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this week, in its place I have put together a love letter to Daft Punk's new
album (may have heard about the thing).
There's been
a few disappointed faces; there are no 'bangers', it isn't an album of Get
Luckys, and others seem to think that the Parisians had promised them Homework
or Discovery 2.
We don't
really need anything else sounding like Homework or Discovery, that French
electro thing flogged that horse and the last thing radio/charts/elevators need
is more house music.
Thomas and
Guy made an album for themselves and that is all I'd ever ask for an artist;
when you start trying to feed your audience what they want you end up with
Nickelback or David Guetta - musicians with a formula that keeps music at a
stand-still.
Luckily for
me, in making an album for themselves they've also made an album, seemingly
tailored made for MY tastes.
To risk
sounding like a review or further editorial on the album, I have made a mix, a
playlist, a compilation, a sonic scrapbook of songs, artists and genres that
Random Access Memories reminds me of.
I've kept to
songs and artists that I know have been referenced by the band - either on this
album or prior projects. Nothing rare in this one, Daft Punk wanted to emulate
bands with huge budgets and time to play in the studio, I'd like to think every
song in this mix is a masterclass in glossy big production, a class Daft Punk have
aced.
With the
track listing I have attempted to emulate the flow of RAM, it picks up and it
grooves and then it brings you off the dance floor and gets a little personal.
There's a
couple piano ballads, 'yacht rock' standards, jazz funk smoothness, electronic
soundtrack atmosphere, prog and a little bit of disco.
The mix is
called Steely RAM: their helmets are steel-like, the album's abbreviated is RAM
and Steely Dan just because Steely Dan. This is not a Steely Dan vs. Daft Punk mashup, regretting this
name already.
Tracklisting
Hall &
Oates - Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)
Todd
Rundgren - International Feel
Eric Carmen
- All By Myself
Goblin -
Profondo Rosso
Chic -
Everybody Dance
Giorgio
Moroder - The Chase
Michael
McDonald - Keep Forgetting
Tangerine
Dream - Love On A Real Train
Paul
Williams - Travelling Boy
Steely Dan -
Josie
Christopher
Cross - Ride Like the Wind
Fleetwood
Mac - Hypnotize
Electric
Light Orchestra - The Whale
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