Daft Punk - c'est fini

Thelonious Monk

They've come to a conclusion. Always loved them, saw them in Belgium once, a great experience. I remember listening to them in secondary school in the 90s and I bought their latest album a few years ago. Sad to see the robots gone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDX6wNfjqc

jam_mac_jam

Aw. Always liked them. Never saw them live would have loved to.

Dr. Bre

Au revoir

A bed in heaven to them.

I remember their big hits in 1997 then though their time had past.

Then in 2001 they dropped that brilliant album and it was a glorious comeback. Then they disappeared.

Then they had that megahit with pharell in 2013.

Gives me hope that our best days can always be far in the distanr future.

I am going to binge on some old stuff on YouTube now. Da Funk first up....

biko

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40231493.html

Thanks for the music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHGvaQMClEo

Harry Palmr

Preferred Air myself.

Royale with Cheese

I've been to a number of different daft punk tribute acts in Dublin. Put on some robot helmets and hit play on some daft punk songs, has to be the easiest gig ever. Good craic though :-)

heebusjeebus

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

I've been to a number of different daft punk tribute acts in Dublin. Put on some robot helmets and hit play on some daft punk songs, has to be the easiest gig ever. Good crack though :-)

Ah ya, one of my highlights of EP a few years ago was Daft as Punk in the Body & Soul bandstand.
Probably 6pm on the Friday. It was epic and I was the right amount drunk at the time.

Lurching

The hours I've spent listening to Daft Punk in the car is immense.
It's not really surprising considering they haven't done anything solo in eight years, and they hate the limelight.
Somewhat the end of an era though.

Harry Palmr

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Preferred Air myself.

There was a period in the late 90's when French electronic music was churning out one great act after another. Cassius, Air, Les Rythmes Digitales all had some great tunes

murpho999

This opens a gap in the market now for Linda Martin

Thelonious Monk

Deleted User wrote: »

There was a period in the late 90's when French electronic music was churning out one great act after another. Cassius, Air, Les Rythmes Digitales all had some great tunes

Didn't Cassius fall out of a hotel window or something a while back?

jester77

Epic band, thanks for the good times in the late 90's and 00's, they were the soundtrack to some of my best memories

Your Face

A poor man's Vengaboys.

TheValeyard

They finally saw Linda Martin's version.

Penn

Need one of them to go on The Masked Singer now, and take off a mask to reveal their Daft Punk helmet underneath.

buried

This was a banging set from 97, loads of live mixing with Roland's. Fantashtic house music.

Cartman78

Huge fan but imho they never came close to matching the quality of Homework

AndyBoBandy

Homework is one of my all time favourite albums. And by a country mile Daft Punk’s greatest album.

I’d consider it (and Leftfield’s Leftism), as defining moments of electronic music.


Also anyone that hasn’t heard it, check out Alive 97.

1800_Ladladlad

The bastards. I will never forgive them. crying cat meme

rosser44

One of the most enjoyable live acts I've seen - They brought it every time.

Banger after banger, and a visual feast of lights and lasers and video to boot.

I was very lucky to have been at the Paris gig that became Alive 2007, as well as Oxygen that year too. The Paris gig was an almost religious experience, a perfect gig. The perfect gig.



Here's hoping the taxman comes after them in 10 or so years and a tour is required!!:pac:

Relikk

Never saw the appeal of their output post Homework. They were good, but not that good with the way some people and the media fawned over them. There are far more innovative producers in the electronic music world.

Ekerot

Thelonious Monk

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

They've come to a conclusion. Always loved them, saw them in Belgium once, a great experience. I remember listening to them in secondary school in the 90s and I bought their latest album a few years ago. Sad to see the robots gone!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuDX6wNfjqc

Great artists, but a Bit of an OTT end from them. Whether it's art or not is irrelevant, not sure I agree with the self destruct nature of the video especially in these trying times.

That is likely just me though.

Jamari Future Tuner

Jamari Future Tuner wrote: »

Great artists, but a Bit of an OTT end from them. Whether it's art or not is irrelevant, not sure I agree with the self destruct nature of the video especially in these trying times.

That is likely just me though.

You'd understand it better if you'd seen the movie!
"Daft Punk's Electroma - Wikipedia" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daft_Punk%27s_Electroma

Cartman78

Cartman78 wrote: »

Huge fan but imho they never came close to matching the quality of Homework

Actually now that I think of it, the Tron soundtrack is pretty decent but totally different vibe to Homework

retalivity

Cartman78 wrote: »

Huge fan but imho they never came close to matching the quality of Homework

Discovery a savage album, as is the Interstella 5555 anime that accompanies it.

