Daft Punk - Random Access Memories

Only for rare, appropriate, monumental occasions does troysnoise break from its ethos of discovering and sharing emerging music.  We're getting lucky - the release of and eight year drought from a Daft Punk studio album qualifies for such an occasion.  

No doubt, the majority of bands and artists we share, have, in some way, shape or form, been touched by Daft Punk.  Beyond the obvious (LCD Soundsystem, Justice, Digitalism), groups such as Phoenix, Empire of the Sun, Neon Indian, Lemaitre, Hot Chip and Flight Facilities, to name a few, have all plugged into the Daft Punk motherboard.  That said, all bands are influenced by someone or something.  In Daft Punk's case, "Teachers" from Homework lays out their list of influencers: Paul Johnson, DJ Funk, DJ Street, DJ Rush, Hyperactive, Brian Wilson, George Clinton, Leo Lewis, DJ Hell, Louie Vega, Dr. Dre, Gemini, Jeff Mills, DJ milton, Red Velvet, not to mention George Moroder, Michael Jackson, and many others. 

Yet, Daft Punk absorbed the sounds of the past and created something more - blurring genres, sounds, places - giving life back to music.  Their albums have, in our opinion, taken us from the sounds of the street (Homework) to the club (Discovery), to the concert hall (Human After All), to the bright stage lights (Alive 2007), and now back to where it all starts (and ends), the bedroom (Random Access Memories).  The latest Daft Punk album has the characteristic catchy loops, syncopated beats and the funkiest of bass of lines, yet it has a certain groove and rythym that articulates the game of love.  It goes beyond asking you to lose yourself to dancing; it asks us to reflect on the humanity of music; the relationships we share; the people who influence us; the sounds of tomorrow, the music of today.  

There's a certain irony to the underlying "bedroom" theme of this album.  Much of today's music is created on a computer, at home.  This instant crush of an album is as much a slight of that reality as it is an acceptance and appreciation for where music currently stands.  Fragments of time, space, history.  Past, present, future.  Technology encroaching on society.  Singular, universal.  Machine or human?  Arguably amongst the biggest modern day music stars, 99% of the astute population couldn't identify either of the duo without the trademark robot outfits.  Do we know what Daft Punk actually look like?  This guise has been carefully crafted over the years, ensuring an audience appreciates the music, not the people.

We appreciate the music, and we too hope to continue doin' it right - helping our audience appreciate the fresh music we digitally love - all around the world, with emotion and high fidelity, in the prime time of your life. 

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Muscle Hawk - "Electric Light"

Buckle yo seatbelts...

This "Disco-thrash-pop" from Muscle Hawk who claim Salt Lake City as their hometown, sound like Chromeo and Daft Punk's love child and yes it's all the way live.

Suzanne Kraft

 

It's hard to find much about Suzanne Kraft.  Here's one of the few descriptions out there, written by their record label Running Back.

"Freshman" is a random release posted a few months ago while "Morning Come" is off the Green Flash EP.

Travelling from Los Angeles to Portland and back again, Suzanne Kraft’s vinyl debut Green Flash (check out previous efforts here), features four tracks of frenetic sunshine ecstasy. Chill-rave, pill-wave, hypno-disco, Balearic-beats, boogie-grooviness or slow-motion house made by the careless youth of the US-American west coast?

Digikid84 - Timelapse

If Knight Rider or Miami Vice was still on the tele, Digikid84 would be first ballot for the opening credits. 

If Quincy Jones and Prince had given birth to a love brat in 2009, it would’ve been him. The recipe: fingers running on a 80s keyboard and funky bass that can even make the dead dance.

Digikid84 - "Funk You"

Digikid84 - "Rebel"

The funk disco meets electro house on Timelapse is his debut release as the Paris-based act now hits the touring circuit.  Get it here - Timelapse

SebastiAn - Total

Justice is just one of a growing list of French electro artists on the Ed Banger label worthy of acclaim, as producer and DJ SebastiAn is back with Total, his first non-soundtrack album since 2008 and his first since his debut live performance in 2009.  The Total teaser track a few months ago, "Embody," tops the best of the year so far and is accompanied by the video, directed by Banger's So Me.

Guest appearances on the twenty two track album (eight of which are under a minute long) include M.I.A., Mayer Hawthorne and Justice's Gaspard Augé.  With a scheduled May 30th release in Europe and June 7th here in the states, these originals and eventual remixes will soon find their way into the trendy lounges and clubs nearest you.

SebastiAn - "Arabest"

SebastiAn - "Yes"

CSLSX

If flying cars existed by now, CSLSX's handful of tracks would demand consideration as the lead for every new commercial.  In the meanwhile, settle for listening to these disco/electro-infused pop songs while zooming past hapless commuters on your segway or electric scooter; you'll be glad you did.  Despite the undecipherable acronym and empty bio page, CSLSX will keep on shining with jams like these.

CSLSX - "Keep On Shining"

CSLSX - "Paula Abdul Drinking a Pepsi, October 17th, 1987"

Mord Fustang - "The Electric Dream"

For all you Wolfgang Gartner and Deadmau5 lovers, Mord Fustang is a name you'll soon be praising.  Transitioning from dubstep roots to electro house, MF described his newly transformed sound in an interview last month, "An adventurously nude fluctuant immaculate rainbow-coated thunderstorm with arpeggios, 1-up mushrooms and disco basslines, plus a wobble or two."

And speaking in third person, said this about what's next, "There is definitely more to come from Mord Fustang. No particular tour plans yet, but I can’t rule anything out. I just hope everything goes well."  Check out Mord Fustang's other released track here.