Daft Punk - Musique Vol. 1

Alright let's kick off the reviewing fun with Daft Punk!

Now if you are already going: "Who's Daft Punk?" then let me tell you that you've got to be kidding me. Daft Punk's rise from 1993 has not gone unnoticed, pretty much anywhere. I have not been to a single country that doesn't know about Daft Punk at all. Back in Belgium I hadn't been to a single wedding that didn't play "One More Time".

Alright but enough about that, Daft Punk is an Electronic Dance Monolith! For people of the late 80's and early 90's, Daft Punk has always been around and is in our age the king of Dance Music. They owe this title to the beginning of French Touch, which they are also considered to be the main component of starting it. French Touch starting coming up in the early 90's and is an Electronica Genre that gets it's root from (can't believe it) Disco. Now don't get me wrong, the last people to actually like Daft Punk are avid Disco-ers, it was mainly the Youth that got heavily into them. Now the first glimpse of Daft Punk into my life was back when I was 7 or 8 and I saw the music video of "One More Time" on MTV.

It was also my first glimpse into the popular Japanese Art Style Anime. It featured a band of blue people who played the song in front of an audience in a concert like setting but sometime in the future. It was really nothing insane or mind blowing, it was just so darn catchy. The other songs from their album "Discovery" that were to be made into music videos were also done in this style. Eventually a movie was made to support the story of the music videos called "Interstella 555". But this brought up another factor, why hadn't I heard of their first album "Homework" before seeing these music videos? The answer is easy, the music videos made the biggest impact on their career. Before that they were just a hype in Paris, France (where they are from) but with Discovery they went global. From then on Daft Punk has been a major player in the Electronica World and probably will be the Dance Legacy of the 90's Generation once they finish.

Anyway, I am not always going to go so into depth about a group but I feel it's important to know some of these things before I review their CD.

Daft Punk - Musique Vol. 1

What better CD to review than a CD that covers all important spots of Daft Punk's career so far. It's basically just songs that have been the most popular on their Albums, so this CD doesn't really count as an actual Album.

It is overall a decent to good album and covers some important songs and tosses in a few new ones. My only complaint, the new ones. "Musique" (the song) can drive me insane with it's unheard repeat of the word Musique the entire song. Another thing is the "Human After All" songs, I personally dislike the CD and try to forget they ever made it and spoiled their somewhat perfect score of Dance Tracks, so why did they put three of them on here? Now "Technologic" is what I consider to be one of the only decent tracks on that entire album but that doesn't mean they have to toss it in either. Also the last three tracks are Remixes, and I know this is obviously a marketing strategy, cause why buy an album that you have all the originals to, toss in some new stuff that has never been released! It's too bad that the remixes sucked or I would have given the CD a better score. I do however love that I don't have to change CD's for that one song like in the past, but in the end, listening to this CD just makes me reach back for the "Discovery" Album.

I give it a 5/10

Song Rating:

1. Musique 4/10
2. Da Funk 6/10
3. Around the World 7/10
4. Revolution 909 7.5/10
5. Alive 6/10
6. Rollin' & Scratchin' 4/10
7. One More Time 8/10
8. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger 8/10
9. Something About Us 7/10
10. Robot Rock 4/10
11. Technologic 5/10
12. Human After All 3.5/10
13. Scott Grooves - Mothership Reconnection (Daft Punk Remix) 5/10
14. Ian Pooley - Chord Memory (Daft Punk Remix 3/10
15. Gabrielle - Forget About The World (Daft Punk Remix) 6/10

In all honesty, if this is the first time you have heard mention of Daft Punk or haven't heard any of their stuff, go listen to some samples on iTunes or whatever other service you've got. If you've got to buy a CD of their's just buy "Discovery" this CD will keep you busy plenty and is in the end the core of their Career.

I decided to review this CD rather then a better of theirs just cause it's a nice follow into the world of Electronica and sort of summarizes a career more than just a CD. I do owe Daft Punk a bit for helping me get into Electronica and if you have ever thought of doing so then this group is a great first start (Not "Human After All" Album though, stay away from that one).

-Phobic