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Technos
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Nov. 26th, 2007 | 11:35
zeitgeist: /dev/null
now playing: “Computer World” - Kraftwerk
I must confess: one of my ultimate weaknesses is techno music, and of this, most especially House. It's robotic, with beeps and synthesisers and clicks that sound like the ministrations of a dying computer, with a steady, mechanised beat. Some of the best groups out there are the likes of Kraftwerk, Vitalic, and especially Daft Punk. So, then, imagine my excitement when I realised that there was a new album out from Daft Punk.
It's okay. You can take this time to imagine. Please stop when you hear the tone.
*F# Major*
Enter: Alive2007. Daft Punk.
A little history. Daft Punk is a magical robotic musical duo from France. It's music for robots. House-style techno. It's awesome stuff, and the musicality has been shaping since their release of Homework, eleven years ago. Moreover, Homework still sounds fresh. Then there was a tour, with an LP called Alive 1997 made of live stuff. It's ten years since then, and this new album is a call-back to the last live album.
So, it's a live album from the recent tour. A tour filled with giant video effects and LEDs and amazing things. But it's a live album.
And all the songs? They run the gamut. It's familiar stuff from all the albums. The joy is not in the fact that there's new content (there isn't; it's all old music), but in the way the tracks are blended together. New and old; new from old. It's fresh and good. It is full of groove. The crowd noise is toned down, too; it adds ambience without being annoying.
Anyway, I mention this because, as we're nearing the end of 2007, I'm making The List. Number one is already decided, but the rest are still changing, even at this late date. It's been a heady year of releases.
It's okay. You can take this time to imagine. Please stop when you hear the tone.
*F# Major*
Enter: Alive2007. Daft Punk.
A little history. Daft Punk is a magical robotic musical duo from France. It's music for robots. House-style techno. It's awesome stuff, and the musicality has been shaping since their release of Homework, eleven years ago. Moreover, Homework still sounds fresh. Then there was a tour, with an LP called Alive 1997 made of live stuff. It's ten years since then, and this new album is a call-back to the last live album.
So, it's a live album from the recent tour. A tour filled with giant video effects and LEDs and amazing things. But it's a live album.
And all the songs? They run the gamut. It's familiar stuff from all the albums. The joy is not in the fact that there's new content (there isn't; it's all old music), but in the way the tracks are blended together. New and old; new from old. It's fresh and good. It is full of groove. The crowd noise is toned down, too; it adds ambience without being annoying.
Anyway, I mention this because, as we're nearing the end of 2007, I'm making The List. Number one is already decided, but the rest are still changing, even at this late date. It's been a heady year of releases.