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  The Only Daft Punk 8-Bit Cover Worth Hearing One More Time

  May 24, 2013 – Daft Punk's Essential new Random Access Memories keeps setting records, and one of them must be for the number of reworkings popping up out there. The French duo have said they're working on their own remixes, but they've also encouraged fans to reinvent the album's material. The latest remarkable instance is a five-minute medley by Australian keyboardist Joe Jeremiah, who plays bits of every song on the album, 8-bit style. …
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  Daft Punk Broke All Kinds of Digital Records This Week

  May 24, 2013 – If Daft Punk are doing it right, everybody will be streaming them and they'll be breaking records set by corny bands. Also, Mad Men's Ken Cosgrove will be dancing to Random Access Memories' Panda Bear collaboration "Doin' It Right." So we're partway there!Hypebot notes, Daft Punk's Essential new album is on pace for the most streams ever in its first week of release. …
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  Daft Punk Plot Robo-fied 'Random Access Memories' Self-Remixes

  May 23, 2013 – Goats and house producer Todd Edwards aren't the only ones remixing Daft Punk's Essential, chart-friendly Random Access Memories. As MTV points out, the French duo's Thomas Bangalter told BBC Radio 1's Pete Tong he and partner Guy-Manuel de Homem Christo will also be remixing tracks from the new album themselves."We're working on some mixes ourselves," Bangalter said. …
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  Daft Punk's 'Goat Lucky' Is the Best Goat Remix Video Since the Last One

  May 22, 2013 – If you think humans have been losing their shit about Daft Punk's Essential new album Random Access Memories and its chart-climbing single "Get Lucky," wait till you see what the goats have to say. As memes go, this one gave us just enough space to let it slip back into our virtual lives and dominate once again — much like the French electro-house androids themselves. …
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  Daft Punk's Iconic Helmets Made By Humans After All (and Hawked on eBay)

  May 22, 2013 – Daft Punk might want to consider getting into the costume-helmet business. …
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  Giorgio Moroder: Back to the Future

  May 22, 2013 – Fabulously rich and slightly lost, Giorgio Moroder decided to build a pyramid. "It was some years ago," he says, slipping into a reverie. "This structure was planned for Dubai. Oh, it was going to be huge. It would've been empty in the middle with apartments all along the sides — just beautiful. I spent two years designing it. I wanted to do that instead of music." He sighs and shakes his head. …
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  Hear Daft Punk's Expansive 'Horizons,' a 'Random Access Memories' Bonus Cut

  May 21, 2013 – Daft Punk's SPIN Essential'd new album Random Access Memories is out today, and it's been streaming since it leaked. But despite all of those revealing "Collaborators" videos, our own interview with the androids, our own interviews with their friends, and exhaustive research detailing the duo's original American debut, their savviest samples, and that astounding transition from flop to flaming suc …
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  Todd Edwards Blends Bowie and Daft Punk for BBC Essential Mix

  May 20, 2013 – House producer, vocalist, and DJ Todd Edwards is having another moment in the sun thanks to Daft Punk, who used his vocals on Random Access Memories standout "Fragments of Time." (Edwards previously starred on Discovery's mega club hit "Face to Face.") But he's been a titan in the worldwide dance scene for over a decade, and this weekend he put his DJ skills to work for BBC's Essential Mix series. …
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  Romanthony, Daft Punk's 'One More Time' Singer, Dead at 45

  May 19, 2013 – Daft Punk's list of collaborators has been a key component of the campaign for their new album, Random Access Memories, but it was updated with a tragic footnote this week. Romanthony, a New Jersey house producer, DJ, and singer made famous worldwide by his appearance on Daft Punk's 2000 single "One More Time," has died of complications of kidney disease, his family confirmed to SPIN. …
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  Watch Wee Waa Townies Go Wild for Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories' Launch

  May 17, 2013 – Last month we reported that Daft Punk had plans to debut their SPIN Essential Random Access Memories at a random ass town in Australia — Wee Waa to be exact, via the rural burg's annual agricultural festival. Well, although the album hit the Internet early, the event still happened and was a smashing success. …
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