Random Access Memories is the only Daft Punk album to top the US Billboard 200, and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It combines disco, progressive rock and pop, with collaborations with Giorgio Moroder, Panda Bear, Julian Casablancas, Todd Edwards, DJ Falcon, Chilly Gonzales, Nile Rodgers, Paul Williams, Nathan East and Pharrell Williams. It is their final album before their disbandment in 2021.įollowing the minimal production of their previous album, Human After All (2005), Daft Punk recruited session musicians to perform live instrumentation and limited the use of electronic instruments to drum machines, a custom-built modular synthesizer and vintage vocoders. Recording sessions took place from 2008 to 2012 at Henson, Conway and Capitol Studios in California, Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and Gang Recording Studio in Paris, France. This theme is reflected in the album's packaging, as well as its promotional campaign, which included billboards, television advertisements and a web series. It pays tribute to late 1970s and early 1980s American music, particularly from Los Angeles.
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You'll find pre-order links and the full track list below. The expanded Random Access Memories includes nine bonus tracks, including "Horizon" (included on Japanese pressings of the original album), the version of "Touch" heard in the group's farewell video, early takes of songs and a few unfinished ideas as well. The artists they brought in as featured guests ran the gamut of disco, pop and rock greatness: a monologue by Giorgio Moroder, haunting vocals from The Strokes' Julian Casablancas ("Instant Crush"), Animal Collective co-founder Panda Bear ("Doin' It Right"), and songwriting giant Paul Williams ("Touch"). Their electronic elements were augmented with a murderer's row of legendary session musicians, including guitarist Paul Jackson, Jr., bassist Nathan East, drummers John "J.R." Robinson and Omar Hakim, and even a full orchestra to provide a solid throwback disco style. Having pushed house and electronic dance music further into the mainstream with their work thus far, Daft Punk consciously looked back with Random Access Memories. One of their better-known songs, "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger," was sampled and reworked by rapper Kanye West for his chart-topping single "Stronger." (The robots appeared behind West for a live performance of the track on the Grammy Awards in 2008.) In 2010, the duo created a killer electronic/orchestral hybrid score for TRON: Legacy, a long-awaited sequel to the Disney sci-fi cult classic. Random Access Memories came eight years after the group's last proper studio album Human After All (2005), but the duo was hardly inactive. The package will be available May 12 from Columbia Records, available as a 2CD or 3LP set. Now, 10 years after the release of what would become their final album, Daft Punk will reissue the acclaimed Random Access Memories with a trove of rare and unreleased bonus material. But the robots haven't really powered down: a year later, they digitally expanded debut album Homework for its 25th anniversary, compiled an album of remixes from the era, and even showed off some limited, never-before-seen footage from an early concert following Homework's release (which shockingly showed members Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo and Thomas Bangalter out of their signature helmets.
Fans of French electronic duo Daft Punk may have been shocked when the group suddenly announced their dissolution at the start of 2021.
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