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Daft Punk – Random Access Memories Review & Live Listening Session At Cafe Zoe, Mumbai

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With all the hype surrounding the release of Daft Punk‘s new album, I can think of a book full of people that would kill me for the opportunity to officially listen to Random Access Memories before it releases to the world.

But those are one of the perks of writing about music. That’s what Team Bangin Beats got to do this Tuesday morning. We were invited to the official streaming of Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, hosted by Sony Music India at Cafe Zoe, at Lower Parel, Mumbai. We walked into the mezzanine level at Cafe Zoe and we were welcomed by a handful of music enthusiasts, a delicious breakfast spread, Daft Punk memorabilia scattered around and “Digital Love” setting the mood for the morning.

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Before the newest album started off, the Managing Director Of Sony Music India, Mr.Shridhar Subramaniam, raised a quaint little welcome toast to all that were present, and to the launch and success of Daft Punk’s newest album.

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Daft Punk unboxes ‘Random Access Memories,’ Album to be available for stream on iTunes today!

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Daft Punk recently created their very own short video in a sci-fi backdrop to unleash their highly anticipated album “Random Access Memories“. While the French electronic duo unpack the vinyl version of the album, the video also witness the robots playing the first track from their album “Give Life Back To Music”. The french electronic duo knows how to create hype, with giving out least amount of content. The video also serves as a reminder of its release this coming weekend.

Stream the album here (on iTunes). The link will be active soon and will be open for a limited time, keep checking back for more info!

French Canadian Newspaper Reveals Next Daft Punk Singles And Talks About Random Access Memories Remix Package

The French Canadian newspaper “Le Journal De Quebec”, has just published a story that has revealed Daft Punk’s plans for the next two singles from their soon to be released album Random Access Memories, claiming that the Director of Marketing at Sony Music Canada, Craig Mannix revealed to publication that the follow-up to the Beatport chart topping “Get Lucky” will be the other collaboration with Pharrell titled, “Lose Yourself To Dance”  which is to followed by the Julian Casablancas collaboration “Instant Crush”.

According to Mannix, Thomas and Guy-Man desire to promote their album through a focus on physical marketing, stating that “They want to promote the record as if MTV never existed. They control everything”. The most interesting news is Mannix’s insistence that a remix package for Random Access Memories is in the works, the roster for which is still unknown.

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Daft Punk Announces “Random Access Memories”; New Album Out On May 21st.

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After what seemed like eons and eons of anticipation, Daft Punk announced a new album earlier this year. Keeping fans further on the edge of their seats, was the anticipation of what the album would look like, when it would be released and what it would be called. Well, the wait is over!

There was much leading up to this moment. Last month, Daft Punk confirmed that they had signed to Columbia, and on March 2nd, a mysterious television ad aired during “Saturday Night Live” featuring 15 seconds of a new song.

After a series of what some would term as an ingenious marketting strategy, Daft Punk’s long-awaited new album finally has a title and release date: “Random Access Memories,” out May 21 on the electronic stars’ Daft Life imprint (in association with new label Columbia Records), is now available for pre-order on iTunes.

Earlier this week, an international poster campaign for the new album began, with enormous images of the album’s cover appearing across the globe, including London.

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The album will be 13 tracks long – with an estimated running length of 74 minutes. A UK release date is yet to be confirmed, but it is likely to be the same as the US. It was previously believed that the album would be titled No End.

After Daft Punk announced a strategic alliance with Ultra Records earlier this year, the duo’s 15-second “SNL” commercial was projected onto a building outside of the Ultra Music Festival in Miami on Friday night. Could Daft Punk crash the second weekend of this year’s Ultra fest? Stay tuned to the blog for more.

In addition to their three studio albums beginning with 1997′s “Homework,” the highly influential French production duo of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo released the soundtrack to “Tron: Legacy” in 2010. Daft Punk also released their second live album, “Alive 2007,” in 2007.

Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ Sounds Strikingly Similar To Song Posted 3 Years Back!

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If you were once a young enthusiastic guitarist, looking around Youtube for guitar covers, the name Zack Kim should ring a bell to you. Zack Kim was known for doing novelty covers of various theme songs and playing the guitar in a manner not seen to many, called ‘free hands’, where he is seen tapping two guitars simultaneously. In the earlier Youtube days, he was a star. Hitting a few million views was a rare achievement at the time and Zack Kim had a 100 of those. And all that disappeared when he removed his channel after he joined the Korean army. 

