Showing posts with label daft punk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label daft punk. Show all posts

Monday, April 21, 2014

COACHELLA 2014: ARCADE FIRE SET FEATURES 'DAFT PUNK' SURPRISE


Two robots in white join the night three headliners for the song "Get Lucky."
Also: Beck makes an appearance.

Coachella 2014 has featured a slew of unannounced guests over its two-weekend bow, but perhaps the biggest surprise of all came on Sunday night as Arcade Fire performed its headlining slot.
It was then that frontman Win Butler announced "some very special guests and we're just going to bring them up up front." Some in the crowd claim to have heard Butler say "Paft Dunk."


Enter: what looked to be the two members of Daft Punk dressed all in white and wearing their trademark robot hats. They proceeded to perform a slowed-down, slinky version of "Get Lucky," their summer smash from last year. It is unclear, however, whether the two were in fact Daft Punk members Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo or if Arcade Fire were simply punking the Coachella audience.

After all, during the band's weekend one set, Butler criticized the overabundance of EDM acts by dedicating a song "for all the bands at this festival playing real instruments." Perhaps he was pulling one over on the crowd. 

So far, neither reps for Daft Punk or Arcade Fire have confirmed if the appearance was legit.

Towards the end of the set, Beck appeared to sing a cover of Prince's "Controversy" with the band. The artist wore the same pope costume that Breaking Bad actor Aaron Paul donned the previous weekend.

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

DAFT PUNK – COMPUTERIZED (FEAT. JAY Z)

Surprise! The Internet has unearthed “Computerized,” an unreleased collaboration between Daft Punk and Jay Z.

And yes, it’s actually real.

How the song came to be is still unclear, although users on the Daft Punk sub-Reddit point out that it contains elements from the Daft Punk-produced TRON: Legacy soundtrack.

Specifically, the song “Son of Flynn.” The Jay Z half of “Computerized” has never been heard before, but it makes sense given the fact that he expressed interest in working with the robots circa 2010, the same time the duo was working on TRON.

The song obviously doesn’t fit in with Random Access Memories (and the line “start macking on my BlackBerry” would rule out the Samsung-sponsored Magna Carta Holy Grail), so the most logical explanation for “Computerized” becomes a discarded demo from the 2010 film’s soundtrack that’s just now leaking out.

Regardless of it’s history though, “Computerized” sounds sweet, so throw it on repeat below and hopefully someone will spill the facts soon.