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In terms of the musical heritage that this album is clearly influenced by, I found it slightly amusing that this step ‘forwards‘ is actually a step backwards. It’s interesting to hear the Disco, Funk and Soul influences which directed their house productions, resurface as an end-product. Random Access Memories is audibly about the duo withdrawing from this sound and returning to their musical roots. I think the irony is that this EDM thing, as it has developed in the US, has been employing a sound heavily influenced by Daft Punk’s sidechain-heavy brand of electro house. Maybe Tom Bangalter saw a Harlem Shake video, put his hands on his head and just said ‘NO’.

In a Rolling Stones interview, the pair seemed to be directing a criticism at EDM and what that whole ‘genre’ represented. One can see how Random Access Memoriescould be the matured end-product of their colourful music career. That being said, they’re in that pyramid for a reason. Maybe the years which Daft Punk have spent scoring films, directing fashion videos and living inside a giant glass pyramid, have changed the way they see the world around them. Electronic music really has never been as diverse as it is right now. When Daft Punk announced that their new album would save electronic music, I felt a worrying amount of unease given that Daft Punk hasn’t been particularly involved in the electronic music scene at it’s roots for a long time now.

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The world still isn’t quite sure how to thank them, but I think an absurd, ironic punishment along the lines of tying their hands to their legs, pushing a boulder down a hill towards their loved ones and saying ‘Now Fall Out Boy, save rock, and roll’, should do nicely.

In April, an emo band called Fall Out Boy came out of a five year hiatus to save rock and roll.

Daft punk random access memories interview