they released Human After All, which is more rock oriented, despite its electronic sounds. Not my favorite, but still neat.

 

With Random Access Memories (2013), a very disco-oriented album, they're paying homage to the people that inspired them. In this album, they're using real instruments, real drummers instead of just drum machines, and they got to play with actual people from the era they're paying homage to. Nile Rodgers, among others. It's like bringing back disco in 2013. In a world where most music nowadays sound like shit and is overly computerized, it's like a big finger to the music industry. And it worked. That's the beauty of it.

 

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Just so you know, Guy-Man and Thomas didn't start their musical career as Daft Punk. They had a rock band called Darlin' at first, which didn't work at all (with Laurent Brancowitz who is now in the band Phoenix).

BUT they also had a solo career on their respective labels, Crydamoure and Roulé. And god knows there are a lot of gems here. Have listen to this and this.

Edited March 2, 2015 by ThunderSaddle

[Samurai Equine 51,741]

Daft Punk is really awesome. I LOVE that band! I own all the albums. 

But part of me thinks that most of their album wouldn't have been possible if it wasn't for their anime tie-in Interstella 5555...

 

I also like how a lot of the albums practically tell their own story, just like Discovery/Interstella did as well. 

Edited March 2, 2015 by Samurai Equine

[Scootaloodle 1,623]

I don’t see what’s so confusing about two guys who make music but ok.

 

Anyway I love Daft Punk, have all there albums some of which are on vinyl, I love the Discovery album best.  

[VitalSpark 1,830]

They are a band that helped bring French house music genre to the world in the mid nineties and are still relevant to today.

 

I'd say that "still" implies a continuity of relevance. But Daft Punk seemed to disappear for about a decade, and then popped up again out of nowhere.

 

I'm not usually much of a dance music fan, but have always enjoyed their stuff.

 

 

 

One of the particularities of Daft Punk is that none of their albums sounds alike.

 

 

I don't know — I think Around the World sounds fairly consistent with their current stuff

[ThunderSaddle 56]

I don't know — I think Around the World sounds fairly consistent with their current stuff

 

In the spirit, yes. But in the process, it's entirely different. Vintage drum machines, a TB-303 bassline, versus an actual drummer, an actual bass player and so on. I mean, just listen to this and this. Without knowing, I'd have never guessed it's by the same people.

[CC_Maud_Pie 6,431]

I'll sum who they are in one sentence:

 

They are two French guys from Paris who dress up as robots and make good house music.

[Vinyl Scratch (Filly)™ 936]

They are really good. They make good music and videos such as Interstellar 5555. They made the music for the movie Tron: Legacy. One of my favorite music videos is Around the World :þ

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9MszVE7aR4

Kazuhisa Takenouchi made Interstella 5555, not Daft Punk. He's known for his other anime works such as Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z

[Espy Vibe 4,298]

On 2015-03-02 at 4:01 AM, ThunderSaddle said:

Just so you know, Guy-Man and Thomas didn't start their musical career as Daft Punk. They had a rock band called Darlin' at first, which didn't work at all (with Laurent Brancowitz who is now in the band Phoenix).

BUT they also had a solo career on their respective labels, Crydamoure and Roulé. And god knows there are a lot of gems here. Have listen to this and this.

Yup, it's also where they got the name Daft Punk from. A review by Dave Jennings cemented the name for them:

Spoiler

 

 

On an additional note with even more bizarre history, "Eric Prydz - Call On Me" was actually a copy of a song DJ Falcon and Thomas Bangalter made live. Sampled: Steve Winwood - Valerie.

Long story short, Ministry Of Sound (notorious label known for being outright terrible) thought it would sell well commercially but these two didn't really want to clear the sample they used for the song, so they got Eric Prydz (who was just making a name for himself at the time) to recreate the song. Apparently in retrospect, Eric Prydz didn't like the song and felt it wasn't his style at the time, even during his own sets he tried to distance himself from it. Got boo'd a lot by "Call On Me" fans since he didn't want to play it out.

But anyways, the DJ Falcon & Thomas Bangalter version is in this set rip:

Spoiler

 

 

There's some other weird stuff too like Thomas Bangalter and Stardust vs. Spacedust  and the whole "Gym Tonic" incident.