So Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (or Daft Punk) are supposedly working on a new album and are set to tour the world in 2010. They were also rumoured to play Big Day Out's 100th show in Sydney. They also apparently 'mix' live at their shows. And speculation tells me that on the East Coast leg of their 2007 USA tour, it was not Thomas and Guy-Manuel... rather just some random guys in the Daft helmets. Not that that's hard to believe... I mean, do you have any idea what they actually look like? Have you picked up on the sarcasm yet?
Either way, I love them. They are Gods when it comes to the current Electro scene - there's no other way to describe it. And whilst many 'fans' will repetitively inform their friends of how much they LOVE 'One More Time' as it plays in whatever dive they choose to drown out their repressed desire to kiss a member of the same sex with alcohol, I maintain the mental position of "I am always better that you because I know more about Daft Punk than you". Hence my skepticism on the following track.
By the way... did you know Laurent Brancowitz (frontman of Phoenix) was in a three-piece band called Stereolab with Bangalter and de Homem-Christo in the late 1980s?
I found this on some French blog. I can't confirm that this is 100% authentic Daft Punk, but the European blogs are firing this one around touting it as 'the new wave'. It's very Daft and very good.
The Crash - Daft Punk
Moving on... or back... to Phoenix.
Delphic, who I posted a while back, are blowing up in a big way. They're success in the UK has flown over to Australia and they're currently (I think) Triple J's feature album. The best thing? They do remixes!!! The sound they produce is familiar whilst being edgy. I really dig this track. One of the better remixes I have heard in recent times.
Fences (Delphic Remix) - Phoenix
Onto something a little more funky. Tigers & Woods are from somewhere. And they do something. Truth is I found this track on a Russian blog. And I don't speak Russian. But damn this track is funkin' shit up.
Gin Nation - Tigers & Woods
And to finish this rant, some dub. A friend played this for me the other day. I guarantee a fair few of you will not like this track. But if you have good speakers, turn this up, have some cocaine and let the syncopation create an alter ego in you. His name is Mike. He drives trucks for a logging company... but suffers an internal struggle. You see, Mike battles every day as he tries to appease his Green Peace activist wife whilst affording her the life she deserves with money produced from the molten rivers that flow over Rainforests based on Fern Gully. Or don't download it. I couldn't care less.
Swagga - Excision & Datsik
Peace and Love.
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