They used samplers including the Akai MPC and E-mu SP-1200, and Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer electric pianos, vocoders including a Roland SVC-350 and a DigiTech Vocalist, and various phaser effects. Rather than rely on the drum machines typical for house music, the Roland TR-808 and the TR-909, Daft Punk used a Oberheim DMX, a LinnDrum and a Sequential Circuits Drumtraks. Bangalter and Homem-Christo made music together and separately, in a similar process to Homework. Work started in 1998 and lasted two years. Recording ĭaft Punk recorded Discovery in their studio, Daft House, in Bangalter's home in Paris, France. Bangalter noted that Homework influenced many other artists to mimic its sound, prompting Daft Punk to pursue a different direction to better distinguish themselves. In 19, their time was split between making music for their own labels and recording Discovery. For the first half of 1998, the duo was focused on their own personal labels, while also working on the video collection D.A.F.T.: A Story About Dogs, Androids, Firemen and Tomatoes. In 2020, Rolling Stone included Discovery at number 236 in its updated list of " The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".Īfter their debut album, Homework, was released, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo spent most of 1997 touring on the Daftendirektour. The album produced six singles " One More Time" was its most successful, and became a club hit. Critics praised Daft Punk for innovating in house music as they had done with Homework. Discovery was a critical and commercial success, peaking high across several charts internationally on release. They also launched Daft Club, a website which featured exclusive tracks and other bonus material. Inspired by their childhood love for Japanese anime, the duo collaborated with Leiji Matsumoto to produce Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem, an anime film with the entirety of Discovery as the soundtrack.īefore Discovery 's release, Daft Punk adopted robot costumes. For the music videos, Daft Punk developed a concept involving the merging of science fiction with the entertainment industry. The electronic musicians Romanthony, Todd Edwards, and DJ Sneak collaborated on some tracks. It features extensive sampling some samples are from older records, while others were recorded by Daft Punk playing instruments. Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk described Discovery as an exploration of song structures, musical forms and childhood nostalgia, compared to the "raw" electronic music of Homework.ĭiscovery was recorded at Bangalter's home in Paris between 19. It marked a shift from the Chicago house of their first album, Homework (1997), to a house style more heavily inspired by disco, post-disco, garage house, and R&B. “We were drawing a parallel between the brain and the hard drive – the random way that memories are stored.”Īfter the upload of the “ Epilogue” video revealing the end of an era, their album sales have gone up by 2,650%, showing how many people wanted to own a piece of Daft Punk’s legacy, the duo who managed to reinvent themselves, shaping the sound of electronic music and influencing thousands and thousands of artists.Discovery is the second studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 12 March 2001 by Virgin Records. Containing several other notable hits such as ‘ Doin’ It Right’ and ‘ Lose Yourself To Dance’, it was sold 3.2 million copies worldwide in 2014.The album’s title aimed encapsulated the duo’s interest in the past, referencing both random-access memory technology and the human experience. With their Certified Platinum album ‘Random Access Memories’, Daft Punk amassed 1 billion Spotify streams, reached the top 10 in the charts of 32 countries and won five Grammy Awards in 2014, including Album of the Year and Record of the Year for ‘ Get Lucky‘ featuring Pharrel Williams. The release also includes the full album, as well as some assorted videos on a USB memory stick. This particular ‘R.A.M,’ edition follows the sale of another Daft Punk album, ‘ Discovery’ – a rare 2002 Japanese vinyl was sold for a mind-blowing $2,380 in April. This particular edition of the LP included the full original album pressed across two vinyl records, as well as an interview between Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and producer Giorgio Moroder pressed on a 10-inch vinyl record. Although music enthusiasts around the world remember February 22 as one of the saddest days in history – the day seminal French duo, Daft Punk announced their split after 28 years, the news resulted in a surge both in digital and vinyl sales.Īs their fourth and last album turned 8 years old yesterday, a limited edition vinyl box set copy of Daft Punk’s 2013 album ‘ Random Access Memories‘ was sold for a staggering $2,139, being one of the 30 most expensive items sold on Discogs in March this year.
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