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June 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Neither Daft Nor Punk

Earlier in the year it was announced that French electronic music duo Daft Punk is calling it a day after 28 years.I’m sure on some level they’ll be back. But if they’re not it was a good run with some great music. I liked a lot of it. Not all of it. But I gave […]

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March 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Daft Punk – Unchained: DVD

Daft Punk – Unchained Director: Herve Martin-Delpierre BBC Worldwide Productions An interesting, and worthy documentary that traces Daft Punk’s music and antics back to the start, in fact back to the pre-robot days when, in an early review of their shoegazer-ish group, they were written off as making “daft punk”. So, Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo and […]

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July 6, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Disclosure: Settle

Disclosure Settle Interscope Records/Universal Disclosure is a British electronica duo, brothers Guy (22) and Howard (19) Lawrence. I mention their ages because – well – I’m impressed with the range of sounds on this album, their debut. There’s a depth here that shows the brothers have embraced enough about music and technology from their lifetime […]

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February 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1612

Daft Punk, Discovery (2001) I’m not sure why I have this – or why I have retained this because it was the death of Daft Punk for me. For a long time. They eventually redeemed themselves with the Tron: Legacy soundtrack but this was a sad album as a follow-up to Homework. Man, I loved […]