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Together (Together Song)
"Together" is the debut single by Together, a French electronic music duo consisting of Thomas Bangalter and DJ Falcon. Background Falcon reminisced on how his and Bangalter's birthdays are only a day apart; Bangalter thus chose the day in between to collaborate on a new song. "Together" begins with a short segment of speech from the film '' Pleasantville''. The line "A time has come to make a decision: are we in this thing alone, or are we in it together?" appears in the bowling scene of the film. The main vocals in the song, consisting of the word "Together" looped ad infinitum, are a sample of Sweet Sensation's "Sincerely Yours". The background vocals, also the word "Together" looped, were sampled from Slave's "Because of You". The bassline was sampled from the ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' theme song. The song has been used by Daft Punk as part of the encore played at their ''Alive 2007'' sets. That encore also includes Stardust's " Music Sounds Better with You", elements of " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together (French Duo)
Together was a French house duo consisting of DJ Falcon and one member of Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalter. The duo released two songs, one each in 2000 and 2002, on Bangalter's own record label, Roulé: "Together" and " So Much Love to Give". Recording history Falcon had first worked with Bangalter when Falcon had sought to release his debut EP ''Hello My Name Is DJ Falcon'' on Bangalter's label Roulé. Falcon reminisced on how their birthdays were only a day apart; Bangalter thus chose the day in between to work on a song together, although they danced more than they produced. The song "Together" was released in 2000 while Together's second track, " So Much Love to Give", was released in 2002. An imported version of the single peaked at number 71 on the UK Singles Chart in January 2003 (credited to Thomas Bangalter & DJ Falcon rather than Together). "So Much Love to Give" contains a sample of " Love's Such a Wonderful Thing" by The Real Thing, which repeats throughout the song. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alive 2007
''Alive 2007'' is the second live album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released on 19 November 2007 by Virgin Records. It features Daft Punk's performance at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy arena in Paris on 14 June 2007 during their Alive 2007 tour.Exclusive: Daft Punk Unveil Live Album Details Spin.com. Retrieved on 16 September 2007.Alive 2007 teaser daft-musique.com. Retrieved on 16 September 2007. The set features an assortment of Daft Punk's music, incorporated with synthesisers, mixers and live effects. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Prime Time Of Your Life
"The Prime Time of Your Life" is a song by French electronic music duo Daft Punk from their third studio album, '' Human After All''. It was released as the fourth and final single from the album on 17 June 2006 by record label Virgin. The song is also Daft Punk's final single on a studio album with Virgin, and was released with a music video written and directed by Tony Gardner, with makeup effects by Alterian, Inc. Composition A noted characteristic of "The Prime Time of Your Life" is the incremental acceleration of tempo as the track ends. Heather Phares of AllMusic stated, "the schaffel beat ..gradually overtakes the song, eventually speeding up and devouring it". An early review described the increasing speed effect as resembling Lil Louis, and that the ending sounds akin to a washing machine. The overall structure of "The Prime Time of Your Life" was described by Matthew Weiner of '' Stylus'' as being "less a song than framework on which to load more vocoders and tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Para One
Jean-Baptiste de Laubier (born 2 April 1979), known professionally as Para One, is a French electronic music producer and film director. Music career Laubier first came to prominence as one of the main producers of French rap group TTC, and was responsible for producing their 2004 signature tune ''Dans Le Club''. With fellow TTC producer Tacteel he made up the now defunct live/improvised electro outfit Fuck-A-Loop (whose only recorded material prior to 2007's nine-hour digital album ''The Early Aughties'' was a 2006 remix of Ellen Allien's ''Down''). In 2006, he remixed ''The Prime Time of Your Life'' by French house duo Daft Punk. In 2008, Laubier's remix of Ayumi Hamasaki's '' Greatful Days'' was released on the album '' Ayu-mi-x 6: Gold''. Laubier has produced original music for the director Celine Sciamma's films ''Water Lilies'' (2007), ''Tomboy'' (2011), '' Girlhood'' (2014), and '' Portrait of a Lady on Fire'' (2019). ''Tomboy'' featured the song "Always" from Para On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolution 909
"Revolution 909" is an instrumental track from Daft Punk's 1997 album ''Homework''. It was released as the fifth and final single from the album in 1998. The music video for the track was directed by Roman Coppola. Theme The opening skit in "Revolution 909" is said to be a reflection on the French government and its stance against rave parties. When asked on the motivations of the stance, Bangalter said: Music video The music video for this track shows a rave taking place in an alley. Police officers suddenly arrive to break up the party. While several people are rounded up, a young woman who looks to be captured notices a stain on an officer's shirt. This triggers a flashback beginning with a tomato seed being planted, then sprouting, then harvested and then packaged. The packages are eventually transported to a grocery store where a lady selects the tomatoes to take home with her. As she is preparing tomato sauce, subtitles accurately instruct the viewer on the recipe for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human After All (song)
