Daft Punk celebrates 10 years of ‘Random Access Memories’ with new song – Rádio Itatiaia

The satirical spirit of French electronic music duo Daft Punk is on display right at their baptism. After a negative review by the UK’s oldest music newspaper (now Melody Maker) calling them ridiculous punks, they took the suggestion and adopted the name fully. Originally in English: “Daft Punk”. Formed by Guy Manuel de Homem Cristo and Thomas Bangalter, the duo released their first album in 1993, three decades ago, and their last in 2013, exactly ten years ago.

Entitled Random Access Memories, the album included the hit song “Get Lucky”, which featured Pharrell Williams and boosted sales, breaking records and records to become the best-selling single in a week in UK history, namely UK territory. the critics who drew it in the beginning.

Other highlights of “Random Access Memories” include “Lose Yourself to Dance” and “Instant Meltdown”. Both got a music video, the second featuring the story of a couple of wax dolls who died after being set on fire.

From the beginning, the duo has been known to use various electronic devices, in line with robotic clothing, including helmets that hide the musicians’ faces. The sonic experience did not prevent them from reaching the charts and even creating a song, as with “Digital Love”.

He also penned a host of the memorable hits “Around the World”, “Da Funk”, “One More Time”, “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”, “Technology”, “Robot Rock” and “Instant”. Crash”, in an unusual encounter with Julian Casablancas, lead singer of The Strokes.

Incidentally, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of “Random Access Memories,” the duo Daft Punk released an unreleased song with Casablancas. “Infinity Repeating” can now be seen on digital platforms. It was originally registered in 2013, and it has not been used at that time.

The group also released 35 minutes of unreleased material, with recordings of the landmark album unreleased at the time. The funky French duo has been officially divorced since 2021, and it still remains a surprise.

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