Best known for advancing techno-funk from the clubs to the pop charts with hits like "Da Funk" and "One More Time," French duo Daft Punk here do the reverse. Daft Club introduces a dozen mixes of tracks from the pair's 2001 album Discovery, along with a couple additional tracks. The call-to-party single "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" gets retuned twice, first by...
Read moreBest known for advancing techno-funk from the clubs to the pop charts with hits like "Da Funk" and "One More Time," French duo Daft Punk here do the reverse. Daft Club introduces a dozen mixes of tracks from the pair's 2001 album Discovery, along with a couple additional tracks. The call-to-party single "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" gets retuned twice, first by the Neptunes, who give it a loungey vibe and a funk-by-way-of-OutKast sound (courtesy of Pharrell's flow), and later by Jess & Crabbe, who focus instead on the propulsive beats. In fact, if Daft Club reveals anything about Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, it's that their addictive tracks are more varied than the average club kid might assume. So while energetic highlights abound -- check Slum Village's repossession of the barely recognizable "Aerodynamic" and Demon's slippery "Face to Face" -- another side of the dynamic duo's artistry is revealed by tracks such as "One More Time (Romanthony's Unplugged)," wherein the guest singer/producer extracts the song's soul in a spare recording featuring only vocals and strummed guitar. "Something About Us" (poached from the DVD release, Interstella 5555) splits the difference, ending the disc with a pop-electronic tune reminiscent of Air. C'est magnifique!
Brand: VIRGIN RECORDS US