"Human After All" is a song by electronic music duo Daft Punk. It is the title track from their third studio album, ''Human After All'', and the third single from the album, released on 21 October 2005. The single release includes remixes of the song which appeared in the album ''Human After All: Remixes''. "Human After All" peaked at number 93 on the French Singles Chart. Background "Human After All" is the only single from the album released without an accompanying music video. Daft Punk had originally set to make a video, but it eventually became the feature film ''Daft Punk's Electroma'' co-written and directed by the duo.Interview with ''Electroma'' actor Peter Hurteau . danideahl.com. Retrieved on January 14, 2008. Daft Punk produced the |
Aerodynamic (instrumental)
"Aerodynamic" is an instrumental track by Daft Punk, featuring a prominent guitar solo. The track was released on 28 March 2001 as the second single from the ''Discovery'' album. "Aerodynamic" hit the U.S. dance charts through club play as the B-side to " Digital Love". Composition Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo once described the ''Discovery'' album as "A mix between the past and the future, maybe the present." Thomas Bangalter also elaborated in a 2001 interview that "A lot of house music today just uses samples from disco records of the '70s and '80s... While we might have some disco influences, we decided to go further and bring in all the elements of music that we liked as children, whether it's disco, electro, heavy metal, rock, or classical."Chris Gill"ROBOPOP"(May 2001) ''Remix Magazine Online''. Retrieved on August 7, 2007. This is reflected in the structure of "Aerodynamic", which is said to build up a funk groove, halt for a solo consisting of "metallic, two-hand tapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One More Time (Daft Punk Song)
"One More Time" is a song by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk, released as a single from their second studio album, ''Discovery'' (2001), on 13 November 2000. It is a French house song featuring a stylistically Auto-Tuned vocal performance by Romanthony. The music video forms part of the 2003 anime film, '' Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem''. "One More Time" reached number one on the French Singles Chart, number two on the UK Singles Chart, and number 61 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. ''The Village Voice''s Pazz & Jop annual year-end critics' poll named "One More Time" one of the best songs of the year. It was named one of the greatest songs of the decade by ''Pitchfork'', and ''Rolling Stone'' named it one of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". ''Mixmag'' readers voted it the greatest dance record of all time. Composition Daft Punk considered "One More Time" the link connecting ''Homework'' to ''Discovery''. The song was completed as early as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Sounds Better With You
"Music Sounds Better with You" is the only song by the French house trio Stardust, released on 20 July 1998. It is a dance track built from a guitar riff sampled from the 1981 Chaka Khan song " Fate". Stardust comprised the producer Thomas Bangalter, the DJ Alan Braxe and the vocalist Benjamin Diamond. After the single's release, they disbanded, believing this created "a certain magic and mystery". "Music Sounds Better with You" was initially released on Bangalter's label Roulé, followed by a wider release on Virgin Records, accompanied by a music video directed by Michel Gondry. It debuted at number two on the UK Singles Chart in August 1998 and stayed there for two weeks, becoming one of the UK's bestselling singles that year; it also spent two weeks at the top of the US '' Billboard'' Dance Club Songs chart. It is certified double platinum in the UK, platinum in Australia, gold in Belgium and silver in France. "Music Sounds Better with You" received positive reviews and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daft Punk
Daft Punk were a French electronic music duo formed in 1993 in Paris by Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. Widely regarded as one of the most influential acts in dance music history, they achieved popularity in the late 1990s as part of the French house movement. They garnered critical acclaim and commercial success in the years following, combining elements of house music with funk, disco, indie rock and Pop music, pop. After Bangalter and Homem-Christo's indie rock band Darlin' (French band), Darlin' disbanded, they began experimenting with drum machines and synthesisers. Their debut studio album ''Homework (Daft Punk album), Homework'' was released by Virgin Records in 1997 to positive reviews, backed by singles "Around the World (Daft Punk song), Around the World" and "Da Funk". From 1999, they assumed robot personas for their public appearances, with helmets, outfits and gloves to disguise their identities; they made few media appearances. They were managed fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
