Daft Punk have launched a brand new video sequence titled ‘Reminiscence Tapes’ that displays on the creation of their last LP ‘Random Entry Recollections’.
The sequence is made up of eight episodes that supply an inside take a look at the creation of the album in addition to highlights from the assorted collaborators who had been featured on the LP. The collaborators share their favorite recollections and the influence each Daft Punk and the album have had on their music and careers.
The primary two episodes of Reminiscence Tapes function The Strokes’ frontman Julian Casablancas who collaborated with the French duo on ‘Prompt Crush’ and pianist Chilly Gonzales who performed on ‘Inside’ and ‘Give Life Again To Music’.
Upcoming episodes will embody contributions from Pharrell Williams, Todd Edwards, DJ Falcon, Nile Rodgers and others.
The interviews had been carried out at Henson Studios in Los Angeles and Gang Studios in Paris that are two of the 5 areas during which ‘Random Entry Recollections’ was recorded. Every episode additionally options never-before-seen studio footage of Daft Punk in the course of the recording course of.
The Reminiscence Tapes sequence is a part of the tenth anniversary content material for the album which was launched in 2013. Different anniversary content material included a reissue of the LP together with unheard tracks reminiscent of ‘Infinity Repeating’ in addition to a re-release of a mini documentary sequence that was made concerning the album in 2013.
In a five-star overview of the album, NME shared: “By assembling a forged of their favorite musicians and delving into their adolescent recollections, Daft Punk have created one thing as emotionally trustworthy as any singer-songwriter confessional – and much more enjoyable to bounce to. Exit and rejoice: there’s one thing new underneath the solar.”
NME additionally explored how ‘Random Entry Recollections’ turned probably the most hyped album of its period in a particular retrospective function.
In different information, Daft Punk memeber Man-Manuel was credited as a producer on Travis Scott’s newest album ‘Utopia’. He labored on the monitor ‘MODERN JAM’ (Feat. Teezo Landing).
Earlier this yr Thomas Bangalter defined the explanations behind the duo’s break up in 2021. “My considerations concerning the rise of synthetic intelligence transcend its use in music creation,” he stated, explaining that followers typically misunderstood their music.
“[In Daft Punk,] we tried to make use of these machines to precise one thing extraordinarily shifting {that a} machine can’t really feel, however a human can. We had been at all times on the aspect of humanity and never on the aspect of know-how,” he continued. “As a lot as I really like this character, the very last thing I’d need to be, on this planet we stay in, in 2023, is a robotic.”
Following them calling it quits, Bangalter introduced his first solo album in over 20 years, ‘Mythologies’ – which was initially conceived as a ballet rating and carried out at Bordeaux’s Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux final July.
