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Some new music from our friends.
First up, 80s synth and sample band “80s Stars Reunited for Pop” with an upbeat jam:
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And a more chill vibe:
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Some minimalist dramatic atmosphere, beats and effects:
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And some old school house music:
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The Biggest Music Producers
Timbaland, Quincy Jones, Georgia Moroder, Francois K (remixes songs to create dance music), Nile Rodgers
FK is best known for his remixes. He’s not the creative force behind a band, but has been the guy who turned good tracks into dancefloor weapons starting in the 70s with underground disco on the Prelude label. In the 80’s: Yaz, Kraftwerk, U2, The Cure, Depeche Mode, many more. From there he founded a house/dub/techno event and worked more in those genres as a producer and remixes. I just hit up YouTube for Francois K, FK or FKEK remixes as a start.
80s
Janet Jackson
1986 Control
Nasty
James Harris III / Janet Jackson / Terry Lewis
What Have You Done for Me Lately
James Harris III / Janet Jackson / Terry Lewis
1989 Rhythm Nation
Rhythm Nation
James Harris III / Janet Jackson / Terry Lewis
Miss You Much
James Harris III / Terry Lewis
Escapade
James Harris III / Janet Jackson / Terry Lewis
Pixies
1987 Come on Pilgrim
Gary Smith
1988 and 89 Surfer Rosa and Doolittle
Steve Albini
Paula Abdul
1988 Forever Your Girl
The Way That You Love Me
Oliver Leiber
Knocked Out
Babyface / L.A. Reid / Daryl Simmons
Opposites Attract
Oliver Leiber
Forever Your Girl
Oliver Leiber
Straight Up
Elliot Wolff
Cold Hearted
Elliot Wolff
1991 Spellbound
The Promise of a New Day
Peter Lord / V. Jeffrey Smith
Rush, Rush
Peter Lord
Vibeology
Peter Lord / V. Jeffrey Smith / Sandra St. Victor
Will You Marry Me?
Paula Abdul / Peter Lord / V. Jeffrey Smith / Sandra St. Victor
90s
Nirvana
1991 Nevermind
Butch Vig
1992 Insecticide
Various
1993 In Utero
Steve Albini
Janet Jackson
1993 Janet
That’s the Way Love Goes
James Harris III / Janet Jackson / Terry Lewis
A rare track by Daft Punk's dj has been released
An unreleased techno track by Daft Punk’s dj, Thomas Bangalter, has been put out, whether you want to call it a leak or a release or what. The song was taken from the “Riga” (a Latvian movie that got the Daft’s a Best Score award nomination) soundtrack which was released last year, and the song is eponymous, and was recorded in one take.
Ed Banger records head Busy P – Ed Banger is also famous for some of our favorites like Justice and Myd, which we’ve talked about here before.
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Because Daft Punk haven’t released any new music since 2013 when the mega-successful (for them) “Random Access Memories” came out, with dance hits like “Get lucky,” so people are scooping this new track up. During that time, Daft Punk has been producing music for other musicians.
How did the new track get out? Well, Busy P is Daft Punk’s former manager.
For the Riga session, recording notes credit Bangalter with “beats and loops,” and the Bangalter solo track. The thing came out on a blue, one-sided vinyl record, and some were even sold in Paris last June. Here’s the track on EdBanger’s instagram, because a proper clip of the 14-minute song isn’t really to be found easily online. Maybe it will make its way into the robot’s live set though and someone will up it from there?
