Tipped to be one of the biggest selling albums of 2013, Random Access Memories, Daft Punk's first studio album since 2005, will finally be released on May 21st.
This, their 4th studio album, which was recorded in almost complete secrecy and taking the best part 5 yrs to make, is without doubt the most anticipated album of the year so far.
The duo, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have not held
back on this latest offering. After
claiming that Electronic Dance Music is having an identity crisis and is very
much in its comfort zone, Daft Punk on this album have moved away from their
usual use of samples and have somewhat limited the whole electronic aspect.
This time around they’ve been busy experimenting with a string of live
musicians and collaborators, including the legendary ‘Hitmaker’ Nile Rodgers,
vocalist Pharrell Williams & Italian ‘King of Disco’ Giorgio Moroder to
name a few.
Perhaps the most exciting thing about this project
is the fact that the entire album from start to finish has been recorded in
live studios with real people (mainly in Paris & New York). This in its self is somewhat refreshing for
today’s EDM, which is generally produced on laptops in hotel rooms and airport
lounges by traveling DJs.
This coupled with an inventive pre-release
marketing campaign, engaging fans with video teasers, has ignited the
excitement and anticipation surrounding this latest release.
The debut single ‘Get Lucky’, which
features Pharrell Williams on vocals and Rodgers on guitar, has already smashed
records, having the biggest streaming day for a single track in the US and UK
on the day of its release on the Swedish online music site, Spotify.
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