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After a forced hiatus due to various other commitments, we can finally resume the latest weekly series from the OTU brain trust. I must admit, this is fast becoming my personal favourite series in OTU history, purely because it allows both yourselves and I to rediscover tracks that we either once loved or once forgot about, and that’s frankly a lot of fun.
Enough of the self-appreciation.
Click on below for another diversity-laden edition of SYFA, featuring a trio of prominent current mainstream names, alongside a couple of acts that have slipped away somewhat.
→ Continue Reading Sh*t You Forgot About: Episode 3
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Not satisfied with having the Tron trailer as a music video, the Daft Punk duo have put together an official music video for their superb track Derezzed.
Playing off/on/with the Tron theme, the video takes place within a video game (which if I’m not mistaken, is the same as Tron?) and boasts many of the same bright, futuristic visual features. This is combined with an animalistic feel, as the robotic creatures play a fairly large part. Fits the track every bit as well as the Tron trailer did, and is worth a watch if you enjoyed the track.
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Taken from a recent podcast interview out in the US, Tron: Legacy music supervisor Jason Bentley and director Joseph Kosinski discuss the film, as preview 5 of the tracks from the soundtrack.
The official soundtrack is released on December 7th, and from what I’ve heard it’s expectedly brilliant! Click here to check out the releases, remixes and videos thus far.
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Somehow, this track is both elegantly simple and superbly complex. The simple part: In staggering the foremost melody of the original, they’ve lengthened what was an originally short track. It’s a great move, as it keeps the quality of the original, but give it a bit more depth and length. Halfway into the remix the melodies are sped up, which is again an effective move.
However, that upturn in tempo is layered over a pulsating bass rhythm that thickens the track even more, giving it a completely different complexion. Towards the last third, the track changes once again to a more airy, ‘space’-style feel that sounds like the original probably would if it was made into a fuller song. Top remix, and definitely one of the most creative I’ve heard in recent times.
Daft Punk-Derezzed (Cassette’s Won’t Listen Remix)
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Originally, a section of this track was premiered as part of a Tron trailer and the slightly longer (and final) version can be listened to below. As I said with the previous incarnation of the track, it’s packed with that unmistakeable and irreplicable Daft Punk flavour, and certainly leaves me wanting more. On the subject of more, you can actually pre-order the full Daft Punk-helmed soundtrack right now!
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Another trailer/clip from Tron is released, and with it another great piece of the Daft Punk score. It’s unbelievable just how good this will sound in a film, and a testament to their ability that their sound is so adaptable.
This particular track sounds like Aerodynamic on a steroid-only diet, and is only let down by being so short. I fear the nature of a film soundtrack may mean each track is rather short (or overly long), which could wreck the chances of getting exceptional standalone tracks. However, it’s a small price to pay if all 23 tracks are this good!
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Whilst the film does look half-decent, it’s all about getting a Daft Punk film score!
There have been plenty of snippets, real and fake, floating around but there’s no doubting the authenticity of this one as it contains both members along with clips from Tron. As you’d expect, it’s futuristic, funky and frenetic dance music with those irreplicable lashings of Daft Punk style.
Can’t wait for this album/soundtrack, and on the strength of Derezzed we’re in for an absolute treat.
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Proof positive that they can make epic sounding film scores.
Feels like something straight out of Hans Zimmer’s playbook, which is an enormous compliment, and you’d be hard pressed to really identify it as a Daft Punk creation. Sounds good though, looking forward to more!
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Not only is it always good getting new music from Pharrell, Shay, and Hugo, but when it’s a rare Daft Punk production things step up to another level of good..ness. It’s a surprisingly mellow track though, given that a combination of Punk and N*E*R*D would assumedly result in some huge dance anthem.
That’s not necessarily a bad thing at all, as it still has that distinctive Daft Punk sound and style to the beat in the futuristic, lengthened melodies. Pharrell’s inimitable vocals add the Neptunes feel and weave with the production fantastically well, creating a track that sounds like it could have made Daft Punk’s classic Discovery album quite easily, and does genuinely create the hypnotising feel the title suggests.
N*E*R*D-Hypnotize U
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This is just utterly amazing. I’m pining for one of these helmets so bad, I’d honestly wear it everyday.
On the toilet? Yup. To work? Yup. In the bath/shower? Despite electrical risk, yup. You get the point.
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Are they real? No-one can know for sure. Daft Punk music is rare to come by these days, but there were rumours swirling a while back that they would be fronting the soundtrack for the upcoming Tron remake.
Click below for a link to hear all of the snippets. I personally think they’re legit, especially with the hype for Tron beginning recently, and can’t wait for the final versions!
Daft Punk Snippets
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First off props to Mike for bringing this track & video to my attention!
I’m not going to lie, I know nothing of this group ‘MoonRunners’ but a quick google search tells me that they’re a 4 man British collective, who consider themselves bloggers as much as they do artists.
With this track they’ve sampled a classic Daft Punk song to superb effect, with a music video that cost them just £55 to make! This isn’t by any means a brand new track, but I’ve only just heard it, so I’m guessing quite a few of you have yet to hear it too.
Go check out this great club (with a fusion of hip-hop) track to the left here and then have the audio on repeat after grabbing the download below.
MoonRunners Vs Daft Punk – Feels Like Magic
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Finally, a reason to get some Daft Punk up!
This is a new track, and believed to be from the upcoming Tron Legacy film. It’s 12 minutes long (!), but I’d be happy to listen to this for 20 minutes. It starts off pretty slowly, and almost hauntingly, but progresses into a pretty nice dance track, and then cools back off again for the ending. Really nice work on this, and I’ll definitely be letting this spin in my rotation for a while.
Daft Punk-The Crash
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