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On “Giorgio by Moroder,” Moroder describes thinking that the Moog would be the future of music over, yes, a Moog-laden electro-prog beat. It features Chic’s Nile Rodgers and more notably Giorgio Moroder, the man behind Donna Summer’s “I Feel Love,” a song that signifies the moment in music history when disco turned techno. Random Access Memories, whose playful title perfectly mirrors its characteristics (the album is essentially a computerized, random moment in history), pays a worthy tribute to disco. It’s very possible that with Random Access Memories, Daft Punk will get ahead by simply looking back: pop music academics have often lamented disco as a misunderstood genre and era of music history, one whose revolutionary mixing of black and gay cultures is often overlooked in favor of its ridiculous clothing and even more ridiculous dance moves. All things considered, in the context of Daft Punk’s recent output, the disco-inspired Random Access Memories is an impressive feat. So what do you do when you’re off the map? You take solace in the familiar. One underwhelming soundtrack to one underwhelming movie and an even worse remix album of that soundtrack later, you could understandably label Daft Punk “lost,” mostly because you’re out of breath trying to list their recent disappointments. The latter was redeemed when remixed live with their old songs on Alive 2007, a record that captures the duo’s now legendary Pyramid Tour. They revolutionized dance music twice, with 1997’s Homework and 2001’s Discovery, only to land with a thud on 2005’s Human After All. If you thought the unabashed reverence for disco died along with LCD Soundsystem, think again.īy now, you all know the story: not just the hubbub surrounding Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, but everything in the French duo’s career leading up to it.
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