And yes, ” Get Lucky at ten years old. Unless you lived in seclusion, impossible at the time to have missed this piece, (on) broadcast in the summer of 2013. A decade later, it will surely come back to haunt our ears as part of the tenth anniversary of ” Random access memories on which it appears. For the occasion, the Pompidou Center will unveil this Thursday, May 11 in the evening in “world premiere” an unreleased Daft Punk from 2013: « Infinity repeating ». . In his press release, the Center Pompidou reveals that the exclusive title of Daft Punk- on which come to collaborate Julian Casablancas and his pop-rock group The Voidz – is a ” demo », first draft of a piece originally composed for the famous album RAM. It is one of nine tracks recorded as demos and demos that enrich the extended reissue of the album, released on Friday.
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An immersive experience
Thursday at 6.30 p.m., the Center Pompidou will offer “three title discovery experiences”, “free and open access within the limits of available places”. First, a session of“ultra-high-fidelity listening, in collaboration with Ircam” will take place in Gallery 3 for 150 handpicked lucky people. In addition, there will be a screening of the music video in Cinema 1, with 300 seats. Third declension, the“collective experience” with “projection on the giant screen in the heart of the Forum at the Center Pompidou, 350 seats” will close the event.
The sequel after the ad
In parallel with the Center Pompidou, the group has planned to use the Snapchat platform. By scanning on Wednesday the visual of « Random access memories » (on vinyl, CD, platforms, etc.), users will be able to discover « Horizon »track from the Japanese edition of the CD.
Thanks to GPS coordinates broadcast by the famous duo, a real treasure hunt will be launched on Thursday, May 11 in 10 iconic and dear places in the eyes of the group. This new exclusive experience created by the AR Studio hides an unexpected surprise in the four corners of the world: Paris, New York, Tokyo, London…
Back to basics
This choice of Beaubourg reflects the central role played by the site in the destiny of Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo), separated since 2021. In 1992, this is where electro caught up with them. and never leave them. Thomas Bangalter remembered for ARTE :
“The first time we go to a rave, it was on the roofs of Beaubourg. We discover a different music and we also discover an energy, with people dancing to songs they don’t know., remembers, one of the two Daft, in the podcast “Other radio other culture” in 2009. “We think (there is) something to do with electronic music”.
At almost 18 years old, the two accomplices create a guitar group called Darlin’, quickly abandoned, which will be the subject of numerous French and British criticisms. Among them, Melody Maker describes young French people as « Punk Idiot ». Their name is found, it will now be the Daft Punk. Their first album « Homework » (” Homework “designed in a bedroom) will be released in 1997, with a first hit « Around the world »whose clip is directed by Michel Gondry, future filmmaker of « Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind ».
Two other unreleased Random access memory have already come out: The writing of Fragments of time “sound making-of of the piece” Fragments of time » et « GLBT », a sort of jam session. Unknown to the public, they shed new light on a dancefloor album, reminiscent of the 70s and which placed the two Frenchmen harnessed as robots at the top of the charts.
