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Daft Punk - Random Access Memories...

poppachubby

poppachubby

Boo Yaka! Boo Yaka!
...anyone rockin this new album? I'm really enjoying it. Took me about 3 songs to catch on and then I was hooked. Really great crafting and song development - much more than an album of 'beats'. The vinyl sounds great...

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Yeah - big fun and too catchy music - quite a nice leap from Discovery
(the only album of theirs I'd heard before)
 
hjames said:
Yeah - big fun and too catchy music - quite a nice leap from Discovery
(the only album of theirs I'd heard before)
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I'm really enjoying the organic/analog instruments as opposed to sampled beats and sounds. Yes it's a much different sound than any of their previous albums. As I said in my OP, I was concerned they had gone with a lounge approach but after a few tunes I caught on. It opens up much like a Thievery Corporation album would. Did you buy the files or a hard copy?
 
Nile Rodgers plays some licks. That works.

Jury is still out for me, but I get the Thievery Corp. thing.
 
Crazy , I saw them at Coachella a number of years ago, I will never forget it , unreal , off to check this out , thanks
 
Since Chic stopped making records, I might as well....It's a fun concept and the songs are throwbacks - with no ironic posing and no swearing. The vinyl pressing seems to be high quality. I like it.
 
I preordered the CD after hearing the SNL clip - had a nice vintage groove and I wanted to hear more and took a chance - well, with Nile Rodgers I hope not a big chance.

poppachubby said:
I'm really enjoying the organic/analog instruments as opposed to sampled beats and sounds. Yes it's a much different sound than any of their previous albums. As I said in my OP, I was concerned they had gone with a lounge approach but after a few tunes I caught on. It opens up much like a Thievery Corporation album would. Did you buy the files or a hard copy?
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I'm planning on getting it. Always been sort of a fan of them but never enough to pick up anything. From all that fan fair to the mediocre at best reviews this album sounds like something I must have.
 
I'm listening to a digital copy, and I just love it.

Waiting to find a job before I go out buying any more new vinyl, though.
 
Is it the robot voice?
That's just an vocal effect used open and honestly, rather than a "stealth" pitch shifter used to "fix" someone's voice who can't sing in tune and lock them to a melody.
 
Being a huge fan of their earlier work, I couldn't quite get into it during the first listen as I had expected something a big more electronic. However, the more I listen the more I appreciate it for what it is.

The production and sound quality is superb too, particularly the 24bit/88.2khz version. Absolutely sublime. :)
 
I've been meaning to pick this up and will soon, I've always had a soft spot for Daft Punk. If I'm not mistaken, they were the first to use Autotune as an effect, which means they have a LOT to answer for, but I'll forgive them.
 
Rapidan said:
I've been meaning to pick this up and will soon, I've always had a soft spot for Daft Punk. If I'm not mistaken, they were the first to use Autotune as an effect, which means they have a LOT to answer for, but I'll forgive them.
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They aren't even remotely close to being the first to use Autotune. Look up Zapp and Roger. There were probably people even before them that used Autotune.
 
They didn't use autotune. They used a vocoder, a keyboard with a mic that you would speak into while playing the keyboard. There's also the talk box, which was a box with a speaker in it connected to a long plastic tube a vocalist would put into their mouth, move their mouths into shapes for words and sing into a mic. It was usually connected to a guitar, ie Peter Frampton, but could also be used on synths.

Autotune is just a pitch correction software system for those who can't sing or are too lazy to perfect their vocal techniques.
 
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