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I remember the electric atmosphere in the auditorium going to see the film the Epilogue video is taken from, Electroma [1], on screen. It was only playing in a
by tweetle_beetle 6y ago
I remember the electric atmosphere in the auditorium going to see the film the Epilogue video is taken from, Electroma [1], on screen. It was only playing in a single cinema in the world in Paris and only at midgnight. So glad I got to catch that.
I am kind of glad to hear that Daft Pank is over and I say this as someone who their music means a lot to. The arc of their art is complete and there is nowhere left for them to go without it becoming forced, awkward or irrelevant: teenagers with attitude and samplers to elder statesmen recording with an orchestra.
As this is HN, does anyone remember their more interesting dives into technology: Daft Club [2] and the multi-angle DVD of D.A.F.T. [3]?
This quote [4] about Daft Club, and the state of music on the internet, from 2001 is really interesting in hindsight:
> It's great to find a new channel where there is an open access, open door to more, but not more than had to be done before. It's establishing a connection between people that listen to our music and ourselves. There's no limits of time, and it helps people get and listen to this music. A track that could have been done today can be online tomorrow. The other thing is to really express ourselves through the Internet.
> ...
> Napster is a cool thing with us. The important thing is to make a difference. Napster is a positive thing because it raises questions, it raises issues.
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800022/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800022/
[2] https://web.archive.org/web/20020804191122/http://www.daftclub.com/index.php https://web.archive.org/web/20020804191122/http://www.daftcl...
[3] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279758/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279758/
[4] https://web.archive.org/web/20070609232158/http://music.yahoo.com/read/interview/12053561 https://web.archive.org/web/20070609232158/http://music.yaho...
- imwillofficial 6y agoI was a Daft Club member! I remember being made fun of when I was like 15 listening to Human After All, and people just not getting it. Daft Punk was the soundtrack to my hacker youth. I’m forever grateful and wish them the best in their retirement.
- flycaliguy 6y agoDaft Punk is what united my high school anime nerds with the “obscure” music nerds. What a lovely little merger we made. This would have been 1999 or so.
- nr2x 6y agoTo be fair, Human After All is not their best record. ;-)
- imwillofficial 6y agoI meant Discovery hahaha
- siquick 6y agoThis makes me feel very old - I saw them on the 1997 Homework tour when I wasn't much older than that.
- imwillofficial 6y agoNot old, aged like a fine wine, full of boldness and good stories. I’m jealous!
- mseidl 6y agoI really, really was looking forward to the new Daft Punk music video, "Tron 3"