Daft Punk - Random Access Memories finally announced.

[031999]

Sampled and remixed before the actual track comes out.

that is getting played at my Daft Punk release pool party.

[Karlos Santos]

Yeah I will probably play it at my Top40 gig on friday.

[padi_04]

The hype machine is a tad dangerous. I like their back to the roots approach and all but they are marketing it like it's the Dark Side of the Moon or something and the album isn't out yet. I respect the collaborators and their opinions but time will tell if it will rise to legend status or not. It's starting to sound like "the next game changer" with DJ gear teasers.

[Sambo]

The hype machine is a tad dangerous. I like their back to the roots approach and all but they are marketing it like it's the Dark Side of the Moon or something and the album isn't out yet. I respect the collaborators and their opinions but time will tell if it will rise to legend status or not. It's starting to sound like "the next game changer" with DJ gear teasers.

The hype machine is what generates the sales though. The cost of making this album will be unthinkable, and the music industry on a whole is suffering. If anyone can pull of a hype machine this big, it has to be a big name, like Daft Punk.

Personally, I don't take a hype machine as a reflection of the final product, because I understand it's just a marketing trick to earn a ton of dollar on release. I mean, look at some of the games released in recent times, like that Alien: Colonial Marines. Gigantic hype machine over a long awaited release, and my friend who works in GAME was all "It's going to be immense" and I pointed out that out of the numerous Alien franchise games, only two of them were worth playing, and I don't really hold out any hopes for this one. Lo and behold, it came out and I bet on the right horse, it received almost universally negative feedback.

My prior experiences dictate to me that I will enjoy this album, because I've liked all of Daft Punks previous efforts. But the possibility is there that this album might just end up being a Level 42 covering Kraftwerk album, and that would suck pretty hard.

Actually, that would kick ass pretty hard for me, but I can't think of a better analogy that the general public would find negative.

[SirReal]

The hype machine is what generates the sales though. The cost of making this album will be unthinkable, and the music industry on a whole is suffering. If anyone can pull of a hype machine this big, it has to be a big name, like Daft Punk.

Personally, I don't take a hype machine as a reflection of the final product, because I understand it's just a marketing trick to earn a ton of dollar on release. I mean, look at some of the games released in recent times, like that Alien: Colonial Marines. Gigantic hype machine over a long awaited release, and my friend who works in GAME was all "It's going to be immense" and I pointed out that out of the numerous Alien franchise games, only two of them were worth playing, and I don't really hold out any hopes for this one. Lo and behold, it came out and I bet on the right horse, it received almost universally negative feedback.

My prior experiences dictate to me that I will enjoy this album, because I've liked all of Daft Punks previous efforts. But the possibility is there that this album might just end up being a Level 42 covering Kraftwerk album, and that would suck pretty hard.

Actually, that would kick ass pretty hard for me, but I can't think of a better analogy that the general public would find negative.

General Public covering Kraftwerk?

[Sambo]

General Public covering Kraftwerk?

Oh god. Anyone listen to or even remember Metallica and Lou Reeds collab? They tried to start a massive hype machine with that, and it was so bad, there are no words in any language for how atrocious it sounded.

[031999]

i heard the whole album is just rick astley on a loop...........

[Karlos Santos]

i heard the whole album is just rick astley on a loop...........

HAHAHA you're killing me dude...all I can hear now is "Never Gonna Give You Up" with a vocoder on it

[padi_04]

HAHAHA you're killing me dude...all I can hear now is "Never Gonna Give You Up" with a vocoder on it

That can be arranged...

[Crem Brule]

I dont dislike the song (actually like it a lot) and dont dislike Daft Punk but even with Nile Rodgers on the track it doesnt appear to be breaking any new ground. There is plenty of good/great disco/funk based house music out there and a lot of it already features Mr Rodgers in one shape or form.

Still as I said its a nice tune and hopefully the rest of the album lives upto expectations.