I can see how many would be disappointed and find the albm boring.We've reviewed every song on Daft Punk's latest masterwork, the just-released Random Access Memories.
I also enjoyed Electroma without the volume down and Random Access Memories playing instead. Then again, I purchased and enjoyed Electroma and came to this album with relatively low expectations despite all the hype/promotion. Random Access Memories was never going to be another Discovery, and anyone waiting for them to do that is going to be disappointed.
Human After All also felt a bit slapdash in parts compared to Discovery, and was in an altogether harder style. The first album had some great tracks but it also had a lot of fillers. I'm not even sure I'd class it as a dance album, atlhough I have plenty of albums that would be put in the dance/club section of the CD store but are nigh impossible to dance to.Īs far as change of direction, each album has been in quite a different style as far as I'm concerned. I had no expectation when loading the CD into the tray, and I truly enjoyed the entire uninterupted album sat on my sofa with a huge grin on my face. I refuse to ever read anything about albums (especially ones as anticipated as this) and instead just wait for it to drop through my door in glorious CD format. Conjures up lot of emotion and feeling, for me anyway. I'm particularly drawn to their slower, more chilled songs on this LP too - some are just plain 80's Miami (Game of Love) and other are even quite sad (Within). This album has all the hallmarks of their signature sound but with a much more musical, live dynamic and depth. In fact, DP's earlier work was often devoid of this very thing - huge 8 or 16 bar slabs of programmed drums, keys or bass hitting you in blocks without any efforts to layer with discretion. I'm not sure every album needs huge floor-filling anthems to be a great listen? Saying that there are plenty of tracks with enough percussive guts and groove to get me up!įor me the genuine beauty of the work lays within the subtleties, layering and arrangement of the instruments and programming - something often lacking in modern electronica. I don't want to talk it up anymore but I would wholeheartedly recommend anyone with a pulse should pay it some attention. It is sublime to hear veteran electronic producers come forward with such an rich offering. It's so unbelievably rich in production too - layers upon layers of exquisitely recorded guitars, bass, synthezized keys, vocals, orchestral strings, live percussion and programmed modular effects. I have literally been laughing out loud at how good it is. Sometimes all of those influences are evident at the same time.
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It transists between sounding like future funk, back to 80's Miami, through epic movie soundtrack richness and computer game influences back to discotheque-dancefloor bliss effortlessly. It sounds classic yet very now, very cool, very special. It'll sound familiar to anyone that knows DP, whilst being an total evolution of their sound (much more live in sound and space) and like nothing anyone else in electronic music doing at the moment. I don't often say such things easily when it comes to music, but I will say the album will go down as a true great.
And based on my gut feeling and the endorphin excitment fizzing away inside my mind, It is, by my prediction, a game changer. Been listening to my copy of Random Access Memories by Daft Punk over the last 24 hours.