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Rating: Many years have passed since the release of this extraordinary album (1997), and even today it represents a symbol in the world of dance music and alternative music in general! The epitome of french touch (so it's called!) even before the acclaimed Air or Cassius. An album with the beauty of 74 minutes divided into 16 tracks, and while it may be minimalist, it is absolutely genius when compared to its era! Created by two twenty-year-old Parisians (Thomas Bengalter and Guy Manuel De Homen-Christo), now acclaimed by the masses as geniuses of the future sound and successful producers.
Certainly, seen live, the CD might leave something to be desired for its simplicity: a bare cover (bearing only the duo's name) and an overly genuine booklet; but the content of the album is way too astonishing even when considering it a home project. With 2.5 million copies sold worldwide, Daft Punk's "Homework" represents the main album of French electronic music and one of the main ones worldwide, compared for innovation to: "Mezzanine" by Massive Attack, "The Fat Of The Land" by The Prodigy, and "Surrender" by The Chemical Brothers. But now, let's see it track by track!
The album at first impact has a sort of introduction with the track "Daftendirekt": a kind of pre-warm-up with instruments gradually turning on enriched by the usual two words (so we call them!) that spread infinitely, paving the way for the subsequent tech-house sounds. And so far, everything is regular until you get directly to track number 3 "Revolution 909": a single that is frightening and a classic of their repertoire. But we are still warming up!
The real punch comes later with "Da funk": an absolute masterpiece, street rhythm and modern funk that have nothing to envy to the cornerstones of hip hop. Their first single accompanied by the infamous video of the humanoid dog wandering the streets of New York in search of information. "Phoenix" arrives, still remixed today by the greatest DJs in the world, including Basement Jaxx, and "Fresh", a song that is not very sentimental but strangely nostalgic. As I see it, "Around The World" does not need an introduction, we all know it! A masterpiece and iconic French Touch song! Memorable Spike Jonze's video clip. All positive and, so far, very simple and catchy, but the experimental phase has yet to come with "Rollin' & Scratchin'", the latter represents the pivotal but at the same time destructive phase: the scratches on the records that you hear put so much anger in your body. Beautiful and material!
There's also space for dedications with "Teachers" as good DJ apprentices and the list is long. We slide down to "High Fidelity" and feel the old school and the funk odyssey of "Rock'n Roll", to say the least, long! "Oh Yeah" provides a break to "Burnin'": their fourth single and a great house track. "Indo Silver Club" is the only one that stands out less in the context, but "Alive" is pure madness! Like a sci-fi film, and live, it's truly something else. "Funk Ad" closes this extraordinary album, not at all sentimental, and it's nothing more than "Da funk" reversed.
In short, words fall short. If you want to embark on the path of experimentation, there's little else to do but to absolutely buy this album! Acclaimed by the masses and critics, "Homework" represents a symbol of dance where there is little space for sentimentality.
Born from the minds of two androids, this album marks the beginning of a new era, with a funk rhythm to today's robotics from this extraordinary duo.
Ladies and gentlemen, a degree is mandatory! Long live the robots!
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 WDPK 83.7 FM (00:28)
Music [x10]
WDPK 83.7 the sound of tomorrow,
the music of today brings you exclusively Daft Punk's Homework
03 Revolution 909 (05:26)
Stop the music and go home
I repeat, stop the music and go home
(crowd goes wild)
07 Around the World (07:09)
Around the world, around the world
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Chorus:
Around the world, around the world
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Hook:
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09 Teachers (02:53)
Paul Jonson
DJ Funk
DJ Sneak
DJ Rush
Waxmaster
Hyperactive
Kevin Carol
Bryan Wilson
George Clinton
Lil Louis
Ashley Beatto
Neil Landstruum
Kenny Dope
DJ Hell
Louie Vega
Carol Lexi
Dr. Dre's in the house yeah
Omega in the house
Kevin Edmonds in the house
Jeff Mills is in the house
DJ Deya
DJ Milton
DJ Slugo
DJs on the low
Green Velvet
Joey Beltram
DJ Else
Roy Davies
Boo Williams
DJ Tonka
DJ Snow
DJ Kell
Mike Dylvan in the house yeah
Todd Edward's in the house
Romanthony's in the house
Ceevea in the house
Luke Slater
Jerry Carter
Robbert Hood
Paris Mitchel
Dave Carter's in the house
Pat Melva in the house
Amanda in the house
Sir Jordan's in the house, yeah
12 Oh Yeah (02:01)
Oh Yeah
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Everybody dance
Crazy on the dance
[x2]
Oh Yeah
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Everybody dance
Crazy on the dance
[x2]
Oh Yeah
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Well Baby
Everybody dance
Crazy on the dance
[x2]
Oh Yeah
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By totty
Two French DJs with serious skills literally taught the world how to make a techno-house album with (golden) balls.
"Around the world," famous for that phrase obsessively repeated over the more than 7 minutes of the track that gives it that really cool "daftpunkian" touch.
