TAG: Daft Punk

Feb07

Daft Punk Working On New Album With Disco Legend Nile Rodgers

Famed disco icon Nile Rodgers has apparently been spending time with everyone’s favorite Parisian robots, according to an interview with the Chic frontman in Houston’s Culture Map. “Those guys are great,” said the man behind “Le Freak” and “Good Times.” “They’re coming to my apartment on Monday and we’re going to talk about making a new record together.”

This dream collaboration would mark Daft Punk’s first proper album since 2005’s rather forgettable (yet ultimately redeemed) Human After All. It’s widely believe that the new effort with Rodgers, who has produced everyone from Superbowl superstar Madonna (Like A Virgin) to David Bowie (Let’s Dance) to Michael Bolton (um…) will be an R&B-influenced affair. It’s a genre Daft Punk have already proven themselves surprisingly capable of.



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Dec19

URB Top 10 Ten Artists Of 2011 (Readers Poll Winners)

Ranking the top artists of the past 365 days is a tricky proposition. What seemed like a simple enough question when we asked you to rate 100 top artists becomes a labyrinth of questions regarding the state of music in 2011. Is dance music really taking over the American landscape, or does hip-hop still rule the minds of music fans? Is it fair to nominate an act that didn’t release a proper record this year, when the internet has made the act of releasing albums virtually obsolete? Did some acts hustle hard for voters while others sat back and let the votes come in? …MORE

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Dec13

Alan Braxe Accused Of Peeing Onstage In SF

French house DJ and frequent Daft Punk collaborator Alan Braxe was kicked out of San Francisco’s DNA Lounge after allegedly peeing onstage. Braxe, who is best known for the 1998 smash “The Music Sounds Better With You,” which he co-wrote with Thomas Bangalter as Stardust, is accused of relieving himself on in the middle of his set.

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Oct17

Daft Punk Release ‘Interstella 5555′ On Blu-Ray

Before there was the pyramid, the art films and TRON:Legacy, Daft Punk broke the electronic music mold with Interstella 5555, and anime film created in conjunction with the duo’s smash second album, Discovery. The film animates the whole of the album, which included Daft Punk classics “One More Time,” “Face To Face” and “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” while telling the story of an alien band who are kidnapped by an evil music industry executive and forced to perform as human likenesses. The film was created with legendary anime auteur Leiji Matsumoto, who introduced an entire generation of Western youths, including Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, to the Japanese sci-fi style with his show Space Battleship Yamato (ie- Star Blazers). …MORE

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Sep16

NEW Daft Punk :: “Drive” (Unreleased) (MP3)

Yesterday we tipped you off that “Drive,” an unreleased tune from Daft Punk from 1994 would make its debut on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 program tonight. Well, it appears that only a preview has been let loose, meaning you;ll have to wait until 9/19 to hear the full thing.

The song was unearthed by the duo’s first label, Scotland’s Soma Records, who are releasing the tune as part of the 20th anniversary collection. And how is it? As harder, better, faster and stronger as you’d expect from a tune that was originally considered for the b-side to “Rollin & Scratchin.”

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