When discussing an interstellar spaceship manned only by modern electronic music’s musical elite, there’s no guesswork involved with what voice would be heard over the intercom saying “This is your captain speaking.” Of course it’d be none other than the funky vocoder stylings of Daft Punk.
The duo who pioneered digital disco are back yet again with today’s release of their highly anticipated 4th record, Random Access Memories. They’ve released a teaser video for the packaging, causing every lover of their catchy rhythms to drool uncontrollably.
Random Access Memories has been highly buzzed about through the past few months, and for good reason. Sans their original soundtrack to Disney’s Tron, it’s their first major effort in eight years, with 2005’s Human After All hitting store shelves well before the Kanye West Grammy appearance and the blogosphere’s more or less unanimous acceptance of Daft Punk as the electronic overlords. Not only that, the record is packed with collaborations, some relatively predictable like house producer Todd Edwards, and some way out of left field like Animal Collective’s Panda Bear.
The past few weeks have seen several of these mini-docs about the collaborative process of working with the Punks, as well as the full release of the first single “Get Lucky” (ft. Pharrell Williams).
With the album looming overhead, there have been a lot of expectations to meet that Daft Punk will predictably tackle with ease. The vinyl is on store shelves now.
