Daft Punk are going full out disco. How will this affect the music industry?

[W.A.C.]

Let's face it, mainstream dance and electronic music has gotten really stale...really...really...really fucking stale. Much of it sounds the same and dubstep took over mainstream electronic music (which also sounds the same WUBWUBWUB). The future of dance and electronic music has not looked very good and as a result, I think many people are getting sick of it. This is probably why artists like Adele and Gotye have become so successful because a lot of people want something new. So in a time when electronic dance music is the most sale it's been in ages, the long awaited 4th album by Daft Punk seems like it might the glimmer of hope this industry needs. After a series of teaser commercials, they launched a video series called The Collaborators where people who worked on the album talk about their experiences in the music industry and their involvement on the album.

Daft Punk | SNL ad ▲
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories SNL ad ▲
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators: Giorgio Moroder
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators: Todd Edwards
Daft Punk | Random Access Memories | The Collaborators: Nile Rodgers

After three episodes, it became very clear this album was going to be very influenced by '70s disco. Last night, they finally revealed more about the album in a surprise video demonstration at Coachella and yeah, they are going full out disco.

Daft Punk's "Get Lucky" Teaser at Coachella 2013

How will this album change the industry? Could many of these collaborators have a career revival? Will disco become huge again? Soon we'll find out and I couldn't be more excited about this album's release.

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lol coachella. Damn word filter.

[cipher]

Can somebody explain to me why this upcoming daft punk album is such a big deal? People don't seem to want to shut up about it.

[BluPhoenix]

because daft punk rocks

and they are being huge teases about their new work

[W.A.C.]

By the time their new album releases, hopefully I won't end up getting sick of their main single. >_> I played that Coaci'm gay video over ten times last night. RELEASE THE ALBUM, DAMMIT!

The album's move away from computerized sounds reflects Daft Punk's "ambivalence" about the EDM craze they helped to inspire. "Electronic music right now is in its comfort zone and it's not moving one inch," Thomas says. "That's not what artists are supposed to do." He adds that the genre is suffering "an identity crisis: You hear a song, whose track is it? There's no signature. Skrillex has been successful because he has a recognizable sound: You hear a dubstep song, even if it's not him, you think it's him."

Source: [LINK]

Unsurprisingly, the stale state of the electronic dance music scene had a big impact on their musical direction's future.

[zwimmy]

Discovery was very disco and I think it's overall their most popular album. A lot of people had their faith in Daft Punk shaken from Human After All, which was a mixed bag and a big departure from their other work. Then Alive 2007 came along, and everyone's faith was restored. We've been waiting a long time for a new studio album, almost a decade in fact. RAM is gonna be like the second coming.

GET HYPE
GET LUCKY

[BluPhoenix]

alive 2007 is one of the greatest albums known to man

[W.A.C.]

Too bad the sound quality to Alive 2007 sucked. Alive 1997 had much better sound quality but musically, both live albums were awesome.

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The titles of the songs have now been revealed: [LINK]
We now have additional information about Daft Punk's new look: [LINK]

[rtil]

to me, daft punk still sounds like daft punk, and i think that's great. i don't think RAM will change the music industry..i honestly don't think daft punk is big enough to change the music industry. yes they are popular, but they are not THAT popular. the hype surrounding the album largely consists of pre-existing daft punk fans. remember when kanye west did that song "stronger" and used a daft punk song as his backing track? most people who watched that music video had no idea who daft punk was, and probably didn't care after finding out, either.

daft punk fills an important niche, but you're not going to see skrillex start making disco in 2014 or anything.

i think the alive 2007 stuff sounds fine, but it will never compare to actually being there. because i was. and i won't miss out on another tour if they happen to do one. there was a fake tour poster going around a few days ago, whoever made that is an ass.

how daft punk chose their launch party location:

[Gilthwixt]

I'm actually really curious to see what they did with Julian Casablancas. Big fan of both Daft Punk and The Strokes so it should be gold.

[ExBerian]

Can somebody explain to me why this upcoming daft punk album is such a big deal? People don't seem to want to shut up about it.

Because, other than the soundtrack from Tron: Legacy, they haven't been out much or made any original tracks since Human After All in '05.

[W.A.C.]

New SNL ad. This time we finally get a sample of a song that's a different song.

Daft Punk's "Lose Yourself To Dance" Teaser

[zwimmy]

oh god yesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

[W.A.C.]

Daft Punk Pharrell SNL Ad

Daft Punk released another commercial for SNL tonight. Most of it is the footage from Coachella, but now we can see it in great quality.

[rtil]

i really wish they'd stop teasing and release a single an the mv already

[redmongoose]

Coaci'm gay,

[W.A.C.]

i really wish they'd stop teasing and release a single an the mv already

The teasing is getting ridiculous, but it is effective in building a fuckload of hype. :/ Brilliant marketing on their part.

[rtil]

yes but at some point it just gets ridiculous. and people's expectations can get a little unrealistic. kind of reminds me of the reaction to PSY's new single. people have to remember these guys are human beings, not everything they touch becomes perfect.

[W.A.C.]

Yeah, the new single by Psy was pretty disappointing. Considering the giant amount of hype Daft Punk have created for this album, hopefully it'll live up to that hype. I'm listening to Discovery and it reminds how the album is so inconsistent in quality. Songs like the first four tracks, Superheroes, Voyager, and Veridis Quo will always be important classics to me. Songs like Crescendolls, High Life, and Too Long however... Well, let's just say they do not excite me when they're about to come on. Too Long should've never been so goddamn long. The joke behind the song's title stopped being funny after the first listen.

[zwimmy]

screw all you non-believers

[W.A.C.]

Since I got tired of my old cover photo, I decided to modify that image rtil posted and turned it into my new cover photo.



Yes, I use that old image as my profile picture. For those who hated that image, be glad I never bothered to change my cat avatar on here.