TAG: Daft Punk

May21

Giorgio Moroder’s First U.S. DJ Set (Brooklyn, NY) (Review)



Today marks the release of Daft Punk's highly anticipated album, "Random Access Memories" and last night, I had the honor and privilege to witness one of the collaborators from the album. With the help of the Red Bull Music Academy, Hansjörg Moroder, better known as Giorgio, the Italian disco icon, made his first DJ appearance in the United States yesterday at Output in Brooklyn, NY.If you have never heard of Giorgio, he's the man responsible for convincing Donna Summer ...
Apr17

FULL VERSION Daft Punk ft. Pharrell & Nile Rodgers :: “Get Lucky” (MP3)

After endless teasing that started with a 30 second clip during Saturday Night Live and ended with an unprecedented 2 minute video preview that was shown on the jumbotrons at Coachella, the full version of Daft Punk‘s new single, “Get Lucky” featuring Pharrell and Nile Rodgers has leaked, apparently aired by a radio station.

 

Daft Punk’s new album, Random Access Memories, comes out May 21 on Columbia Records.

Apr08

WATCH Todd Edwards Talks “West Coast Vibes” On Daft Punk Album

In the second in Daft Punk‘s Collaborators Series leading up to the release of their album, Random Access Memories, New Jersey house legend Todd Edwards talks about moving to LA to work with the robots on the new album, and then never going home again. He also gets into some real specifics of the production process and we even get a little peak inside the studio where the new album was recorded.

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Apr05

WATCH Daft Punk Promo Video With Giorgio Moroder (Video)

Remember last May when URB editor Josh Glazer broke the news of Giorgio Moroder‘s involvement with the new Daft Punk album during a keynote interview at IMS? The italo-disco godfather retells his story of being in the studio with the French robots, along with a lot more in this video released by Daft Punk. Their insanely crazy anticipated fourth album, Random Access Memories is out May 21 on Columbia Records.

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Mar26

New Daft Punk Release Date, Album Title, Collaborators and Action Figured Unveiled (Video & MP3)

A few folks might have Daft Punk fatigue after the endless unsubstantiated rumors that flew around SXSW last week. Those 12 people can stop reading here. For the ret of us, today the publicity gods handed down an album title, Random Access Memories, and more importantly, a release date—May 21. Also exciting is the fact that Panda Bear from Animal Collective and Chilly Gonzalez have been added to the list of album collaborators that already included disco legends Nigel Rogers and Giorgio Moroder.

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