So why is his name circulating the internet right now?

‘Robot Dance’ is an original that Zack Kim worked on back in 2010, 3 years before Random Access Memories. This particular song does not derive it’s relevance to Daft Punk from the title, but rather from the song itself. As you listen to the song, right from the first progression, you wonder where you’ve heard this tune before; and then it hits you. An image of Pharell, the robots & Nile Rodgers forms in your head, strung against the setting sun; just a backdrop of orange with black silhouettes. 

As the song progresses, the relevance to Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky’ grows stronger and you just sit there and wonder. Now we’re not saying Daft Punk went the will.i.am way, as this chord progression is one commonly found in the genres of Jazz. But it leaves you wondering, at what point does coincidence become incredulous. 

You can watch a (re-upload) of the video here. Music starts at 0:22.

Daft Punk premier new single “Lose Yourself To Dance” at the MTV’s VMA’s!

The bots are back in the news once again! This time the legendary duo, Daft Punk made an appearance at the recent, MTV’s Video Music Awards and have ever since initiated quite a stir among peers from the industry and other followers & fans.

Prior to presenting of Best Female Video, Daft Punk, Pharrell Williams, and Nile Rodgers presented a short, one minute teaser video of “Lose Yourself To Dance”. The French electronic duo emerged from a giant version of the KAWS Moonman’s head decked out in sparkling gold and silver blazers. Pharrell and Rodgers did all the talking when presenting Swift with her Moonman, as Daft Punk stood silently by presumably watching all the action from behind their gleaming helmets.

Easily one of the stronger tracks on their latest album, ‘Random Access Memories‘, it had been known for some time that “Lose Yourself To Dance” would be the second official single off of the critically acclaimed album.The minute-long teaser is reminiscent of the original “Get Lucky” teaser of Coachella, with all four musicians doing what they do best. While it may appear to be a music video snippet, it’s more likely to be a simple single tease.

Nile Rodgers to collaborate with Daft Punk again!

Hot off the heels of their new album release, which garnered tremendous coverage & appreciation, Daft Punk look keen to collaborate on new music with Nile Rodgers once again. Rodgers has apparently found some lost music that he believes “they’d love to work on”. The unreleased material dates back his Chic days and has been stored away – until now.

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Nile Rodgers Teams Up with Avicii for “Lay Me Down”

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Random Access Memories  the newest Daft Punk Album, has shot a lot of yesteryear’s musical talent into the spotlight.  Specifically, Giorgio Moroder and Nile Rodgers. It seems like Nile Rodgers has bitten the electronica bug and has reportedly been collaborating with a bunch of electronic artists, including, most recently, Avicii.

For those of you who don’t know,  Nile Rodgers co-wrote and played the guitar on several tracks for Daft Punk’s heavily praised Random Access Memories. Recently he took to twitter to convey his joy after working with the swedish DJ. Here’s what he said:

Avicii also added more spark to the curiosity built up around Lay Me Down by adding what could possibly be lyrics from the production. He tweeted:

After a daring, albeit innovative,  project with Aloe Blacc (See: Wake Me Up), I’m sure most of us can’t wait to see what Lay Me Down has in store for us.

Stay tuned to The Bangin Beats, for more information on that, as it happens.

Tiesto disses Daft Punk; says Tron Soundtrack & RAM‘isn’t that great’

Legends of dance music at war? Seems shocking, we always felt our electronic music world was quite peaceful and healthy competition existed. However, seems like all that is about to change! Pitting two of the biggest artists we can think of, against each other is no joke and we’re anxious to see what’ll happen next. Hit past the break to learn more! Continue reading →

Skrillex and Kanye West collaboration for Yeezus towed away

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Music is now becoming more and more ‘glocal’. It is insane how quickly things can escalate and change in this industry. Now a little birdie told us that the mysterious album by Kanye West ‘Yeezus‘ which is being talked about like nobody’s business has taken a hit after the leak. It seems that everybody is part of this much anticipated album including Skrillex and now we heard that the track has been put in tow. Instead, the album had been led by Daft Punk, who produced four major tracks for Yeezus following their own Random Access Memories. But in a recent interview, album contributor Mike Dean reveals that the record was too dubstep for Yeezus and that it has been shelved for a later date.

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