Thelonious Monk

I prefer Discovery to Homework, I didn't initially but over the years for me it's a far better more ambitious album.
The one with Robot Rock I thought wasn't great, but I really like Random Access Memories.

Cartman78

retalivity wrote: »

Discovery a savage album, as is the Interstella 5555 anime that accompanies it.

Don't get me wrong...I like all their stuff but Homework on a different level for me.

I was in college when it came out so that probably explains a lot :-)

retalivity

Cartman78 wrote: »

Don't get me wrong...I like all their stuff but Homework on a different level for me.

I was in college when it came out so that probably explains a lot :-)

As i was when Discovery was released!

enricoh

Definitely in my top 3 gigs I was ever at, in marlay park years ago. Came on, absolutely rocked it and never said a word during the gig.
No 'we love u irish' 'u guys are our favorites' ' 'trump's a knob, save the whales etc'! Epic

Montage of Feck

Their remix of the angelus was legendary.

Beechwoodspark

Have to say they had a very low productivity rate after the 2nd album.

Way too long a gap between albums.

Beechwoodspark

[Deleted User] wrote: »

There was a period in the late 90's when French electronic music was churning out one great act after another. Cassius, Air, Les Rythmes Digitales all had some great tunes

LRD is Stuart price. English guy who latched onto the French house trend in late 90s

colm_mcm

Went to see them yonks ago in Paris, now my 6 year old listens to them.

Plasandrunt

Probably saved Oxegen 07 from being the worst weekend ever. Absolutely mudbath.

However as I've got older I liked the childish electro sound less and less and was one of the only few who appreciated the change into disco a few years ago.

punisher5112

They'll be back.... All around the world...

Fatnacho

Always got the impression that Thomas Bangalter was the creative driving force based on the other projects he was involved with. Hopefully, he revives Stardust.

The J Stands for Jay

enricoh wrote: »

Definitely in my top 3 gigs I was ever at, in marlay park years ago. Came on, absolutely rocked it and never said a word during the gig.
No 'we love u irish' 'u guys are our favorites' ' 'trump's a knob, save the whales etc'! Epic

I remember when the gig was over thinking it could've been anyone under the masks. Great show.

Fatnacho

Fatnacho wrote: »

Always got the impression that Thomas Bangalter was the creative driving force based on the other projects he was involved with. Hopefully, he revives Stardust.

seeing other sites, suggesting they could be dropping a final album or that he is continuing as a solo act, as i believe the other one has hearing issues from Djaying

2lazytogetup

McGaggs wrote: »

I remember when the gig was over thinking it could've been anyone under the masks. Great show.

Remember that. Could have been anyone. Dance music gigs need a tent. Open air the base doesn't work.

2lazytogetup

They only had about 5 or 6 great tunes. But were a great influence on other acts.

I think rhythm digital were actually English taking the piss. Some mentioned them as another French act. Jacque lu Cont was from Bristol.

Ultrflat

I like all there albums they evolved and pushed there own boundaries.

I will never forget Marley Park 2007 and the rain coming down and just going nuts such an amazing gif great band.

Church on Tuesday

murpho999 wrote: »

This opens a gap in the market now for Linda Martin

I think the world has suffered enough lately.

iamstop

This is a great remix that I've introduced many people to over the years. It was a b-side on a Chemical Brothers 12"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47q4_SnNfPw

:cool:

circadian

Was all ****e after Homework anyway.

Quantum Erasure

What ever happened Justice?

Just looked them up, they were before their time

In March 2019, the band introduced IRIS: A Space Opera by Justice, a 60-minute film of a live show recorded in an empty space without an audience. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 13,[57] while a single projection in French theaters screened on August 29. Critical reception was very positive, with Mixmag describing it as a "sensory triumph."[58]

murpho999

circadian wrote: »

Was all ****e after Homework anyway.

Wouldn't agree with that and Radom Access Memories was great and was also critically acclaimed.

ShineOn7

Jamari Future Tuner wrote: »

Great artists, but a Bit of an OTT end from them. Whether it's art or not is irrelevant, not sure I agree with the self destruct nature of the video especially in these trying times.

That is likely just me though.

The only thing OTT is this reply

ShineOn7

murpho999 wrote: »

This opens a gap in the market now for Linda Martin

Check the studio audience's reaction at 1' 12"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZYQluJW-dM