E1 - Daft Punk: Robots With A Human Touch

About this episode

The episode traces the origins of Daft Punk and breaks down their iconic track 'Da Funk'.

Our season-long dissection of Daft Punk begins now! In episode one, we trace Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo’s origins in Paris - from their rock band Darlin’ to their discovery of electronic music and first single “The New Wave.” Then we break down their breakthrough track “Da Funk,” revealing what it shares with Beethoven’s most famous symphony and how to build its iconic synth sound from scratch. Follow @dissectpodcast on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Twitter⁠, or ⁠TikTok⁠. Host: Cole Cuchna Video Editor: Kevin Pooler Additional Editing: Iulia Ciobanu Additional Production: Justin Sayles Theme Music: Birocratic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Cole Cuchna

Topics covered

• Daft Punk
• electronic music
• synth sound
• music history

Keywords

• Thomas Bangalter
• Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
• Paris
• Darlin'
• The New Wave

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Daft Punk: Robots With A Human Touch, The New Wave, Da Funk

Places: Paris

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