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Daft Punk: DJ Equipment Masters
French duo Daft Punk are some of the most famous musicians in the electric music scene, and have been for about fifteen years now. These guys know how to use DJ equipment.
Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter made it big in ’96 with their issue of Homework. They and their DJ equipment produced tracks like “Around the World,” which vaulted the French house scene into the mainstream, eventually paving the way for larger acts like Tiesto and Armin van Buuren (see last week’s post) of this past decade.
Their release of Discovery in 2001, which was more auto-tuned, also showed their influence on wider music when Kanye West sampled it for his “Stronger.”
These DJs used to listen to a lot of rock music before they played with professional DJ equipment, including the Rolling Stones, The Stooges, and The Beach Boys. They also cited Aphex Twin’s “Windowlicker,” as a major influence, which was “neither a purely club track nor a very chilled-out, down-tempo relaxation track”. Here is that song, and one of their most famous ones:
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Posted on: Monday, November 8th, 2010 at 9:16 am
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