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LISTEN TO IT #78-79: DAFT PUNK VS DENKI GROOVE
I’ve had mixed feelings about Daft Punk for awhile. I enjoyed their debut, which added a welcome element of retro funk to the techno scene at the time. Then they decided what they really wanted was to play disco love songs, at which point they got a little less interesting for me.
For their “comeback” album, they haven’t changed their musical direction so much as expanded the palette with strings, brass, live drums and plenty of guest stars. The result is a very organic sounding album.
In some ways it’s an improvement, though the extensive use of vocoders and Autotune (presumably both an extension of the disco aesthetic and the duo’s insistence in pretending to be robots) can get grating, if only because everyone does that now. But there are plenty of highlights, the centerpiece of which (for me, anyway) is their homage to Giorgio Moroder.
Meanwhile, the other big dance-album event of the year – at least in Japan – is the new album from Denki Groove, who have been around longer than Daft Punk and have been more prolific, but have more in common with Kraftwerk than Moroder.
I tend to like their singles, and their new album has its moments. But too often it seems a little average. You can dance to it, but you can’t always groove to it.
Then again, like the new Daft Punk, it could grow on me. Also, no Autotune, which is a plus.
I’d share a track from the album with you, but it’s illegal unless you live in Japan.
So here’s some cover art for you.
Get lucky,
This is dF
For their “comeback” album, they haven’t changed their musical direction so much as expanded the palette with strings, brass, live drums and plenty of guest stars. The result is a very organic sounding album.
In some ways it’s an improvement, though the extensive use of vocoders and Autotune (presumably both an extension of the disco aesthetic and the duo’s insistence in pretending to be robots) can get grating, if only because everyone does that now. But there are plenty of highlights, the centerpiece of which (for me, anyway) is their homage to Giorgio Moroder.
Meanwhile, the other big dance-album event of the year – at least in Japan – is the new album from Denki Groove, who have been around longer than Daft Punk and have been more prolific, but have more in common with Kraftwerk than Moroder.
I tend to like their singles, and their new album has its moments. But too often it seems a little average. You can dance to it, but you can’t always groove to it.
Then again, like the new Daft Punk, it could grow on me. Also, no Autotune, which is a plus.
I’d share a track from the album with you, but it’s illegal unless you live in Japan.
So here’s some cover art for you.
Get lucky,
This is dF