AN IMAGINARY COMPILATION ALBUM : #378: DAFT PUNK (2)

A GUEST POST by KHAYEM

JC writes…………………..

Sometimes I engage in some villainous behaviour to ensure this blog maintains its standards, whatever they actually are.  Today is such an occasion.

I really appreciate the plethora of guest postings that come my way, especially when they are ICAs of bands/acts/groups I know relatively little about.   Back in October 2015, a contributor called Aidan Baker came up with this superb effort on Daft Punk.    I’ve long felt a second volume was overdue, even if it was the case that some of the songs overlapped.

Making a long-overdue visit to Khayem‘s always engaging, informative and highly entertaining Dubhed, I came across something he posted on 28 July 2024 which didn’t receive any comments.   I decided to ‘appropriate’ said post, and in doing so have finally got Vol 2 of the Daft Punk ICA. Here’s K……..

Teachers, Television, Technology

I posted the first Dubhed selection dedicated to Guy Manuel De Homen-Cristo and Thomas Bangalter way, way back in February 2022. I confessed then that “I don’t own a single Daft Punk album – and I probably need to do something about that”. Suffice to say, I’ve since taken care of business.

I’ve stuck with roughly the same rules as before: keeping the selection to just under an hour, twelve rather than ten songs this time around, A greater focus on album versions this time around, though the occasional remix has slipped in.

What an incredible body of work this pair produced before calling it a day. When I saw Nile Rodgers & Chic in concert the other week, Nile admitted that he didn’t understand why they’d stepped away just as Daft Punk was enjoying its greatest success and in his view had so much more great music to give.

I think they did exactly what they needed to do, and their legacy will continue to speak for itself.

We’re going to celebrate one more time…

1) Rinzler (2010)
2) Television Rules The Nation (Album Version) (2005)
3) Teachers (Extended Mix) (1997)
4) The Brainwasher (Erol Alkan’s Horrorhouse Dub) (2006)
5) Da Funk (Album Version) (1996)
6) Give Life Back To Music (Album Version ft. Nile Rodgers) (2013)
7) Human After All (Sebastian Remix By Sebastian Akchoté) (2005)
8) One More Time (Album Version) (2001)
9) Lose Yourself To Dance (Album Version ft. Pharrell Williams & Nile Rodgers) (2013)
10) High Fidelity (1996)
11) Something About Us (Album Version) (2001)
12) Finale (2010)

khayem