Daft Punk on Nicola Iarocci https://nicolaiarocci.com/tags/daft-punk/ Recent content in Daft Punk on Nicola Iarocci Hugo -- 0.143.1 en Produced / Written / Maintained by Nicola Iarocci since 2010 Tue, 30 May 2023 07:05:25 +0100 Daft Punk's Infinity Repeating music video https://nicolaiarocci.com/daft-punks-infinity-repeating-music-video/ Tue, 30 May 2023 07:05:25 +0100 https://nicolaiarocci.com/daft-punks-infinity-repeating-music-video/ <p>Julian Casablancas (The Strokes, The Voidz) says Infinity Repeating is &ldquo;the last Daft Punk song, ever.&rdquo; The song was recorded in 2013 as a demo and left unpublished until it was included in the 10th-anniversary edition of Random Access Memories released a few weeks ago.</p> <p><div style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" loading="eager" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/imBlPXbAv6E?autoplay=0&amp;controls=1&amp;end=0&amp;loop=0&amp;mute=0&amp;start=0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; border:0;" title="YouTube video"></iframe> </div> <!-- raw HTML omitted --> The video is a highly addictive masterpiece. Digging into the comments on YouTube, I found that someone attempted a reconstruction of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imBlPXbAv6E&amp;lc=UgzaNoEwyYOxNyc53cB4AaABAg">all the citations included</a>. I&rsquo;m especially fond of the 8-16-32-bit graphics animation section. Another thing I learned is that Thomas Bangalter, formerly one-half of Daft Punk, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-04-04/daft-punk-member-thomas-bangalter-terrified-ai">said</a> that his fear of artificial intelligence was a factor in why the group split in 2021.</p> Julian Casablancas (The Strokes, The Voidz) says Infinity Repeating is “the last Daft Punk song, ever.” The song was recorded in 2013 as a demo and left unpublished until it was included in the 10th-anniversary edition of Random Access Memories released a few weeks ago.

The video is a highly addictive masterpiece. Digging into the comments on YouTube, I found that someone attempted a reconstruction of all the citations included. I’m especially fond of the 8-16-32-bit graphics animation section. Another thing I learned is that Thomas Bangalter, formerly one-half of Daft Punk, said that his fear of artificial intelligence was a factor in why the group split in 2021.

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