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Something about us daft punk album7/11/2023 ![]() Indeed, a sense of longing and desire is the theme of this one, with the lyrics “ I need you more than anything in my life” becoming oddly poignant when sang by a robot.Īt this point, it must be mentioned that Daft Punk’s use of samples in the album is absolutely second to none. ![]() A track laden with deep, funky bass and beautiful synth progressions, as well as weirdly soothing robotic vocals. Certainly, the most stripped back moment of the album. Something About us, clocking In at just over halfway through is 4 minutes of pure electronic bliss. At no point does the listening become a chore, with many stand out moments dropping even midway through. However, Discovery contains no lengthy repetition and remains entirely engaging throughout. In an hour-long dance album, it’s very easy to contain filler, something perhaps some of the tracks in Homework were guilty of. Autotune, synths, even types of distortion – not too unlike those in Human After All – are all present on this Kanye project, and became a prompt for auto-tuned hip hop and trap following. Even post-Graduation Kanye suggests this record influenced his career path, experimenting with autotune and electronic beats on it’s follow up, 808s And Heartbreak. Transcending genres, Hip-Hop legend Kanye West sampled it in his 2007 smash hit single “Stronger”. Oozing with determination and withholding a massive replay factor, the influence of this track is undisputed. In the whole hour of the album, this is arguably the track that goes harder than any other (as the name suggests). Especially here with Digital Love’s uplifting mood transitioning into the classic Harder, Better Faster, Stronger. In fact, looking at the first 5 tracks on the album and the way they perfectly flow into one another is absolutely astonishing. Even this singular track caries a colossal influence, something about the catchiness in the robotic melodies and toe tapping chord progressions helped spawn copycat attempts at recreating the track in a career, Owl City arguably being the most obvious. A beautiful electronic dance-pop track, essentially about a robot falling in love. One of the first songs in their career to have a more obvious verse-chorus setup. The record then launches into Aerodynamic, a fast paced, energetic track with a sense of urgency, allowing itself to become a perfect precursor to the more relaxed Digital Love. I distinctly remember dancing to this in the co-op supermarket at Leeds festival, with a bunch of strangers at 4am as it blasted over the speakers. Almost 20 years later, the song is still pretty much inescapable, appearing in adverts and pubs and clubs everywhere, carrying its endless danceability with it. It makes perfect sense for this song to open the album, serving as one of the leading singles of the record, and ultimately making Daft Punk a household name, thanks to its disco influenced sound fused with electronica. ![]() There are gorgeous breakdowns that serve in the conventional way of increasing the impact had when launching back into drum and synth mania. Although repetition, a trademark of Daft Punk’s sound is still very much present, this song has a more radio friendly pop structure. Unlike songs on their previous album, One More Time is crafted with a mainstream appeal in mind. Opening with the insanely infectious One More Time, Daft Punk immediately make clear a change in direction. However, four years later they turned their music left, to the mainstream, and out came the transcendent masterpiece we know as Discovery. It was safe to say their next project was highly anticipated, with the pressure mounting on Bangalter and Honem-Christo to release something magical that would be compared to the game changer ‘ Homework’ was. The above mentioned and their iconic music video for Around The World resulted in Daft Punk holding no small name for themselves. Spawning influential classics such as the bass driven Around The World and the raw, energetic synth progressed Da Funk. Arriving on the scene in 1997 with the loud, abrasive house sounds from their debut album Homework, Daft Punk made a name for themselves with big beats worked into an hour and 14 minutes’ worth of tunes, destined for 2 am nightclub scenarios. ![]()
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