Daft Punk, on Julian Casablancas and ‘Instant Crush’

by Eric Van Dril on April 18, 2013 · 37 comments

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Here’s Daft Punk, on working with Julian Casablancas (via ). French first, then the English translation

Julian Casablancas des Strokes le chante. Nous sommes tous les deux super fans et nous avons appris qu’il voulait nous rencontrer. On avait cette démo qui traînait, il est venu, il a écouté et il était à fond ! Il a une sorte de don. Nous, à la base, on adore le rock et le concept du groupe de rock, mais il y a eu tellement de choses fortes que l’émergence d’une nouvelle voix à un moment donné était devenue difficile. Récemment, The Strokes et MGMT – avec des dimensions et des sensibilités différentes – y sont parvenus. Julian a un côté punk rock, une portée émotionnelle hyper forte dans ses mélodies. Il était important de l’avoir sur cet album, de nous sentir entourés de nos contemporains.

“Julian Casablancas of The Strokes sings. We are both great fans and we learned that he wanted to meet us. It was this demo that was lying, he came, he listened and he was thoroughly! It has a kind of gift. We, basically, we love rock and the concept of the rock band, but there were so many strong things that the emergence of a new voice at one point became difficult. Recently, The Strokes and MGMT – with dimensions and sensitivities – succeeded. Julian has a punk rock side, a super strong emotional impact in its melodies. It was important to have this album to feel surrounded by our contemporaries. ”

Here’s the link to the French article.

And here’s Get Lucky, the first single from Daft Punk’s new record. I can’t stop dancing.

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