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  Daft Punk, 'Random Access Memories' (Columbia)

  May 17, 2013 – So the album opens like an overture to a Siegfried & Roy revue: smoke machines and lasers, spandex and glitter, roller-skaters and fire-breathers, blown-back hair, gold lamé, rhinestones, dancers, a bear — the whole nine — as meanwhile our hosts, digital magicians Thomas and Guy-Manuel, are lowered down on a sequin-clad, feather-trussed platform, smiles plastered across their cyborg visages, arms gesturing as if to say, in the gayes …
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  Stream Giorgio Moroder's Disco Symphony for Google's Mobile Racing Game

  May 16, 2013 – Italo-disco icon Giorgio Moroder has a penchant for teaming up with tech giants. The super-producer makes an appearance on Daft Punk's latest LP, the long-awaited (and instantly listenable) Random Access Memories, and now he's shared a new collaboration with Google.Moroder has teamed with Google Chrome Experiments to compose "Racer," the title track to a mobile game for smartphones and tablets. …
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  10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Daft Punk, the National, Japanther, and Majical Cloudz

  May 15, 2013 – Presenting new full-lengths from Daft Punk, the National, Japanther, Vår, and more, all ready for streaming, all down below. You're welcome.1) Daft Punk, Random Access Memories. "[T]here is plenty to luxuriate in here. The overarching 'John Martyn trapped in a Philip K. Dick novel' vibe is splendidly discomfiting. The Moroder thing is delightfully bonkers. …
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  Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories': Our Impulsive Reviews

  May 14, 2013 – Yesterday afternoon, Daft Punk's fourth album began streaming on iTunes a week in advance of its Friday release date. Here, seven SPIN editors give hasty and completely impulsive opinions...How'd we get here? Find out how Daft Punk went from the flop of 2005 to the talk of 2013.Phillip Sherburne The good news: It could have been so much worse. …
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  Human After All: Brassft Punk Rethink Daft Punk Hits With Rollicking New Orleans Brass

  May 14, 2013 – Brassft Punk is digital love turned analog, a project that reimagines Daft Punk's greatest hits as rollicking numbers for blatting New Orleans brass. …
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  How Did Daft Punk Go From the Flop of 2005 to the Talk of 2013?

  May 14, 2013 – If you've been anywhere near the musical environs of the Internet, you know that Daft Punk are a week away from releasing Random Access Memories, the robotic duo's first studio LP in eight years. The album will no doubt debut in the upper reaches of the Billboard charts, completing a stunning turnaround for Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo. …
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  Daft Punk's Top-Secret 'Random Access Memories' Is Streaming Now

  May 13, 2013 – Daft Punk's hotly anticipated new album Random Access Memories has leaked, according to a Reddit user and ElectronicDanceMusic.com. The former started a thread titled "I HAVE THE ALBUM" in the section of the site devoted to the French eletrco-house duo. The latter shared the news (and a WeTransfer link) via Facebook and Twitter. Neither the label nor the band has confirmed that this is the actual album, of course. But it so is. …
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  Discovery: The Oral History of Daft Punk's First American Show

  May 13, 2013 – On Memorial Day weekend, 1996, electronic music history was made on a muddy, rain-soaked Wisconsin campground. Two young humans known together as Daft Punk — who ultimately would become far more famous in robot guises — played their first American show. …
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  Daft Punk Speak on 'Memories,' Not Collabo'ing With Kraftwerk: 'We Never Work With Robots'

  May 13, 2013 – Just over a week before releasing their much-anticipated, five-years-in-the-making, fourth studio album, Random Access Memories, Daft Punk's Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo spoke with Berlin journalist Heiko Hoffman for SPIN about the before, during, and after of making the record, which they term a "super production." To which we say, super oui!A lot of excitement has been built up with the roll-out campaign in advance …
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  Watch Daft Punk Open 'Random Access Memories' on Their Spaceship

  May 13, 2013 – Daft Punk finally have May 21 album Random Access Memories in their hot robot hands. In a new video, the French electronic duo opens up the packaging for the vinyl edition of the record. …
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